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this is information on a product in full production. april 2013 docid024474 rev 1 1/35 35 L4984D ccm pfc controller datasheet - production data features ? line-modulated fixed-off-time (lm-fot) control of ccm-operated pfc pre-regulators ? proprietary lm-fot modulator for nearly fixed- frequency operation ? proprietary multiplier design for minimum thd of ac input current ? fast ?bi-directional? in put voltage feedforward (1/v 2 correction) ? accurate adjustable output overvoltage protection ? protection against feedback loop failure (latched shutdown) ? inductor saturation protection ? ac brownout detection ? digital leading-edge blanking on current sense ? soft-start ? 1% (at tj = 25 c) internal reference voltage ? - 600 / + 800 ma totem pole gate driver with active pull-down during uvlo and voltage clamp ? ssop10 package applications ? pfc pre-regulators for: ? iec61000-3-2 and jeida-miti compliant smps in excess of 1 kw ? desktop pc, server, web server ssop10 table 1. device summary order code package packaging L4984D ssop10 tube L4984Dtr tape and reel www.st.com
contents L4984D 2/35 docid024474 rev 1 contents 1 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 typical electrical performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5 application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5.1 theory of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6 overvoltage protection (o vp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7 feedback failure detection (ffd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 voltage feedforward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9 soft-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10 inductor saturation detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 11 thd optimizer circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12 power management and housekeeping functi ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13 package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 14 revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 docid024474 rev 1 3/35 L4984D list of figures list of figures figure 1. electrical diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 figure 2. pin connection (top view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 figure 3. ic consumption vs. v cc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 4. ic consumption vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 5. v cc zener voltage vs. tj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 6. startup & uvlo vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 7. feedback reference vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 8. e/a output clamp levels vs. tj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 figure 9. uvlo saturation vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 10. ovp levels vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 11. inductor saturation threshold vs . tj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 12. v cs clamp vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 13. timer pin charging current vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 14. brownout threshold (on vff) vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 figure 15. r ff discharge vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 figure 16. line drop detection threshold vs . tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 figure 17. v multpk - v vff dropout vs. tj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 figure 18. pfc_ok enable threshold vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 figure 19. ffd threshold vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 figure 20. multiplier characteristics at v ff =1 v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 21. multiplier characteristics at v ff =3 v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 22. multiplier gain vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 23. gate drive clamp vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 24. gate drive output saturation vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 25. delay to output vs. tj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 figure 26. line-modulated fixed-off-time modulator: a) internal block diagram; b) key waveforms. . . 17 figure 27. typical frequency change along a line half-cycle in a boost pfc operated in lm-fot (left) and tm (right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 figure 28. line-modulated fixed-off-time-controlled boos t pfc: current waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 figure 29. line-modulated fixed-off-time-controlled boost pfc: input current harmonic contents . . . 20 figure 30. output voltage setting, ovp and ffd functions : internal block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 figure 31. voltage feedforward: squa rer-divider (1/v2) block diagram an d transfer characteristic . . . 