CS51021A, CS51022A, CS51023A, CS51024A
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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
SYNC
R
T
C
T
SLOP
E
IS
V
DS
0 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
0 V
V
IN
0 V
V
COMP
PWM COMP
GATE
4.3 V
200 ns
T
CH
T
DIS
V
SLOPE
55 ns
Blanking
IS + 0.1 SLOPE
IS
Figure 3. Typical Waveforms
THEORY OF OPERATION
Powering the IC
The IC has two supply and two ground pins. V
C
and
PGND pins provide high speed power drive for the external
power switch. V
CC
and LGND pins power the control
portion of the IC. The internal logic monitors the supply
voltage, V
CC
. During abnormal operating conditions, the
output is held low. The CS51021A/2A/3A/4A requires only
75 mA of startup current.
Voltage Feedback
The output voltage is monitored via the V
FB
pin and is
compared with the internal 2.5 V reference. The error
amplifier output minus one diode drop is divided by 3 and
connected to the negative input of the PWM comparator.
The positive input of the PWM comparator is connected to
the modified current sense signal. The oscillator turns the
external power switch on at the beginning of each cycle.
When current sense ramp voltage exceeds the reference side
of PWM comparator, the output stage latches off. It is turned
on again at the beginning of the next oscillator cycle.
Current Sense and Protection
The current is monitored at the I
SENSE
pin. The
CS51021A/2A/3A/4A has leading edge blanking circuitry
that ignores the first 55 ns of each switching period.
Blanking is disabled when V
FB
is less than 2.0 V so that the
minimum on−time of the controller does not have an
additional 55 ns of delay time during fault conditions. For
the remaining portion of the switching period, the current
sense signal, combined with a fraction of the slope
compensation voltage, is applied to the positive input of the
PWM comparator where it is compared with the divided by
three error amplifier output voltage. The pulse−by−pulse
overcurrent protection threshold is set by the voltage at the
I
SET
pin. This voltage is passed through the I
SET
Clamp and
appears at the non−inverting input of the PWM comparator,
limiting its dynamic range according to the following
formula:
Overcurrent Threshold +
0.8 V
I(SENSE)
) 0.1 V ) 0.1 V
SLOPE
where
V
I(SENSE)
is voltage at the I
SENSE
pin.
and
V
SLOPE
is voltage at the SLOPE pin.
During extreme overcurrent or short circuit conditions,
the slope of the current sense signal will become much
steeper than during normal operation. Due to loop
propagation delay, the sensed signal will overshoot the
pulse−by−pulse threshold eventually reaching the second
overcurrent protection threshold which is 1.33 times higher
than the first threshold and is described by the following
equation:
2nd Threshold + 1.33 V
I(SET)
Exceeding the second threshold will reset the Soft Start
capacitor C
SS
and reinitiate the Soft Start sequence,
repeating for as long as the fault condition persists.
Soft Start
During power up, when the output filter capacitor is
discharged and the output voltage is low, the voltage across
the Soft Start capacitor (V
SS
) controls the duty cycle. An
internal current source of 55 mA charges C
SS
. The maximum
error amplifier output voltage is clamped by the SS Clamp.
When the Soft Start capacitor voltage exceeds the error
amplifier output voltage, the feedback loop takes over the
duty cycle control. The Soft Start time can be estimated with
the following formula:
t
SS
+ 9 10
4
C
SS
The Soft Start voltage, V
SS
, charges and discharges
between 0.25 V and 4.7 V.