SLUSDW0B May 2020 – May 2020 UCC28065
PRODUCTION DATA.
To further improve light load efficiency burst mode operation can be used. In this case the burst mode threshold is fed to BRST pin by an external source that could be a simple resistor divider connected to the VREF pin. If COMP pin voltage goes below the BRST pin voltage the converter stops switching. When the COMP voltage exceeds BRST pin voltage plus hysteresis, the converter restarts switching.
In order to have a smooth transition between switching and not switching and vice-versa burst soft-on and burst soft-off features are added. So when the COMP voltage goes below BRST voltage switching is not stopped immediately, but there will be eight additional switching cycles where FET on time is decreased gradually. In similar way when COMP voltage exceeds BRST voltage plus hysteresis a soft-on period occurs where the on time is increased gradually to a value that corresponds to the present COMP voltage in eight switching cycles.
When the load decreases the device is intended to operate in single phase mode starting from 35% to 15% of rated load and goes to burst mode at lower load values when single phase operation is activated. If the PHB threshold is lower than the Burst mode threshold, single phase operation is forced during soft-on and soft-off periods of burst mode.
Similar to the PHB feature the burst mode threshold has two different levels depending if the PFC input voltage is in the range of 90 to 132 VRMS (US main) or in the range of 180 to 265 VRMS (European main). If the peak voltage on VINAC pin peak voltage exceeds 3.5 V (typ.) a small current (3 µA typically) is provided from BRST pin. If a resistor divider is used to set the BRST pin voltage this current will raise the voltage.
Use Equation 11 and Equation 12 to calculate the resistor divider that sets the Burst Mode thresholds. These equations are identical to the equations used to calculate the PHB resistor divider.
RU and RD are the upper and the lower resistence of the resistor divider connected to VREF pin.