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GaN-based solution and digital control. The reference design main devices are: • ST-ONE: a programmable digital controller for the active clamp flyback primary high-low side GaN HEMT control plus a secondary synchronous rectifier MOSFET control and USB-PD control; •...
TN1402 Overview Figure 3. STDES-65ACFADP reference design - bottom side Fully assembled board developed for performance evaluation only, not available for sale TN1402 - Rev 2 page 3/35...
TN1402 Specifications Specifications Table 1. STDES-65ACFADP electrical specifications Symbol Parameter Test conditions Minimum Nominal Maximum Unit Input parameters Input line voltage 115/230 Vrms Input line frequency 50/60 LINE = 115 V = 0 A No load input power (5 V...
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TN1402 Specifications Symbol Parameter Test conditions Minimum Nominal Maximum Unit = 0 A~3 A Peak-to-peak value with 20 MHz Output voltage ripple ripple bandwidth Output current Continuous output power Four-point average efficiency At 115 V and measured at the on-board η...
1 x 8845A 6-1/2 digit precision multimeter by FLUKE • P-NUCLEO-USB002 kit (sink emulator) to connect to the USB Type-C™ output to adjust the output voltage • Ambient temperature = 25°C Figure 4. STDES-65ACFADP test setup TN1402 - Rev 2 page 6/35...
TN1402 Procedure Procedure Follow the steps below to test the reference design. Step 1. Connect the STDES-65ACFADP USB Type-C™ output to the P-NUCLEO-USB002 kit via a USB Type-C™ cable. Step 2. Connect the P-NUCLEO-USB002 to a PC computer via a USB Type-A cable.
The obtained results show that our reference design meets the EU CoC Rev.05 Tier 2 and DoE Level 6 requirements with an adequate margin. 4.1.1 Efficiency at 115 V input Figure 5. STDES-65ACFADP efficiency at 115 V input Table 2. STDES-65ACFADP efficiency at 115 V input with different input voltages Condition...
TN1402 Load and line regulation test results 4.1.2 Efficiency at 230 V input Figure 6. STDES-65ACFADP efficiency at 230 V input Table 3. STDES-65ACFADP efficiency at 230 V input with different input voltages Condition Percentage of full loading 12 V...
TN1402 Ripple and noise Table 5. Load and line regulation at 9 V 115 V 230 V Loading (%) SPEC limit (V) 9.08 9.09 9.07 9.08 9.06 9.09 8.73 9.27 9.07 9.07 9.06 9.05 9.02 9.02 Table 6. Load and line regulation at 12 V 115 V 230 V Loading (%)
TN1402 Ripple and noise Figure 7. STDES-65ACFADP ripple and noise test setup 4.3.2 Ripple and noise test results Figure 8. Ripple and noise at 115 V input: 5 V /3 A V = 180 mV peak-peak Figure 9. Ripple and noise at 230 V...
TN1402 Ripple and noise Figure 10. Ripple and noise at 115 V input: 9 V /3 A V = 152 mV peak-peak Figure 11. Ripple and noise at 230 V input: 9 V /3 A V = 175 mV peak-peak Figure 12.
TN1402 Ripple and noise Figure 14. Ripple and noise at 115 V input: 15 V /3 A V = 184 mV peak-peak Figure 15. Ripple and noise at 230 V input: 15 V /3 A V = 203 mV peak-peak Figure 16.
TN1402 Typical waveforms Typical waveforms 4.4.1 Startup Figure 18. Startup waveform • Yellow line: CH1 for low side GaN Vds • Light blue line: CH2 for low side GaN Vgs • Purple line: CH3 for clamp GaN Vgs TN1402 - Rev 2 page 14/35...
TN1402 Typical waveforms 4.4.2 Normal operation Figure 19. Primary side typical waveform: normal operation with 230 V 20 V /1.5 A • Yellow line: CH1 for low side GaN Vds • Light blue line: CH2 for low side GaN Vgs •...
TN1402 Typical waveforms Figure 20. Secondary SR MOSFET Vds at 20 V 3.25 A • Yellow line: CH1 for SR MOSFET Vds • Light blue line: CH2 for low side GaN Vds 4.4.3 Normal operation, valley-skipping, and burst modes To improve the efficiency at a medium load, the controller enters in valley-skipping mode when the switching frequency increases above a programmable value.
Table 9. Key components temperature at 20 V /3.25 A, T = 25⁰C 115 V 230 V Devices Maximum temperature Maximum temperature MASTERGAN2 86.5 ST-ONE 75.1 74.3 Transformer 78.6 79.4 SR MOS 83.2 79.4 Bridge diode 74.5 TN1402 - Rev 2...
TN1402 Typical waveforms Figure 24. Thermal performance of the key components at 20 V/3.25 A, 115 V input Figure 25. Thermal performance of the key components at 20 V/3.25 A, 230 V input TN1402 - Rev 2 page 20/35...
TN1402 Typical waveforms 4.4.5 EMI performance Figure 26. EMI-CE at 115 V input, 20 V/3.25 A - L line Figure 27. EMI-CE at 115 V input, 20 V/3.25 A - N line TN1402 - Rev 2 page 21/35...
TN1402 Typical waveforms Figure 28. EMI-CE at 230 V input, 20 V/3.25 A - L line Figure 29. EMI-CE at 230 V input, 20 V/3.25 A - N line TN1402 - Rev 2 page 22/35...
TN1402 Bill of materials Bill of materials Table 10. STDES-65ACFADP bill of materials Manufacture Item Q.ty Ref. Part/value Description Order code Table 11. Power Not available for separate Power board board sale Table 12. Contro Not available for separate Control board...
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0402 47 Ω Resistor YAGEO RC0402FR-0747RL ±1%, 0402 High-power density 600 V MASTERGAN2 half-bridge , VFQFPN driver with two MASTERGAN2 9X9X1.0 31L enhancement pitch 0.6 mm mode GaN HEMTs STONE, Digital ST-ONE QSOP36 controller TN1402 - Rev 2 page 26/35...
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TN1402 Bill of materials Item Q.ty Ref. Part/value Description Manufacturer Order code 400 mA, 38 V low-dropout LDO40LPURY, regulator with LDO40LPURY DFN6 3x3 45 µA quiescent current Z4GP208L-HF Bridge COMCHIP Z4GP208L-HF 800 V-2 A S1ML 1000 V - D2, D3 Diode Taiwan Semi S1ML R3G...
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TN1402 Bill of materials Table 12. Control board bill of materials Item Q.ty Ref. Part/value Description Manufacturer Order code 0805 50 V 4.7 µF ±10% X7R, Ceramic capacitor C2012X7R1H475K 0805 0603 1 µF ±10% 50 V X7R, 0603 Ceramic capacitor TAIYO YUDEN UMK107AB7105KA-T 1206 22 µF ±20% 35 V, 1206 Ceramic capacitor...
TN1402 Conclusions Conclusions The test results shown demonstrate the good performances achieved by the STDES-65ACFADP. The reference design shows a peak efficiency of ~ 93.7%. It also meets CoC Tier 2 and DoE Level 6 efficiency requirements for average efficiency.
TN1402 Reference design warnings, restrictions and disclaimer Appendix A Reference design warnings, restrictions and disclaimer Important: The reference design is not a complete product. It is intended exclusively for evaluation in laboratory/ development environments by technically qualified electronics experts who are familiar with the dangers and application risks associated with handling electrical/mechanical components, systems and subsystems.
STDES-65ACFADP circuit schematic - power board ........
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