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FSDM311 Green Mode Fairchild Power Switch (FPS™)
3. Leading Edge Blanking (LEB): At the instant the
internal SenseFET is turned on, the primary-side
capacitance and secondary-side rectifier diode reverse
recovery typically cause a high current spike through the
SenseFET. Excessive voltage across the Rsense resistor
leads to incorrect pulse-by-pulse current limit protection.
To avoid this, a leading edge blanking (LEB) circuit
disables pulse-by-pulse current limit protection block for
a fixed time (tLEB) after the SenseFET turns on.
4. Protection Circuit: The FSDM311 has several
protective functions, such as overload protection (OLP),
over-voltage protection (OVP), under-voltage lockout
(UVLO), and thermal shutdown (TSD). Because these
protection circuits are fully integrated in the IC without
external components, the reliability is improved without
increasing cost. Once a fault condition occurs, switching
is terminated and the SenseFET remains off. This
causes Vcc to fall. When Vcc reaches the UVLO stop
voltage VSTOP (7V), the protection is reset and the
internal high-voltage current source charges the Vcc
capacitor via the Vstr pin. When Vcc reaches the UVLO
start voltage VSTART (9V), the device resumes normal
operation. In this manner, the auto-restart can
alternately enable and disable the switching of the
power SenseFET until the fault condition is eliminated.
Figure 18. Protection Block
4.1 Overload Protection (OLP): Overload is defined as
the load current exceeding a pre-set level due to an
unexpected event. In this situation, the protection circuit
should be activated to protect the SMPS. However,
even when the SMPS is operating normally, the
overload protection (OLP) circuit can be activated during
the load transition. To avoid this undesired operation,
the OLP circuit is designed to be activated after a
specified time to determine whether it is a transient
situation or true overload situation. If the output
consumes more than the maximum power determined
by ILIM, the output voltage (Vo) decreases below its rating
voltage. This reduces the current through the opto-
coupler LED, which also reduces the opto-coupler
transistor current, thus increasing the feedback voltage
(VFB). If VFB exceeds 3V, the feedback input diode is
blocked and the 5μA current source (IDELAY) starts to
charge Cfb slowly up to Vcc. In this condition, VFB
increases until it reaches 4.5V, when the switching
operation is terminated, as shown in Figure 19. The
shutdown delay time is the time required to charge Cfb
from 3V to 4.5V with a 5μA current source.
FB DELAY
DELAY
Vt Vt
tC I AVt VVt V
I
21
12 1 2
()-()
; 5 ,() 3,() 4.5
μ
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Figure 19. Overload Protection (OLP)
4.2 Thermal Shutdown (TSD): The SenseFET and the
control IC are integrated, making it easier for the control
IC to detect the temperature of the SenseFET. When
the temperature exceeds approximately 145°C, thermal
shutdown is activated.
5. Soft-Start: The FPS has an internal soft-start circuit
that slowly increases the feedback voltage, together with
the SenseFET current, right after it starts up. The typical
soft-start time is 15ms, as shown in Figure 20, where
progressive increment of the SenseFET current is
allowed during the start-up phase. The soft-start circuit
progressively increases current limits to establish proper
working conditions for transformers, inductors,
capacitors, and switching devices. It also helps to
prevent transformer saturation and reduces the stress
on the secondary diode.
Figure 20. Internal Soft-Start