23 figure 32. r ff c ff as a function of 3rd harmonic distortion in troduced in the input current . . . . . . . . 25 figure 33. startup mechanisms and activa tions of the soft-start function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 figure 34. effect of boost inductor saturation on mosfet current and detection method . . . . . . . . . 27 figure 35. thd optimizer circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 figure 36. hd optimization: standard pfc co ntroller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 figure 37. interface circuits that let dc-dc converter contro ller ic disable the L4984D . . . . . . . . . . . 30 figure 38. sso10 package dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 description L4984D 4/35 docid024474 rev 1 1 description the L4984D is a current-mode pfc controller operating with line-modulated fixed-off-time (lm-fot) control. a proprietary lm-fot mo dulator allows fixed-frequency operation for boost pfc converters as long as they are operated in ccm (continuous conduction mode). the chip comes in a 10-pin so package and offers a low-cost solution for ccm-operated boost pfc pre-regulators in en61000-3-2 and jeida-miti compliant applications, in a power range that spans from few hundred w to 1 kw and above. the highly linear multiplier includes a special ci rcuit, able to reduce the crossover distortion of the ac input current, that allows wide-ra nge-mains operation with a reasonably low thd, even over a large load range. the output voltage is controlled by means of a voltage-mode error amplifier and an accurate (1% at tj = 25 c) internal voltage referenc e. loop stability is optimized by the voltage feedforward function (1/v 2 correction), which in this ic uses a proprietary technique that also significantly improves line transient response in the case of mains drops and surges (?bi-directional?). the device features low consumpt ion and includes a disable function suitable for ic remote on/off. these features allow use in applicatio ns which also comply with the latest energy saving requirements (b lue angel, energy star ? , energy 2000, etc.). in addition to overvoltage protection able to keep the output voltage under control during transient conditions, the ic is also provided wit h protection against feedback loop failures or erroneous settings. other onboard protection fu nctions allow that brownout conditions and boost inductor saturation can be safely handl ed. soft-start limits peak current and extends off-time to prevent flux runaway in the initial cycles. the totem pole output stage, capable of 600 ma source and 800 ma sink current, is suitable for big mosfets or igbt drive. docid024474 rev 1 5/35 L4984D block diagram 2 block diagram figure 1. electrical diagram cs 1.66 v vff s r q1 leb q1 voltage regulator uvlo -+ - + 2.5 v - + multiplier ? internal supply bus voltage references vcc gd gnd mult inv timer uvlo disable q s r disable l_ovp uvlo error amplifier comp ideal rectifier 1/v 2 ovp + - 0.23 v - + disable ovp 2.5 v 2.4 v + - l_ovp 6 7 brownout 8 3 9 10 1 2 detector mains drop 4 5 + - 1.7 v stop driver & clamp - + 0.8 v 0.88 v brownout 0.27 v lm-fot modulator 300 us monostable 0.88 v stop pfc_ok am13217v1 block diagram L4984D 6/35 docid024474 rev 1 figure 2. pin connection (top view) table 2. absolute maximum ratings symbol pin parameter value unit v cc 10 ic supply voltage (icc = 20 ma) self-limited v - 1, 3, 6 max. pin voltage (i pin = 1 ma) self-limited v - 2, 4, 5, 7 analog inputs & outputs -0.3 to 8 v vff pin 5 maximum withstanding voltage range test condition: an si/esda/jedec js001 +/- 1500 v other pins 1 to 4 6 to 10 +/- 2000 v table 3. thermal data symbol parameter value unit rth j-amb max. thermal resistance, junction-to-ambient 120 c/w ptot power dissipation at t amb = 50 c 0.75 w tj junction temperature oper ating range -40 to 150 c tstg storage temperature -55 to 150 c table 4. pin functions n. name function 1inv inverting input of the error amplifier. the information on the output voltage of the pfc pre-regulator is fed into the pin through a resistor divider. the pin normally features high impedance. 2comp output of the error amplifier. a comp ensation network is placed between this pin and inv (pin 1) to achieve stability of the voltage control loop and ensure high power factor and low thd. to avoid uncontrolled rise of the output voltage at zero load, when the voltage on the pin falls below 2.4 v the gate driver output is inhibited (burst-mode operation). inv comp mult cs vff vcc gd gnd timer pfc_ok 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 am13218v1 docid024474 rev 1 7/35 L4984D block diagram 3mult main input to the multiplier. this pi n is connected to the rectified mains voltage via a resistor divider and provides the sinusoidal reference to the current loop. the voltage on this pin is used also to derive the information on the rms mains voltage. at startup this pin is used also to perform soft-start. this pin can also be used as a remote on-off control input by means of the internal brownout comparator. in this case the ic performs the soft-start function when the pin is released. 