TDA4601

SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER

.. LOW START-UP CURRENT

DIRECT CONTROL OF SWITCHING TRAN-

. SISTOR
COLLECTOR CURRENT PROPORTIONAL

. TO BASE-CURRENT INPUT
REVERSE-GOING LINEAR
CHARACTERISTIC CURVE
OVERLOAD

SIP9
(Plastic Package)

ORDER CODE : TDA4601

DESCRIPTION
The TDA4601 is a monolithic integrated circuit
desi-gned to regulate and control the switching
transistor in a switching power supply. DIP 9+9
Because of its wide operational range and high (Plastic Package)
vol-tage stability even at high load changes, this IC
can be used not only in TV receivers and video ORDER CODE : TDA4601B
recorders but also in power supplies in Hi-Fi sets
and active speakers.

PIN CONNECTIONS

SIP9 DIP 9+9

9 VIN
VREF 1 18 GROUND
8 PULSE OUTPUT
7 DC OUTPUT ZERO CROSSING 2 17 GROUND
6 GROUND INPUT CONTROL 3 16 GROUND
5 EXTERNAL FUNCTION
4 IC SIMULATION I C SIMULATION 4 15 GROUND
3 INPUT CONTROL EXTERNAL FUNCTION 5 14 GROUND
2 ZERO CROSSING
GROUND 6 13 GROUND
1 VREF
DC OUTPUT 7 12 GROUND
4601-01.EPS - 4601-02.EPS

PULSE OUTPUT 8 11 GROUND

V IN 9 10 GROUND

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BLOCK DIAGRAM
9 7 8

BASE
START-UP CONTROL CURRENT
CIRCUIT AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
TRIGGER
STANDBY START
OPERATION HOLD
COUPLING -C-
CHARGING
CIRCUIT

BASE
VOLTAGE OVERLOAD CONTROL
CURRENT
CONTROL IDENTIFICATION LOGIC
SWITCH-OFF

COLLECTOR EXTERNAL
REFERENCE ZERO PASSAGE
CURRENT BLOCKING
VOLTAGE IDENTIFICATION
SIMULATION FUNCTION

4601-03.EPS
1 2 3 4 5
6 10 to 18

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
V9 Supply Voltage 20 V
V1 Reference Output 6 V
V2 Identification Input – 0.6, 0.6 V
V3 Controlled Amplifier 3 V
V4, V5 8 V
V7, V8 V9
I2, I3 – 3, 3 mA
I4 5 mA
I5 5 mA
I7 1.5 A
I8 – 1.5 A
Toper Operating Ambient Temperature 0, 85 °C

4601-01.TBL
Tstg Storage Temperature – 40, 150 °C
Tj Junction Temperature – 40, 125 °C

THERMAL DATA
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
4601-02.TBL

R th (j–c) Thermal Resistance Junction-pins Max. 15 °C/W

Rth (j–a) Thermal Resistance Junction–ambient Max. 70 °C/W

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tamb = 25oC)

Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
V9 Operating Supply Voltage Range 7.8 18 V
START CONDITION (according to test circuit of fig. 1)
I9 Supply Current (V 1 not yet switched on) V9 = 2 V 0.5 mA
V9 = 5 V 1.5 2.0 mA
4601-03.TBL

V9 = 10 V 2.4 3.2 mA
V9 Switch Threshold (V 1) 11 11.8 12.3 V

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tamb = 25oC ) (continued)

Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
NORMAL OPERATION (V9 = 10V, Vcont = – 10V, Vclock = ± 0.5V, f = 20kHz, duty cycle 1:2 after switch on)
I9 Supply Current Vcont = – 10V 110 135 160 mA
Vcont = 0V 50 75 100 mA
Vref Voltage Reference at Pin 1 I1 < 0.1mA 4 4.2 4.5 V
I1 = 5mA 4 4.2 4.4 V
V3 Control Voltage Vcont = 0V 2.3 2.6 2.9 V
V4 Collector Current Simulation Voltage Vcont = 0V, see note 1 1.8 2.2 2.5 V
∆V4 Collector Current Simulation Voltage Vcont = 0V to –10V, see note 1 0.3 0.4 0.5 V
V5 External Protection Threshold 6 7 8 V
V7 Pin 7 Output Voltage Vcont = 0V, see note 1 2.7 3.3 4.0 V
V8 Pin 8 output Voltage Vcont = 0V, see note 1 2.7 3.4 4.0 V
∆V8 Pin 8 Output Voltage Change Vcont = 0V to –10V, see note 1 1.6 2 2.4 V
V2 Feedback Voltage see note 1 0.2 V
TK1 Reference Voltage Temperature Coefficient 10–3 1/oK
PROTECTION OPERATION (V9 = 10V ; Vcont = – 10V ; Vclock = ± 0.5V ; f = 20kHz ; duty cycle 1 : 2)
I9 Supply Current V5 ≤ 1.8 V 14 22 28 mA
V7 Switch–off Voltage V5 ≤ 1.8 V 1.3 1.5 1.8 V
V4 Switch-off Voltage V5 ≤ 1.8 V 1.8 2.1 2.5 V
V5 Blocking Voltage Vcont = 0 V V1 V1 V
− 0.1
2 2
V9 Supply Voltage for V8 Blocked Vcont = 0 V 6.7 7.4 7.8 V
∆V9 Supply Voltage for V1 off While Further 0.3 0.6 1 V
Decreasing V9
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (according to test circuit of fig. 2)
ton Secondary Voltage Switching Time 350 450 ms
∆V2 Voltage Variation with Load S3 Closed, P3 = 20 W 0.1 0.5 V
S2 Closed, P2 = 15 W 0.5 1 V
∆V2 Stand by Condition S1 Open Ploa d = 3 W 20 30 V
f Stand by Frequency 70 75 kHz

4601-04.TBL
PP Primary Power Consumption in Stand by 10 12 VA
Condition
Note 1 : Only DC component

Figure 1 : Test Circuit Test Diagram : Overload Operation

V
18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 V 0.5
0
10 20 30 40 60 70 80 t
0.5

V4 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0.68Ω V R = -10V
2 VR = 0
2.2kΩ

1
10kΩ

22pF 100kΩ
0
t
10µF

V8 8
10nF
20kΩ
1kΩ

D8 1N4003

6
10µF
100kΩ

27Ω

4
2
4601-04.EPS

4601-05.EPS

1µF
0
VREF I 1 V Vcont V9 t

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Figure 2 : Test and Application Circuit

220VAC

4.7nF 4.7nF B250/

18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
C1000

2.7Ω
TDA4601
1N4007
C2540

220µF (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0.68Ω
200Ω 22pF 100
kΩ
100µF 1.2kΩ 10kΩ / 3W
MAINS SEPARATION

6V 100µF / 25V
10 12
kΩ kΩ 10nF (1) 1N4007 100µF / 16V
270kΩ

10kΩ (2) 4.7µH

27Ω
1µF / 35V
BY258-200

8.2nF BY295-450
BU508

100Ω
22nF

9 15 13 11
7 1 AZV

2 61-IC
16
12 6 4
BY258 BY258 BY258 BY258
270pF 270pF 270pF 270pF
-600 -600 -600 -600

470µF 470µF 470µF 470µF

18V 25V 150V 200V
56kΩ 56kΩ

100Ω S1 S1 S1

120Ω 470 Ω

S1
33Ω 1.5kΩ 6.8k Ω

56kΩ S3 S2
4601-06.EPS

V4 V3 V2 V1

(1) C limits the max. collector current of BU508 at overshooting the permissible output power.
(2) Adjustement of secondary voltage.
(3) Must be discharged before IC change.

