UC1584
UC2584
UC3584
PIN DESCRIPTIONS
BST1: Collector of the boost switch. This is the RT: A Timing Resistor connected between RT and GND
connection point of the external boost inductor and boost sets the discharge current of the timing capacitor.
diode. The boost converter generates the bias supply for
the UC3584 from the regulated 5V output.
SRC: Source connection of the floating driver to the
external switch.
BST2: See BST1. BST2 must be connected externally
SS: Soft Start. An external capacitor is connected
to BST1 pin.
between SS and GND to set the duration of the Soft
CDLY: Delay Set. External CDLY capacitor sets the Start cycle.
delay from the time Short Circuit condition is detected
and Fault Condition is asserted.
SYNC: Synchronization Pin. The UC3584 is
synchronized from the falling edge of the transformer’s
COMP: Output of the Voltage Error Amplifier.
CT: Connect the Timing Capacitor between CT and GND.
FB: Inverting Input of the Voltage Error Amplifier.
GND: Analog System Ground.
secondary winding. Voltage must exceed 1V at minimum
input line.
VCC: Bias supply of the chip, approximately 15V. This is
also the output of the boost regulator. The VCC pin must
be decoupled to PGND.
OUT: Output of the floating driver for an external,
N-channel MOSFET.
VFLT: Positive rail of the floating driver’s bias supply.
Decouple to SRC using a high frequency (ceramic)
capacitor.
PGND: Power Ground. This is the reference node for the
boost bias supply regulator. PGND and GND must be
connected externally.
VREG: Output of the internal 5V regulated supply. Must
be decoupled to GND.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Biasing the UC3584
Oscillator and Trailing Edge Synchronization
Bias supply for the UC3584 is generated from the main The UC3584 is outfitted with a synchronizable oscillator
output of the power supply by a boost regulator. The in- which also generates a ramp signal across the CT capac-
ductor, diode and capacitor of the boost converter are ex- itor for the PWM comparator. For easy implementation of
ternal components, while the boost switch is internal to the leading edge pulse width modulation technique, the
the chip. The boost converter operates in a burst mode oscillator has an inverted ramp waveform as shown in
with a built-in hysteresis of approximately 1V centered at Fig. 1. The free running oscillator frequency is deter-
15V. This is a bang-bang controller and when enabled mined by the timing components, RT and CT, according
has a fixed duty cycle of 75%.
to the following approximate equations:
1.7
Undervoltage Detection
9.3
RT
=
1−DMAX
The UVLO circuit of the UC3584 monitors the voltage on
VCC. During power up and power down, the pulse width
modulator and the output driver are disabled and OUT is
held active low. Operation is enabled when VCC reaches
10.5V. The UVLO circuitry has a built-in hysteresis of
1.7V (10.5V to 8.8V) thus VCC must drop below 8.8V in
order to assert UVLO again.
2− 8.2×108 • C
(
)
T
fOSC
=
0.9
R
• CT
(
)
T
where
R is the timing resistor, its value should be between
T
Precision Reference
1kΩ and 100kΩ,
An internal precision bandgap reference provides accu-
rate voltages to the error amplifier and other control sec-
tions of the IC. A buffered 5V regulated voltage is also
available for external circuitry on the VREG pin. This pin
must be decoupled to the signal GND connection by a
good quality high frequency capacitor.
C is the timing capacitor,
T
D
MAX
is the desired maximum duty cycle, and
f
is the free running oscillator frequency.
OSC
Figure 2 graphically depicts the measured frequency
data.
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