Dimmable Buck LED Driver - AC Mains or DC Input LED Driver ISL1903 Features The ISL1903 is a high-performance, critical conduction mode (CrCM), single-ended buck LED driver controller. It may be used with DC input converters, but also supports single-stage conversion of the AC mains to a constant current source with power factor correction (PFC). The ISL1903 supports buck converter topologies, such as isolated forward converters or non-isolated source return buck converters. Operation in CrCM allows near zero-voltage switching (ZVS) for improved efficiency while maximizing magnetic core utilization. * Excellent LED current regulation over line, load, and temperature The ISL1903 is compatible with both leading and trailing edge modulated AC mains dimmers. It provides all of the features required for high-performance dimmable LED ballast designs. * Supports Universal AC Mains Input Applications * Monitors FET switching current for load regulation * 0 - 100% dimming with leading-edge (triac) and trailing-edge dimmers * Power factor correction for up to 0.995 power factor and less than 20% harmonic content * Critical conduction mode (CrCM) operation for quasi-resonant high efficiency performance * Configurable for PWM or DC current dimming control of LEDs * Industrial and commercial LED lighting * Supports isolated and non-isolated buck topologies * Retrofit LED lamps with triac dimming * Closed loop soft-start for no overshoot * Universal AC mains input LED retrofit lamps * OFFREF feature to set dimming off-point to improve fixture performance matching * AC or DC input LED ballasts * -40C to +125C operation * Pb-free (RoHS compliant) 100 90 14 5 VDD CS+ LED CURRENT (%) 80 1 Dimmer 8 DELADJ 13 GND 3 VREF 60 AC 12 OUT 16 OC 6 VERR 9 20 FB 7 10 DHC ISL1903 EMI Filter 70 RAMP IOUT 10 4 50 40 30 0 100 AC Mains 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 CONDUCTION ANGLE (%) FIGURE 1A. BOOST-RETURN (BUCK) TOPOLOGY FIGURE 1B. CURRENT vs AC CONDUCTION ANGLE FIGURE 1. ISL1903 APPLICATION PERFORMANCE September 20, 2012 FN8285.1 1 CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures. 1-888-INTERSIL or 1-888-468-3774 | Copyright Intersil Americas Inc. 2012. All Rights Reserved Intersil (and design) is a trademark owned by Intersil Corporation or one of its subsidiaries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Functional Block Diagram - ISL1903 VREF BIAS AND REFERENCE GENERATOR VDD UVLO + OTP SHUTDOWN 150C TO 170C BG GND BIAS/UVLO/OTP DHC 2 DUTY CYCLE TO VOLTAGE CONVERTER LOW PASS FILTER REFERENCE OUT DIMMING PWM MASTER OSCILLATOR PWMOUT + REF PEAK DETECTOR AC DETECTION REFINBUFF AC-PRESENT + MINIMUM DIMMING LEVEL CONTROL OFFREF OUT + - PRIMARY CURRENT SENSE PROCESSOR IOUT CS+ - INHIBIT INHIBIT + IOUT - REFERENCE SS + + _ ISENSE + - 1.50V REFERENCE SS BUFFER DELADJ SS QUASI-ZVS DELAY + CRCM DETECTOR OC LEADING EDGE BLANKING 600mV + - PRIMARY OC RAMP 200mV FMIN CLAMP FMAX CLAMP SS/5 VERR/5 + - PWM S Q R Q 300ms SOFT-START ENABLE VERR CLAMP + PWM LATCH SS LOW PWM COMPARATOR + - 0.25V SS 1/5 1/5 FAULT LATCH REFINBUFF FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 EA1 + VERR CRCM OSCILLATOR/PWM/ERROR AMPLIFIERS VERR FB1 SOFT-START/POR/OVP S Q R Q OVP ISL1903 AC TRIANGLE WAVE GENERATOR CLK CLK Typical Application - Dimmable Buck LED Driver 3 DIMMER AC MAINS EMI FILTER ISL1903 1 VDD OUT 16 2 OFFREF PWMOUT 15 3 VREF DHC 14 4 IOUT GND 13 5 CS+ ISL1903 AC 12 6 OC OVP 11 7 FB RAMP 10 8 DELADJ VERR 9 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 Typical Application - DC Input Dimmable Buck LED Driver 4 9V TO 26V ISL1903 OUT 16 1 VDD 2 OFFREF PWMOUT 15 3 VREF DHC 14 4 IOUT GND 13 5 CS+ ISL1903 AC 12 6 OC OVP 11 7 FB RAMP 10 8 DELADJ VERR 9 PWM DIMMING INPUT 90Hz TO 140Hz 0 TO 4V 0 TO 100% DUTY CYCLE FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 Typical Application - Isolated Dimmable Buck LED Driver 5 DIMMER AC MAINS EMI FILTER ISL1903 1 VDD OUT 16 2 OFFREF PWMOUT 15 3 VREF DHC 14 4 IOUT GND 13 5 CS+ ISL1903 AC 12 6 OC OVP 11 7 FB RAMP 10 8 DELADJ VERR 9 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Pin Configuration ISL1903 (16 LD QSOP) TOP VIEW 1 VDD OUT 16 2 OFFREF PWMOUT 15 3 VREF DHC 14 4 IOUT GND 13 5 CS+ AC 12 6 OC OVP 11 7 FB RAMP 10 8 DELADJ VERR 9 Pin Descriptions PIN # SYMBOL DESCRIPTION 1 VDD VDD is the power connection for the IC. To optimize noise immunity, bypass VDD to GND with a ceramic capacitor as close to the VDD and GND pins as possible. 2 OFFREF Sets the reference level to disable the driver at light loading. The turn-off reference can be set at any level between 0 and 0.6V, corresponding to 0 to 100% of output loading. This feature is normally used in triac-based wall dimmer applications to disable the output before the dimmer becomes unstable due to insufficient holding current. 3 VREF The 5.40V reference voltage output having 100 mV tolerance over line, load and operating temperature. Bypass to GND with a 0.1F to 3.3F low ESR capacitor. 4 IOUT A voltage signal proportional to the peak switching current used to determine the inductor current. 5 CS+ The input for the CrCM current sense circuit. This input monitors the winding current or voltage to determine the critical conduction operating point. 