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ALTAIR04-900
Application information
Doc ID 18211 Rev 2
11/29
5 Application 
information
The device is an all-primary sensing switching regulator, based on quasi-resonant flyback 
topology.
Depending on converter’s load condition, the device is able to work in different modes (see 
1.
QR mode at heavy load. Quasi-resonant operation lies in synchronizing MOSFET's 
turn-on to the transformer’s demagnetization by detecting the resulting negative-going 
edge of the voltage across any winding of the transformer. Then the system works 
close to the boundary between discontinuous (DCM) and continuous conduction 
(CCM) of the transformer. As a result, the switching frequency is different for different 
line/load conditions (see the hyperbolic-like portion of the curves in 
). Minimum 
turn-on losses, low EMI emission and safe behavior in short circuit are the main 
benefits of this kind of operation.
2. 
Valley-skipping mode at medium/ light load. Depending on voltage on COMP pin, the 
device defines the maximum operating frequency of the converter. As the load is 
reduced MOSFET’s turn-on does not any more occur on the first valley but on the 
second one, the third one and so on. In this way the switching frequency is no longer 
increased (piecewise linear portion in 
3. 
Burst-mode with no or very light load. When the load is extremely light or disconnected, 
the converter enters a controlled on/off operation with constant peak current. 
Decreasing the load results in frequency reduction, which can go down even to few 
hundred hertz, thus minimizing all frequency-related losses and making it easier to 
comply with energy saving regulations or recommendations. Being the peak current 
very low, no issue of audible noise arises.
Figure 9.
Multi-mode operation of ALTAIR04-900
 
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Pinmax
Input voltage 
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Burst-mode
Valley-skipping
mode
Quasi-resonant mode
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Pinmax
Input voltage 
P
in
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Burst-mode
Valley-skipping
mode
Quasi-resonant mode
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Pinmax
Input voltage 
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osc
Burst-mode
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Quasi-resonant mode