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SGLS371–JANUARY2007
GENERALINFORMATION
Overview
TheTPS40200isanonsynchronouscontrollerwithabuilt-in200-mAdriver,designedtodrivehigh-speedP-channelFETSupto500kHz.Itssmallsizecombinedwithcompletefunctionalitymakesthepartbothversatileandeasytouse.
Thecontrollerusesalow-valuecurrent-sensingresistorinserieswiththeinputvoltageandthepowerFETsourceconnectiontodetectswitchingcurrent.Whenthevoltagedropacrossthisresistorexceeds100mV,thepartentersahiccupfaultmodeatapproximately2%oftheoperatingfrequency.
Thepartusesvoltagefeedbacktoanerroramplifierthatisbiasedbyaprecision700-mVreference.Feed-forwardcompensationfromtheinputkeepsthepulse-widthmodulator(PWM)gainconstantoverthefullinputvoltagerange,eliminatingtheneedtochangefrequencycompensationfordifferentinputvoltages.Thepartalsoincorporatesasoft-startfeaturewheretheoutputfollowsaslowlyrisingsoft-startvoltage,preventingoutput-voltageovershoot.
ProgrammingtheOperatingFrequency
Theoperatingfrequencyofthecontrollerisdeterminedbyanexternalresistor,RRC,thatisconnectedfromtheRCpintoVDDandacapacitorattachedfromtheRCpintoground.Thisconnection,andthetwooscillatorcomparatorsinsidetheIC,areshowninFigure23Theoscillatorfrequencycanbecalculatedfromthefollowingequation:
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fSW=
RRC´CRC´0.105(1)Where:
fSW=Clockfrequency
RRC=Timingresistorvalue(in )CRC=Timingcapacitorvalue(inF)
RRCmustbekeptlargeenoughthatthecurrentthroughitdoesnotexceed750µAwhentheinternalswitch
(showninFigure23isdischargingthetimingcapacitor.Thisconditionmaybeexpressedby:VIN
£750mARRC(2)
SynchronizingtheOscillator
Figure23showsthefunctionaldiagramoftheTPS40200oscillator.WhensynchronizingtheoscillatortoanRCmustbepulledbelow150mVfor20nsormore.Theexternalclockfrequencymustbehigherthanthefree-runningfrequencyoftheconverteraswell.Whensynchronizingthecontroller,ifRCisheldlowforanexcessiveamountoftime,erraticoperationmayoccur.ThemaximumamountoftimethatRCshouldbeheldlowis50%ofanominaloutputpulse,or10%oftheperiodofthesynchronizationfrequency.
Undercircumstanceswheretheinputvoltageishighandthedutycycleislessthan50%,aSchottkydiodeconnectedfromRCtoanexternalclockmaybeusedtosynchronizetheoscillator.ThecathodeofthediodeisconnectedtoRC.Thetrippointoftheoscillatorissetbyaninternalvoltagedividertobe1/10oftheinputvoltage.Theclocksignalmusthaveanamplitudehigherthanthistrippoint.Whentheclockgoeslow,itallowstheresetcurrenttorestarttheRCramp,synchronizingtheoscillatortotheexternalclock.Thisprovidesasimple,single-componentmethodforclocksynchronization.
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