6 OC The input to the load current sensing circuitry and the peak overcurrent comparator. The signal is sampled at the peak current level for each switching cycle, amplified, and output on IOUT as a DC signal. It must be scaled before application to the FB pin of the error amplifier (EA). The overcurrent comparator threshold is set at 600mV nominal. Peak OCP performs cycle-by-cycle over current protection. OCP includes leading-edge-blanking (LEB), which blocks the signal at the beginning of the OUT pulse for the duration of the blanking period and when the OUT pulse is low. 7 FB FB is the inverting input to the error amplifier (EA). The feedback signal from IOUT, after being scaled and filtered, is applied to the error amplifier. 8 DELADJ Sets delay before a new switching cycles starts. This adjustment allows the user to delay the next switching cycle until the switching FET drain-source voltage reaches a minimum value to allow quasi-ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) operation. A resistor to ground programs the delay. Pulling DELADJ to VREF disables the CrCM oscillator. 9 VERR Output of the error amplifiers and the control voltage input to the inverting input of the PWM comparator. VERR cannot source current and requires an external pull-up resistor to VREF. 10 RAMP This is the input for the sawtooth waveform for the PWM comparator. Using an RC from VREF, a sawtooth waveform is created for use by the PWM. It is compared to the error amplifier output, Verr, to create the PWM control signal. The RAMP pin is shorted to GND at the termination of the PWM signal. 11 OVP Input to detect an overvoltage (OV) condition on the output. Since the control variable is output current, a fault that results in an open circuit will cause excessive output voltage. The circuit hysteresis is a switched current source that is active when the OV threshold is exceeded. 12 AC Input to sense AC voltage presence and amplitude. A resistor divider from the main FET drain and circuit ground or from an auxiliary winding on the transformer/inductor is used to detect the AC voltage. 13 GND Signal and power ground connections for this device. Due to high peak currents and high frequency operation, a low impedance layout is necessary. Ground planes and short traces are highly recommended. 14 DHC An open drain FET used to load the input voltage to pre-load a triac-based dimmer so that adequate holding current is maintained. 6 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Pin Descriptions (Continued) PIN # SYMBOL DESCRIPTION 15 PWMOUT The PWM gate drive output for LED dimming. The output level is clamped to ~12V for VDD greater than 12V. PWMOUT has pull-down capability when UVLO is active or when the IC is not biased. This output is used to drive an external dimming FET. The PWM operates at ~ 310Hz. 16 OUT The gate drive output for the external power FET. OUT is capable of sourcing and sinking 1A @ VDD = 8V. The output level is clamped to ~12V for VDD greater than 12V. OUT has pull-down capability when UVLO is active or when the IC is not biased. Ordering Information PART NUMBER (Notes 1, 2, 3) PART MARKING ISL1903FAZ 1903 FAZ ISL1903EVAL2Z Evaluation Board TEMP. RANGE (C) -40 to +125 PACKAGE (Pb-free) 16 Ld QSOP PKG. DWG. # M16.15A 1. Add "-T*" suffix for tape and reel. Please refer to TB347 for details on reel specifications. 2. These Intersil Pb-free plastic packaged products employ special Pb-free material sets, molding compounds/die attach materials, and 100% matte tin plate plus anneal (e3 termination finish, which is RoHS compliant and compatible with both SnPb and Pb-free soldering operations). Intersil Pb-free products are MSL classified at Pb-free peak reflow temperatures that meet or exceed the Pb-free requirements of IPC/JEDEC J STD-020. 3. For Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL), please see device information page for ISL1903. For more information on MSL please see tech brief TB363. Related Products PART NUMBER KEY DIFFERENTIATORS ISL1901 Isolated and non-isolated single-stage flyback regulator ISL1902 Isolated and non-isolated single-stage flyback regulator with inrush control and interface features for temperature and ambient light sensors ISL1903 Non-isolated single-stage buck regulator using switch current for regulation ISL1904 Isolated single-stage flyback regulator with primary side current sense regulation ISL1907 Non-isolated two-stage cascaded boost PFC + buck regulator eliminates dependency on electrolytic capacitors ISL1908 Isolated two-stage cascaded boost PFC + flyback regulator eliminates dependency on electrolytic capacitors 7 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 4) Thermal Information Supply Voltage, VDD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GND - 0.3V to +28.0V OUT, PWMOUT, DHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GND - 0.3V to VDD Signal Pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GND - 0.3V to VREF + 0.3V VREF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GND - 0.3V to 6.0V Peak OUT Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.0A Peak PWMOUT Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0A ESD Classification Human Body Model (Per MIL-STD-883 Method 3015.7) . . . . . . . . 2500V Machine Model (Per EIAJ ED-4701 Method C-111) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200V Charged Device Model (Per EOS/ESD DS5.3, 4/14/93). . . . . . . . 