NCP81022
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element be no less than 0.5 mW for accurate current balance, user care should be taken in board design if lower DCR inductor
are used as this may affect the current balance in light load conditions. Fine tuning of this time constant is generally not required.
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CCSNRCSN
DCR LPHASE
CSPx
CSREF
R
CSN
+
L
PHASE
C
CSN
* DCR
Figure 10. Differential Current Feedback
The individual phase current is summed into to the PWM comparator feedback in this way current is balanced is via a current
mode control approach.
Total Current Sense Amplifier
The NCP81022 uses a patented approach to sum the phase currents into a single temperature compensated total current
signal. This signal is then used to generate the output voltage droop, total current limit, and the output current monitoring
functions. The total current signal is floating with respect to CSREF. The current signal is the difference between CSCOMP
and CSREF. The Ref (n) resistors sum the signals from the output side of the inductors to create a low impedance virtual ground.
The amplifier actively filters and gains up the voltage applied across the inductors to recover the voltage drop across the
inductor series resistance (DCR). Rth is placed near an inductor to sense the temperature of the inductor. This allows the filter
time constant and gain to be a function of the Rth NTC resistor and compensate for the change in the DCR with temperature.
Figure 11. Current Sense Amplifier
The DC gain equation for the current sensing:
V
CSCOMP−CSREF
+ −
Rcs2 )
Rcs1*Rth
Rcs1)Rth
Rph
*
ǒ
Iout
Total
* DCR
Ǔ
Set the gain by adjusting the value of the Rph resistors. The DC gain should set to the output voltage droop. If the voltage
from CSCOMP to CSREF is less than 100mV then it is recommended to increase the gain of the CSCOMP amp and add a
resister divider to the Droop pin filter. This is required to provide a good current signal to offset voltage ratio for the ILIM pin.
When no droop is needed, the gain of the amplifier should be set to provide ~100 mV across the current limit programming
resistor at full load. The values of Rcs1 and Rcs2 are set based on the 220k NTC and the temperature effect of the inductor and
should not need to be changed. The NTC should be placed near the closest inductor. The output voltage droop should be set
with the droop filter divider.
The pole frequency in the CSCOMP filter should be set equal to the zero from the output inductor. This allows the circuit
to recover the inductor DCR voltage drop current signal. Ccs1 and Ccs2 are in parallel to allow for fine tuning of the time
constant using commonly available values. It is best to fine tune this filter during transient testing.
F
Z
+
DCR@25° C
2*PI*L
Phase
F
P
+
1
2 * PI *
ǒ
Rcs2 )
Rcs1*Rth@25° C
Rcs1)Rth@25° C
Ǔ
*
(
Ccs1 ) Ccs2
)