EM8635

Green mode PWM Flyback Controller with Brown-Out Protection

General Description Features
EM8635 is a high performance, low startup
Ultra Low Start Up Current (6uA)
current, low cost, current mode PWM controller
Current Mode Control
with green mode power saving. The EM8635

Soft Start Function
integrates functions of Soft Start(SS), Under Voltage
Lockout(UVLO), Leading Edge Blanking(LEB),
Built-in Slope Compensation
internal Over Temperature Protection(OTP),
Internal Leading-edge Blanking
internal slope compensation. The EM8635 also
Over Voltage Protection (OVP) on VDD pin
features more protection like Over Load
Over Load Protection (OLP)
Protection(OLP), Brown-out Protection(BNO) and
Cycle-by-cycle Current Limit
Over Voltage Protection(OVP) to prevent circuit

Feedback Open Protection
damage occurred under abnormal conditions.
The EM8635 provides the users a superior
Brown-out Protection
AC/DC power application of high efficiency,
Internal Over Temperature Protection (OTP)
excellent EMI performance, low external
Constant Output Power Limit (Full AC Input
component counts and lower cost solution. Range)

Internal Frequency Jittering for Excellent
Ordering Information EMI performance

Part Number Package Remark

Applications
EM8635J SOT-23-6

Switching AC/DC Adaptor and charger

Open-Frame SMPS

Typical Application Circuit

AC EMI
INPUT Filter
DC
+
OUTPUT

VDD

BNO GATE

EM8635
COMP CS

GND

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Protection Mode
VDD OVP OLP BNO Pin
Auto-Recovery Auto-Recovery Auto-Recovery

Pin Configuration
GATE VDD CS

6 5 4

1 2 3

SOT-23-6
GND COMP BNO TOP VIEW

Pin Assignment
Pin Number
Pin Name Pin Function
SOT-23-6
GND 1 Ground.
Voltage feedback pin. By connecting a photo-coupler to close the control loop and
COMP 2
achieve the regulation.
BNO 3 Line voltage detection. Use for brown-out protection, and Line OCP compensation.
CS 4 Senses the primary current.
VDD 5 IC Power Supply Pin.
GATE 6 Gate drive output to drive the external MOSFET.

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Function Block Diagram
VDD

OVP
BNO BNO
1.05V/ 0.8V 26V

OLP Shutdown
Logic
UVLO 15V / 8.5V
OTP
Vbias
Green
mode

COMP Oscillator
2R R
Max duty

S Q GATE
Soft
CS LEB - Driver
R
Slope +
Comp PWM
comparator

Soft start +
+ OCP
Line compensation OCP comparator

GND

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Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note1)

Supply Input Voltage, VDD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 30V

Gate pin------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30V

BNO, COMP, CS Pin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 0.3V to 6.5V

Power Dissipation, PD @ TA = 25℃
SOT-23-6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.4W

Package Thermal Resistance
SOT-23-6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250℃/W

Junction Temperature ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150℃

Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec.) -------------------------------------------------------- 260℃

Storage Temperature Range -------------------------------------------------------------------- -65℃ to 150℃

ESD Susceptibility (Note2)
HBM (Human Body Mode) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3KV
MM (Machine Mode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 300V

Gate Output Current---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 300mA

Recommended Operating Conditions (Note3)

Supply Input Voltage, VDD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11V to 26V

Junction Temperature Range--------------------------------------------------------------------- -40℃ to 125℃

Ambient Temperature Range-------------------------------------------------------------------- -40℃ to 85℃

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Electrical Characteristics
(VDD=15V, TA=25℃, unless otherwise specified)
Parameter Symbol Test Conditions Min Typ Max Units
VDD Section
VDD OVP Protect voltage VOVP 25 26 27 V
ISTART1 VDD=7V - 1 2 uA
Start up current
ISTART2 VDD=VTH-ON-0.5V - 6 15 uA
VDD On Threshold Voltage V TH-ON 13.5 15 16.5 V
VDD Off Threshold Voltage V TH-OFF 7.5 8.5 9.5 V
Operating Supply Current 1 IDD-OP1 VDD=15V, VCOMP=0V, - 2 3 mA
VDD=15V, VCOMP=3V,
Operating Supply Current 2 IDD-OP2 - 2.5 - mA
CGATE=1nF
VDD=15V,
Operating Supply Current 3 IDD-OP3 - 0.4 - mA
Protection triggerred
Gate Section
Rising Time TR CL = 1nF - 150 200 nS
Falling Time TF CL = 1nF - 30 100 nS
Current-Sense Section