1000V Latch up (Per JESD-78B; Class 1, Level A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100mA Thermal Resistance (Typical) JA (C/W) JC (C/W) 16 Lead QSOP (Notes 5, 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 44 Maximum Junction Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -55C to 150C Maximum Storage Temperature Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -65C to 150C Pb-Free Reflow Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see link below http://www.intersil.com/pbfree/Pb-FreeReflow.asp Operating Conditions Temperature Range ISL1903Fxx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -40C to 125C Supply Voltage Range (Typical). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 20 VDC CAUTION: Do not operate at or near the maximum ratings listed for extended periods of time. Exposure to such conditions may adversely impact product reliability and result in failures not covered by warranty. NOTES: 4. All voltages are with respect to GND. 5. JA is measured with the component mounted on a high effective thermal conductivity test board in free air. See Tech Brief TB379 for details. 6. For JC, the "case temp" location is taken at the package top center. Electrical Specifications Recommended operating conditions unless otherwise noted. Refer to "Functional Block Diagram ISL1903" on page 2 and "Typical Application schematics" beginning on page 3. VDD = 17V, RRAMP = 54k, CRAMP = 470pF, TA = -40C to +125C, Typical values are at TA = +25C; Boldface limits apply over the operating temperature range, -40C to +125C. PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN (Note 7) TYP MAX (Note 7) UNITS - - 26 V SUPPLY VOLTAGE Supply Voltage Start-Up Current, IDD VDD = 5.0V - 100 200 A Operating Current, IDD RLOAD, COUT = 0 - 6.0 7.8 mA UVLO START Threshold 8.15 8.55 8.95 V UVLO STOP Threshold 6.80 7.10 7.50 V - 1.45 - V Hysteresis REFERENCE VOLTAGE VREF Overall Accuracy IVREF = 0 -, -10mA, 8V < VDD< 26V 5.30 5.40 5.50 V Long Term Stability TA = +125C, 1000 hours (Note 8) - 10 25 mV Operational Current (Source) 8V < VDD< 26V - - -10 mA Current Limit VREF = 5.00V, 8V < VDD< 26V -100 - -15 mA Load Capacitance (Note 8) 0.1 - 3.3 F Current Limit Threshold VERR = VREF, RAMP = 0V 570 595 616 mV IOUT Amplifier Gain VOC = 0.4V, 8V < VDD< 26V 3.90 4.00 4.13 V/V IOUT High Level Output Voltage (VOH) VIOUT @ 0A - VIOUT@ -100A, 8V < VDD< 26V - - 0.1 V IOUT Low Level Output Voltage (VOL) VIOUT @ 100A, 8V < VDD< 26V - - 0.1 V 70 120 146 ns PEAK CURRENT SENSE (OC) Leading Edge Blanking (LEB) Duration OC to OUT Delay + LEB TA = +25C 110 170 200 ns Input Bias Current VOC = 0.3V -1.0 - 1.0 A 8 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Electrical Specifications Recommended operating conditions unless otherwise noted. Refer to "Functional Block Diagram ISL1903" on page 2 and "Typical Application schematics" beginning on page 3. VDD = 17V, RRAMP = 54k, CRAMP = 470pF, TA = -40C to +125C, Typical values are at TA = +25C; Boldface limits apply over the operating temperature range, -40C to +125C. (Continued) PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN (Note 7) TYP MAX (Note 7) UNITS - - 20 RAMP RAMP Sink Current Device Impedance IRAMP = 10 mA RAMP to PWM Comparator Offset TA = +25C 181 235 287 mV Input Bias Current VRAMP = 0.3V -1.0 - 1.0 A PWM Restart Delay Range 8V < VDD< 26V 0.2 - 2.0 s PWM Restart Cycle Delay RDELADJ = 20.0k, 8V < VDD< 26V 240 280 320 ns RDELADJ = 210k, 8V < VDD< 26V 2.00 2.20 2.40 s Maximum Frequency Clamp 8V < VDD< 26V, RAMP = 2V, RRAMP = 100 0.8 1.0 1.2 MHz Minimum Frequency Clamp 8V < VDD< 26V, RRAMP = 23K 20 25 31 kHz Minimum On Time 8V < VDD< 26V, FB = 1V, AC = 2V, RAMP = 0V 173 - 246 ns VERR to PWM Gain 8V < VDD< 26V - 0.200 - V/V SS to PWM Gain 8V < VDD< 26V - 0.222 - V/V Input Common Mode (CM) Range (Note 8) 0 - 3.4 V GBWP (Note 8) 1.9 - - MHz VERR VOL IVERR = 6mA, 8V < VDD< 26V - - 0.950 V VERR VOH IVERR = 1mA (Ext. pull-up), SS complete 3.90 4.00 4.20 V Open Loop Gain (Note 8) 70 - - dB Offset Voltage (VOS) 8V < VDD< 26V -7.5 - 7.5 mV Input Bias Current 8V < VDD< 26V -1.0 - 1.0 A Zero Current Detection (CrCM) Threshold, Falling 8V < VDD< 26V 6 18 30 mV Input Bias Current 8V < VDD< 26V -1.0 - 1.0 A Input Bias Current 8V < VDD< 26V -50 - 50 nA Detection Threshold, Falling 8V < VDD< 26V, ACPEAK = 100mV 19 32 51 mV Detection Threshold Hysteresis 8V < VDD< 26V - 23 - mV Input Operating Range 8V < VDD< 26V 0 - 4.00 V Clamp Voltage IACDETECT = 1.0mA 6.8 - 7.6 V EA Reference Input Range 8V < VDD< 26V 0 - 0.538 V PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR ERROR AMPLIFIER CURRENT SENSE (CS+) AC DETECTOR 9 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Electrical Specifications Recommended operating conditions unless otherwise noted. Refer to "Functional Block Diagram ISL1903" on page 2 and "Typical Application schematics" beginning on page 3. VDD = 17V, RRAMP = 54k, CRAMP = 470pF, TA = -40C to +125C, Typical values are at TA = +25C; Boldface limits apply over the operating temperature range, -40C to +125C. (Continued) MIN (Note 7) TYP MAX (Note 7) UNITS Duty Cycle () = 98% 523 548 574 mV Duty Cycle () = 75% 286 318 340 mV Duty Cycle () = 50% 117 139 156 mV Duty Cycle () = 25% 16 33 44 mV Duty Cycle () = 10% 0 3 11 mV VDHC = 10mA, VDD = 8V operating - - 600 mV - 4.0 - s 289 389 483 ms 11 27 43 mV -1.0 - 1.0 A Operating Range (Excluding Offset) 0 - 0.5 V Threshold Hysteresis 33 52 70 mV Threshold Offset 78 104 129 mV - 32 PARAMETER EA Reference vs AC Conduction Angle TEST CONDITIONS ILPOUT = 0A, f = 120Hz (rectified), 8V < VDD< 26V DHC Low Level Output Voltage (VOL) Turn-off Delay after AC Returns SOFT-START Duration Reference Soft Start Initial Step OFFREF Input Bias Current AC Dropout Disable Delay