4cs input to the pwm comparator. the current flowing in the mosfet is sensed through a resistor; the resulting voltage is applied to this pin and compared to an internal sinusoidal-shaped referenc e, generated by the multiplier, to determine the turn-off instant of th e external power mosfet. the pin is equipped with about 220 ns digital leading-edge blanking for improved noise immunity. a second comparison level set at 1.7 v detects abnormal currents (e.g. due to boost inductor saturation) and, on this occurrence, activates a safety procedure that temp orarily stops the converte r and limits the stress of the power components. 5vff second input to th e multiplier for 1/v 2 function. a capacitor and a parallel resistor must be connected from the pin to gnd. they comp lete the internal peak-holding circuit that derives the information on the rms mains voltage. the resistor should range from 100 k (minimum) to 2 m (maximum). the voltage on this pin, a dc level equal to the peak voltage on pin mult (3), compensates the control loop gain dependence on the mains voltage. this pin is also internally connected to a co mparator in order to provide brownout (ac mains undervoltage) protection. a voltage below 0.8 v shuts down (not latched) the ic and brings its consumpt ion to a considerably lower level. the ic restarts as the voltage at the pin goes above 0.88 v. never connect the pin directly to gnd. 6pfc_ok pfc pre-regulator output voltage monitoring/disable function. this pin senses the output voltage of the pfc pre-regulator through a resistor divider and is used for protection purposes. if the voltage on the pin exceeds 2.5 v, the ic stops switching and restarts as the voltage falls below 2.4 v. however, if at the same time the voltage on the inv pin falls below 1.66 v, a feedback failure is assumed. in this case the device is latched off. normal operation can be resumed only by cycling v cc . if the voltage on this pin is brought below 0.23 v, the ic is shut down. to restart the ic the voltage on the pin must go above 0.27 v. this pin can also be used as a burst-mode control input to synchronize the burst-mode of the ic to the one of a d2d converter controller. do not use this pin as remote on/off control input because the soft-start function is performed only at the startup by pfc_ok but not on the following releases. 7 timer lm-fot modulator setting. a capacitor connected between this pin and ground is charged by an accurate internal generator during th e off-time of the external power mosfet (i.e. while pi n gd is low), ther efore generating a voltage ramp. as the voltage ramp equals the voltage on the mult pin, the off-time of the power mosfet is terminated, the gd pin is driven high and the ramp is reset at zero. 8gnd ground. current return for both the signal part of the ic and the gate driver. keep the pcb trace that goes from this pin to the ?cold? end of the sense resistor separate from the trace that collects the grounding of the bias components (output voltage sensing divider, multiplier bias divider and lm- fot modulator setting). table 4. pin functions (continued) n. name function block diagram L4984D 8/35 docid024474 rev 1 9gd gate driver output. the totem pole output stage is able to drive power mosfets and igbts. it is capable of 600 ma source current and 800 ma sink current (minimum values). the high-level voltage of this pin is clamped at about 12 v to avoid excessive gate voltages in case the pin is supplied with a high v cc . 10 v cc supply voltage of both the signal part of the ic and the gate driver. sometimes a small bypass capacitor (0.1 f typ.) to gnd may be useful in order to get a clean bias voltage for the signal part of the ic. the voltage on the pin is internally clamped at 22.5 v min. to protect the internal circuits from excessive supply voltages. table 4. pin functions (continued) n. name function docid024474 rev 1 9/35 L4984D electrical characteristics 3 electrical characteristics (tj = -25 to 125 c, v cc = 12 v, (a) ctimer = 470 pf, co = 1 nf between pin gd and gnd, c ff = 1 f and r ff = 1 m between pin vff and gnd; un less otherwise specified.) a. adjust v cc above v ccon before setting at 12 v. table 5. electrical characteristics symbol parameter test condition min typ max unit supply voltage v cc operating range after turn-on 10.3 22.5 v v ccon turn-on threshold (1) 11 12 13 v v ccoff turn-off threshold (1) 8.7 9.5 10.3 v v ccrestart v cc for resuming from latch ovp latched 5 6 7 v hys hysteresis 2.3 2.7 v v z zener voltage icc = 20 ma 22.5 25 28 v supply current i start-up startup current before turn-on, v cc = 10 v 65 150 a i q quiescent current after turn-on, v mult = 1 v 4 5 ma i cc operating supply current at 70 khz 5 6.0 ma i qdis idle state quiescent