Rev. 4.0 5/22/2010
International Rectifier
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PROPRIETARY INFORMATION - This document and the information contained therein are proprietary and are not to be reproduced, used or disclosed
to others for manufacture or any other purpose except as specifically authorized in writing by
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER.
3 EVALUATION BOARD
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SPECIFICATIONS
Input Voltage...……….………………………………………………………….. ….280VAC or 400V DC
AC Line Frequency Range…………………………………………………………..47 – 63Hz
Converter Switching Frequency Range……………………………………….. ….70-150 kHz
Converter Outputs ....…… ………………………………………………………….24V/6A & 12V/6A
Maximum Output Power…………………………………………………………......220W
Minimum Load Requirement…………………………………………………………None
Maximum Ambient Operating Temperature………………………………………..40
°
C
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Efficiency (@ 220W)……...…………………………………………… ……….….. 92%
Short Circuit Protection on both Output Rails...………………………………….. Yes
Single Layer PCB with 2oz Copper
There are high voltages present whenever the board is energized and proper precautions should be
taken to avoid potential shock and personal injury.
3.1 Board Description
The evaluation board consists of a front-end AC-DC rectifier stage cascaded with a half-bridge resonant DC-
DC converter with multiple output voltage rails (24V and 12V). The front end is a conventional rectifier stage
with a rectifier bridge and an EMI filter.
The downstream converter is a multi-resonant half bridge LLC converter whose control is implemented with the
IRS27951 (U1) controller HVIC. The controller drives the two half-bridge MOSFETs with a 50 percent fixed
duty cycle with dead-time, changing the frequency according to the feedback signal in order to regulate the
output voltages against load and input voltage variations. As described earlier, in addition to current protection,
all the critical functions needed to control resonant converter designs can be externally programmed using this
8 pin controller IC.
The transformer uses the magnetic integration approach, incorporating the resonant series and shunt
inductances in the power transformer. The transformer configuration chosen for the secondary winding is
center-tap, and the output rectifiers are Schottky diodes. The feedback loop is implemented by means of a
classical configuration using a TL431 (U3) to adjust the current in the optocoupler TLP621 (U2). Weighted
resistive dividers from both voltages are summed at the reference node of the TL431 in order to achieve a
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Please note that EMI measurements have not been performed on this evaluation board. The primary goal of this board is to verify the functionality of
the IRS27951 controller IC.
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A fan is recommended whenever operating at the maximum load for a prolonged period of time.