Preliminary GR1837
Green-Mode PWM Controller with Hiccup Protection
Features
Description
Current Mode Control
The GR1837 is a highly-integrated, low startup
Standby Power below 75mW
current,
Under-Voltage Lockout (UVLO)
green-mode function. The integrated functions also
Non-Audible-Noise Green-Mode Control
include the leading-edge blanking of the current
65KHz Switching Frequency
sensing, internal slope compensation, soft start
Internal Leading-Edge Blanking
OLP, and OCP. Besides, The RTL pin Auto recovery
Internal Slope Compensation
function by injecting a high over 3.5V to provide
Internal Soft Start
OVP Auto recovery and low below 1V to provide
Gate Output Voltage Clamp
OTP Auto recovery protection. These functions
Jitter and Soft Driving for Reducing EMI
enable the power supply to easily meet even the
External OVP Auto Recovery Mode
strictest power requirements.
External OTP Auto Recovery Mode
The GR1837 improves the performance and
Over-Load Protection (OLP) -Auto Recovery
reduces the cost of power supplies. It is with 8-pin
Mode
DIP and 6-pin SOT-26 package.
Vcc OVP Protection- Auto Recovery Mode
Application
300mA Driving Capability
Battery Charger
Open Frame SMPS
Switching AC/DC Adapter
current
mode
PWM
controller
with
Ordering and Marking Information
GR1837
Package Code
RoHS Code
G: Green (Halogen Free) Device
L: PB Free Device
J: DIP-8
C: SOT-26
DIP-8
SOT-26
GR1837
X X XXX
A37X
XXXX
Serial No.
Code 1
Code 2
Code 2
Code 1
8
Year 2008
9
2009
A
2010
B
2011
Code 2
Month
2
Feb.
3
Mar.
4
Apr.
1
Jan.
●
●
●
Code 1
Serial No.
G
2016
H
2017
I
2018
J
2019
9
Sep.
A
Oct.
B
Nov.
C
Dec.
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Preliminary GR1837
Pin Configuration
GND
1
6
OUT
COMP
2
5
VCC
RTL
3
4
CS
Pin Description
Pin No.
Name
Function
1
GND
2
COMP
3
RTL
4
CS
5
VCC
Power supply pin
6
OUT
The output driver for driving the external MOSFET
Ground pin
Voltage feedback pin, by connecting a photo-coupler to control the duty cycle
Resistor trigger will enter auto recovery mode which a high over 3.5V for OVP auto
recovery and a low below 1V for OTP auto recovery
Current sense pin, connect to sense the MOSFET current
Absolute Maximum Ratings
Supply voltage VCC
COMP, RTL, CS
OUT
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Junction temperature
30V
-0.3 ~ 7V
-0.3 ~ VCC + 0.3V
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150℃
Operating ambient temperature
Storage temperature range
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SOT-26 package thermal resistance (junction to ambient)
ESD voltage protection, machine model
250℃/W
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250mW
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650mW
Lead temperature (All Pb free packages, soldering, 10 sec)
ESD voltage protection, human body model
-65℃ ~ 150 ℃
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Power dissipation (SOT-26, at ambient temperature = 85℃)
Power dissipation (DIP-8, at ambient temperature = 85℃)
-20℃ ~ 85℃
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2KV
200V
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Electrical Characteristics (VCC = 15.0V & TA = +25℃,unless otherwise specified.)
Parameter
Pin
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
15
uA
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
Startup current (VCC=UVLO on -0.1V)
5
8
Operating current (with 1nF load on OUT pin), Vcomp = 0V
5
800
Operating current (with 1nF load on OUT pin), Vcomp = 2.5V
5
1
2
3
mA
5
0.4
0.7
1
mA
UVLO(off)
5
6.2
6.8
7.4
V
UVLO(on)
5
10.6
11.3
12.0
V
OVP level on VCC pin-latch Mode
5
27
28
29
V
Short circuit current, Vcomp = 0V
2
0.2
Open loop voltage, COMP pin open
2
4.4
Green-mode start voltage
2
1.85
V
Green mode threshold voltage
2
1.4
V
Burst mode start voltage
2
0.85
V
Operating current (with 1nF load on OUT pin), protection
tripped (OLP, OVP)
uA
VOLTAGE FEEDBACK
mA
5.5
V
CURRENT SENSING
Maximum input voltage at Low Line, Vcsmax
4
0.80
0.85
0.9
Maximum input voltage at High Line, VcsmaxL (Duty=0%)
4
0.60
V
Leading-Edge Blanking Time
4
500
nS
Input impedance
4
Delay to Output
4
1
V
MΩ
100
nS
OSCILLATOR
Frequency
-
Jitter frequency
-
Green mode Minimum frequency
-
Temp. stability (-40°C ~ 110°C)
Voltage stability (VCC = 11V~25V)
60
65
70
+6
21
23
KHz
%
25
KHz
-
5
%
-
3
%
Output low level, VCC = 15V, Io = 20mA
6
1
V
Output high level, VCC = 15V, Io = 20mA
6
Rising time, load capacitance = 1000pF
6
320
nS
Falling time, load capacitance = 1000pF
6
80
nS
VGATE-clamp (VCC = 25V )
6
13
V
3.5
V
60
mS
GATE DRIVER OUTPUT
8
12
V
OLP SECTION
OLP trip level, Vcomp (OLP)
OLP delay time
-
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PWM SECTION
Maximum duty cycle
-
70
75
80
%
Over Voltage Protection threshold voltage
3
3.2
3.5
3.8
V
OVP Debounce time
3
Over Temperature Protection threshold voltage
