元器件交易网
SGLS371–JANUARY2007
RectifierSelectionCriteria Rectifierbreakdownvoltage
Therectifierhastowithstandthemaximuminputvoltagewhich,inthiscase,is16V.Toallowforswitchingtransientsthatcanapproachtheswitchingvoltage,a30-Vrectifierwasselected. Diodesize
TheimportanceofpowerlossesfromtheSchottkyrectifier(D2)isdeterminedbythedutycycle.Foralowduty-cycleapplication,therectifierisconductingmostofthetime,andthecurrentthatflowsthroughittimesitsforwarddropcanbethelargestcomponentoflossintheentirecontroller.Inthisapplication,thedutycyclerangesfrom20%to40%,whichintheworstcasemeansthatthediodeisconducting80%ofthetime.Whereefficiencyisofmajorimportance,chooseadiodewithaslowaforwarddropaspossible.Inmorecost-sensitiveapplications,sizemaybereducedtothepointofthethermallimitationsofthediodepackage.Thedeviceinthisapplicationislarge,relativetothecurrentrequiredbytheapplication.Inamorecost-sensitiveapplication,asmallerdiodeinaless-expensivepackageprovidesaless-efficient,butappropriate,solution.
Thedeviceusedhasthefollowingcharacteristics: Vf=0.3Vat3A
Ct=300pF(Ct=theeffectivereverse-voltagecapacitanceofthesynchronousrectifier,D2)ThetwocomponentsofthelossesfromthediodeD2are:
IRIPPLEöæ
÷+1-D)= 653 mWPCOND=Vf´çIçOUT÷´(4èø(11)Where:
D=DutycycleIRIPPLE=RipplecurrentIOUT=OutputcurrentVF=Forwardvoltage
PCOND=Conductionpowerloss
TheswitchingcapacitanceofthisdiodeaddsanACloss,givenby:
PSW+1[C (VIN)Vf)2 f]+6.8mW
Thisadditionallossraisesthetotallossto:660mW.
Atanoutputvoltageof3.3V,theapplicationrunsatanominaldutycycleof27%,andthediodeisconducting72.5%ofthetime.Astheoutputvoltageismovedupto5V,theontimeincreasesto46%,andthediodeisconductingonly54%ofthetimeduringeachclockcycle.Thischangeindutycycleproportionatelyreducestheconductionpowerlossesinthediode.Thisreductionmaybeexpressedas:
æ0.54ö660ç÷=491mW
è0.725ø(13)forasavingsinpowerof660–491=169mW.
Toillustratetherelevanceofthispowersavings,thefull-loadmoduleefficiencywasmeasuredforthisapplicationat3.3Vand5V.The5-Voutputefficiencyis92%versus89%forthe3.3-Vdesign.Thisdifferenceinefficiencyrepresentsa456-mWreductioninlossesbetweenthetwoconditions.This169-mWpower-lossreductionintherectifierrepresents37%ofthedifference.
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