JAJSF96C April 2018 – October 2021 LM5036
PRODUCTION DATA
In addition to the CBC current limit, a negative current limit, which is set to be half of the positive current limit as shown in Figure 7-15. This is used to prevent excessive reverse current which could cause significant output voltage dip and potentially damage the power converter. When the negative current limit is exceeded twice, the SSSR capacitor will be clamped to ground so the controller enters the SR SYNC mode where the SR pulses are synchronized to the respective primary FET pulses. Therefore, the SR freewheeling pulses are turned off. The negative current limit event counter will be reset if the number of negative current limit events detected within four switching periods is less than two.
At the trip threshold of the NEG comparator both inputs are at the same potential. In this case the voltage on the CS_NEG pin is expressed by Equation 15.
The voltage across the CS resistor at the trip threshold of the NEG comparator can therefore be determined by combining Equation 9, Equation 11 and Equation 15.
Notice that the inductor current has its most negative value at the start of the LSG on period. The NEG comparator trip will occur immediately after the blanking period (tCSBLK) has expired.
The Excel Calculator Tool predicts both the positive and negative output current limit levels as a function of input voltage for a given set of resistor values.