current v pfc_ok > v pfc_ok_s and v inv < v invd 200 280 a v pfc_ok < v pfc_ok_d 1.5 2.2 ma i q quiescent current v pfc_ok > v pfc_ok_s or v comp < 2.3 v 2.2 3 ma multiplier input i mult input bias current v mult = 0 to 3 v -0.2 -1 a v mult linear operation range 0 to 3 v v clamp internal clamp level i mult = 1 ma 9 9.5 v output max. slope v mult = 0 to 0.4 v v vff = 0.915 v v comp = upper clamp 0.935 1.34 v/v k m gain (2) v mult = v comp = 0.915 v v comp = 4 v 0.248 0.304 0.360 v error amplifier v inv voltage feedback input threshold tj = 25 c 2.475 2.5 2.525 v 10.3 v < v cc < 22.5 v (1) 2.455 2.545 v cs v mult --------------------- - electrical characteristics L4984D 10/35 docid024474 rev 1 line regulation v cc = 10.3 v to 22.5 v 2 5 mv i inv input bias current v inv = 0 to 4 v -0.2 -1 a v invclamp internal clamp level i inv = 1 ma 8 9 v gv voltage gain open loop 60 80 db gb gain-bandwidth product 1 mhz i comp source current v comp = 4 v, v inv = 2.4 v 2 4 ma sink current v comp = 4 v, v inv = 2.6 v 2.5 4.5 ma v comp upper clamp voltage i source = 0.5 ma 5.7 6.2 6.7 v burst-mode threshold (1) 2.3 2.4 2.5 lower clamp voltage i sink = 0.5 ma (3) 2.1 2.25 2.4 current sense comparator i cs input bias current v cs = 0 1 a t leb leading edge blanking 145 220 400 ns td (h-l) delay to output 100 200 300 ns v csclamp current sense reference clamp v comp = upper clamp v mult = v vff = 0.915 v (1) 0.84 0.88 0.93 v vcs ofst current sense offset (2) v mult = 0, v vff = 3 v 35 47 mv v mult = 3 v, v vff = 3 v 10 boost inductor saturation detector v cs_th threshold on current sense (1) 1.6 1.7 1.8 v i inv e/a input pull-up current v cs > v cs_th , before restart 5 10 13 a t start restart delay 300 s pfc_ok functions i pfc_ok input bias current v pfc_ok = 0 to 2.6 v -0.1 -1 a v pfc_ok_c clamp voltage i pfc_ok = 1 ma 9 9.5 v v pfc_ok_s ovp threshold (1) voltage rising 2.435 2.5 2.565 v v pfc_ok_r restart threshold after ovp (1) voltage falling 2.34 2.4 2.46 v v pfc_ok_d disable threshold (1) voltage falling 0.12 0.23 0.35 v v pfc_ok_e enable threshold (1) voltage rising 0.15 0.27 0.38 v feedback failure detection v invd feedback failure detection threshold (on v inv ) (1) voltage falling, v pfc_ok = v pfc_ok_s 1.61 1.66 1.71 v voltage feedforward v vff linear operation range 1 3 v table 5. electrical ch aracteristics (continued) symbol parameter test condition min typ max unit docid024474 rev 1 11/35 L4984D electrical characteristics v dropout v multpk -v vff before turn-on 800 mv after turn-on 20 v vff line drop detection threshold below peak value 25 60 100 mv v vff line drop detection threshold below peak value tj = 0 to 100 c 40 70 100 mv r disch internal discharge resistor 5 10 20 k v dis disable threshold (1) voltage falling 0.745 0.8 0.855 v v en enable threshold (1) voltage rising 0.845 0.88 0.915 v fixed-off-time modulator i timer programming current v mult = 1 v 142 153 163 a t off programmed off-time v mult = 1 v 2.88 3.09 3.30 s r dis discharge resistance 35 60 120 w c timer timing capacitor range 0.1 2.2 nf t off_pk programming range on the peak of v mult 1.45 50 s soft-start t ss activation time 300 s v multx pull-up voltage 10 k from mult to gnd 4.1 v gate driver v ol output low voltage i sink = 100 ma 0.6 1.2 v v oh output high voltage i source = 5 ma 9.8 10.3 v i srcpk peak source current -0.6 a i snkpk peak sink current 0.8 a t f voltage fall time 30 60 ns t r voltage rise time 45 110 ns v oclamp output clamp voltage i source = 5 ma; vcc = 20 v 10 12 15 v uvlo saturation v cc = 0 to v ccon , i sink = 2 ma 1.1 v 1. parameters tracking each other. 2. the multiplier output is given by: table 5. electrical ch aracteristics (continued) symbol parameter test condition min typ max unit ? () 2 5 2 v cs _o fs t vf f v . comp v mult v k cs v m ? ? ? + = typical electrical performance L4984D 12/35 docid024474 rev 1 4 typical electrical performance figure 3. ic consumption vs. v cc figure 4. ic consumption vs. tj am13219v1 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 icc [ma] vcc [v] vccoff vccon co=1nf f =70khz tj = 25 c am13220v1 0.01 0.1 1 10 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 ic current (ma) tj (c) operating quiescent disabled or during ovp latched off before start up vcc=12v co = 1nf f =70khz figure 5. v cc zener voltage vs. tj figure 6. startup & uvlo vs. tj am13221v1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) am13222v1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) vcc-on vcc-off figure 7. feedback reference vs. tj figure 8. e/a output clamp levels vs. tj am13223v1 2.4 2.45 2.5 2.55 2.6 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 pin inv (v) tj (c) vcc = 12v am13224v1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 vcomp (v) tj (c) uper clamp lower clamp vcc = 12v docid024474 rev 1 13/35 L4984D typical electrical performance figure 9. uvlo saturation vs. tj figure 10. ovp levels vs. tj am13225v1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) vcc = 0v am13226v1 2.36 2.38 2.4 2.42 2.44 2.46 2.48 2.5 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 pfc_ok levels (v) tj (c) ovp th restart th figure 11. inductor saturation threshold vs. tj figure 12. v cs clamp vs. tj am13227v1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 cs pin (v) tj (c) am13228v1 0.85 0.86 0.87 0.88 0.89 0.9 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 vcs clamp (v) tj (c) vcomp = upper clamp vcc = v figure 13. timer pin charging current vs. tj fi gure 14. brownout threshold (on vff) vs. tj 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 i tmer (ua) tj (c) am13229v1 am13230v1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) enable disable typical electrical performance L4984D 14/35 docid024474 rev 1 figure 15. r ff discharge vs. tj figure 16. line drop detection threshold vs. tj am13231v1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 kohm tj (c) am13232v1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 mv tj (c) figure 17. v multpk - v vff dropout vs. tj figure 18. pfc_ok enable threshold vs. tj am13233v1 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 d(mv) tj (c) am13234v1 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 -50-25 0 255075100125150175 th (v) tj (c) on off figure 19. ffd threshold vs. tj am13235v1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v invd (v) tj(c) docid024474 rev 1 15/35 L4984D typical electrical performance figure 20. multiplier characteristics at v ff =1 v figure 21. multiplier characteristics at v ff =3 v am13236v1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 vcs (v) vmult (v) 2.6 v upper voltage clamp 3.0 v 3.5 v 4.0 v 4.5 v 5.0 v 5.5 v vcomp am13237v1 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 vcs (mv) vmult (v) 3.5 v 4.0 v 4.5 v 5.0 v 5.5 v vcomp upper voltage clamp vff = 3 v 3.0 v 2.6 v figure 22. multiplier gain vs. tj figure 23. gate drive clamp vs. tj am13238v1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 gain (1/v) tj (c) multiplier gain vs. tj vcc = 12v vcomp = 4v vmult = vff = 1v am13239v1 12.65 12.7 12.75 12.8 12.85 12.9 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) vcc = 20v figure 24. gate drive output saturation vs. tj figure 25. delay to output vs. tj am13240v1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 v tj (c) low level high level am13241v1 50 100 150 200 250 300 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 td(h-l) (ns) tj (c) vcc = 12v application information L4984D 16/35 docid024474 rev 1 5 application information 5.1 theory of operation the L4984D implements conventional ?peak? current mode control, where the on-time ton of the external power switch is determined by the peak inductor current reaching the programmed value. the off-time toff, instead, is determined by a special fixed-off-time (fot) modulator in such a way th at the resulting switching period is constant as long as the boost converter is operated in ccm (i.e. the current in the boost inductor remains greater than zero in a switching cycle). to understand how toff needs to be modula ted to achieve a fixed switching frequency independent of the instantaneous line voltage and the load, it is useful to consider the vs balance equation for the boost inductor under the assumption of ccm operation: equation 1 where vpk is the peak line voltage, vout the regulated output voltage and the instantaneous phase angle of the line voltage. solving for ton, we get: equation 2 then, the switching period t sw is: equation 3 in the end, if t off is changed proportionally to the instantaneous line voltage, i.e. if: equation 4 then t sw is equal to k t v out and, since v out is regulated by the voltage loop, also t sw (and f sw = 1/t sw ) is fixed. this result is based on the sole assumption that the instantaneous line voltage and the output load are such that the boost inductor operates in ccm. () s in vpk vo u t t s in vpk t off on ? = off on t 1 s in vpk vo u t t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? = off off off off on s w t s in vpk vo u t t t 1 s in vpk vo u t t t t = + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? = + = = s in vpk k t t off docid024474 rev 1 17/35 L4984D application information figure 26. line-modulated fixed-off-time modulat or: a) internal block diagram; b) key waveforms with reference to the schematic and the relevant key waveforms in figure 26 , an off-time proportional to the instantaneous line voltage is achieved by charging the capacitor ct with a constant current itimer, accurately fixed in ternally and temperature compensated, while the mosfet is off and commanding mosfet turn-on (and resetting ct at zero) as the voltage across ct equals that on the mult pin. the voltage on this pin is: equation 5 where kp is the divider ratio of the resistors biasing the mult pin. as a result: equation 6 and the switching frequency is: equation 7 the timing capacitor ct, therefore, is selected with the following design formula: equation 8 v out and fsw are design specifications, k p is chosen so that the voltage on the mult pin is within the multiplier linearity range (0 to 3 v) and itimer is specified in section 3: electrical characteristics . am13242v1 mult - + c t i timer off on 0 timer q s r + - pwm comparator driver pwm latch gd cs comp multiplier gd cs s r q t off t on multiplier output mult timer t t t t t t a) b) = s in vpk k v p mult p timer t t p timer t off k i c k s in vpk k i c t = = u t k 1 vo u t c k i t 1 f t t p timer s w s w = = = s w p timer t f vo u t k i c = application information L4984D 18/35 docid024474 rev 1 along a line half-cycle, toff goes all the way from a minimum near the zero-crossing to a maximum on the sinusoid peak. it is important to check that the off-time occurring on the peak of the voltage sinusoid at minimum input voltage is greater then the minimum programmable value: equation 9 this constraint limits the maximum programmable frequency at: equation 10 as the line rms voltage is increased and/or the output load is decreased, the boost inductor current tends to become discontinuous starting from the region around the zero-crossings. as a result, the switching frequency is no longer constant and tends to increase. however, the frequency rise is significantly lower as compared to that in a transition-mode (tm) operated boost pfc stag e, as illustrated in figure 25 . the switching frequency can exceed fsw.max in the region where the inductor current is discontinuous. figure 27. typical frequency change along a line half-cycle in a boost pfc operated in lm-fot (left) and tm (right) in this example the voltage ripple appearing across the output capacitor cout has been neglected. this ripple at twice the line frequency fl has peak amplitude vout proportional to the output current iout: equation 11 as a consequence, fsw is not ex actly constant but is modulated at 2fl, which spreads the spectrum of the electrical noise injected back into the power lin e and facilitates the compliance with conducted emi emission regulations. the relative frequency change due to the output voltage ripple is: s 1.45 vpk k i c t min p timer t min off > = vo u t vpk 690 f min m a x . s w = [khz] am13243v1 0 0.52 1.05 1.57 2.09 2.62 3.14 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0.52 1.05 1.57 2.09 2.62 3.14 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 vin = 88 vac vin = 264 vac vin = 230 vac normalized switching frequency line voltage phase angle (rad) transition -mode operated pfc vin = 88 vac vin = 264 vac vin = 230 vac normalized switching frequency line voltage phase angle (rad) lm -fot operated pfc vin = 115 vac vin = 115 vac co u t f 4 io u t vo u t l = docid024474 rev 1 19/35 L4984D application information equation 12 figure 28. line-modulated fixed-off-time-controlled boost pfc: current waveforms as a result of the oper ation of the circuit in figure 26 , the current that the boost pfc pre- regulator draws from the power line is not exactly sinusoidal but is affected by distortion that is lower as the curr ent ripple in the boost inductor is sm aller as compared to its peak value. figure 28 shows some theoretical waveforms, relevant to full load condition, in a line cycle at different input voltages. in the diagram on the left-hand side the line (input) current waveform is shown for different line voltages, while on the right-hand side the envelope of the inductor current at minimum and maximum line voltage is shown. the input current waveform relevant to vin = 88 v ac shows no visible sign of distortion; the operation of the boost inductor is ccm through out the entire line cycle as testified by the inductor current envelope. the brown waveform is relevant to vin = 190 v ac , which is the condition where ccm operation no longer occurs at zero-crossings (this voltage value, for a given power level, depends on the inductance value of the boost inductor); a certain degree of distortion is already visible. vo u t vo u t 1 vo u t vo u t f f s w s w + = am13244v1 line current (a) line voltage phase angle (rad) vin = 88 vac vin = 264 vac vin = 230 vac vin = 190 vac line current inductor current (a) line voltage phase angle (rad) vin = 88 vac vin = 264 vac boost inductor current envelope application information L4984D 20/35 docid024474 rev 1 figure 29. line-modulated fixed-off-time-controlled boost pfc: input current harmonic contents the waveform relevant to vin = 264 v ac shows the highest degree of distortion and the largest portion of the line cycle where boos t inductor operates in discontinuous mode (dcm). however, its harmonic content, shown in figure 29 , is still so low that it is not an issue for emc compliance. almost all the distor tion is concentrated in the third harmonic, whose amplitude is 17% of the fundamental one, while the thd is 17.7%. am13245v1 vin = 264vac thd = 17.7% harmonic order (n) % harmonic amplitude (normalized to fundamental) docid024474 rev 1 21/35 L4984D overvoltage