Power Factor Controller,
High-Efficiency,
Enhanced for Lighting
NCL2801
The 8−pin PFC controller NCL2801 is designed to drive PFC boost
stages. It is based on an innovative Valley Count Frequency
Fold−back (VCFF) method. The circuit classically operates in
Critical conduction Mode (CrM) for high load values. When the load
decreases a Discontinuous Conduction Mode DCM is forced by
forcing a dead time which, by construction corresponds to a fixed
number of valleys. The lower the output power, the higher the number
of valleys corresponding to the dead time. After DCM works down to
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6 valley switching and if the load continues to decrease, a dead time
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is continuously added to the 6 valley. The end of additional dead time
is synchronized with the drain voltage valley. The maximum
switching period is limited to 36.5 ms. VCFF maximizes the
efficiency during DCM and light load. In particular, the stand−by
losses are reduced to a minimum. Like in FCCrM controllers, internal
circuitry allows near−unity power factor even when the switching
frequency is reduced. Housed in a SO−8 package, the circuit also
incorporates the features necessary for robust and compact PFC
stages, with few external components.
MARKING DIAGRAMS
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L2801abc
ALYW
G
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General Features
L2801abc = Specific Device Code
• Near−Unity Power Factor
• Critical Conduction Mode (CrM)
• Valley Count Frequency Fold−Back (VCFF)
• Peak Current Control Mode to Maintain a Proper Current Shaping in
VCFF Mode
A
L
Y
W
G
= Assembly Location
= Wafer Lot
= Year
= Work Week
= Pb−Free Package
• Fast Line / Load Transient Compensation (Dynamic Response
PIN CONNECTIONS
Enhancer) Option
1
FB
VCC
• Brown−out Detection
• Two−level Line Feed−Forward (HL&LL)
VCTRL
DRV
GND
ZCD
MULT
CS
• Valley Turn−on (No Valley Hoping by Construction)
• High Drive Capability: −500 mA / +800 mA
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• V Range: from 10.5 V to 27 V
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• Low Start−up Consumption for :
• [*C*]& [*D*] Option: Low V Start−up Level (12.5 V)
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ORDERING INFORMATION
See detailed ordering and shipping information on page 25 of
this data sheet.
[*A*]& [*B*] Option: High V Start−up Level (17.0 V)
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[*E*]& [*F*] Option: High V Start−up Level (10.5 V)
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• This is a Pb−Free Device
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Publication Order Number:
September, 2019 − Rev. 3
NCL2801/D