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Product data sheet Rev. 3 — 16 November 2011 22 of 42
NXP Semiconductors
UBA2016A/15/15A
600 V fluorescent lamp driver
7.6.6 Coil saturation protection
When the peak voltage on pin SLHB exceeds saturation threshold voltage V
th(sat)SLHB
, an
additional current I
add(CF)
is sourced to pin CF to shorten the running oscillator cycle. In
Ignition state the fault timer is started and a discharge current I
dch(CIFB)
is drawn from pin
CIFB during the next cycle to increase the switching frequency.
In Burn state the IC will go to Stop state if coil saturation is detected longer than the
saturation detection delay time t
d(det)sat
.
Current I
bias(SLHB)
is sourced to pin SLHB which will force the controller into coil saturation
protection if pin SLHB is left open.
7.6.7 Lamp overcurrent protection
If voltage on pin IFB exceeds the overcurrent detection threshold voltage V
th(ocd)(IFB)
, and
the oscillator is running at f
sw(high)
, an overcurrent is detected and the IC will immediately
enter the Stop state.
7.6.8 Lamp overvoltage protection
When the peak voltage on pin VFB exceeds V
th(ov)(VFB)
, the fault timer is started and a
discharge current I
dch(CIFB)
is drawn from pin CIFB during the next cycle to increase the
switching frequency.
When V
VFB
>V
th(ovextra)(VFB)
for longer than the fault activation delay time t
det(fault)
then the
IC will enter the Stop state.
7.6.9 Lamp removal detection
Removing the lamp from applications that have the resonant capacitor connected via the
lamp filaments, will result in hard switching because current cannot flow through the
ballast inductor.
If hard switching is detected during Ignition or Burn state the fault timer will be started.
For applications with the resonant capacitor connected directly to the ballast inductor,
capacitive mode, coil saturation or over voltage will be detected. Capacitive mode is
activated if the switching frequency ends up below the resonance frequency due to
removal of the lamp. If the switching frequency is near or above the resonance frequency,
the lamp (or rather the lamp socket) voltage and half-bridge current will be very high due
to the unloaded resonant circuit (lamp inductor and lamp capacitor) which activates the
coil saturation protection or the overvoltage protection.
7.6.10 Temperature protection
When the temperature is above T
th(act)otp
and GLHB is high, the IC enters Standby state.
The IC cannot exit the Standby state until the temperature drops below T
th(rel)otp
.
7.6.11 Fault timer
Any fault that starts the fault timer must be detected for longer than the fault activation
delay time t
d(act)fault
to actually start the timer. When the timer is started, the capacitor at
pin CPT is alternately being charged and discharged. After 8 charging and 7 discharging
cycles the fault time-out period t
to(fault)
is reached and the IC enters either the Stop state or
the Auto-restart state, depending on the fault detected, the current state of the timer and
the number of ignition attempts; see Figure 9 “
State diagram”. If the fault that started the