NCP1239
http://onsemi.com
29
t
Actual Peak Current
High Input
Voltage
Low Input
Voltage
Vopl/Rsense
Wished Maximum
Peak Current
I
HL
I
LL
Figure 49.
The propagation delay (
D
t) produces overcurrents (
D
I
LL
at low line,
D
I
HL
at high line in the figure) that are proportional to the input
voltage. As a consequence, the actual maximum current and then the power limit gets higher when the AC line increases.
t
I max
+
Vocp
Rsense
)
Vin
@
t
Lp
, where Vin is the converter
input voltage and
t is the total delay in turning off the
power switch.
The NCP1239 enables the compensation of the second
term in the Imax equation for a precise limitation of the peak
current. A current source (I
pin9
) proportional to the Pin 5
voltage flows out of Pin 9. Since Pin 5 receives a voltage
proportional to the input voltage for brown−out detection,
I
pin9
is proportional to the input voltage too. An external
resistor Rcomp can be connected between Pin 9 and the
positive terminal of Rsense, so that Pin 9 monitors the
following voltage:
Vpin9
+
[Rsense
@
(Ip
)
Ipin9)]
)
(Rcomp
@
Ipin9)
I
pin9
being small compared to the inductor current, the Pin 9
voltage simplifies as follows:
Vpin9
+
(Rsense
@
Ip)
)
(Rcomp
@
Ipin9)
I
pin9
is proportional to the Pin 5 voltage (80
A/V*V
pin5
–
see parameters specification table) and V
pin5
is a portion of
the input voltage (V
pin5
= k
BO
*Vin). Finally,
Ipin9
+
80
A
ń
V
@
kBO
@
Vin
The voltage V
pin9
is compared to the internal reference
Vocp. When V
pin9
reaches Vocp, the corresponding
threshold current (Ipth) is deducted from:
Vopl
+
(Rsense
@
Ipth)
)
(Rcomp
@
80
A
ń
V
@
kBO
@
Vin)
Then,
Ipth
+
Vopl
*
(Rcomp
@
80
A
ń
V
@
kBO
@
Vin)
Rsense
Taking into account the overcurrent resulting from the
propagation delays, the maximum current is finally:
I max
+
Vocp
Rsense
*
Rcomp
@
80
A
ń
V
@
kBO
@
Vin
Rsense
)
Vin
@
t
Lp
Choosing Rcomp so that
Rcomp
@
80
A
ń
V
@
kBO
Rsense
)
t
Lp
,
the current limit is made constant in the whole input voltage
range (Imax = Vocp/Rsense).
As an example, let’s assume that:
− the minimum input voltage for operation is 100 V =>
k
BO
=0.5/100=0.005,
− Rsense is 0.25
,
− Lp=500
H,
− The total propagation delays are
t = 350 ns,
Then, the Rcomp resistor should be:
Rcomp
+
t
@
Rsense
80
@
kBO
@
Lp
+
350 n
@
0.25
80
@
0.005
@
500 m
[
438
.