PT4209
Primary Side Offline
LED Controller with Active PFC
GENERAL DESCRIPTION FEATURES
The PT4209 is a flicker-free PWM/analog dimmable, Constant Current Control Without Secondary Feed
primary side constant current controller which can back
achieve high power factor in a single stage converter, Flicker-free PWM/analog Dimming (10%-100%)
targeted to applications in solid state lighting. It is Accurate Constant Current Output
designed for the flyback topology, and regulates output Quasi-Resonant Mode Operation
current accurately without the secondary feedback loop.
Ultra-low（10uA）Start Up Current
PT4209 works in quasi-resonant mode to reduce the Low Quiescent Current (1mA)
MOSFET switching loss. The device uses extremely VCC Under Voltage Protection
low startup and low quiescent current to achieve high Over Voltage Protection by Voltage Holding
efficiency. Cycle by Cycle Current Limit
A complete set of integrated protection functions allows Rcs Open Circuit Protection
the PT4209 to protect against all fault conditions such Transformer Winding Short Circuit Protection
as VCC under-voltage, VCC over-voltage, cycle by Output Open/Short Circuit Protection
cycle current limit, output open/short circuit, Rcs open Over Temperature Protection
circuit, transformer winding short circuit and over
temperature shut down. APPLICATIONS
The PT4209 is available in SOP8 package. Solid State Lighting
Industrial and Commercial Lighting
Residential Lighting
ORDERING INFORMATION
TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT
PACKAGE ORDERING PART NUMBER MARKING
RANGE MEDIA
PT4209
SOP-8 -40℃ to 85℃ PT4209ESOH 3000/Tape and Reel
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TYPICAL APPLICATION CIRCUIT
D3
Rst R2 C2
AC R11 D1
85~264V
C1 R3 D2
R12
C3
R4
C4 R6
VCC DET
PT4209
VINS DIM
COMP DRV
GND CS
Rcs
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PIN ASSIGNMENT
VINS 1 8 COMP
PT4209
DET 2 7 DIM
VCC 3 6 GND
DRV 4 5 CS
SOP-8
PIN DESCRIPTIONS
PIN
PIN No. DESCRIPTION
NAMES
1 VINS One of the input pin of the internal multiplier.
Auxiliary winding voltage sense pin to detect the moment of zero current of
2 DET
secondary winding, and over voltage.
3 VCC Power supply pin for all internal circuit.
4 DRV External MOSFET gate driver pin
5 CS Primary winding current sensing pin
6 GND Ground
7 DIM PWM dimming and analog dimming control pin
8 COMP Compensation pin for constant current control loop
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (note1)
SYM PARAMETER VALUE UNIT
VCC VCC DC Supply Voltage 30 V
VvCC_Clamp VCC Clamp Voltage 31 V
IvCC_Clamp VCC DC Clamp Current 10 mA
IDET_MAX Max DET Pin Current -50-10 mA
IDRV_MAX Max DRV Pin Current 1.2 A
VDRV DRV Pin Voltage Range -0.3~31 V
VCS CS Pin Voltage Range -0.3~31 V
VI/O Other I/O PIN Input Voltage -0.3~7 V
TOPT Operating Temp. Range -40 to 125 ℃
TSTG Storage Temp. Range -55 to 150 ℃
RΘJA SOP8 184 ℃ /W
HBM ESD Capability, HBM（note2） 2000 V
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RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITION
SYMBOL PARAMETER VALUE UNIT
VCC supply voltage 10 to 23.5 V
o
TOPT Operating ambient temperature -40 to +85 C
Note 1: Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur. Recommended
Operating Range indicates conditions for which the device is functional, but do not guarantee specific performance
limits. Electrical Characteristics state DC and AC electrical specifications under particular test conditions which
guarantee specific performance limits. This assumes that the device is within the Operating Range. Specifications are
not guaranteed for parameters where no limit is given, however, the typical value is a good indication of device
performance.