ms OUT High Level Output Voltage (VOH) VOUT @ 0mA - VOUT @ -100mA, VDD = 8V operating - 0.35 1.2 V Low Level Output Voltage (VOL) VOUT @ 100mA, VDD = 8V operating - 0.7 1.2 V Rise Time CLOAD = 2.2nF, VDD = 8V, t90% - t10% - 35 55 ns Fall Time CLOAD = 2.2nF, VDD = 8V, t10% - t90% - 25 40 ns Output Clamp Voltage VDD = 20V, ILOAD = -10A 10.5 12.0 13.4 V Unbiased Output Voltage Clamp VDD = 6V, ILOAD = 5mA - - 1.9 V High Level Output Voltage (VOH) VOUT @ 0mA - VOUT @ -10mA, VDD = 8V operating - 0.8 1.2 V Low Level Output Voltage (VOL) VOUT @ 10mA, VDD = 8V operating - 0.8 1.2 V Rise Time CLOAD = 1nF, VDD = 8V operating, t90% - t10% - 160 240 ns Fall Time CLOAD = 1nF, VDD = 8V operating, t10% - t90% - 160 240 ns Output Voltage Clamp VDD = 20V, ILOAD = -10A 10.5 12.0 13.4 V PWMOUT 10 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Electrical Specifications Recommended operating conditions unless otherwise noted. Refer to "Functional Block Diagram ISL1903" on page 2 and "Typical Application schematics" beginning on page 3. VDD = 17V, RRAMP = 54k, CRAMP = 470pF, TA = -40C to +125C, Typical values are at TA = +25C; Boldface limits apply over the operating temperature range, -40C to +125C. (Continued) PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS Unbiased Output Voltage Clamp VDD = 6V, ILOAD = 3mA Frequency MIN (Note 7) TYP MAX (Note 7) UNITS - - 1.9 V 291 320 349 Hz Maximum Duty Cycle REFIN = 0.5V - - 100 % Minimum On-Time REFIN = 0V - - 0.5 s OVP Threshold 1.46 1.50 1.54 V OVP Hysteresis 10 20 27 A Input Bias Current -1.0 - 1.0 A IOVP = 1mA 5.4 - 7.0 V Thermal Shutdown (Note 8) 150 160 170 C Hysteresis (Note 8) - 25 - C OVP OVP Clamp Voltage THERMAL PROTECTION NOTES: 7. Parameters with MIN and/or MAX limits are 100% tested at +25C, unless otherwise specified. Temperature limits established by characterization and are not production tested. 8. Limits established by characterization and are not production tested. Test Waveforms and Circuits 8V OUT 16 1 VDD 2 OFFREF PWMOUT 15 3 VREF DHC 14 4 IOUT GND 13 ISL1903 5 CS+ AC 12 6 OC OVP 11 7 FB RAMP 10 8 DELADJ VERR 9 5k 0 TO 1V 120Hz 90% 1nF 2.2nF OUT OR PWMOUT 10% tR tF 470pF 54k FIGURE 2. RISE/FALL TIME TEST CIRCUIT 11 FIGURE 3. RISE/FALL TIMES FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Test Waveforms and Circuits (Continued) OC THRESHOLD tDELAY OC AC MAINS LEADING EDGE BLANKING tDELAY OC PROPAGATION DELAY OC + LEB TO OUT DELAY DHC OUT FIGURE 4. OC +LEB TO OUT DELAY FIGURE 5. AC MAINS TO DHC TIMING 1.001 500 1.000 400 EA REFERENCE (mV) NORMALIZED VREF Typical Performance Curves 0.999 0.998 0.997 0.996 -40 -25 -10 5 20 35 50 65 80 95 300 200 100 0 110 125 0 FIGURE 6. REFERENCE VOLTAGE vs TEMPERATURE 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 100 PWMOUT DUTY CYCLE (%) DELAY TIME (s) 20 FIGURE 7. EA REFERENCE vs AC SIGNAL DUTY CYCLE 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 10 AC CONDUCTION ANGLE (% DUTY CYCLE 120Hz) TEMPERATURE (C) 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 DELAY RESISTANCE (k) FIGURE 8. DELAY vs DELADJ RESISTANCE 12 200 225 80 60 40 20 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 AC CONDUCTION ANGLE (% DUTY CYCLE 120Hz) FIGURE 9. PWMOUT DUTY CYCLE vs AC SIGNAL DUTY CYCLE FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Functional Description Features The ISL1903 LED driver is an excellent choice for low cost AC mains powered single conversion LED lighting applications. It provides active power factor correction (PFC) to achieve high power factor using critical conduction mode operation, and incorporates additional features for compatibility with triac-based dimmers. Furthermore, it senses FET switching currents to regulate the output current which eliminates the need to level shift current feedback signal, or for isolated designs, to cross the isolation boundary to close the feedback control loop. The ISL1903 includes support for both PWM and DC current dimming of the output. Oscillator The ISL1903 uses a critical conduction mode (CrCM) algorithm to control the switching behavior of the converter. The ON-time of the primary power switch is held virtually constant by the low bandwidth control loop (in PFC applications). The OFF-time duration is determined by the time it takes the current or voltage to decay during the flyback period. When the mmf (magneto motive force) of the transformer decays to zero, the winding currents are zero and the winding voltages collapse. Either may be monitored and used to initiate the next switching cycle. The ISL1903 monitors the CrCM condition using the CS+ signal. It may be used to monitor either current or voltage. Additionally, there is a user adjustable delay duration, DELADJ, to delay the initiation of the next switching cycle to allow the drain-source voltage of the primary switch to ring to a minimal. This allows quasi-ZVS operation to reduce capacitive switching losses and improve efficiency. See "Quasi-Resonant Switching" on page 17. By its nature the converter operation is variable frequency. There are both minimum and maximum frequency clamps that limit the range of operation. The minimum frequency clamp prevents the converter from operating in the audible frequency range. The maximum frequency clamps prevents operating at very high frequencies that may result in excessive losses. An individual switching period is the sum of the ON-time, the OFF-time, and the restart delay duration. The ON-time is determined by the control loop error voltage, VERR, and the RAMP signal. As its name implies, the RAMP signal is a linearly increasing signal that starts at zero volts and ramps to a maximum of ~VERR/5 - 235mV. RAMP requires an external resistor and capacitor connected to VREF to form an RC charging network. If VERR is at its maximum level of VREF, the time required to charge RAMP to ~850mV determines the maximum ON-time of the converter. RAMP is discharged every switching cycle when the ON-time terminates. 