The controller is primarily intended for set up as a dual phase interleaved PFC which utilizes inductor demagnetization information based on inductor sense winding voltages which are routed to ZCDA and ZCDB to trigger the start of a switching cycle.
The functionality may be extended in a couple of ways:
- Phase-B Enable and Disable: Phase-B may be shed by explicit user control or it may be set up as an automatic light load efficiency management feature. When the voltage applied to the PHB pin is below VPHBF threshold, Phase B and the Phase Fail Detector will be disabled. The commanded On-time for Phase-A will be doubled to minimize the output voltage transient which would otherwise occur. When the voltage on the PHB pin is greater than the VPHBR threshold, two phase mode is continuously enabled. Tie PHB to VREF pin for this mode. Alternatively PHB may be tied to the COMP pin for automatic phase shedding at light load.
- PFC Stage Enable and Disable Control: Controller operation is enabled when VSENSE voltage exceeds the 1.25-V enable threshold. The primary disable method should be by pulling VSENSE low by an open drain or open collector logic output. This will disable the outputs and significantly reduce VCC current. Releasing VSENSE will initiate a Soft-Start. Avoid any PCB traces which would couple any noise into this node.