Note 2: Human body model, 100pF discharged through a 1.5kΩ resistor.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(TA=25℃, VCC=14V，unless specified otherwise)
SYMBOL PARAMETER TEST CONDITION MIN TYP MAX UNIT
Supply Voltage & Current (VCC)
VCC voltage to turn on the
VVCC_ON VCC Rising 13.5 15 16.5 V
chip
VCC minimum operating
VVCC_OFF VCC Falling 7.5 8.5 9.5 V
level
VCC Over Voltage
VVCC_OVP VCC Rising 24 26 28 V
Protection
VCC Over Voltage
VVCC_OVP_HYS 1.3 V
Protection Hysteresis
VVCC_Clamp VCC Clamp Voltage ICC=10mA 31 V
IStartup Start up Current VCC=11V 10 30 uA
VCC Supply Current (No
IVCC_QUIET 1 2 mA
Switching)
VCC Supply Current FDRV_AVG=70KHz,
IVCC_OPER 2 5 mA
(During Working) CDRV=1nF
Multiplier
VVINS_RANG VINS Operation Range 0 3 V
K Multiplier Gain（note3） 0.5 0.6 0.8
Error Amplifier
Reference voltage for
VRef 0.392 0.4 0.408 V
constant current control
GEA Transconductance 35 uA/V
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VCOMP_RANG COMP Operation Range 0.8 5 V
Current Sense
TLEB Leading edge blanking time 280 ns
VCS_Clamp Current sense clamp voltage 1.8 2.0 2.2 V
Vcs protection trigger
VCS_PROT 4.1 4.5 4.9 V
voltage
DET Pin Sense
Zero current detect threshold Falling edge
VZCD 0 V
voltage
Zero current detect hysteretic
VZCD_H 1.4 V
voltage
DET over-voltage threshold 1us delay after
VDET_OVP 3.6 4 4.4 V
turn-off
TOFF_MIN Minimum off time 5 uS
DET pin voltage no
TStart Start timer period more than 0.35V when 50 us
switch off
DIM Set Pin
VDIM DIM floating voltage 5.5 6 6.5 V
VDIMH DIM input logic high level 2.4 V
VDIML DIM input logic low level 0.7 V
VDIM_DC DIM input analog dim range 0.7 2.4 V
IDIM DIM pull up current VDIM=0V 20 uA
DRV OUTPUT
VDRV_Clamp DRV clamp voltage 11 14 17 V
IDRV_Source Max DRV source current 1 A
IDRV_Sink Max DRV sink current -1.2 A
PROTECTION
Thermal Shut Down
TSD 150 ℃
Threshold
Note 3: The multiplier output is given by: Vcs=K•VVINS• (VCOMP-0.8)
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Typical Performance Characteristics
Vins=1
Multiplier linearity Vins=2
Vref vs. Temp 4.5 Vins=3
0.420
4.0
0.415
3.5
0.410
Vmult_out(V)
3.0
Vref(V)
0.405 2.5
2.0
)
0.400
1.5
0.395
1.0
0.390
0.5
0.385
0.0
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
0.380
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Vcomp(V)
Temp(C)
PF vs. Vac Pout=15.4W(38V*0.4A) Iled vs. Vac
1.00
0.416
0.99
0.414
Iled(A)
0.98 0.412
PF
0.410
0.97
0.408
0.96
0.406
0.95
60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280
Vac(Vrms) Vac(Vrms)
Efficiency vs. Vac Pout=15.4w(38V*0.4A)
90
Iled vs. Temp Vac=230Vrms
88
305
86
304 84
82
Efficiency
303
Iled(mA)
80
302
78
301 76
74
300
72
299 70
60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280
-20 0 20 40 60 80 100
Vac(Vrms)
Temp(C)
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Startup Quasi-Resonant Switching
Vin=90V Load=16*1W Vin=90V Load=16*1W
Output Short Protection Output Open Protection
Vin=90V Load=16*1W Vin=90V Load=16*1W
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SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM
VINS VCC
Supply
Regulator
& UVLO
Comparator CTRL DRV DRV
ZCD &
DET
OVP
Current Sense
Io_cal & Current CS
Soft Start &
DIM Limit
DIM Control
Vref
COMP gm
GND
Functional description
The PT4209 is a flicker-free PWM/analog dimmable, Once the AC voltage is applied to the application
primary side constant current controller which can circuit, the Vbus charges the VCC pin up through the start
achieve high power factor in a single stage converter,
up resistor Rst. When the voltage of VCC exceeds the
targeted to applications in solid state lighting. It is
designed for the flyback topology, and regulates output threshold of Vvcc_on, the controller starts to deliver
current accurately without the secondary feedback loop. driving pulses to power MOS and VCC is powered by
auxiliary winding.
PT4209 works in quasi-resonant mode to reduce the
MOSFET switching loss. The device use extremely low Vbus
start up current and low quiescent current to achieve Rst
high efficiency.
PT4209
A complete set of integrated protection functions allows VCC Naux
the PT4209 to protect against all fault conditions such
as VCC under-voltage, VCC over-voltage, cycle by GND C3
cycle current limit, output open/short circuit, Rcs open
circuit, transformer winding short circuit and over
VCC
temperature shut down. VvCC_ON vcc
VvCC_OFF
Startup
VCC is the power supply terminal for the PT4209.
