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AN-8027
FAN480X PFC+PWM Combination Controller Application
FAN4800A / FAN4800C / FAN4801 / FAN4802 / FAN4802L
Introduction
The synchronization of the PWM with the PFC simplifies
the PWM compensation due to the controlled ripple on the
This application note describes step-by-step design
considerations for a power supply using the FAN480X
controller. The FAN480X combines a PFC controller and
a PWM controller. The PFC controller employs average
current mode control for Continuous Conduction Mode
(CCM) boost converter in the front end. The PWM
controller can be used in either current mode or voltage
mode for the downstream converter. In voltage mode,
feed-forward from the PFC output bus can be used to
improve the line transient response of PWM stage. In
either mode, the PWM stage uses conventional trailing-
edge duty cycle modulation, while the PFC uses leading-
edge modulation. This proprietary leading/trailing-edge
modulation technique can significantly reduce the ripple
current of the PFC output capacitor.
PFC output capacitor (the PWM input capacitor). In
addition to power factor correction, a number of protection
features have been built in to the FAN480X. These include
programmable soft-start, PFC over-voltage protection,
pulse-by-pulse current limiting, brownout protection, and
under-voltage lockout.
FAN4801/2/2L feature programmable two-level PFC
output to improve efficiency at light-load and low-line
conditions.
FAN480X is pin-to-pin compatible with FAN4800 and
ML4800, only requiring adjustment of some peripheral
components. The FAN480X series comparison is
summarized in the Appendix A.
VBOUT
F1
L BOOST
DBOOST
AC
Input
L 1
L 11
2
CBOOST
Q1
Vo1
RFB1
CIF1
DR1
DR1
Q2
Drv
Drv
DF1
CO12
CO11
RCS1
RRAMP
L22
D1
D2
Vo2
L 2
DF2
DR2
1
CO21
CO22
Q3
DR2
Drv
RLF2
RCS2
CIC2
RIAC
RLF1
CIC1
RIC
RRMS1
RD
Vo
1
RT
VEA
IEA
CRMS1
FBPFC
IAC
RB
RBIAS
RRMS2
ISENSE
VREF
V D
VD
D
D
CF
VRMS
SS
ROS1
RF
RVC
CLF1
CSS
OPFC
CRMS2
RRMS3
FBPWM
RT/CT
RAMP
OPWM
CVC2
Vo2
GND
ROS2
ROS3
CT
ILIMIT
CVC1
FAN480X
CRAMP
RFB2
CB
CFB
CLF2 CDD CREF
Figure 1. Typical Application Circuit of FAN480X
© 2009 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
Rev. 1.0.0 • 8/26/09
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