TIDUET7G September 2019 – October 2023
In this design, output current is sensed to optimize the system efficiency, adjust the deadtime and SR pulse, and is used for current sharing control between different PSUs. Also, this signal can be used in the control loop of the LLC stage to reduce the overshoot and undershoot during load transient.
A benefit of the high common-mode range of the INAx180 is the ability to put the sensing resistor either on high-side VO+ or low-side VO-. The INAx180 integrates a matched resistor gain network in four fixed-gain device options: 20, 50, 100, and 200. This matched gain resistor network minimizes gain error and reduces the temperature drift. To reduce the power loss on the current sensing resistor, the 200-V/V A4 devices should be chosen, and by adjusting the resistor to scale, the voltage to match the ADC range of the MCU. The sensing resistor can be calculated using Equation 21:
When the resistor is smaller than 1 mΩ, the accuracy will drop and the cost will increase. Therefore, a 4-pcs, 0.5-mΩ resistor with 1% accuracy is used while getting 0.125 mΩ in parallel.