NCP1397A/B, NCV1397A/B
www.onsemi.com
15
50
150
250
350
450
550
1.9 11.9 21.9 31.9 41.9
Figure 29. Maximum Switching Frequency Resistor
Selection Depending on the Adopted Minimum
Switching Frequency
R
Fmax
(kW)
F
max
(kHz)
V
CC
= 15 V
V
FB
= 6.5 V
DT = 300 ns
F
min
= 200 kHz
F
min
= 50 kHz
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2468101214161820
R
Fmin
(kW)
F
min
(kHz)
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Figure 30. Minimum Switching Frequency Resistor
Selection (F
min
= 100 kHz to 500 kHz)
Figure 31. Minimum Switching Frequency Resistor
Selection (F
min
= 20 kHz to 100 kHz)
R
Fmin
(kW)
F
min
(kHz)
V
CC
= 15 V
V
FB
= 1 V
DT = 300 ns
V
CC
= 15 V
V
FB
= 1 V
DT = 300 ns
100
300
500
700
900
1100
1300
1500
1700
1900
3.5 13.5 23.5 33.5 43.5 53.5 63.5 73.5 83.5
R
DT
(kW)
DT (ns)
Figure 32. Deadtime Resistor Selection
ORing capability and optocoupler connection
configurations
If for any particular reason, there is a need for a frequency
variation linked to an event appearance (instead of abruptly
stopping pulses), then the FB pin lends itself very well to the
addition of other sweeping loops. Several diodes can easily
be used perform the job in case of reaction to a fault event
or to regulate on the output current (CC operation).
Figure 33 shows how to do it.
Figure 33. Thanks to the FB Configuration, Loop
ORing is Easy to Implement
V
CC
FB
In1
In2
20 k
VCO
The VCO configuration used in this IC also offers an easy
way to connect optocoupler (or pulldown bipolar) directly
to the Rt pin instead of FB pin (refer to Figures 34 and 35).
The optocoupler is then configured as “common emitter”
and the operating frequency is controlled by the current that
is taken out from the Rt pin – we have current controller
oscillator (CCO). If one uses this configuration it is needed
to maintain FB pin voltage between 0.3 V and 1 V otherwise
the FB fault will be detected. The FB pin can be still used for
open FB loop detection in some applications – to do so it is
needed to keep optcoupler emitter voltage higher then 0.3 V
for nominal load conditions. One needs to take R
FB
pulldown resistor into account when using this
configuration. It is possible to implement skip mode using
Skip/disable input and emitter resistors R
skip1
and R
skip2
.