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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
The TDA 4601 regulates, controls, and protects the
switching transistor in reverse converter power
supplies at starting, normal, and overload opera-
tion.
Starting Behaviour
During the start-up, three consecutive operation
states are passed.
1. An internal reference voltage is built up which
supplies the voltage regulator and enables the
supply to the coupling electrolytic capacitor and
the switching transistor. Up to a supply voltage
of V9 ≈ 12V, the current I9 is less than 3.2mA.
2. Release of the internal reference voltage
V1 = 4V. This voltage is abruptly available when
V9 ≈ 12V and enables all parts of the IC to be
supplied from the control logic with a thermally
stable and overload protected current supply.
3. Release of control logic. As soon as the
reference voltage is available, the control logic
is switched on through an additional stabilization
circuit. Thus, the IC is ready for operation.
This start-up sequence is necessary to guarantee
the supply through the coupling electrolytic capaci-
tor to the switching transistor. Correct switching of
the transistor is only guaranteed in this way.
Normal Operation
Zero crossing of the feedback coil is registered at
pin 2 and passed to the control logic.
At pin 3 (regulation of input, overload, and standby
recognition)the rectified amplitude variations of the
feedback coil are applied. The regulating amplifier
works with an input voltage of about 2V and a
current of about 1.4 mA.
Together with the collector current simulation pin 4,
the overload recognition defines the operating re-
gion of the regulating amplifier depending on the
internal reference voltage. The simulation of the
collector current is generated by an external RC
network at pin 4 and internally set threshold volt-
ages. By increasing the capacitance (10nF) the
max. collector current of the switching transistor
rises, thus setting the required operating range.
The extent of the regulation lies between a 2V
TDA4601
clamped DC voltage and an AC voltage rising in a
sawtooth waveform, which may vary up to a maxi-
mum amplitude of 4V (ref. voltage).
A reduction of the secondary load down to 20 watts
causes the switching frequency to rise to about
50kHz at an almost constant pulse duty factor
(period to on-time approx. 3). A further reduction of
the secondary load down to about 1 watt results in
changing the switching frequency to approx.
70kHz, and additionally the pulse duty factor rises
to approx. 11. At the same time the collector peak
current falls below 1A.
In the trigger the output level of the regulating
amplifier, the overload recognition, and the collec-
tor current simulation are compared and instruc-
tions are given to the control logic. There is an
additional triggering and blocking possibility by
means of pin 5. The output at pin 8 is blocked at a
voltage of less than 2.2V at pin 5.
Depending on the start-up circuit, the zero crossing
identification, and the release with the aid of the
trigger, the control logic flip flops are set which
control the base current amplifier and the base
current shut-down. The base current amplifier
moves the sawtooth voltage V4 to pin 8. A current
feed-back having an external resistance of R =
0.68Ω is inserted between pin 8 and pin 7. The
resistance value determines the maximum ampli-
tude of the base driving current for the switching
transistor.
Protective Measures
The base current shut-down, released by the con-
trol logic, clamps the output of pin 7 at 1.6V and
thus blocks driving of the switching transistor. This
protective measure will be released if the voltage
at pin 9 reaches a value ≤ typ. 7.4V or if voltages
of ≤ typ. 2.2V occur at pin 5. In the case of a short
circuit of the secondary windings of the P.S.U., the
IC continuouslymonitors the fault condition.
With the load completely removed from the secon-
dary winding of the P.S.U., the IC is set to a low
pulse duty factor. The total power consumption of
the P.S.U. is held below 6 to 10 watts in both
operating conditions. After having blocked the out-
put, causedat a supply voltage ≤ typ. 7.4V, a further
voltage reduction with ∆V9 = 0.6V results in switch-
ing off the reference voltage (4V).
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Figure 3 : Frequency versus Output Power Figure 4 : Efficiency versus Output Power
(Test Circuit of Figure 2) (Test Circuit of Figure 2)
f (kHz) η (%)
80 100

80
60

60
40
40

20
20
P O (W) PO (W)

4601-08.EPS
4601-07.EPS
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Figure 5 : Load Characteristics V2-f (Iq2) Figure 6 : Output Voltage V2 (mains change)
(Test Circuit of Figure 2) (Test Circuit of Figure 2)
VO2 (V) VO2 (V)
160 151

120 V mains = 180V 150

V mains = 220V
80 V mains = 250V 149

40 148
I O2 (mA) Vmains (V)
4601-09.EPS

4601-10.EPS
147
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 150 170 190 210 230 250 270
Figure 7 : Example of a PC Heatsink (35°C/W)

COPPER AREA
35µ THICKNESS
4601-11.EPS

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PACKAGE MECHANICAL DATA

9 PINS - PLASTIC SIP

C
D

L3
c2

L1
N

d1
M

A
L2

a1

1 9
L

b1
b3
e c1
e3

PM-SIP9.EPS
B

Millimeters Inches
Dimensions
Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max.
A 7.1 0.280
a1 2.7 3 0.106 0.118
B 24.8 0.976
b1 0.5 0.020
b3 0.85 1.6 0.033 0.063
C 3.3 0.130
c1 0.43 0.017
c2 1.32 0.052
D 21.2 0.835
d1 14.5 0.571
e 2.54 0.100
e3 20.32 0.800
L 3.1 0.122
L1 3 0.118
L2 17.6 0.693
L3 0.25 0.010
M 3.2 0.126
SIP9.TBL

N 1 0.039

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PACKAGE MECHANICAL DATA

18 PINS - PLASTIC POWERDIP

a1

I
b1

L
b B e E
Z
e3 Z

18 10

PMDIP18W.EPS
1 9

Millimeters Inches
Dimensions
Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max.
a1 0.51 0.020
B 0.85 1.4 0.033 0.055
b 0.5 0.020
b1 0.38 0.5 0.015 0.020
D 24.8 0.976
E 8.8 0.346
e 2.54 0.100
e3 20.32 0.800
F 7.1 0.280
i 5.1 0.201 DIP18PW.TBL

L 3.3 0.130
Z 2.54 0.100

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