UC3816A/B
CMOS IC
APPLICATION NOTE (Cont.)
As shown in Fig. 3, at deep light-load or no-load condition, the switching loss is the dominant factor. To improve
the light-load efficiency, burst mode operation will stop the switching cycle of the OUT pin when FB pin voltage is
below “VFB_IN” Level and restart the switching cycle of the OUT pin when FB pin voltage is above “VFB_OUT”.
VFB
VFB_OUT
VFB_IN
T
VOUT
No
No
No
switching
switching
switching
T
Fig. 3 Burst Mode Operation
Over Voltage Protection on VCC Pin ( VCC OVP )
The VCC OVP will shut down the switching of the power MOSFET whenever VCC >VOVP. The OVP event as
followed Fig.4.
VCC
VOVP
VTHD(ON)
VFB
VOLP
VCC(MIN)
T1<TDelay
T2>TDelay
VFB(IN)
t
t
Driver
Driver
ON/OFF
ON/OFF
t
t
Fig.4 OVP case
Fig.5 OLP case
Over Load &Open Loop & Output Short Protection ( OLP or OSP )
OLP or OSP will shut down driver when VFB > VOLP for continual a blanking time. The OLP or OSP event as
followed Fig.5.
Over Temperature Protection ( OTP )
OTP will shut down driver when the NTC resistor temperature TJ>T (THR)
.
Brown in/out & DEM OVP Protection
To prevent high current stress at too low AC voltage condition, the UTC UC3816A/B implements an AC brown
in/out protection through the DEM pin. The current sourcing out from the DEM pin when the OUT pin is enabled is
monitored to have the AC input voltage level information. When the current keeps above the DEM_BNI threshold
(50μA, typ.) for more than BNI De-bounce time 7 cycles, the AC brown in condition is issued and the OUT is enabled.
Once if the current keeps under the DEM_BNO threshold (45.5μA, typ.) for more than BNO De-bounce time, the AC
brown out condition is issued and the OUT is disabled.
The equation is used to calculate the brown in/out level:
RDEM _U
RDEM _U
NPRI
NPRI
,
VAC _BNI = 50u×
×
VAC _BNO = 45.5u×
×
NAUX
NAUX
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