SLUS458I July   2000  – June 2024 UCC28C40 , UCC28C41 , UCC28C42 , UCC28C43 , UCC28C44 , UCC28C45 , UCC38C40 , UCC38C41 , UCC38C42 , UCC38C43 , UCC38C44 , UCC38C45

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2. Features
  3. Applications
  4. Description
  5. Device Comparison Table
  6. Pin Configuration and Functions
  7. Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Typical Characteristics
  8. Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Detailed Pin Description
        1. 7.3.1.1 COMP
        2. 7.3.1.2 FB
        3. 7.3.1.3 CS
        4. 7.3.1.4 RT/CT
        5. 7.3.1.5 GND
        6. 7.3.1.6 OUT
        7. 7.3.1.7 VDD
        8. 7.3.1.8 VREF
      2. 7.3.2  Undervoltage Lockout
      3. 7.3.3  ±1% Internal Reference Voltage
      4. 7.3.4  Current Sense and Overcurrent Limit
      5. 7.3.5  Reduced-Discharge Current Variation
      6. 7.3.6  Oscillator Synchronization
      7. 7.3.7  Soft-Start Timing
      8. 7.3.8  Enable and Disable
      9. 7.3.9  Slope Compensation
      10. 7.3.10 Voltage Mode
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Normal Operation
      2. 7.4.2 UVLO Mode
  9. Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1  Input Bulk Capacitor and Minimum Bulk Voltage
        2. 8.2.2.2  Transformer Turns Ratio and Maximum Duty Cycle
        3. 8.2.2.3  Transformer Inductance and Peak Currents
        4. 8.2.2.4  Output Capacitor
        5. 8.2.2.5  Current Sensing Network
        6. 8.2.2.6  Gate Drive Resistor
        7. 8.2.2.7  VREF Capacitor
        8. 8.2.2.8  RT/CT
        9. 8.2.2.9  Start-Up Circuit
        10. 8.2.2.10 Voltage Feedback Compensation
          1. 8.2.2.10.1 Power Stage Poles and Zeroes
          2. 8.2.2.10.2 Slope Compensation
          3. 8.2.2.10.3 Open-Loop Gain
          4. 8.2.2.10.4 Compensation Loop
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 8.3 Power Supply Recommendations
    4. 8.4 Layout
      1. 8.4.1 Layout Guidelines
        1. 8.4.1.1 Precautions
        2. 8.4.1.2 Feedback Traces
        3. 8.4.1.3 Bypass Capacitors
        4. 8.4.1.4 Compensation Components
        5. 8.4.1.5 Traces and Ground Planes
      2. 8.4.2 Layout Example
  10. Device and Documentation Support
    1. 9.1 Device Support
      1. 9.1.1 Third-Party Products Disclaimer
    2. 9.2 Documentation Support
      1. 9.2.1 Related Documentation
    3. 9.3 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    4. 9.4 Support Resources
    5. 9.5 Trademarks
    6. 9.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    7. 9.7 Glossary
  11. 10Revision History
  12. 11Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Refer to the PDF data sheet for device specific package drawings

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
  • D|8
  • DGK|8
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information
Slope Compensation

Slope compensation is the large signal subharmonic instability that can occur with duty cycles that may extend beyond 50% where the rising primary side inductor current slope may not match the falling secondary side current slope. The subharmonic oscillation would result in an increase in the output voltage ripple and may even limit the power handling capability of the converter.

The target of slope compensation is to achieve an ideal quality coefficient (QP), equal to 1 at half of the switching frequency. The QP is calculated with Equation 31.

Equation 31. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

where

  • D is the primary side switch duty cycle
  • MC is the slope compensation factor, which is defined with Equation 32
Equation 32. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

where

  • Se is the compensation ramp slope
  • Sn is the inductor rising slope

The optimal goal of the slope compensation is to achieve QP = 1; upon rearranging Equation 32 the ideal value of slope compensation factor is determined:

Equation 33. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

For this design to have adequate slope compensation, MC must be 2.193 when D reaches it maximum value of 0.627.

The inductor rising slope (Sn) at the CS pin is calculated with Equation 34.

Equation 34. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

The compensation slope (Se) is calculated with Equation 35.

Equation 35. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

The compensation slope is added into the system through RRAMP and RCSF. The CRAMP is an AC-coupling capacitor that allows the voltage ramp of the oscillator to be used without adding an offset to the current sense; select a value to approximate a high-frequency short circuit, such as 10nF, as a starting point and make adjustments if required. The RRAMP and RCSF resistors form a voltage divider from the oscillator charge slope and this proportional ramp is injected into the CS pin to add slope compensation. Choose the value of RRAMP to be much larger than the RRT resistor so that it does not load down the internal oscillator and result in a frequency shift. The oscillator charge slope is calculated using the peak-to-peak voltage of the RT/CT sawtooth waveform (VOSCpp) equal to 1.9V, and the minimum ON time, as shown in Equation 37.

Equation 36. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45
Equation 37. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45

To achieve a 44.74-mV/µs compensation slope, RCSF is calculated with Equation 38. In this design, RRAMP is selected as 24.9kΩ, a 3.8kΩ resistor was selected for RCSF.

Equation 38. UCC28C40 UCC28C41 UCC28C42 UCC28C43 UCC28C44 UCC28C45 UCC38C40 UCC38C41 UCC38C42 UCC38C43 UCC38C44 UCC38C45