IRS2982SPBF
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Internal high voltage regulator
The internal high voltage regulator supplies the IC
low voltage bias supply VCC during startup,
allowing operation directly from a DC input voltage
up to 600V. To begin operating the IRS2982
requires VCC to be raised above the under
voltage lockout positive threshold (V
CCUV+
)
and to
continue operating VCC must be maintained
above the under voltage lockout negative
threshold (V
CCUV-
)
.
The HV regulator enables an IRS2982 based LED
driver to start up very rapidly and deliver light
within 0.5s of switch on at any line input voltage.
When the switching converter is operating VCC is
normally supplied through an auxiliary transformer
winding. The HV regulator switches over to
support mode when steady state operation is
reached in which VCC is held above V
CCUV+
to
maintain operation under light load or fault
conditions.
As well as supplying VCC the Flyback
inductor/transformer auxiliary winding provides
output voltage and zero-crossing (ZX) information
for critical conduction mode (CrCM) operation.
In the event of a short circuit at the output, the
VCC supply derived from the auxiliary winding
normally collapses below V
CCUV-
causing the
IRS2982 to shut off. The startup sequence then
begins again in a continuous “hiccup” mode until
the short circuit is removed thereby preventing
damage to the circuit.
Figure 1: HV regulator characteristics
Figure 1 illustrates the characteristics of the high
voltage regulator. At switch on it operates in
startup mode during which current is supplied to
VCC from the HV input connected to the rectified
high voltage bus. The current supplied depends on
the voltage at VCC and gradually falls as VCC
rises until it cuts off completely at V
HVS_OFF1
. During
normal operation when the voltage at the FB input
exceeds VREF for the first time the HV regulator
switches over to support mode, where current is
suppled to VCC only when the voltage drops
below V
HVS_OFF2
, which is close to V
CCUV+
. This
helps to sustain the VCC supply at light loads such
as during dimming. Once in support mode the
IRS2982 will not revert to start-up mode until VCC
drops below V
CCUV-.
Sustained operation of the HV regulator may is
likely to cause heating and should be avoided.
Further information is given in the performance
graphs section.
Voltage/current regulation
The IRS2982 may be operated using either a
voltage or current feedback loop. Examples of
each are shown above in the typical application
diagrams. The feedback voltage is fed to the FB
input of the IC, which is connected to the internal
transconductance error amplifier inverting input.
The non-inverting input is connected to an internal
temperature compensated band-gap voltage
reference (V
REF
) and the output is connected to the
compensation (COMP) output.
The FB input can be derived from a shunt resistor
returning LED load current to the 0V return in a
non-isolated Flyback LED driver to regulate output
current. Alternatively it can be fed by a divider
from the transformer auxiliary winding to provide
voltage regulation in an isolated power supply or a
divider directly from the output in a non-isolated
power supply. Sensing from the auxiliary winding
may require some additional filtering components
and does not provide highly accurate regulation of
the output voltage.
The compensation (COMP) voltage determines
the switching cycle on time for voltage mode
control. Loop compensation is performed by
means of the transconductance error amplifier
using an external capacitor (CCOMP) connected
to 0V to realize an integrator to provide a stable
error voltage used to control the converter on time.
CCOMP is typically 1μF in high power factor single
stage converters.
At light loads if V
COMP
drops below V
COMPOFF
the
IRS2982 operates in burst.
Burst mode operation
Under light load conditions the COMP capacitor is
discharged by the error amplifier reducing V
COMP
.
Minimum on time is reached just before V
COMP
falls
below V
COMPOFF
. If the output needs to be reduced
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HV startup current (mA)
VCC (V)
Startup
mode
Support
mode