protection (ovp) 6 overvoltage protection (ovp) normally, the voltage control loop keeps the output voltage vout of the pfc pre-regulator close to its nominal value, set by the ratio of th e resistors r1 and r2 of the output divider. a pin of the device (pfc_ok) has been dedicat ed to monitor the output voltage with a separate resistor divider (r3 high, r4 low, see figure 30 ). this divider is selected so that the voltage at the pin reaches 2.5 v if the ou tput voltage exceeds a preset value, usually larger than the maximum vout that can be expected. figure 30. output voltage setting, ovp a nd ffd functions: internal block diagram note: example: v out = 400 v, v outx = 434 v. select: r3 = 8.8 m; then: r4 = 8.8 m 2.5/(434-2.5) = 51 k. when this function is trigger ed, the gate drive activity is immediately stopped until the voltage on the pin pfc_ok drops below 2.4 v. notice that r1, r2, r3 and r4 can be selected without any constraints. the unique cr iterion is that both dividers must sink a current from the output bus which needs to be significantly higher than the bias current of both pins inv and pfc_ok (< 1 a). am13246v1 frequency compensation 2.5 v + - 0.23 v 0.27 v - + inv disable ovp error amplifier comp 2.5 v 2.4 v + - 1.66 v l_ovp 6 1 2 - + pfc_ok vout r1a r1b r2 r3a r3b r4 r3 r1 L4984D feedback failure detection (ffd) L4984D 22/35 docid024474 rev 1 7 feedback failure detection (ffd) the ovp function handles ?normal? overvoltage conditions, i.e. those resulting from an abrupt load/line change or occurring at star tup. if the overvoltage is generated by a feedback failure, for instance when the upper resistor of the output divider (r1) fails open, eventually the error amplifier output (comp) saturates high and the voltage on its inverting input (inv) drops from its steady-sate value (2 .5 v). an additional co mparator monitors the voltage on the inv pin, comparing it against a reference located at 1.66 v. when the voltage on pin pfc_ok exceeds 2.5 v and, simultaneously, that on the inv pin falls below 1.66 v, the ffd function is triggered: t he gate drive activity is imme diately stopped, the device is shut down and its quiescent consumption reduced. this condition is latched and to restart the ic it is necessary to recycl e the input power, so that the v cc voltage goes below 6 v. the pin pfc_ok doubles its function as a not -latched ic disable: a voltage below 0.23 v shuts down the ic, reducing its consumption below 2 ma. to restart, simply let the voltage on the pin go above 0.27 v. note that these functions offer complete protection against not only feedback loop failures or erroneous settings , but also against a failure of the protection itself. either resistor of the pfc_ok divider failing short or open or a pin pfc_ok floating results in shutting down the ic and stopping the pre-regulator. docid024474 rev 1 23/35 L4984D voltage feedforward 8 voltage feedforward the power stage gain of pfc pre-regulators varies with the square of the rms input voltage. so does the crossover frequency fc of the overall open-loop gain because the gain has a single pole characteristic. this le ads to large trade-offs in the design. for example, setting the gain of the error amplifier to get fc = 20 hz at 264 v ac means having fc = 4 hz at 88 v ac , resulting in a sluggish control dynamics. additionally, the slow control loop causes large transient current flow during rapid line or load changes that are limited by the dynamics of the multiplier outpu t. this limit is consi dered when selecting the sense resistor to let the full load power pass under minimum line voltage conditions, with some margin. but a fixed current limit allows excessive power input at high line, whereas a fixed power limit requires the current limit to vary inversely with the line voltage. input voltage feedforward compensates for the gain variation with the line voltage and allows all of the above-mentioned issues to be minimized. it consists of deriving a voltage proportional to the input rms voltage, feeding this voltage into a squarer/divider circuit (1/v2 corrector) and providing the resulting signa l to the multiplier that generates the current reference for the inner current control loop (see figure 31 ). figure 31. voltage feedforward: squarer-divider (1/v2) block diagram and transfer characteristic in this way, if the line voltage doubles the amplitude of the multiplier, output is halved and vice versa, so that the current reference is adapted to the new operating conditions with (ideally) no need to invoke the slow response of the error amplifier. additionally, the loop gain is constant throughout the input voltag e range, which improves significantly dynamic behavior at low line and simplifies loop design. actually, deriving a voltage proportional to th e rms line voltage implies a form of integration, which has its own time constant. if it is too small, the voltage generated is affected by a considerable amount of ripple at