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TSM1014 Principles of operation and application tips
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6 Principles of operation and application tips
6.1 Voltage control
The voltage loop is controlled via a first transconductance operational amplifier, the resistor
bridge R1, R2, and the optocoupler which is directly connected to the output.
The relation between the values of R1 and R2 should be chosen as written in Equation 1:
Equation 1
R1 = R2 x V
Ref
/ (V
out
- V
Ref
)
where V
out
is the desired output voltage.
To avoid the discharge of the load, the resistor bridge R1, R2 should be highly resistive. For
this type of application, a total value of 100 K (or more) would be appropriate for the
resistors R1 and R2.
As an example, with R2 = 100 K, V
out
= 4.10 V, V
Ref
= 1.210 V, then R1 = 41.9 K.
Note that if the low drop diode is inserted between the load and the voltage regulation
resistor bridge to avoid current flowing from the load through the resistor bridge, this drop
should be taken into account in the above calculations by replacing V
out
by (V
out
+ V
drop
).
6.2 Current control
The current loop is controlled via the second transconductance operational amplifier, the
sense resistor R
sense
, and the optocoupler.
V
sense
threshold is achieved externally by a resistor bridge tied to the V
Ref
voltage
reference. Its middle point is tied to the positive input of the current control operational
amplifier, and its foot is to be connected to lower potential point of the sense resistor as
shown in Figure 4. The resistors of this bridge are matched to provide the best precision
possible.
The control equation verifies:
Equation 2
Equation 3
where I
lim
is the desired limited current, and V
sense
is the threshold voltage for the current
control loop.
Note that the R
sense
resistor should be chosen taking into account the maximum dissipation
(P
lim
) through it during full load operation.
R
sense
I
lim
V
sense
=
V
sense
R
5
V
ref
R
4
R
5
+
-------------------------=
I
lim
R
5
V
ref
R
sense
R
4
R
5
+
-------------------------------------------- -=