13 The OFF-time duration is determined by the design of the magnetic element(s), which depends on the required energy storage/transfer and the inductance of the winding(s). The transformer/inductor design also determines the maximum ON-time that can be supported without saturation, so, in reality, the magnetics design is critical to every aspect of determining the switching frequency range. The design methodology is similar to designing a discontinuous mode (DCM) buck converter with the constraint that it must operate at the DCM/CCM boundary at maximum load and minimum input voltage. The difference is that the converter will always operate at the DCM/CCM boundary, whereas a DCM converter will be more discontinuous as the input voltage increases or the load decreases. In PFC applications, the design is further complicated by the input voltage waveform, a rectified sinewave. Once the output power, Po, the output current, Io, the output voltage, Vo, and the minimum input AC voltage are known, the inductor design can be started. From the minimum AC input voltage, the minimum DC equivalent (RMS) input voltage must be determined. In PFC applications, the converter behaves as if the input voltage is an equivalent DC value due to the low control loop bandwidth. A typical minimum operating frequency must be selected. This is a somewhat arbitrary determination, but does ultimately determine the inductor size. The typical frequency is what occurs when the instantaneous rectified input AC voltage is exactly at the equivalent DC value. The frequency will be higher when the instantaneous input voltage is lower, and lower when the instantaneous input voltage is higher. However, the duty cycle at the equivalent DC input voltage determines the ON-time for the entire AC half-cycle. The ON-time is constant due to the low bandwidth control loop, but the OFF-time and duty cycle vary with the instantaneous input voltage since the peak switch current follows V = Ldi/dt. The typical frequency may require adjustment once the initial calculations are complete to see if the operating frequency at the peak of the minimum AC input voltage is acceptable. The peak current will be 1.41 times higher at the AC peak than at the DC equivalent (RMS) input voltage. So, while the ON-time is nearly constant due to the low bandwidth control loop, the OFF-time will be 1.41 times longer. The effective AC conduction angle must also be considered when calculating the inductance. Since no current flows to the load when the instantaneous input voltage is less than the output voltage, the equivalent DC input voltage (rms) is duty cycle modulated by the effective AC conduction angle. This results in higher currents during the portion of the AC half-cycle when the converter can deliver power to the load. The switching currents increase and the frequency of operation decreases. Obviously the higher the output voltage the greater the impact. FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 TABLE 1. OSCILLATOR DEFINITIONS VmINrms = Minimum RMS input voltage VmaxINrms = Maximum RMS input voltage fmin(avg) = Typical frequency when VIN (instantaneous) = minimum VIN(rms) Dmax = Maximum typical duty cycle desired Dmin = Minimum typical duty cycle tON(MAX) = ftyp(avg) x Dmax tON ON-time of the power FET controlled by OUT tOFF OFF-time duration required for CrCM operation L= Inductance Nsp = Transformer turns ratio, Ns/Np Ip(peak) = Peak switch current within a switching cycle tdelay = User adjustable delay before the next switching cycle begins H (EQ. 1) where Lest is the inductance required to achieve the selected operating frequency at the peak of the AC voltage waveform. Note that Equation 1 calculates the required inductance when operating at the DC equivalent input voltage. It does not take into account the reduction in conduction angle that occurs when the instantaneous input voltage is less than the output voltage. Equation 2 corrects for this. -1 VO - 2 sin ------------------------------------ 2 V IN ( rms ) L = L est ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (EQ. 2) H The maximum ON-time can be found using Equation 3. 2 IO L t ON = -------------------------------------V IN ( rms ) - V O (EQ. 3) s The peak current at the end of the ON-time is shown in Equation 4: ( 2 V IN ( rms ) - V O ) t ON I p ( peak ) = --------------------------------------------------------------------L A (EQ. 4) (EQ. 5) s The lowest switching frequency is the reciprocal of the sum of the ON-time, the OFF-time, and the delay time shown by Equation 6. 