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Thanks to the very small start up current, a large start PWM Dimming Control
up resistor could be used in the start up circuit to PT4209 detects PWM dimming signal through DIM pin.
minimize power loss. The maximum voltage VCC pin And the PWM signal(10%-100%) will be used to
is clamped by internal Zener diode. modulate internal reference voltage which is used for
Output Current Setting output current control. The dimming signal’s frequency
Output current can be set by the following equation. is preferred to be larger than 20 kHz to avoid audible
noise.
1 Vref
IO N PS Analog Dimming Control
2 RCS
Analog dimming signal can be detected through DIM
where Vref is the chip internal reference voltage which pin. And the analog dimming signal will be transferred
is 400mV, RCS is the primary side current sensing to PWM signal whose duty circle will be proportional
resistor, NPS is the ratio of primary side winding to analog dimming signal’s voltage value. And this
turns to the secondary side of transformer, η is the internal PWM signal will be used to modulate internal
efficiency of transformer. reference which is used for output current control as
Single-Stage PFC PWM dimming control.
PT4209 uses a high-linearity, wide input/output voltage Current Limit
range multiplier to achieve high PF and low input The current limit circuit senses the current in the power
current harmonic. It has two input node. One input MOS. When this current exceeds the internal threshold,
VINS pin is used to sense Input sinusoidal reference; the power MOS turns off for the rest of that cycle.
another input COMP is the output of error amplifier Short Circuit Protection
within constant-current loop, its voltage can represent During the output short circuit period, the power MOS
output current level. They are multiplied to be CS will switch at frequency of about 20 kHz and CS is
voltage reference. By this control strategy, input clamped at 0.8V to reduce short-circuit state power
average current is a sinusoidal shape synchronous with dissipation, and there will be no current charge to the
input voltage. VCC capacitor, and VCC voltage will fall to Vvcc_off
Quasi-Resonant Mode threshold voltage. Under this condition, the controller
PT4209 works in quasi-resonant mode for to reduce the enters hiccup mode operation. This hiccup behavior
power MOS switching loss. To detect a more accurate will continue until the short circuit condition is
Tdis (secondary side current discharging time), power removed.
MOS will switch on at the second bottom point of the VCC Over Voltage Protection
SW waveform (at the drain side of the power MOS) The controller includes a VCC over-voltage protection
after the power MOS turning off. circuitry, which will turn off the power MOS if the
VCC pin voltage is above 26V so that VCC pin voltage
will stop rising in fault condition. When VCC pin
Ip
voltage falls to 1.4V below 26V, power MOS switching
will return to normal operation.
Is Tdis
Output Over Voltage Protection
Vsw Output over-voltage protection circuitry will shut down
Ton
Toff the IC when the feedback pin DET voltage is above 4V
Ts
for 3 consecutive switching cycles. In this condition,
the controller enters hiccup mode operation. The hiccup
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behavior will continue until the output over voltage avoid any damage to the power loop devices. Under
condition is removed. this condition, the controller will enter a hiccup mode
Rcs Open Circuit Protection operation. This hiccup behavior will continue until
When Rcs is disconnected from the ground side, the transformer windings short circuit condition is
controller will detect high voltage on CS pin after removed.
power MOS on. If CS pin voltage is larger than the Over Temperature Protection
internal threshold, the IC will shut down. Under this The thermal shutdown circuitry senses the junction
condition, the controller will enter a hiccup mode temperature of the die. If the junction temperature
operation. The hiccup behavior will continue until the exceeds 150°C, the device will shut down and enter a
Rcs open circuit condition is removed. hiccup mode operation.
Transformer Winding Short Circuit Protection
When one of transformer windings is shorted, no matter
it’s a primary-side winding or a second-side winding,
main power loop acts as a conduction line, high voltage
will appear at the node of CS. Once CS voltage is larger
than 4.5V, the device will shut down immediately and
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PACKAGE INFORMATION
SOP8
DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS DIMENSIONS IN INCH
SYMBOL
MIN MAX MIN MAX
A 1.350 1.750 0.053 0.069
A1 0.100 0.250 0.004 0.010
A2 1.350 1.550 0.053 0.061
b 0.330 0.510 0.013 0.020
c 0.170 0.250 0.006 0.010
D 4.700 5.100 0.185 0.200
E 3.800 4.000 0.150 0.157
E1 5.800 6.200 0.228 0.244
e 1.270(BSC) 0.050(BSC)
L 0.400 1.270 0.016 0.050
θ 0° 8° 0° 8°
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