STMicroelectronics HVLED805 Evaluation Board EVALHVLED805 EVALHVLED805 Data Sheet

Product codes
EVALHVLED805
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Application information
HVLED805
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Doc ID 18077 Rev 1
After the first few cycles initiated by the starter, as the voltage developed across the auxiliary 
winding becomes large enough to arm the DMG circuit, MOSFET’s turn-on will start to be 
locked to transformer demagnetization, hence setting up QR operation.
The starter is activated also when the IC is in CC regulation and the output voltage is not 
high enough to allow the DMG triggering.
If the demagnetization completes – hence a negative-going edge appears on the DMG pin – 
after a time exceeding time T
BLANK
 from the previous turn-on, the MOSFET will be turned 
on again, with some delay to ensure minimum voltage at turn-on. If, instead, the negative-
going edge appears before T
BLANK
 has elapsed, it will be ignored and only the first negative-
going edge after T
BLANK
 will turn-on the MOSFET. In this way one or more drain ringing 
cycles will be skipped (“valley-skipping mode”, 
) and the switching frequency will 
be prevented from exceeding 1/T
BLANK
.
Note:
That when the system operates in valley skipping-mode, uneven switching cycles may be 
observed under some line/load conditions, due to the fact that the OFF-time of the MOSFET 
is allowed to change with discrete steps of one ringing cycle, while the OFF-time needed for 
cycle-by-cycle energy balance may fall in between. Thus one or more longer switching 
cycles will be compensated by one or more shorter cycles and vice versa. However, this 
mechanism is absolutely normal and there is no appreciable effect on the performance of 
the converter or on its output voltage.
5.4 Constant 
voltage 
operation
The IC is specifically designed to work in primary regulation and the output voltage is 
sensed through a voltage partition of the auxiliary winding, just before the auxiliary rectifier 
diode.
 shows the internal schematic of the constant voltage mode and the external 
connections.
Figure 13.
Drain ringing cycle skipping as the load is progressively reduced
         
P
in
= P
in'
(limit condition)
P
in
= P
in''
< P
in'
P
in
= P
in'''
< P
in''
t
V
DS
 T
FW 
 T
osc 
 T
 T
ON 
t
V
DS
 T
osc 
t
V
DS
 T
osc