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Objective data sheet Rev. 1 — 21 June 2012 18 of 47
NXP Semiconductors
SSL4120T
Resonant power supply control IC with PFC
This is achieved by connecting a resistor R
ss(PFC)
and a capacitor C
ss(PFC)
between
pin SNSCURPFC and the current sense resistor R
cur(PFC)
. At start-up, an internal current
source I
ch(ss)(PFC)
charges the capacitor to V
SNSCURPFC
=I
ch(ss)(PFC)
× R
ss(PFC)
. The
voltage is limited to the maximum PFC soft start clamp voltage, V
clamp(ss)PFC
. The
additional voltage across the charged capacitor results in a reduced peak current. After
start-up, the internal current source is switched-off, capacitor C
ss(PFC)
discharges across
R
ss(PFC)
and the peak current increases.
The start level and the time constant of the rising primary current can be adjusted
externally by changing the values of R
ss(PFC)
and C
ss(PFC)
.
Soft stop is achieved by switching on the internal current source I
ch(ss)(PFC)
.This current
charges C
ss(PFC)
and the increasing capacitor voltage reduces the peak current. The
charge current will flow as long as the voltage on pin SNSCURPFC is below the maximum
PFC soft start voltage (typ. 0.5 V). If V
SNSCURPFC
exceeds the maximum PFC soft start
voltage, the soft start current source will start limiting the charge current. To accurately
determine if the capacitor is charged, the voltage is only measured during the off-time of
the PFC power switch. The operation of the PFC is stopped when V
SNSCURPFC
>
V
stop(ss)(PFC)
.
7.7.7 PFC overcurrent regulation, OCR-PFC (pin SNSCURPFC)
The maximum peak current is limited cycle-by-cycle by sensing the voltage across an
external sense resistor (R
cur(PFC)
) connected to the source of the external MOSFET. The
voltage is measured via the SNSCURPFC pin and is limited to V
ocr(PFC)
.
A voltage peak will appear on V
SNSCURPFC
when the PFC MOSFET is switched on due to
the discharging of the drain capacitance. The leading edge blanking time, t
leb(PFC)
,
ensures that the overcurrent sensing block will not react to this transitory peak.
7.7.8 PFC mains undervoltage protection/brownout protection, UVP-mains
(pin SNSMAINS)
The voltage on the SNSMAINS pin is sensed continuously to prevent the PFC trying to
operate at very low mains input voltages. PFC switching stops as soon as V
SNSMAINS
drops below V
uvp(SNSMAINS)
. Mains undervoltage protection is also called brownout
protection.
V
SNSMAINS
is clamped to a minimum value of V
pu(SNSMAINS)
for fast restart as soon as the
mains input voltage recovers after a mains-dropout. The PFC (re)starts once V
SNSMAINS
exceeds the start level V
start(SNSMAINS)
.
7.7.9 PFC boost overvoltage protection, OVP-boost (pin SNSBOOST)
An overvoltage protection circuit has been built in to prevent boost overvoltages during
load steps and mains transients.
I
Cur PFC()pk()
V
ocr PFC()
I
ch ss()PFC()
R
ss PFC()
×()–
R
cur PFC()
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=
τ R
ss PFC()
C
ss PFC()
×=