Maximum Internal Current VBNO=1V 0.8 0.85 0.9 V

VCSLim
Setpoint VBNO=3V 0.65 0.7 0.75 V
Leading Edge Blanking Time TLEB 200 300 400 nS
Propagation Delay Time TPD 100 nS
Soft-Start Period TSS 2 mS
Internal Oscillator
Oscillation Frequency fOSC 60 65 70 KHz
Maximum Duty Dmax VCOMP=3V, VCS=0V 70 75 80 %
Green mode minimum frequency 22 KHz
Frequency jittering fjitter ±6 %
Frequency variation vs. VDD VDD=11V to 25V 5 %
Frequency variation vs.
-20℃ to 105℃(Note4) 3 %
Temperature

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Parameter Symbol Test Conditions Min Typ Max Units
COMP Section
COMP short to GND current ICOMP VCOMP=0V 0.25 0.55 mA
Open loop COMP voltage V COMP COMP pin open 5.2 V
Green mode COMP Threshold
VGreen 1.8 V
Voltage
Zero Duty COMP Threshold
VZero 1.1 V
Voltage
Zero Duty COMP Hysteresis
VZero_hy 0.1 V
Voltage
BNO Section
PWM Turn On Voltage VBNO-ON 1.0 1.05 1.10 V
VBNO-ON –
PWM Turn Off Voltage VBNO_OFF V
0.25
Protection Section
Open loop protection delay time Tdelay 56 76 mS
Open loop protection COMP Trip
VOLP 4.2 V
voltage
Internal Temperature Shutdown TSD 160 ℃
Note 1. Stresses listed as the above “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. These are for
stress ratings. Functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the
operational sections of the specifications is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended
periods may remain possibility to affect device reliability.
Note 2. Devices are ESD sensitive. Handling precaution is recommended.
Note 3. The device is not guaranteed to function outside its operating conditions.
Note 4. Guaranteed by design.

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Typical Operating Characteristics

Fig1. UVLO_ON vs. Temperature. Fig2. UVLO_OFF vs. Temperature.

Fig3. Frequency vs. Temperature. Fig4. Green Mode Frequency vs. Temperature.

Fig5. Frequency vs. VDD. Fig6. Maximum Duty vs. Temperature.

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VBNO=1V

VBNO=3V

Fig7. VCSLIM vs. Temperature. Fig8. OVP vs. Temperature.

Fig9. VOLP-Trip vs. Temperature. Fig10. Comp Open Voltage vs. Temperature.

Fig11. Brown In (on) vs. Temperature. Fig12. Brown Out (off) vs. Temperature.

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Fig13. VCSLIM vs. VBNO.

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Functional Description
AC
UVLO INPUT
An UVLO comparator is implemented in EM8635 to
monitor the VDD pin voltage. As shown in Fig. 14, a
Rstart
hysteresis is built in to prevent the shutdown from
the voltage drop during startup. The UVLO (on) and VDD C VDD

UVLO (off) are setting at 15V and 8.5V, BNO GATE

respectively. EM8635
CS
COMP
GND

VDD
UVLO (on)
Fig. 15

UVLO(off) Switching Frequency

To guarantee accurate frequency, EM8635 is
trimmed to 7% tolerance. The switching frequency
t
is 65KHz (Tpy.) with +-6% jitter range. The internal
I VDD Operation Current (2.5mA)
oscillator also generates slope compensation, 75%
Start up Current(6uA) maximum duty limit.

t
Leading Edge Blanking (LEB)
Fig. 14 Each time the power MOSFET turn on, the MOSFET
COSS, secondary rectifier reverse recovery current
and gate driver sourcing current comprise the
Startup Operation current spike. To avoid premature termination of
Fig. 15 shows a typical startup circuit and the switching pulse, a leading edge blanking time is
transformer auxiliary winding for the EM8635 built in. During the blanking time (300nS), the
application, it consumes only startup current PWM comparator is off and cannot switch off the
(typical 6uA) and the current supplied through the gate driver. It is recommended to adopt a smaller
startup resistor charges the VDD capacitor (CVDD). R-C filter (as show ad Fig.16) for high power
When VDD reaches UVLO (on) voltage, EM8635 application to avoid the total spike width over
begins switching and the current consumed 300nS leading edge blanking time.
increases to 2.5mA. Then, the power required is
supplied from the transformer auxiliary winding.
The hysteresis of UVLO (off) provides more holdup
time, which allows using a small capacitor for VDD.
The ultra low startup current (typical 6uA) allow
system using higher resistance value of RStart. It
provides a fast startup and low power dissipation VDD C VDD

