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L6574
High/Low Side Driving Section:
High and low side driving sections provide the proper drive to the external power MOSFET. A high sink/
source driving current (450/250 mA typical) ensures fast switching times when a size 4 external power
MOSFET needs to be driven.
Bootstrap Section:
A patented integrated bootstrap section replaces an external bootstrap diode. This section together with
a bootstrap capacitor provides the bootstrap voltage to drive the high side power MOSFET. This function
is achieved using a high voltage DMOS driver which is driven synchronously with the low side external
power MOSFET.
For a safe operation, current flow into the Vboot pin is inhibited, even though ZVS operation may not be
ensured.
Timing Section:
To set the proper preheat time (tpre=kpre*Cpre) for the bulb, a capacitor is connected to the Cpre pin
which is charged with a fixed current. During tpre, the output is switching at fpre (see Oscillator Section).
When the tpre expires, the Cpre capacitor is discharged and then recharged with a different current. This
sets a second time interval tsh (0.1 times the selected preheat time tpre) during which frequency shifting
from fpre to fing is performed to ensure lamp ignition.
Timing Section
k
pre
1 Pre Heat Timing constant C
pre
= 330nF 1.15 1.5 1.85 s/µF
k
fs
Frequency Shift Timing Constant C
pre
= 330nF 0.115 0.15 0.185 s/µF
V
thpre
Pre Heat Timing Comparator
Threshold
3.3 3.5 3.7 V
Sense OP AMP
l
ib
6,7 Input Bias current 0.1 µA
V
io
Input Offset Voltage -10 10 mV
R
out
5 Ouput Resistance 200 300 Ω
I
out +
Sink Output Current V
out
= 0.2V 0.5 mA
I
out -
Source Output Current V
out
= 4.5V 0.5 mA
V
ic
6,7 Common Mode Input Range -0.2 3 V
GBW Sense Op Amp Gain Band Width
Product
1MHz
Gdc DC Open Loop Gain 80 dB
Comparators
V
the
8,9 Enabling Comparators Threshold 0.56 0.6 0.64 V
V
hy
e Enabling Comparators Hysteresis 20 100 mV
t
pulse
Minimum Pulse lenght 200 ns
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTCS (continued)
(V
S
= 12V; V
BOOT
-V
OUT
= 12V; T
amb
= 25°C)
Symbol Pin Parameter Test Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit