KA7540
No Lamp Protection
When the voltage at pin #4 is lower than 2V, the gate drive output is off-state, so the external power MOSFETs stop
switching. In no lamp protection circuit the dc link voltage is divided by a couple of resistors including both lamp filaments,
and the divided voltage is applied to the pin #4 before the MOSFETs start switching.
When 2 Lamp
VR4 = Vdd × -R----1----4----+------R---------1------5----------+----------R-----R-----1----1--8-----9-----+----------2----------×---------R---------f---+-----R-----1---9--
2
≡ 400 × 1----8---0----k---Ω------+-----3--------3------0--------k----1--Ω----5--------k+2------Ω----6-------8-------0-------k-------Ω---------+-----1---5----k---Ω---
V3
=
V2
×
---------R-----1---8-----------
R15 + R18
≡
200V
VR4 > 2V
When 1 Lamp
VR4
=
Vdd
×
-----------------------------------R-----1---9-------------------------------------
R14 + R15 + R18 + 2Rf + R19
≡ 400 × 1----8---0----k---Ω------+-----3----3---0----k--1-Ω--5----k+---Ω--6---8----0---k----Ω------+-----1---5----k---Ω---
VR4 > 2V
When No Lamp
VR4 = 0V( <2V) ⇒ Stop switching
In normal mode, the average voltage of the V3 is the half of the dc link voltage (Vdd, PFC_OUT). So, in order to make the
start condition stable, the resistors are designed to make the voltage of V3 be the half of the dc link voltage.
DC Link Voltage (Vdd), PFC_OUT
R14
V2
Rfilament
Rfilament
R16
Rfilament
To pin #4 VR4
R19
R17
C13
R15
Rfilament
V3
R18
Figure 4. Lamp detection resistor network
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