Philips Semiconductors

Product specification

NE/SE5560

Switched-mode power supply control circuit

1994 Aug 31

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The current consumption at 12V is less than 10mA, provided that no

The Sawtooth Generator

Figure 6 shows the principal circuitry of the oscillator. A resistor

between Pin 7 and Pin 12 (GND) determines the constant current

This causes a linear increasing voltage on Pin 8 until the upper level

of 5.6V is reached. Comparator H sets the RS flip-flop and Q1

flip-flop. During this flyback time, Q2 inhibits the output.

Synchronization at a frequency lower than the free-running

frequency is accomplished via the TTL gate on Pin 9. By activating

indicated in Figure 7.

Figure 8 shows a typical plot of the oscillator frequency against the

timing capacitor. The frequency range of the NE5560 goes from

<50Hz up to >100kHz.

Reference Voltage Source

The internal reference voltage source is based on the bandgap

voltage of silicon. Good design practice assures a temperature

dependency typically

±100ppm/°C. The reference voltage is

connected to the positive input of the error amplifier and has a

typical value of 3.72V.

Error Amplifier Compensation

For closed-loop gains less than 40dB, it is necessary to add a

simple compensation capacitor as shown in Figures 8 and 9.

Error Amplifier with Loop-Fault Protection Circuits

This operational amplifier is of a generally used concept and has an

open-loop gain of typically 60dB. As can be seen in Figure 9, the

inverting input is connected to Pin 3 for a feedback information

The output goes to the PWM circuit, but is also connected to Pin 4,

indicated in Figure 9, showing the relative change of the feedback

voltage as a function of the duty cycle. Additionally, Pin 4 can be

used for phase shift networks that improve the loop stability.

When the SMPS feedback loop is interrupted, the error amplifier

would settle in the middle of its active region because of the

source on Pin 3 prevents this by pushing the input voltage high via

short-circuited, the duty cycle would jump to the adjusted maximum

duty cycle. Therefore, an additional comparator is active for

feedback voltages at Pin 3 below 0.6V. Now an internal resistor of

typically 1k is shunted to the impedance on the

Depending on this impedance,

will be discussed further.

The Pulse-Width Modulator

The function of the PWM circuit is to translate a feedback voltage

into a periodical pulse of which the duty cycle depends on that

feedback voltage. As can be seen in Figure 10, the PWM circuit in

the NE5560 is a long-tailed pair in which the sawtooth on Pin 8 is

compared with the LOWEST voltage on either Pin 4 (error amplifier),

Pin 5, or Pin 6 (

Figure 11. The output of the PWM causes the resetting of the output

bi-stable.

Limitation of the Maximum Duty Cycle

With Pins 5 and 6 not connected and with a rather low feedback

voltage on Pin 3, the NE5560 will deliver output pulses with a duty

cycle of

≈ 95%. In many SMPS applications, however, this high δ will

cause problems. Especially in forward converters, where the

transformer will saturate when

δ exceeds 50%, a limitation of the

maximum duty cycle is a must.

A DC voltage applied to Pin 6 (PWM input) will set

in accordance with Figure 11. For low tolerances of

The upper and lower sawtooth levels are also set by means of an

with the

compensated and the sawtooth levels are determined by internal

resistor matching rather than by absolute resistor tolerance. Figure

12 can be used for determining the tap on the bleeder for a certain

As already mentioned, Figure 13 gives a graphical representation of

this. The value

δo is limited to the lower and the higher side;

mum input voltage the resulting feedback voltage on Pin 3

exceeds 0.6V.

when a loop fault occurs. In practice, a value of 10-15% will be a

good compromise.

SET

RESET

7

8

1.1V

5.6V

N

L

–

+

–

+

Q1

Q2

TO OUTPUT LATCH

TO PWM

9 SYN

VZ

RT

CT

SL00365

Figure 6. Sawtooth Generator