SLUS846D September 2008 – August 2024 UCC25600
PRODUCTION DATA
With variable switching frequency control, UCC25600 relies on the internal oscillator to vary the switching frequency. The oscillator is controlled by the current flowing out of the RT pin. Except during soft start, the relationship between the gate signal frequency and the current flowing out of the RT pin can be represented as:
Because the switching frequency is proportional to the current, by limiting the maximum and minimum current flowing out of the RT pin, the minimum and maximum switching frequency of the converter could be easily limited. As shown in Figure 8-7, putting a resistor from the RT pin to ground limits the minimum current and putting a resistor in series with the opto-coupler limits the maximum current.
The frequency limiting resistor can be calculated based on following equations.