1 f min = ---------------------------------------------------t ON + t OFF + t delay Hz 14 s (EQ. 7) The highest frequency is determined by the shortest ON-time summed with tdelay. The shortest ON-time occurs at high line and minimum load, and occurs at or near the AC zero crossing when the primary (and secondary) current is zero. The minimum ON-time the ISL1903 can produce is ~200ns, suggesting an operating frequency above 1MHz. Regardless, the maximum frequency clamp limits the frequency to about 1MHz. Once the inductance is determined, the general formulae to calculate the ON-time and OFF-time at an equivalent DC input voltage and load are: L 2 IO t OFF = --------------------VO s (EQ. 8) L 2 IO t ON = -----------------------V IN ( rms ) s (EQ. 9) It is clear from the equations that there is a linear relationship between load current and frequency. At some light load the frequency will be limited by the maximum frequency clamp. There is an inverse relationship between the input voltage and frequency and its effect is restricted by the input voltage range of the application. It should be noted, however, that Equations 8 and 9 assume full conduction angle of the AC mains. There are two issues regarding actual conduction angle. First, there is no power delivered to the load until the AC mains instantaneous voltage exceeds the output voltage. Like any buck converter, the input voltage must be higher than the output voltage. Secondly, when conduction angle modulating dimmers are used to block a portion of each AC half-cycle, the switching currents remain essentially unchanged during the conduction portion of the AC half-cycle as the conduction angle is reduced. The conduction angle is reduced, not the amplitude of the waveform envelope. The result being the steady state frequency behavior will not vary much as the conduction angle is reduced depending on the linearity of the conduction angle and the control loop reference gain. See Figure 7 on page 12. Soft-Start Operation And the OFF-time is shown in Equation 5: L I p ( peak ) t OFF = ----------------------------Vo L p ( C oss + C other ) t delay ----------------------------------------------------------------2 If the lowest frequency does not meet the requirements, then iterative calculations may be required. The first calculation required is to determine the required inductance. The desired inductance can be calculated using Equation 1. V O ( V IN ( rms ) - V O ) L est = -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 f min ( avg ) I O 2 V IN ( rms ) The delay time can be approximated if the equivalent drain-source capacitance (Coss) of the primary switch is known. This value should also include any parasitic capacitance on the drain node. These parameters may not be known during the early stages of the design, but are typically on the order of 300ns to 500ns. Soft-start is not user adjustable and is fixed at ~ 400ms. Both the duty cycle and control loop reference are affected by soft-start. Soft-starting both the duty cycle and the reference ensures a well behaved closed loop soft-start that results in virtually no overshoot. (EQ. 6) FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 AC Detection and Reference Generation The ISL1903 creates a 0 to 0.5V reference for the LED current control loop by measuring the conduction angle of the AC input voltage. The reference changes only with conduction angle and is virtually unaffected by variation in either voltage amplitude or frequency. The ISL1903 cannot detect the conduction angle by monitoring the input voltage directly. The AC voltage does not track the source voltage on the load side of the dimmer once the input voltage drops below the output voltage. In the buck topology the converter stops drawing current from the AC line once the instantaneous input voltage drops below the output voltage. This results in commutation of the dimmer triac which leaves a residual voltage on the input capacitance and impedes/prevents the detection of the conduction angle. Instead, the conduction angle is detected indirectly, either by monitoring the drain-source voltage of the switching FET or by using an auxiliary winding on the inductor. When the dimmer is blocking, the switching FET, although switching, has no drain-source voltage and transfers no power. If an auxiliary winding is present, it is not energized. reset the soft-start circuit approximately 35ms after the last AC zero crossing is detected. If AC is held above its detection threshold for the same duration, the internal reference is forced to its maximum of ~0.5V. AC may be directly coupled to a 90Hz to 130Hz PWM signal to generate a reference if dimming is desired without using an AC dimmer. Primary Current Sensing The ISL1903 is configured to regulate the output current by monitoring the primary switch current at the OC pin. The peak primary switch current is captured, processed, and output on IOUT as a DC signal that is amplitude modulated in proportion to the output current. The IOUT amplitude is equivalent to 4x the peak switch current during the previous ON-time. It must be scaled before being input to the control loop at the FB pin. The OC pin also provides cycle-by-cycle overcurrent protection. The ON-time is terminated if OC exceeds 0.6V nominal. There is ~120ns of leading edge blanking (LEB) on OC to minimize or eliminate external filtering. Dimming AC The ISL1903 supports both PWM and DC current modulation dimming. In either case, the control loop determines the average current delivered to the load. PWM dimming is not recommended for non-isolated applications requiring PFC. The PWM dimming method will cause high harmonic content due to the low PWM dimming frequency. EMI FILTER The usual method of dimming an LED string is to modulate the DC current through the string. DC current dimming is the lower cost method, but results in a non-linear dimming characteristic