Datasheet 11 February 2001
Preliminary Data
Preliminary Specification
CoolSET™-II
ICE2A165/265/365
ICE2A180/280
Functional Descript ion
3.5.2 Propagation Delay Compensation
In case of overcurren t detecti on by ILimit the shut dow n
of C o olMOS™ is delayed due to the propagation delay
of the circuit. This delay causes an overshoot of the
peak current Ipeak which depends on the ratio of dI/dt of
the peak c urr ent (se e Fig u r e 14 ) .
.
Figure 1 4 Cu rrent Limiting
The overshoot of Signal2 is bigger than of Signal1 due
to the steeper rising waveform.
A propagation delay compensation is integrated to
bound t he tolera nce of the d epend ence on dI/ dt of th e
internal current limiting at ± 5%. That means the
propagation delay time between exceeding the current
sense threshold Vcsth and the switch off of CoolMOS™
is compensat ed over temperature wit hin a range of at
least.
So current limiting is now capable in a very accurate
way (see Figure 16).
Figure 15 Dynamic Voltage Threshold Vcsth
The propagation delay compensation is done by
means of an dynamic voltage threshold Vcsth (see
Figure 1 5). In case o f a s te eper sl ope the swi tc h off of
the driver is earlier to compensate the delay.
E.g. Ipeak = 0.5A with RSense = 2 . Without propagation
delay compe nsati on th e current se nse th reshold is set
to a stat ic volt age level Vcsth=1V. A current ramp of
dI/dt = 0.4A/µs, that means dVSense/dt = 0.8V/µs, and a
propagation delay time of i.e. tPropagation Delay =180ns
leads then to a Ipeak overshoot of 12%. By means of
propagat ion delay compe nsation th e overshoot is onl y
about 2% (see Figure 16).
Figure 16 Overcurren t Sh utdown
3.6 PWM-Latch
The oscillator clock output applies a set pulse to the
PWM-Latch when initiating CoolMOS™ conduction.
After setting the PWM-Latch can be reset by the PWM-
OP, the Soft-Start-Comparator, the Current-Limit-
Comparator, Comparator C3 or the Error-Latch of the
Protection Unit. In case of reseting the driver is shut
down immediately.
3.7 Driver
The driver-stage drives the gate of the CoolMOS™
and is optimized to minimize EMI and to provide high
circuit efficiency. This is done by reducing the switch on
slope when reaching the CoolMOS™ threshol d. Thi s is
achieved by a slope control of the rising edge at the
driver’s ou t put (see Figure 17).
Thus the leading switch on spike is minimized. When
CoolMOS™ is switched off, the falling shape of the
driver i s slowed d own when reaching 2V to prevent an
overshoot below ground. Furthermore the driver circuit
is designed to eliminate cross conduction of the output
stage. At voltages below the undervoltage lockout
threshold VVCCoff the gate drive is active low.
t
I
Sense
I
Limit
t
Propagation Delay
I
Overshoot1
I
peak1
Signal1Signal2
I
Overshoot2
I
peak2
dt
dV
dt
dI
RSense
peak
Sense 10 ≤×≤
t
V
csth
V
OSC
Signal1 Signal2
V
Sense
Propagation Delay
0,9
0,95
1
1,05
1,1
1,15
1,2
1,25
1,3
0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 1,2 1,4 1,6 1,8 2
with compensat ion without compensation
dt
dVSense s
V
µ
Sense
V
V
± 5% Tolerance