SLUSAO7C September 2011 – July 2024 UCC28063
PRODUCTION DATA
Soft-start is a process for boosting the output voltage of the PFC converter from the peak of the ac-line input voltage to the desired regulation voltage under controlled conditions. Instead of a dedicated soft-start pin, the UCC28063 uses the voltage error amplifier as a controlled current source to increase the PWM duty-cycle by way of increasing the COMP voltage. To avoid excessive start-up time-delay when the ac-line voltage is low, a higher current is applied until VSENSE exceeds 3 V at which point the current is reduced to minimize the tendency for excess COMP voltage at no-load start-up.
The PWM gradually ramps from zero on-time to normal on-time as the compensation capacitor from COMP to AGND charges from zero to near its final value. This process implements a soft-start, with timing set by the output current of the error amplifier and the value of the compensation capacitors. In the event of a HVSEN FailSafe OVP, brownout, external-disable, UVLO fault, or other protection faults, COMP is actively discharged and the UCC28063 will soft-start after the triggering event is cleared. Even if a fault event happens very briefly, the fault is latched into the soft-start state and soft-start is delayed until COMP is fully discharged to 20 mV and the fault is cleared. See Figure 7-5 for details on the COMP current. See Figure 7-6 which illustrates an example of typical system behavior during soft-start.