IR2085S& (PbF)
Pin descriptions
CS: The input pin to the overcurrent comparator. Ex-
ceeding the overcurrent threshold value specified in
static electrical parameters section will terminate the
output pulses and start a new soft-start cycle as soon
as the voltage on the pin reduces below the threshold
value.
OSC: The oscillator-programming pin. Only two com-
ponents are required to program the oscillator fre-
quency, a resistor (tied to the VCC and CS pins), and a
capacitor (tied to the CS and GND pins). The approxi-
mate oscillator frequency is determined by the follow-
ing simple formula:
fOSC = 1/ (2*RT.CT)
Where fOSC frequency is in hertz (Hz), RT resistance in
ohms (Ω) and CT capacitance in farads (F). The
recommended range for the timing resistor is between
10kW and 100kW and the recommended range for
the timing capacitor is between 47pF and 470pF. It is
not recommended to use timing resistors less than
10kΩ.
For best performance, keep the timing component
placement as close as possible to the IR2085S. It is
recommended to separate the ground and VCC traces
to the timing components.
GND: Signal ground and power ground for all func-
tions. Due to high current and high frequency opera-
tion, a low impedance circuit board ground plane is
highly recommended.
HO, LO: High side and low side gate drive pins. The
high and low side drivers can be used to drive the
gate of a power MOSFET directly, without external
buffers. The drivers are capable of 1.2A peak source
and sink currents. It is recommended that the high
and low side drive pins should be located very close
to the gates of the high side and low side MOSFETs
to prevent any delay and distortion of the drive sig-
nals. The power MOSFETs should be low charge to
prevent any shoot through current.
Vb: The high side power input connection. The high
side supply is derived from a bootstrap circuit using a
low-leakage schottky diode and a ceramic capacitor.
To prevent noise, the schottky diode and bypass ca-
pacitor should be located very close to the IR2085S
and separated VCC traces are recommended.
VS: The high side power return connection. VS should
be connected directly to the source terminal of the
high side MOSFET with the trace as short as pos-
sible.
V : The IC bias input connection for the device. Al-
CC
though the quiescent VCC current is very low, total sup-
ply current will be higher, depending on the MOSFET
gate charge connected to the HO and LO pins, and
the programmed oscillator frequency. Total VCC cur-
rent is the sum of quiescent VCC current and the aver-
age current at HO and LO. Knowing the operating
frequency and the MOSFET gate charge (QG), the
average current can be calculated from:
I =Q Xf
ave
G osc
To prevent noise problems, a bypass ceramic capacitor
connected to VCC and GND should be placed as close
as possible to the IR2085S.
The IR2085S has an under voltage lockout feature for
the IC bias supply, VCC. The minimum voltage required
on VCC to make sure that the IC will work within speci-
fications is 9.5V. Asymmetrical gate signals on HO and
LO pins are expected when VCC is between 7.5V and
8.5V.
Application Information
A 220 kHz half-bridge application circuit with full wave
synchronous rectification is shown in figure 4. On the
primary side, the IR2085S drives two IRF7493 - next
generation low charge power MOSFETs. The primary
side bias is obtained through a linear regulator from
the input voltage for start-up, and then from the trans-
former in steady state. The IRF7380, a dual 80V power
MOSFET in an SO8 package is used for the primary
side bias function. Two IRF6603 - novel DirectFET
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