FA7700V, FA7701V
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You can reset the off latch mode operation of the short-circuit
protection by either of the following ways: lowering the CS
voltage belo w 2.03V (typ.); lowering the Vcc voltage belo w the
Off threshold v oltage of undervoltage loc k out; 1.93V (typ.);
low ering the v oltage of FB terminal below 1.5V (typ.)
The off latch mode action cannot be triggered by externally
applying voltage of over 2.2V forcibly to the CS terminal (1.5V,
ZD clamped). Characteristics of the current and the v oltage of
CS terminal is shown in the characteristic curve (CS terminal
voltage vs . CS terminal sink current) on page 6. Be sure to use
the IC up to the recommended CS terminal current of 50µA.
8. Output circuit
The IC contains a push-pull output stage and can directly driv e
MOSFETs (FA7700: N ch, FA7701: P ch). The maxim um peak
current of the output stage is a sink current of +150mA, and a
source current of –400mA. The IC can also drive NPN, and
PNP transistors. The maxim um peak current in such cases is
±50mA. Be sure to design the output current considering the
rating of pow er dissipation.
9. Po wer good signal circuit/ Undervoltage loc kout circuit
The IC contains a protection circuit against undervoltage
malfunctions to protect the circuit from the damage caused b y
malfunctions when the supply v oltage drops. When the supply
voltage rises from 0V, the circuit starts to operate at VCC of
2.07V (typ .) and outputs generate pulses. If a drop of the
supply voltage occurs, it stops output at VCC of 1.93V (typ.).
when it occurs, the CS terminal is turned to Low lev el and then
it is reset. The power good signal circuit monitors the voltage of
REF terminal, and stops output until the voltage of REF
terminal excesses approximately 2V to prevent malfunctions.
■ Design advice
1 . Setting the oscillation frequency
As described in item 2 “Oscillator” of “Description of each
circuit”, a desired oscillation frequency can be determined by
the v alue of the resistor connected to the RT terminal. When
designing an oscillation frequency, you can set any frequency
between 50kHz and 1MHz. You can roughly obtain the
oscillation frequency from the characteristic curve “Oscillation
frequency (fosc) vs. timing resistor resistance(RT)” or the v alue
can be calculated by the following expression.
fOSC: Oscillation frequency [kHz]
RT: Timing resistor [kΩ]
This e xpression, ho wev er, can be used for rough calculation,
the v alue obtained is not guar anteed. The oper ation frequency
v aries due to the conditions such as tolerance of the
characteristics of the ICs, influence of noises, or external
discrete components. When determining the v alues , be sure to
v erify the effectiveness of the v alues of the components in an
actual circuit.
2. Operation around the maxim um or the minimum output
duties
As described in characteristic curves on page 5, “output duty
cycle vs. FB terminal voltage (V FB)” and “output duty cycle vs.
CS terminal voltage (Vcs)”, the linearity of the output duty of
this IC drops around the minim um output duty and the
maximum output duty (FA7701 only). This phenomena are
conspicuous when operating in a high frequency (when the
pulse width is narrow). Therefore be careful when using high
frequency.
3. Restriction of external discrete components
To achiev e a stable operation of the ICs, the v alue of external
discrete components connected to Vcc, REF, CS , FB terminals
should be within the recommended oper ational conditions .
4. Loss calculation
Since it is difficult to measure IC loss directly, the calculation to
obtain the appro ximate loss of the IC connected directly to a
MOSFET is described below.
When the supply v oltage is Vcc, the current consumption of the
IC is Icc, the total input gate charge of the driven MOSFET is
Qg, the s witching frequency is fsw, the total loss Pd of the IC
can be calculated b y:
Pd ⱌ Vcc ⫻ (Icc + Qg ⫻ fs w).
The v alues in this expression is influenced by the effects of the
dependency of supply v oltage, the characteristics of
temperature , or toler ance. Therefore, be sure to verify
appropriateness of the v alue considering the f actors abo ve
under all applicab le conditions.
Example:
When VCC = 6V, in the case of a typical IC, from the
characteristic curve, Icc=1.2mA. When operating in Qg = 6nC,
fs w = 500kHz, Pd should be:
Pd ⱌ 6 ⫻ (1.2mA + 6nC ⫻ 500kHz) ⱌ 25.2mW
fOSC = 3000 ⫻ RT –0.9
RT = 3000 1.11
fOSC
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