JAJSQK1 july 2023 AFE539F1-Q1
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The AFE539F1-Q1 can be used in applications where constant power dissipation is desired on a resistive load independently on applied voltage. Power dissipation in a fixed resistive load is inversely proportional to the resistance. When the voltage across the resistance varies, for example, in a discharging circuit, constant power can be achieved by modulating the effective resistance seen by the discharge circuit. Figure 7-4 shows an example circuit to create a variable effective resistance from a fixed resistive load using a PWM signal. The effective resistance is the load resistance divided by the PWM duty cycle.
The AFE539F1-Q1 generates a PWM signal with a duty cycle dependent on the voltage applied to the ADC input. The AFE539F1-Q1 has a 10-bit ADC input with selectable reference voltage (VREF). The AFE539F1-Q1 calculates the PWM duty cycle so that a constant dissipated power of the resistor is maintained.
The AFE539F1-Q1 runs a PWM duty cycle update loop that sets the duty cycle (D) according to Equation 2.
where:
The duty cycle of the PWM output of the AFE539F1-Q1 has 7-bit resolution which means the minimum duty cycle as well as the step size is about 0.78%. The PWM can achieve 100% saturation, the lower and upper PWM value limit is user-configurable as well to accommodate specific application requirements. The constant power achieved with this pulse-width modulated resistor can be expressed accordingly as Equation 3.
where:
Equation 3 expresses that the theoretical constant power is independent on the input voltage. The power depends on the load resistance value and value of the constant, K2. However, the PWM is updated in discrete steps, the calculated constant power is in reality a power limit.