JAJSG35B August 2018 – October 2024 UCC28950 , UCC28951
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The UCC2895x allows flexible configuration of converters operating in synchronized mode by connecting all SYNC pins together and by configuration of the controllers as leader and/or followers. The controller configured as leader (resistor between RT and VREF) provides synchronization pulses at the SYNC pin with the frequency equal to 2X the converter frequency FSW(nom) and 0.5 duty cycle. The controller configured as a follower (resistor between RT and GND and 825-kΩ resistor between SS_EN pin to GND) does not generate the synchronization pulses. The follower controller synchronizes its own clock to the falling edge of the synchronization signal thus operating 90° phase shifted versus the leader converter’s frequency FSW(nom).
The output inductor in a full bridge converter sees a switching frequency which is twice that seen by the transformer. In the case of the UCC2895x this means that the output inductor operates at 2 × FSW(nom). This means that the 90° phase shift between leader and follower controllers gives a 180° phase shift between the currents in the output inductors and hence maximum ripple cancellation. For more information about synchronizing more than two UCC2895x devices, see Synchronizing Three or More UCC28950 Phase-Shifted, Full-Bridge Controllers (SLUA609).
If the synchronization feature is not used then the SYNC pin may be left floating, but connecting the SYNC pin to GND through a 10kΩ resistor will reduce noise pickup and switching frequency jitter.