due to the increasing efficacy of the LEDs as current is reduced. PWM dimming results in linear dimming behavior. R1 ISL1903 1 16 2 15 3 14 13 4 AC 5 12 6 11 7 10 8 9 R2 C1 FIGURE 10. AC DETECTION Referring to Figure 10, capacitor C1 is added to filter the scaled switching waveform of the FET drain-source voltage, and delays the detection of the loss of AC voltage. This has the effect of masking the conduction angle reduction caused by the buck topology as well as that due to variation in maximum dimmer conduction angles between manufacturers. The AC pin has an input range of 0 to 4V. The peak of the input signal should range between 1 and 4 volts for best accuracy. The AC detection circuit measures both the duration of the AC conduction angle and the half-cycle duration. By comparing the two every half-cycle, the detection circuit creates a frequency independent reference that is updated each AC half-cycle. In the event of an AC outage, the AC mains frequency reference is lost. The ISL1903 will force the reference to zero volts and 15 For PWM dimming, an external FET, controlled by PWMOUT, is required to gate the drive signal to the switching FET. See "Typical Application - DC Input Dimmable Buck LED Driver" on page 4 for an example. When PWMOUT is high, the main switching FET operates normally. When PWMOUT is low, the main switching FET gate signal is blocked and the converter is effectively off. Regardless of the dimming method used, the control loop determines the average current delivered to the load. It does not matter if the load current is DC or pulsed, the converter control loop and output capacitance operate to filter and average the converter output current independently of the actual load current waveform. The dimming PWM and control loop are linked together such that the PWM duty cycle tracks the main control loop reference setpoint. If the control loop is set for 50% load, for example, the dimming PWM duty cycle is set for 50%. The LED current will be at 100% load for 50% of the time and 0% load for 50% of the time, which averages to the 50% average load setpoint. See Figures 7 and 9 for a graphical representation of the relationship between the control loop reference and PWMOUT duty cycle. If PWM dimming is used, the control loop bandwidth must be reduced significantly below the PWM dimming frequency. It should be noted that the PWMOUT duty cycle is not allowed to go to zero. FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Control Loop The control loop configuration is user adjustable with the selection of the external compensation components. For applications requiring power factor correction (PFC), a very low bandwidth integrator is used, typically 20Hz or less. In other applications, the control loop bandwidth can be increased as required like any other externally compensated voltage mode PWM controller. For higher BW applications, a Type II configuration may be required. Figures 11 and 12 show the Type I and Type II configurations, respectively. ISL1903 AC IOUT REFERENCE GENERATOR R1 VREF LOAD RPU RFB1 + VERR ISL1903 FB _ OUT OC - IOUT PROCESSOR OC R2 CFB1 REFERENCE GENERATOR AC RFB2 FIGURE 12. TYPE II EA CONFIGURATION RPU RFB + VERR CFB2 R1 VREF RS CFILTER IOUT _ FB OVP R2 CFB CFILTER VREF MONITORED VOLTAGE 20A R1 FIGURE 11. CONTROL LOOP CONFIGURATION 1 R3 0 + Referring to Figure 11, the FET switching current flowing through Rs, is applied to the OC pin of the ISL1903. The peak signal is sampled, buffered, and output on IOUT with a gain of four. The voltage on IOUT represents 8x the average load current on a cycle-by-cycle basis. In PFC applications, IOUT tracks the rectified AC voltage waveform and must be averaged. For DC input applications, this is obviously not required. 8 Rs IOUT = --------------- I o N sp _ R2 FIGURE 13. OV HYSTERESIS (EQ. 10) V where IOUT is the average or DC value of IOUT. Prior to applying IOUT to the EA at the FB pin it must be scaled such that at maximum output current the signal is equal to the maximum EA reference level (nominally 0.530V), while also limiting the maximum peak primary OC signal to less than the overcurrent threshold of 0.6V. V OC R s = ------------------- I oCL 1.5V C OPT The ISL1903 has independent overvoltage protection accessed through the OV pin. There is a nominal 20A switched current source used to create hysteresis. The current source is active only during an OV fault; otherwise, it is inactive and does not affect the node voltage. The magnitude of the hysteresis voltage is a function of the external resistor divider impedance. ( R1 + R2 ) V ov ( ri sin g ) = 1.5 --------------------------R2 (EQ. 12) V (EQ. 11) where IoCL is the output current limit threshold, VOC is the current limit threshold, and Rs is the current sensing resistor. Once the value of Rs is determined, Equation 11 can be used to solve for the maximum level of OC at any steady state current when Io is substituted for IoCL and solving for Voc. The EA compensation depends on the bandwidth required for the application. For PFC applications the BW is necessarily limited to 20Hz or less. For other applications, the BW may be increased as required up to about 1/5 of the lowest switching frequency allowed as described in "Oscillator" on page 13. For the low BW applications a Type I compensation configuration is adequate. 