FSCM0565R
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2.2 Leading edge blanking (LEB)
: At the instant the
internal Sense FET is turned on, there usually exists a high
current spike through the Sense FET, caused by primary-side
capacitance and secondary-side rectifier reverse recovery.
Excessive voltage across the Rsense resistor would lead to
incorrect feedback operation in the current mode PWM
control. To counter this effect, the FSCM0565R employs a
leading edge blanking (LEB) circuit. This circuit inhibits the
PWM comparator for a short time (T
LEB
) after the Sense FET
is turned on.
3. Protection Circuit
: The FSCM0565R has several self
protective functions such as over load protection (OLP), over
voltage protection (OVP) and thermal shutdown (TSD).
Because these protection circuits are fully integrated into the
IC without external components, the reliability can be
improved without increasing cost. Once the fault condition
occurs, switching is terminated and the Sense FET remains
off. This causes Vcc to fall. When Vcc reaches the UVLO
stop voltage of 8V, the current consumed by FSCM0565R
reduces to the startup current (typically 25uA) and the
current supplied from the DC link charges the external
capacitor (C
a
) that is connected to the Vcc pin. When Vcc
reaches the start voltage of 12V, FSCM0565R resumes its
normal operation. In this manner, the auto-restart can
alternately enable and disable the switching of the power
Sense FET until the fault condition is eliminated (see Figure
7).
Figure 7. Auto restart operation
3.1 Over Load 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 in order to protect the SMPS. However,
even when the SMPS is in the normal operation, the over
load protection circuit can be activated during the load
transition. In order to avoid this undesired operation, the over
load protection circuit is designed to be activated after a
specified time to determine whether it is a transient situation
or an overload situation. Because of the pulse-by-pulse
current limit capability, the maximum peak current through
the Sense FET is limited, and therefore the maximum input
power is restricted with a given input voltage. If the output
consumes beyond this maximum power, the output voltage
(Vo) decreases below the set 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 2.5V, D1 is blocked
and the 5.3uA current source (I
delay
) starts to charge C
B
slowly up to Vcc. In this condition, Vfb continues increasing
until it reaches 6V, when the switching operation is
terminated as shown in Figure 8. The delay time for
shutdown is the time required to charge C
B
from 2.5V to
6.0V with 5.3uA (I
delay
). In general, a 10 ~ 50 ms delay time
is typical for most applications.
Figure 8. Over load protection
3.2 Over voltage Protection (OVP)
: If the secondary side
feedback circuit were to malfunction or a solder defect
caused an open in the feedback path, the current through the
opto-coupler transistor becomes almost zero. Then, Vfb
climbs up in a similar manner to the over load situation,
forcing the preset maximum current to be supplied to the
SMPS until the over load protection is activated. Because
more energy than required is provided to the output, the
output voltage may exceed the rated voltage before the over
load protection is activated, resulting in the breakdown of the
devices in the secondary side. In order to prevent this
situation, an over voltage protection (OVP) circuit is
employed. In general, Vcc is proportional to the output
voltage and the FSCM0565R uses Vcc instead of directly
monitoring the output voltage. If V
CC
exceeds 19V, an OVP
circuit is activated resulting in the termination of the
switching operation. In order to avoid undesired activation of
OVP during normal operation, Vcc should be designed to be
below 19V.
Fault
situation
8V
12V
Vcc
Vds
t
Fault
occurs
Fault
removed
Normal
operation
Normal
operation
Power
on
V
FB
t
2.5V
6.0V
Over load protection
T
12
= Cfb*(6.0-2.5)/I
delay
T
1
T
2