NCP1927
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ShortWinding Protection
Under some conditions, like a transformer winding or
output diode shortcircuit, the primary current increases
above V
ILIM
before the LEB timer expires. To prevent
dangerously high current from flowing, an additional
comparator senses when V
FCS
reaches V
CS(stop)
. Once this
comparator toggles, the controller immediately latches off.
The effect of latching off the IC is identical to shutdown
mode, however, the V
CC
cycle repeats indefinitely until the
input power is removed and C
VCC
is allowed to discharge
below V
CC(reset)
. When input power is reapplied, the
NCP1927 operates according to the initial poweron
sequence. The V
CC
behavior during short winding
protection is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. V
CC
Behavior During Short Winding
Protection
time
FCS Pin
time
V
CC
time
DRV
V
CC(on)
V
CC(off)
Short
Winding
Detected
V
CS(stop)
time
I
CC
I
CC4
ICC6
I
CC2
Feedback
The ratio from the feedback voltage to the current limit
threshold, K
FFB
(typically 5), determines the peak current
limit threshold. This means that the feedback voltage when
the current limit threshold equals V
ILIM
is 3.5 V (typical).
The FFB pin is connected to the internal V
DD
rail through
a resistor divider. To ease system design, the FFB pin is
represented by a Thevenin equivalent circuit containing a
voltage source and series resistor, V
FFB(open)
(typically 5 V)
and R
FFB
(typically 20 kW).
SoftStart
The NCP1927 flyback controller features an internal
softstart circuit. Every time the controller starts (i.e. the
controller was off and starts, or restarts due to a fault), a
softstart is applied when V
CC
reaches V
CC(on)
. The current
limit threshold is linearly increased from 0 until it reaches
V
ILIM
(in 4.0 ms), or until the feedback loop imposes a
setpoint lower than the one imposed by the softstart (the 2
comparator outputs are ORed together). Figure 10 shows a
typical startup sequence.
Figure 10. SoftStart Timing
Time
VFB
Time
Softstart ramp
V
ILIM
t
SSTART
Time
CS Setpoint
V
ILIM
VFB takes
over softstart
Ramp Compensation
Ramp compensation is a known method for preventing
subharmonic oscillations. These oscillations take place at
half the switching frequency and occur only during
continuous conduction mode (CCM) when the duty ratio is
greater than 50%. To prevent these oscillations, one
typically lowers the current loop gain by injecting between
50% and 75% of the inductor downslope. This is done by
inserting a resistor (R
SCOMP
) between the FCS pin and the
current sense resistor. Figure 11 shows an example of this.
The ramp signal is disconnected from the FCS pin during the
off time.
Figure 11. Inserting a Resistor
+
ON
L.E.B.
FDRV
Reset
from FFB Setpoint
FCS
R
SCOMP
I
ramp
I
ramp(MAX)
R
sense
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