SLVSER7 October 2020 TPS23731
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The TPS23731 device DC-DC controller implements a typical current-mode control as shown in Functional Block Diagram. Features include oscillator, overcurrent and PWM comparators, current-sense blanker, soft-start, soft-stop and gate driver. In addition, an internal current-compensation ramp generator, frequency synchronization logic, built-in frequency dithering functionality, thermal shutdown, and start-up current source with control are provided.
The TPS23731 is optimized for isolated converters, supporting the use of PSR (flyback configuration) and optocoupler feedback .
To support PSR, the TPS23731 includes an internal error amplifier, and the voltage feedback is from the bias winding.
If optocoupler feedback is used, the error amplifier is disabled (by use of EA_DIS input). In this case, the optocoupler output directly drives the COMP pin which serves as a current-demand control to the PWM.
In both cases, the COMP signal is directly fed to a 5:1 internal resistor divider and an offset of VZDC/5 (~0.3 V) which defines a current-demand control for the pulse width modulator (PWM). A VCOMP below VZDC stops converter switching, while voltages above (VZDC + 5 × (VCSMAX + VSLOPE)) does not increase the requested peak current in the switching MOSFET.
The internal start-up current source and control logic implement a bootstrap-type startup. The startup current source charges CVCC from VDD and maintain its voltage when the converter is disabled or during the soft-start period, while operational power must come from a converter (bias winding) output.
The bootstrap source provides reliable start-up from widely varying input voltages, and eliminates the continual power loss of external resistors.
The peak current limit does not have duty cycle dependency unless RS is used as shown in Figure 8-2 to increase slope compensation. This makes it easier to design the current limit to a fixed value.
The DC-DC controller has an OTSD that can be triggered by heat sources including the VB regulator, GATE driver, bootstrap current source, and bias currents. The controller OTSD turns off VB, the switching FET, resets the soft-start generator, and forces the VCC control into an undervoltage state.