NCP1236
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
High−Voltage Current Source with Built−in Brown−out
Detection
The NCP1236 HV pin can be connected either to the
rectified bulk voltage, or to the ac line through a rectifier.
Start−up
HV
VCC
Control
Istart
+
+−
VCC(on)
−
++
VCC(min)
TSD
IC Start
R
Q
S
−
+
+
blanking
tUVLO(blank)
VCC(off )
UVLO
−
++
VCC(reset)
Reset
Figure 30. HV Start−up Current Source Functional Schematic
At start−up, the current source turns on when the voltage
on the HV pin is higher than VHV(min), and turns off when
VCC reaches VCC(on), then turns on again when VCC reaches
VCC(min), until the input voltage is high enough to ensure a
proper start−up, i.e. when VHV reaches VHV(start). The
controller actually starts the next time VCC reaches VCC(on).
Even though the DSS is able to maintain the VCC voltage
between VCC(on) and VCC(min) by turning the HV start−up
current source on and off, it can only be used in light load
condition, otherwise the power dissipation on the die would
be too much. As a result, an auxiliary voltage source is
needed to supply VCC during normal operation.
The DSS is useful to keep the controller alive when no
switching pulses are delivered, e.g. in brown−out condition,
or to prevent the controller from stopping during load
transients when the VCC might drop.
If the voltage increases above the overvoltage protection
threshold VCC(ovp), the controller is latched off.
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