8.2.3 Application Curves

The transient response shown in Figure 19 was taken with a 115 VAC, 60 Hz input voltage and a load transition from 0 A to full load. Channel 1 is the load current on a scale of 1 A per division, channel 4 is the otutput voltage on a scale of 1 V per division. The cursor shows the minimum acceptable voltage limit, 4.30 V, under transient conditions. Also note that the output waveform was taken with the probe on TP5 with the ground referenced to TP4 but not using the tip and barrel technique accounting for the high frequency noise seen on the waveform.

The typical switching waveform can be seen in Figure 20. Channel 1 shows the VS pin at 2 V per division and channel 2 shows the MOSFET drain to source voltage at 100 V per division. The scan was taken at 1.8-A load, 115-VAC, 60-Hz input voltage. At this operating point, the switching frequency is dithering between 58.8 kHz and 52.6 kHz due to valley skipping.

The UCC28740 controller employs a unique control mechanism to help with EMI compliance. As shown in Figure 21, the DRV pin, shown as channel 3, drives the gate of the MOSFET with a sequence of pulses in which there will be two longer pulses, two medium pulses, and two shorter pulses at any operating point starting with the amplitude modulation mode. The EMI dithering is not enabled at light load. Figure x shows the result of these varying pulse widths on the CS signal, shown on channel 4. The longer pulses result in a peak current threshold of 808 mV, the medium length pulses are shown measured at 780 mV, and the shorter pulses measure a threshold voltage of 752 mV. This dithering adds to the frequency jitter caused by valley skipping and results in a spread spectrum for better EMI compliance.

	115 VAC, 60 Hz	0 A to 2 A
CH 1 = Load Current, 1 A/DIV
CH 4 = VOUT, cursor shows minimum limit

Figure 19. Transient Response

Figure 21. EMI Dithering

Figure 23. Average Efficiency

Figure 25. V_OUT vs. I_OUT

VIN = 115 VAC

IOUT = 2 A

Figure 27. Bode Plot

	CH 1 = VS	CH 2 = VDS
	IOUT = 1.8 A	VIN = 115 VAC, 60 Hz

Figure 20. Switching Waveform

Figure 22. Efficiency

Figure 24. No Load Power Consumption

Figure 26. Control Law