16 If the divider formed by R1 and R2 is sufficiently high impedance, R3 is not required, and the hysteresis is: V = 20 10 -6 R1 (EQ. 13) V If that does not result in the desired hysteresis then R3 is needed, and the hysteresis is: V = 20 10 -6 ( R1 + R2 ) R1 + R3 --------------------------- R2 V (EQ. 14) If the OV signal requires filtering, the filter capacitor, Copt, should be placed as shown in Figure 10. The current hysteresis provides FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 great flexibility in setting the magnitude of the hysteresis voltage, but it is susceptible to noise due to its high impedance. If the hysteresis was implemented as a fixed voltage instead, the signal could be filtered with a small capacitor placed between the OV pin and signal ground. This technique does not work well when the hysteresis is a current source because a current source takes time to charge the filter capacitor. There is no instantaneous change in the threshold level rendering the current hysteresis ineffective. To remedy the situation, the filter capacitor must be separated from the OV pin by R3. The capacitor and R3 must be physically close to the OV pin. OFFREF Control The ISL1903 provides the ability to disable the output based on the level of the control loop reference, set by the AC conduction angle on the AC pin. Setting OFFREF to a voltage between 0 and 0.6V determines the threshold voltage that disables the output. REFIN ( off ) = OFFREF - 0.100 V (EQ. 15) OFFREF allows the designer to disable the output at a pre-determined load current to prevent undesirable behavior such as at light loading conditions when there may be insufficient current to maintain the holding current in a triac-based dimmer. Setting OFFREF to less than 100mV disables this feature. OFFREF has a nominal hysteresis of 50mV. REFIN ( on ) = OFFREF - 0.050 V (EQ. 16) Quasi-Resonant Switching The ISL1903 uses a critical conduction mode PWM control algorithm. Near zero voltage switching (ZVS) or quasi-resonant valley switching, as it is sometimes referred to, can be achieved in the flyback topology by delaying the next switching cycle after the transformer current decays to zero (critical conduction mode). The delay allows the primary inductance and capacitance to oscillate, causing the switching FET drain-source voltage to ring down to a minimal. If the FET is turned on at this minimal, the capacitive switching loss (1/2 CV2) is greatly reduced. The delay duration is set with a resistor from DELADJ to ground. Figure 7 presents the graphical relationship between the delay duration and the value of the DELADJ resistance. The relationship is linear for resistance values greater than ~ 20 k and can be estimated using Equation 17. t delay 73.33 + 10.2 R DELADJ ( k ) ns (EQ. 17) DHC (Dimmer Holding Current) The DHC pin provides a method to pre-load a triac-based dimmer during the period of time when the AC is blocked, with overlap at each edge of the AC conduction period to ensure adequate holding current. DHC is an open drain FET used to control an external resistor to act as the load. DHC controls a resistor on the external high voltage start-up bias regulator. See "Typical Application - Dimmable Buck LED Driver" on page 3 for an example of its usage. Note the series resistor and diode connecting VDD to the gate of the start-up bias FET. It is required to keep the device on when the AC voltage is near the zero-crossing. Gate Drive The ISL1903 output (OUT) is capable of sourcing and sinking up to 1A. The OUT high level is limited to the OUT clamp voltage or VDD, whichever is lower. Thermal Protection Internal die over-temperature protection is provided. An integrated temperature sensor protects the device should the junction temperature exceed +160C. There is approximately +10C of hysteresis. Ground Plane Requirements Careful layout is essential for satisfactory operation of the device. A good ground plane must be employed. VDD and VREF should be bypassed directly to GND with good high frequency capacitance. Winding Current FET D-S Voltage FIGURE 14. QUASI-RESONANT NEAR-ZVS SWITCHING 17 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 ISL1903 Revision History The revision history provided is for informational purposes only and is believed to be accurate, but not warranted. Please go to web to make sure you have the latest revision. DATE REVISION CHANGE August 27, 2012 FN8285.1 Page 14: Equation 2 changed from S to H Equation 4 changed from H to A, and Equation 5 changed from H to S. Page 16: Equation 11, changed from V to ohms August 10, 2012 FN8285.0 Initial release. 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Dimensioning and tolerancing per ANSI Y14.5M-1994. 3. Package length does not include mold flash, protrusions or gate burrs. Mold flash, protrusion and gate burrs shall not exceed 0.15mm (0.006 inch) per side. 4. Package width does not include interlead flash or protrusions. Interlead flash and protrusions shall not exceed 0.25mm (0.010 inch) per side. 5. The chamfer on the body is optional. If it is not present, a visual index feature must be located within the crosshatched area. 6. Terminal numbers are shown for reference only. 7. Lead width does not include dambar protrusion. Allowable dambar protrusion shall be 0.10mm (0.004 inch) total in excess of "B" dimension at maximum material condition. 8. Controlling dimension: MILLIMETER. TYPICAL RECOMMENDED LAND PATTERN 19 FN8285.1 September 20, 2012 Mouser Electronics Authorized Distributor Click to View Pricing, Inventory, Delivery & Lifecycle Information: Intersil: ISL1903FAZ-T7A