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L6917
CurrentSharing
Active current sharing is implemented using the information from transconductance differential amplifier in an
average current mode control scheme. A current reference equal to the average of the read current (I
AVG
) is
internally built;the error between theread current and this reference is converted to a voltage with a proper gain
and it is used to adjust the duty cycle whose dominant value is set by the error amplifier at COMP pin.
The current sharing control is a high bandwidth control allowing current sharing even during load transients.
The current sharing error is affected by the choose of external components; choose precise Rg resistor (
±
1%
is necessary) to sense the current. The current sharing error is internally dominated by the voltage offset of
transconductance differential amplifier; considering a voltage offset equal to 2mV across the sense resistor, the
current reading error is given by the following equation:
I
I
MAX
R
SENSE
I
MAX
Where
I
READ
is the difference between one phase current and the ideal current (I
MAX
/2).
For Rsense=4m
and Imax=40A the current sharing error is equal to 2.5%, neglecting errors due to Rg and
Rsense mismatches.
Figures 6 and 7 show the current sharing error obtained at 0A and 30A using a sense resistor or the low side
mosfet’s R
dsON
as sensing element. The static error obtained using the R
dsON
is due to the tolerance of this
parameter (up to 30%).
Figure 6. Current Sharing Error using R
dsON
as sensing element at 0A (left) and 30A (right).
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CH1 = PHASE1; CH2 = PHASE2; CH3 = I
L2
; CH4 = I
L1