3
OTP Debounce time
3
Output current from RTL pin
3
75
80
85
uA
RTL Pin voltage when floating
3
1.8
2.4
3.0
V
RTL SECTION
100
0.95
1
uS
1.05
100
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11.5
7.0
11.4
6.9
UVLO (off) (V)
UVLO (on) (V)
Typical Performance Characteristics
11.3
11.2
6.8
6.7
6.6
11.1
11.0
-40
0
40
80
6.5
-40
120 125
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
-40
0
40
80
120 125
120 125
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
-40
0
40
80
120 125
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 3 VDD Start up current vs. Temperature
Fig. 4 Operating current vs. Temperature
Maximum Input Voltage of CS pin(V)
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0
-40
2.0
Temperature (℃ )
4.0
OLP-Trip Level (V)
80
2.2
Operating current (mA)
VDD Start up current (uA)
12.0
2.0
40
0
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 2 UVLO (off) vs. Temperature
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 1 UVLO (on) vs. Temperature
0
40
80
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 5 OLP Trip
- Level vs. Temperature
120 125
0.90
0.89
0.88
0.87
0.86
0.85
-40
0
40
80
120 125
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 6 Maximum Input Voltage of CS pin vs. Temperature
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2
5
Green Mode Frequency (KHz)
68
Frequency (KHz)
67
66
65
64
63
-40
0
40
80
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 7 Frequency vs. Temperature
120 125
24
23
22
21
20
-40
0
40
80
120 125
Temperature (℃ )
Fig. 8 Green Mode Frequency vs. Temperature
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Application Information
Start-up Current
Green-Mode Operation
The typical start-up current is around 8uA. Very low
When the load decreases to an extent, the
start-up current allows the PWM controller to
frequency of the controller will decrease so as to
increase the value of start-up resistor and then
reduce
reduce the power dissipation on it.
minimum frequency is about 22 KHz, which is
UVLO (Under Voltage Lockout)
the
system
power
consumption.
The
outside the audio range.
A hysteresis UVLO comparator is implemented in
LEB (Leading-Edge Blanking)
GR1837 Then turn-on and turn-off thresholds level
Each time the power MOSFET is switched on, a
are fixed at 11.3V and 6.8V respectively. This
turn-on spike will inevitably occur at the sense
hysteresis shown in Fig.9 ensures that the start-up
resistor. To avoid fault trigger, a 500ns leading-edge
capacitor will be adequate to supply the chip during
blanking time is built in. During this blanking period,
start-up. The GR1837 is designed to meet the
the current-limit comparator is disabled and can not
standby power below 75mW. So the start-up resistor
switch off the gate driver.
can be used as several Mega Ohms to reduce the
power loss. Due to the low UVLO on level, so the
turn-on delay time will be also never greater than
the general PWM IC.
Internal Slope Compensation
Built-in slope compensation circuit adds voltage
ramp in the current sense input voltage for PWM
generation. This greatly improves the close loop
stability at CCM and prevents the sub-harmonic
Vcc
oscillation and thus reduces the output ripple
UVLO (on) 11.3V
voltage.
UVLO (off) 6.8V
OLP (Over Load Protection)
The GR1837 has over load protection function. An
internal circuit detects the load level, when the load
is larger than a threshold level and the condition
Fig.9
lasts more than 60ms, the gate output will keep on
Soft Start
low level. Then VCC decreases below UVLO off
During initial power on, the GR1837 provides 16ms
level, the controller resets again. Fig.10 shows the
soft start function. It effectively suppresses the start
waveform of the OLP operation.
up peak current to reduce the power MOSFET drain
voltage especially at high line.
Oscillator
The maximum duty-cycle of internal oscillator is
limited to 75% for avoiding the transformer
saturation. The frequency of the oscillator is fixed to
65KHz by internal setting.
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VCC Mode Operation
VCC
In order to avoid the output voltage shut down by
UVLO(on)
load changing from full to no load, the GR1837 is
UVLO(off)
OLP
built-in the VCC mode function. When the load from
( off )
OLP Counter Reset
t
full changes to no load, the output voltage will
COMP
OLP delay time
overshoot and pull low the COMP pin by feedback
3.5 V
loop. Thus the duty will disappear and no power
OLP trip Level
t
delivers to the secondary. If there is without any
OUT
mechanism to prevent this situation, the VCC pin
Switching
Non - Switching
Switching
voltage will down to UVLO off and the IC will re-start
t
again. In the GR1837, before the VCC is down to
UVLO off, it will force the OUT pin outputs the
Fig. 10
specified duty to pull the VCC higher than UVLO off.
