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SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
STR-W6000S-AN, Rev. 1.0
• Light load conditions
When load conditions become lighter, the output voltage, VOUT
,
increases. Thus, the feedback current from the error amplifier
on the secondary-side also increases. The feedback current is
sunk at the FB/OLP pin, transferred through a photocoupler,
PC1, and the FB/OLP pin voltage decreases. Thus, VSC
decreases, and the peak value of VROCP is controlled to be low,
and the peak drain current of ID decreases. This control prevents
the output voltage from increasing.
• Heavy load conditions
When load conditions become greater, the IC performs the
inverse operation to that described above. Thus, VSC increases
and the peak drain current of ID increases. This control prevents
the output voltage from decreasing.
In the current mode control method, when the drain current wave-
form becomes trapezoidal in continuous operating mode, even
if the peak current level set by the target voltage is constant, the
on-time fluctuates based on the initial value of the drain current.
This results in the on-time fluctuating in multiples of the funda-
mental operating frequency as shown in figure 6. This is called
the subharmonics phenomenon.
In order to avoid this, the IC incorporates the Slope Compensa-
tion function. Because the target voltage is added a down-slope
compensation signal, which reduces the peak drain current as the
on-duty gets wider relative to the FB/OLP pin signal to compen-
sate VSC, the subharmonics phenomenon is suppressed.
Even if subharmonic oscillations occur when the IC has some
excess supply being out of feedback control, such as during
startup and load shorted, this does not affect performance of
normal operation.
In the current mode control method, the FB comparator and/or
the OCP comparator may respond to the surge voltage resulting
from the drain surge current in turning-on the power MOSFET.
As a result, the power MOSFET may turn off irregularly. In order
to prevent this response to the surge voltage in turning-on the
power MOSFET, Leading Edge Blanking, tBW = 390 ns, is built-
in.
Auto Standby Mode Function
Auto Standby mode is activated automatically when the drain
current, ID
, reduces under light load conditions, at which ID is
less than 15% to 20% of the maximum drain current (it is in the
Overcurrent Protection state).
The operation mode becomes burst oscillation, as shown in fig-
ure 7. Burst mode reduces switching losses and improves power
supply efficiency because of periodic non-switching intervals.
Generally, to improve efficiency under light load conditions,
the frequency of the burst mode becomes just a few kilohertz.
Because the IC suppresses the peak drain current well during
burst mode, audible noises can be reduced.
If the VCC pin voltage decreases to VCC(BIAS) = 9.5 V during the
transition to the burst mode, the Bias Assist function is activated
and stabilizes the standby mode operation, because ISTARTUP is
Figure 6. Drain current, ID
, waveform in subharmonic oscillation
t
ON1
Target voltage
without Slope Compensation
t
ON2
ttt
Output
current, IOUT
Drain
current, ID
Normal operation Normal operationStandby operation
Burst oscillation
Below several kHz
Figure 7. Auto Standby mode timing