apu3146o APEC, apu3146o Datasheet - Page 13

• Manufacturer Part Number: apu3146o
• Description: Dual Synchronous Pwm Controller With Current Sharing Circuitry And Auto-restart
• Manufacturer: APEC

The APU3146’s error amplifier is a differential-input
transconductance amplifier. The output is available for
DC gain control or AC phase compensation.
The E/A can be compensated with or without the use of
local feedback. When operated without local feedback,
the transconductance properties of the E/A become evi-
dent and can be used to cancel one of the output filter
poles. This will be accomplished with a series RC circuit
from Comp pin to ground as shown in Figure 15.
Feedback Compensation
The APU3146 is a voltage mode controller; the control
loop is a single voltage feedback path including error
amplifier and error comparator. To achieve fast transient
response and accurate output regulation, a compensa-
tion circuit is necessary. The goal of the compensation
network is to provide a closed loop transfer function with
the highest 0dB crossing frequency and adequate phase
margin (greater than 45 ).
The output LC filter introduces a double pole, –40dB/
decade gain slope above its corner resonant frequency,
and a total phase lag of 180 (see Figure 14). The Reso-
nant frequency of the LC filter is expressed as follows:
Where: Lo is the output inductor
Figure 14 shows gain and phase of the LC filter. Since
we already have 180 phase shift just from the output
Note that this method requires the output capacitor to
have enough ESR to satisfy stability requirements. In
general, the output capacitor’s ESR generates a zero
typically at 5KHz to 50KHz which is essential for an
acceptable phase margin.
0dB
Gain
F
LC
=
For 2-phase application, the effective output
inductance should be used
Co is the total output capacitor
Figure14 - gain and phase of LC filter
2π× L
F
LC
1
-40dB/decade
Frequency
O
×C
O
-180
0
Phase
---(10)
F
LC
Frequency
The ESR zero of the output capacitor is expressed as
follows:
The transfer function (Ve / V
The (s) indicates that the transfer function varies as a
function of frequency. This configuration introduces a gain
and zero, expressed by:
|H(s)| is the gain at zero cross frequency.
First select the desired zero-crossover frequency (F
H(s) = g
|H(s=j×2π×F
F
F
Z
Figure 15 - Compensation network without local
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F
=
ESR
> F
2π×R
feedback and its asymptotic gain plot.
(
=
ESR
V
2π×ESR×Co
m
OUT
H(s) dB
×
1
and F
R
R
4
×C
6
5
R
Vp=V
6
O
R
Gain(dB)
1
Fb
)| = g
+ R
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5
REF
≤ (1/5 ~ 1/10)×f
5
)
m
×
×
E/A
F
1 + sR
R
OUT
Z
6
---(13)
R
+R
sC
5
) is given by:
Frequency
5
Comp
9
4
×R
C
R
9
APU3146
C
---(10A)
4
S
9
4
Ve
---(11)
---(12)
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