twice the ma ins frequency that causes distortion of the current reference (resulting in high thd and poor pf); if it is too large there is a considerable delay in setting the right amount of feedforward, resulting in excessive overshoot and undershoot of the pre-regulator output voltage in response to large line voltage changes. clearly, a trade-off is required. the L4984D realizes a new voltage feedforward that, using just two external parts, strongly minimizes this time constant trade-off issue whichever voltage change occurs on the mains, am13248v1 01234 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 v ff =v mult vcsx 0.8 v comp =4v actual ideal 5 mult 3 rectified mains "ideal" diode current reference (vcsx) 9.5v vff c ff r ff e/a output (v comp ) - + 1/v 2 multiplier L4984D detector mains drop voltage feedforward L4984D 24/35 docid024474 rev 1 both surges and drops. a capacitor c ff and a resistor r ff , connected from the vff pin to ground, complete an internal peak-holding circ uit that provides a dc voltage equal to the peak of the voltage applied on the mult pin. in th is way, in case of sudden line voltage rise, c ff is rapidly charged through the low impedance of the internal diode; in case of line voltage drop, an internal ?mains drop? detector enables a low impedance switch that suddenly discharges c ff , therefore reducing the settling time needed to reach the new voltage level. the discharge of c ff is stopped when either its voltage equals the voltage on the mult pin or the voltage on the vff pin falls below 0.88 v, to prevent the ?brownout protection? function from being improperly activated (see section 12: power management and housekeeping functions ). with this functionality, an ac ceptably low steady-state ripple of the vff voltage (and, then, low current distortion) can be achieved with a limited undershoot or overshoot on the pre-regulator output during line transients. the twice-mains-frequency (2 ? fl) ripple appearing across c ff is triangular with peak-to- peak amplitude that, with good approximation, is given by: equation 13 where fl is the line frequency. the amount of 3rd harmonic distortion introduced by this ripple, related to the amplitude of its 2 ? fl component, is: equation 14 figure 32 shows a diagram that helps choose the time constant r ff c ff based on the amount of maximum desired 3rd harmonic distortion. note, however, that there is a minimum value for the time constant r ff c ff below which improper activation of the vff fast discharge may occur. in fact, t he twice-mains-frequency ripple across c ff under steady-state conditions must be lower than the minimum line drop detection threshold ( v vff_min = 40 mv). therefore: equation 15 always connect r ff and c ff to the pin; the ic does not work properly if the pin is left floating or may be damaged if connected directly to ground. ff ff l multpk ff c r f 4 1 v 2 v + = ff ff l 3 c r f 2 100 % d = min _ l min _ vff m a x _ multpk ff ff f 4 1 v v 2 c r ? > ? docid024474 rev 1 25/35 L4984D voltage feedforward figure 32. r ff c ff as a function of 3rd harmonic distortion introduced in the input current am13247v1 d % 3 0.1 1 10 0.01 0.1 1 10 f = 50 hz l f = 60 hz l r c [s] ff ff soft-start L4984D 26/35 docid024474 rev 1 9 soft-start to reduce inrush energy at startup or after an auto-restart protection tripping, the L4984D uses soft-start. please refer to table in section 12: power management and housekeeping functions for more details of the events triggering soft-start. the function is performed by internally pulling the voltage on the mult pin towards an asymptotic level located at about 4.1 v as the device wakes up. this has a twofold effect: on the one hand, the output of the multiplier is lowered through the voltage feedforward function, therefore programming a lower peak curr ent; on the other hand, the off-time of the power switch is considerably prolonged with respect to the normal values programmed by the capacitor connected to the timer pin. in this way, both the current inrush and the risk of saturating the boost inductor at startup are minimized. after 300 s from its activation, the pull-up is released. the voltage on the mult pin decays with the time constant determined by the resistor divider that biases the pin and the bypass capacitor typically connected between the pin an d ground to reduce noise pick-up. at the same time, c ff is discharged by turning on the internal low impedance discharge switch (see section 8: voltage feedforward ). the soft-start function is performed at turn-on by vcc turn-on threshold (v ccon ), by the brownout function and at startup by pfc_ok. on the following activations by pfc_ok (like during burst-mode operation driven by a d2d conv erter controller) the soft-start function is not performed. figure 33 shows the different startup mechan isms and the activations of the soft-start function. figure 33. startup mechanisms and activations of the soft-start function 3 ) & |