MIC9131
Functional Description
Micrel’s MIC9131 is a high voltage, high speed current mode
switching power supply controller. It uses a BiC/DMOS
process to achieve a high voltage input, low quiescent current
and very fast internal delay times. The MIC9131 is designed
to drive an external low side N-channel MOSFET, which
makes it suitable for controlling Boost, Flyback and Forward
converter topologies. The high voltage startup pin eliminates
the requirement for an external start up circuit. This makes
it ideal for use with Telecom converters.
A block diagram of the MIC9131 is shown in Figure 1. The
description of the controller is divided into 6 basic functions:
• Power and bias circuitry
• High voltage start-up circuit
• VCC and Bias supplies
• Enable and Undervoltage monitoring circuits
• VCC and VIN UVLO
• Enable
• Oscillator and sync circuitry
• Soft-start and soft-start reset circuits
• MOSFET gate drive circuits
Transformer
Bias
Winding
Micrel
• Control loop operation
• Current sensing & overcurrent protection
• Slope compensation
• Error amplifier
High Voltage Start Up Circuit
Many conventional Off-Line and Telecom power supplies use
an external bias resistor and zener diode to supply the initial
start-up voltage for the control IC. The control IC gets its
supply voltage from a bias winding once the power supply is
running. This method has the disadvantages of extra compo-
nents (diode and power resistor), continuous power dissipa-
tion in the resistor and a large bias capacitor, used to supply
the IC until the bias winding takes over.
The MIC9131 eliminates these problems by using an internal
depletion mode MOSFET as a pre-regulator to provide the
start-up bias voltage from the high voltage input of the power
supply. This approach eliminates the need for external start
up components and reduces the size of the controller’s bias
supply capacitor. The MOSFET is turned off once the exter-
nal bias winding takes over, which eliminates power dissipa-
tion in the start-up circuit. In some cases, the MIC9131 may
be run directly from the input voltage rail, eliminating the need
for an external bias winding.
MIC9131
Internal
1.21V
VCC
2
Circuitry
VIN
Line
1
180V
DEPLETION
FET
VCC
UVLO
THERMAL
SHUTDOWN
VPR(OFF) Depletion FET Pre-Regultor turn-off threshold
∆VPR
∆VGLO VCC Gate Lockout Hysteresis
Depletion FET turn-on threshold
VGLO(ON) VCC gate lockout turn on threshold
VCC voltage when powered from VLINE
July 2001
Figure 2
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MIC9131