L6599AD STMicroelectronics, L6599AD Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: L6599AD
• Description: IC RESONANT CONVRTR CTRLR 16SOIC
• Manufacturer: STMicroelectronics

Specifications of L6599AD

• Applications: Resonant Converter Controller
• Voltage - Supply: 8.85 V ~ 16 V
• Current - Supply: 3.5mA
• Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 105°C
• Mounting Type: Surface Mount
• Package / Case: 16-SOIC (3.9mm Width)
• Operating Temperature Classification: Automotive
• Mounting: Surface Mount
• Pin Count: 16
• Number Of Outputs: Single Output
• Topology: Half-Bridge
• Output Voltage: 1.5 V
• Output Current: 800 mA
• Switching Frequency: 500 KHz
• Duty Cycle (max): 50 %
• Operating Supply Voltage: 8.85 V to 16 V
• Supply Current: 2 mA
• Maximum Operating Temperature: + 150 C
• Minimum Operating Temperature: - 40 C
• Fall Time: 30 ns
• Mounting Style: SMD/SMT
• Output Power: 0.83 W
• Rise Time: 60 ns
• Synchronous Pin: No
• For Use With: 497-10542 - BOARD EVAL BASED ON L6599497-8429 - BOARD ADAPTER L6599/STP12NM50N497-5496 - EVAL BOARD FOR L6599
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Voltage - Input: -
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Compliant

L6599A
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signal, as well as the swinging node of the half-bridge leg (HB) is shown. Note that the low-
side gate-drive is turned on while the oscillator's triangle is ramping up and the high-side
gate-drive is turned on while the triangle is ramping down. In this way, at start-up, or as the
IC resumes switching during burst-mode operation, the low-side MOSFET will be switched
on first to charge the bootstrap capacitor. As a result, the bootstrap capacitor will always be
charged and ready to supply the high-side floating driver.
Operation at no load or very light load
When the resonant half-bridge is lightly loaded or unloaded at all, its switching frequency will
be at its maximum value. To keep the output voltage under control in these conditions and to
avoid losing soft-switching, there must be some significant residual current flowing through
the transformer's magnetizing inductance. This current, however, produces some
associated losses that prevent converter's no-load consumption from achieving very low
values.
To overcome this issue, the L6599A enables the designer to make the converter operate
intermittently (burst-mode operation), with a series of a few switching cycles spaced out by
long idle periods where both MOSFETs are in OFF-state, so that the average switching
frequency can be substantially reduced. As a result, the average value of the residual
magnetizing current and the associated losses will be considerably cut down, thus
facilitating the converter to comply with energy saving recommendations.
The L6599A can be operated in burst-mode by using pin 5 (STBY): if the voltage applied to
this pin falls below 1.24 V the IC will enter an idle state where both gate-drive outputs are
low, the oscillator is stopped, the soft-start capacitor CSS keeps its charge and only the 2 V
reference at RFmin pin stays alive to minimize IC's consumption and Vcc capacitor's
discharge. The IC will resume normal operation as the voltage on the pin exceeds 1.24 V by
50 mV.
To implement burst-mode operation the voltage applied to the STBY pin needs to be related
to the feedback loop.
input voltage range (e.g. when there is a PFC front-end).
Figure 6
the timing relationship between the oscillator waveform and the gate-drive
Oscillator waveforms and their relationship with gate-driving signals
Figure 7
a shows the simplest implementation, suitable with a narrow
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