OVP (Over Voltage Protection) on VCC
The operation is shown in Fig.12.
To prevent power MOSFET from being damaged,
the GR1837 is implemented an OVP function on
VCC
VCC. When the VCC voltage is higher than the OVP
threshold voltage, the output gate driver circuit will
be shut down immediately to stop the switching of
VCC mode
Burst mode
VCC mode(off)
VCC mode(on)
UVLO(off)
power MOSFET. The VCC pin OVP function is an
Auto-recovery type protection. GR1837 is working in
Auto-recovery mode as shown in Fig. 11.
t
LOAD
Full load
VCC
t
OVP Tripped
OUT
OVP Level
Switching
UVLO(on)
UVLO(off)
t
t
OUT
Fig. 12
Switching
Non-Switching
Switching
The VCC mode function is used to prevent the
t
Fig. 11
Gate Clamp/Soft Driving
Driver is clamped to 13V by an internal clamping
output re-start again when load changes. So never
let the system operate on the VCC mode at no load.
The system should operate on burst mode,
otherwise the input power maybe become larger.
circuit. A totem pole gate driver is fine tuned to meet
both EMI and efficiency requirement in low power
application. An internal pull low circuit is activated
after pretty low Vdd to prevent external MOSFET
from accidentally turning on during UVLO.
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RTL Pin Auto-Recovery Mode
VDD
Auto-Recovery
Mode
VH_TH
3.5V
Normal Operation
RTL
pin
1V
VL_TH
Auto-Recovery
Mode
Fig. 13
The typical application for RTL pin is shown in Fig.
13. The Zener diode is setting as external OVP
protection and the NTC thermal resistor is setting as
external OTP protection. In the RTL pin, there are
two comparators for Auto-recovery protection. While
the voltage on this pin is higher than 3.5V or lower
than 1.0V, the GR1837 will enter Auto-recovery
protection after the de-bounce time 100us.
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Application Circuit
1. Typical Circuit
EMI
FILTER
RTL
VCC
GND
OUT
COMP
CS
2. RTL Circuit
EMI
FILTER
NTC
QRD
VCC
GND
OUT
COMP
CS
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Package Information
SOT-26
SOT-26
SYMBOL
MILLIMETERS
MIN.
INCHES
MAX.
A
MIN.
MAX.
1.45
0.057
A1
0.00
0.15
0.000
0.006
A2
0.90
1.30
0.035
0.051
b
0.30
0.50
0.012
0.020
c
0.08
0.22
0.003
0.009
D
2.70
3.10
0.106
0.122
E
2.60
3.00
0.102
0.118
E1
1.40
1.80
0.055
0.071
e
0.95 BSC
0.037 BSC
e1
1.90 BSC
0.075 BSC
L
θ
0.30
o
0
0.60
8
o
0.012
0.024
o
0
8
o
Note: 1. Followed from JEDEC MO-178 AB.
2. Dimension D and E1 do not include mold flash, protrusions or gate burrs. Mold flash, protrusions or
gate burrs shall not exceed 10 mil per side
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Package Information
DIP-8
DIP-8
SYMBOL
MILLIMETERS
MIN.
INCHES
MAX.
A
MIN.
MAX.
5.33
0.210
A1
0.38
0.015
A2
2.92
4.95
0.115
0.195
b
0.36
0.56
0.014
0.022
b2
1.14
1.78
0.045
0.070
c
0.20
0.35
0.008
0.014
D
9.01
10.16
0.355
0.400
D1
0.13
E
7.62
8.26
0.300
0.325
E1
6.10
7.11
0.240
0.280
0.005
e
2.54 BSC
eA
7.62 BSC
eB
L
0.100 BSC
0.300 BSC
10.92
2.92
3.81
0.430
0.115
0.150
Note: 1. Followed from JEDEC MS-001 BA.
2. Dimension D, D1 and E1 do not include mold flash or protrusions. Mold flash or protrusions shall not
exceed 10 mil.
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Carrier Tape & Reel Dimensions
SOT-26
Application
A
H
178.0±2.00
50 MIN.
P0
P1
P2
D0
D1
4.0±0.10
4.0±0.10
2.0±0.05
1.5+0.10
-0.00
1.0 MIN.
SOT-26
Application
SOT -26
T1
C
d
8.4+2.00 13.0+0.50 1.5 MIN.
-0.00
-0.20
D
W
E1
F
20.2 MIN. 8.0±0.30 1.75±0.10 3.5±0.05
T
A0
B0
K0
0.6+0.00
-0.40 3.20±0.20 3.10±0.20 1.50±0.20
Carrier Width
Cover Tape Width
Devices Per Reel
8
5.3
3000
(mm)
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Tape and Specification Reel
SOT 26
Direction of feed
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