SLUSES3B October 2023 – July 2024 UCC25660
PRODUCTION DATA
The OVP/OTP is used for protecting the power stage from over voltage. Also, the same pin is also used for over temperature protection using negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. As the bias winding voltage is the mirror image of the output voltage through the turns ratio of the transformer, pulling up this pin with a zener diode is a convenient approach to set the OVP on the primary side. In this design, the nominal output voltage is 12V. Both the bias winding and the secondary side winding has 2 turns. Assuming there is a 0.5V drop in the rectifier diodes (Vf) and a further 0.5V drop due to other losses (Vloss), the nominal voltage of the bias winding is given by:
The desired OVP threshold in this design is 140% of the nominal value. The OVP threshold level (VOVPpos) in UC25660 device is 3.5V.
The required voltage rating of the Zener diode is then given by:
Assume actual voltage rating of Zener used is 15V.
Then actual output voltage at which OVP will be triggered is
During normal operation, the voltage of the OVP/OTP pin should be within the working window of 0.8V to 3.5V. For over temperature protection, the OVP/OTP pin should be pulled down below OTP threshold of 0.8V.
At room temperature, the OVP/OTP pin voltage is considered as 1.4V. So, at room temperature, the effective resistance value at this pin should be
where Rext is external resistor that is in parallel with the thermistor. And RNTC_25 is resistance value of the thermistor at the room temperature.
For this design, over temperature protection is set at the 1100C. So based on the availability and temperature coefficient of NTCs,
For OTP trigger, the OVP/OTP pin voltage should be below 0.8V.
From equations,Equation 67, Equation 68, Equation 70, RNTC_25 and Rext are obtained as 510kΩ and 14.4kΩ. So, finally RNTC_25=470kΩ (Manfacturer part number: B57371V2474J060 ) and Rext=15kΩ are chosen.
So, at room temperature, with new chosen resistors, the OVP/OTP voltage will be
At 1100C, the OVP/OTP voltage will be