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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-) | Subject: UCC28070
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 November 2007
Power factor conditioner copes with more
power
Single-chip interleaved power factor correction control circuit handles multikilowatt communications, server and industrial power systems.
Texas Instruments has developed the industry's first single-chip, interleaved power factor correction (PFC) control circuit for multikilowatt communications, server and industrial systems The new UCC28070 two-phase, average current-mode controller allows designers to simplify power design, increase system reliability and achieve a greater than 0.9 power factor rating, which improves energy efficiency
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Building on more than 20 years of PFC circuit development, TI's UCC28070 continuous conduction-mode controller provides unprecedented performance and reduces system cost in applications where high efficiency and high power factor requirements are important.
These range from high-end communications systems to embedded white goods motor drives in refrigerators and air conditioners to HID lighting ballasts.
In line-operated systems with power levels from 75W to 1kW and above, the UCC28070 helps reduce total harmonic distortion, allowing today's systems to better maximise usable outlet power and accommodate extreme variations and disturbances in various AC line voltage levels used around the world.
The UCC28070 helps designers meet the most stringent efficiency requirements for multi-kilowatt power systems.
This PFC controller allows light-load phase management to enhance a system's performance - achieving higher efficiency over the entire load range.
Phase management allows a system to turn on or off phases of the power supply, so that only the phases required to power the load are enabled.
In a 1.2kW system, the UCC28070 can initiate an increase of up to 1.5% efficiency at a light 20% load condition, allowing designers to exceed energy guidelines set forth by industry initiatives, such as The Green Grid, Climate Savers Computing Initiative and Project Big Green.
In a 240W supply at 20% load condition, for example, this increase in efficiency results in a 27% power savings.
The device helps increase system reliability by incorporating a 180 degree interleaving method, which reduces the amount of input and output current ripple and distributes the magnetics to improve thermal management.
Average current mode interleaving allows a system to achieve between 50 and 100% reduction in ripple compared with today's typical noninterleaved PFC architectures.
The UCC28070's optional programmable-frequency dithering mode allows a designer to spread the switching frequency over a range to minimise the generation of electromagnetic interference (EMI).
The dithering feature helps reduce capacitor size, and it gives designers the ability to use a smaller, less expensive EMI filter.
The UCC28070 offers several unique system control and protection features to improve overall system reliability.
An output over-voltage protection scheme with an open-loop detection feature safeguards the system from common circuit board failures.
Each phase current is accurately balanced with independent current sensing to prevent excess component heating in the device's dual-phase operation.
In addition, the UCC28070 provides under-voltage lockout, cycle-by-cycle peak current limit, and a system over-temperature protection feature.
In June TI introduced the UCC28060, which is the first single-chip, transition-mode, two-phase PFC controller for 75 to 800W applications, including consumer applications, such as digital TVs, personal computers and entry-level server platforms.
Both the UCC28060 and UCC28070 give designers the best options as they design power systems that support power factor correction in end-equipment designs.
The UCC28070 is available in a 20-pin TSSOP package.
It is sampling today, with volume production scheduled for January 2008.
Suggested resale pricing in quantities of 100 units is US $2.45.
An evaluation board, power factor correction application notes and datasheets are also available.
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