Operation descriptions

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7.3

Power-up and soft-start up

MOSFET starts switching and the HV current generator is turned OFF. See Figure 23 on

page 17.

the self-supply circuit (typically an auxiliary winding of the transformer and a steering diode)

develops a voltage high enough to sustain the operation.

switching operation before the controller receives any energy from the auxiliary winding.

Equation 1

estimated by applicator according to the output stage configurations (transformer, output

capacitances, etc).

During the converter start up time, the drain current limitation is progressively increased to

the maximum value. In this way the stress on the secondary diode is considerably reduced.

It also helps to prevent transformer saturation. The soft-start time lasts 8.5 ms and the

feature is implemented for every attempt of start up converter or after a fault.

C

VDD

I

DDch

t

SSaux

×

V

DDon

V

DDoff

–

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=

-4 mA

-1 mA

-3 mA

-2 mA

1 mA

2 mA

AFTER FAULT