solution. GATE
EM8635
CS
300nS LEB
GND

Fig. 16

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Soft Start
Cycle-by-cycle current limit
The EM8635 has an internal soft-start circuit that The EM8635 has over-current protection
increases cycle-by-cycle current limit comparator thresholds (0.85V). It is for cycle-by-cycle
inverting input voltage slowly after it starts. The current limit, which turns off MOSFET for the
typical soft-start time is 2mS. The pulse width to remainder of the switching cycle when the
the power MOSFET is progressively increased to sensing voltage of MOSFET current reaches the
establish the correct working conditions for threshold.
transformers, rectifier diodes and capacitors. The
voltage on the output capacitors is progressively
Over-load / Open-loop Protection (OLP)
increased with the intention of smoothly When feedback loop is open, as shown in Fig. 17,
establishing the required output voltage. It also no current flows through the opto-coupler
helps prevent transformer saturation and reduces transistor, the EM8635 pulls up the COMP pin
the stress on the secondary diode during startup. voltage to 5.2V.
When the COMP pin voltage is above 4.2V
Slope compensation longer than 56mS, OLP is triggered. This
In the conventional application, the problem of the protection is also triggered when the SMPS
stability is a critical issue for current mode output drops below the normal value longer
controlling, when it operates in high than 50% of than 56mS due to the overload condition.
the duty cycle. The EM8635 built in saw-tooth
5.2V
slope compensation. So it requires no extra Vout
component. COMP
- 2
R 2R

Burst Mode Operation PWM +

comparator
Feedback
At no load or light load condition, majority of the 56mS
+ open loop
OLP
power dissipation in switching power supply is - 4.2V

form switching loss on the power MOSFET, the

core loss of the transformer and the loss on the VCOMP
snubber. The magnitude of power loss is in 56mS OLP triggers
5.2V
proportion to the number of switching events 4.2V
within a fixed period of time. Reducing switching
events leads reduction on the power loss and
conserves the energy.
The EM8635 adjusts the switching mode according t
to the load condition, the COMP pin voltage drops Fig. 17
below burst mode threshold level. Device enters
Over Voltage Protection (OVP) on VDD
Burst Mode Control. The Gate drive output remains The VGS ratings of the HV power MOSFETs are
at off state to minimize the switching loss and often limited up to max 30V. To prevent the VGS
reduces the standby power consumption. from the fault condition, the EM8635 are
implemented a Over-Voltage-Protection (OVP)
Protection on VDD. Whenever the VDD voltage is high than
The EM8635 provides many protection functions the OVP threshold voltage (26V), the output
that intend to protect system from being damaged. gate drive will be shutdown to shop the
All the protection functions are listed as below: switching of the power MOSFET until the next
UVLO (on).
The Over-Voltage-Protection on VDD function in
EM8635 is an auto-restart type protection. If the

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OVP condition is not released, the VDD will
tripped the OVP level again and re-shutdown AC
INPUT
the gate output. The VDD is working as a hiccup
mode as shown in Fig. 18. On the other hand, if
the OVP condition is removed, the VDD level will R1
go back to normal level and the output will
automatically return to the normal operation. R2

VDD
OVP level BNO
3 - Brown out
Control
1.05V / 0.8V +
UVLO (on)
BNO Logic
comparator

UVLO (off)

Fig.19
t
Gate out
When the BNO voltage falls blow 0.8V and lasts
for about 250uS, the Brown-out Protection is
No Switch out triggered and gate output stop until VDD
re-start and the BNO voltage goes high than
t 1.05V as shown in Fig. 20. By adjust the
Fig. 18 resistor ratio, the line brown-in and brown-out
voltages can be programmed.

Internal Over-Temperature Protection (OTP)
Internal 160℃ comparator will provide over VLINE_Brown_out = 0.8V * (R1+R2) / R2 / √2
temperature protection (OTP). OTP will VLINE_Brown_in = 1.05V * (R1+R2) / R2 / √2
shutdown system, until VCC below UVLO(low).
VBNO
The system will hiccup, if the internal
temperature always high than 160℃. V BNO -ON
V BNO- OFF

Brown-out Protection (BNOP)
To protect the power supply under low line t
VDD
voltage condition. The Brown-out Protection is
implemented in the EM8635. The line voltage is UVLO(on)
monitored by the divider resistors form buck UVLO(off)
capacitor to GND as shown in Fig.19.
Gate out t

No Switch out No Switch out

t

Fig.20

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Ordering & Marking Information
Device Name: EM8635J for SOT-23-6

F9ABC F9: Device Code, F9 for EM8635J

ABC: Date Code

#1

Outline Drawing

B1 B

e G

A
F

b
A1
Dimension in mm
Dimension A A1 B B1 b C D e F G
Min. 0.90 0.00 0.30 0.08 0.30
Typ. 1.15 2.80 1.60 2.90 0.95 0.45
Max. 1.30 0.15 0.50 0.22 1.45 0.60

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