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Inrush and Operational Current Limitation
When the PSE applies power to the PD after the detection
and classification phases, the pass switch will initially limit
the current passing through it. In this way large currents
caused by the DC/DC convertor input capacitor charging are
prevented.
When the voltage over the pass switch drops below the
limit value, this indicates that the bulk capacitor is charged.
The pass switch is then turned completely on, and the IC
switches to an operational current limit. Both limits are
programmed with the same programming resistor, which is
connected to ILIM. Programming resistors should be placed
as close to the IC as possible to minimize noise. Typical
values for this programming resistor are shown in Table 3.
Table 3. PD INPUT CURRENT LIMITS
Average Input Power of the PD Recommended ILIM Resistor Inrush Current Limit Operational Current Limit
13 W
178 kW
120 mA 500 mA
25.5 W
169 kW
120 mA 680 mA
PGOOD Indication
The NCP109x provide a PGOOD signal to indicate when
the power is available for the DC/DC convertor. This is an
open-drain output that is active when the input capacitor has
not completely charged yet. The PGOOD pin is released (to
an external pull-up) when the voltage between RTN and
VPORTN drops below 1 V (typ.).
The intended use for this signal is to connect the PGOOD
signal to the enable pin of your DC/DC controller, to ensure
that the DC/DC controller does not start operation before the
input capacitor is fully charged.
On the evaluation board the PGOOD pin is connected to
a LED. Under normal operation, this LED should only turn
on (briefly) during startup and shutdown.
UVLO Support
All NCP109x ICs have internal UVLO capability, and
will disconnect the pass switch when the VPORTP voltage
becomes too low. The threshold for this is set by an internal
resistor divider to V
UVLO,on
= 37 V (typ) and V
UVLO,off
=
31 V (typ).
In addition, the NCP1091 and NCP1093 allow externally
programming the threshold to a different value. If you want
to continue using the default UVLO threshold with the
NCP1091 or NCP1093, connect the UVLO pin to VPORTN.
To enable under-voltage lockout with a different
threshold, you must populate the resistor divider created by
Ruvlo1 and Ruvlo2.This can only be done on the NCP1091
or NCP1093.
The values for these components can be calculated as
follows:
V
uvlo,on
+ 1.2V
R
uvlo1
) R
uvlo2
R
uvlo2
Take also into account that the UVLO resistors will
influence the detection resistance.
Auxiliary Support
An auxiliary supply can easily be implemented with a
diode (Daux1). This auxiliary supply is often of a relatively
low voltage (e.g. 24 V). However, this implementation can
result in variable behavior, depending on which power
source was connected first. For example, when the auxiliary
is already connected when the Ethernet cable is plugged in,
the auxiliary voltage will interfere with the PoE detection,
and this will result in a dominant auxiliary supply. However,
if the Ethernet cable is connected first, the PoE detection will
be successful, and power will be drawn from the PoE
interface, even if an auxiliary supply is later connected.
It is often desirable for the device to always use the
auxiliary supply, even when PoE is available. In that case,
the PoE must be disabled when the auxiliary is active. This
feature is available in the NCP1092 and NCP1094.
Auxiliary support will disconnect the PoE supply when an
auxiliary supply is connected by disconnecting the internal
pass switch. When not used, the AUX pin of the IC should
be connected to VPORTN. To configure the auxiliary
support dimension the resistor divider connected to the
AUX pin so that the AUX pin voltage is higher than 3.1 V
(typ.) during desired operation. The AUX pin has an internal
pull-down resistor of 100 kW. However, such large
resistance is not desired since a small leakage current can
make the AUX voltage rise very quickly. It is advised to add
an external pull-down resistor of 10 kW. From this we can
dimension Raux1 as follows:
R
aux1
+
ǒ
V
aux,on
3.1V
*1
Ǔ
10kW
When the voltage on the AUX pin rises above 3.1 V, the
NCP109x will disable the PoE detection circuit and
disconnect the pass switch, as well as release PGOOD.
To connect the auxiliary support (and have priority of the
auxiliary supply) on the evaluation boards, you must
connect the jumper J1. This is only possible if your
evaluation board has an NCP1092 or NCP1094.
To get an efficient system, it is desirable to have the
forward voltage drop over the auxiliary diode Daux1 as low
as possible, especially since the auxiliary power supply is
often of lower voltage and therefore has less headroom for
voltage drop. This requires a schottky diode. However,
schottky diodes at higher voltages often have a large reverse
leakage current, up to as much as 10mA. If this current were