TNY253/254/255
TinySwitch
™
Family
Energy Efficient, Low Power Off-line Switchers
Product Highlights
Lowest Cost, Low Power Switcher Solution
• Lower cost than RCC, discrete PWM and other integrat-
ed/hybrid solutions
• Cost effective replacement for bulky linear adapters
• Lowest component count
• Simple ON/OFF control – no loop compensation devices
• No bias winding – simpler, lower cost transformer
• Allows simple RC type EMI filter for up to 2 W from
universal input or 4 W from 115 VAC input
Extremely Energy Efficient
• Consumes only 30/60 mW at 115/230 VAC with no load
• Meets Blue Angel, Energy Star, Energy 2000 and 200 mW
European cell phone requirements for standby
• Saves $1 to $4 per year in energy costs (at $0.12/kWHr)
compared to bulky linear adapters
• Ideal for cellular phone chargers, standby power supplies for
PC, TV and VCR, utility meters, and cordless phones.
High Performance at Low Cost
• High-voltage powered – ideal for charger applications
• Very high loop bandwidth provides excellent transient
response and fast turn on with practically no overshoot
• Current limit operation rejects line frequency ripple
• Glitch free output when input is removed
• Built-in current limit and thermal protection
• 44 kHz operation (TNY253/4) with snubber clamp
reduces EMI and video noise in TVs and VCRs
• Operates with optocoupler or bias winding feedback
Description
The TinySwitch family uses a breakthrough design to provide
the lowest cost, high efficiency, off-line switcher solution in
the 0 to 10 W range. These devices integrate a 700 V power
MOSFET, oscillator, high-voltage switched current source,
current limit and thermal shutdown circuitry. They start-up
and run on power derived from the DRAIN voltage, eliminat-
ing the need for a transformer bias winding and the associated
circuitry. And yet, they consume only about 80 mW at no load,
from 265 VAC input. A simple ON/OFF control scheme also
eliminates the need for loop compensation.
+
+
DC
Output
–
D
Wide-Range
High-Voltage
DC Input
TinySwitch
EN
BP
S
–
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Figure 1. Typical Standby Application.
TinySwitch Selection Guide
ORDER
PART
NUMBER
TNY253P
TNY253G
TNY254P
TNY254G
TNY255P
TNY255G
Recommended Range
for Lowest System Cost*
PACKAGE
230 VAC or
115 VAC
w/Doubler
85-265
VAC
DIP-8
SMD-8
DIP-8
SMD-8
DIP-8
SMD-8
0-4 W
2-5 W
4-10 W
0-2 W
1-4 W
3.5-6.5 W
Table 1. *Please refer to the Key Application Considerations section
for details.
The TNY253 and TNY254 switch at 44 kHz to minimize EMI
and to allow a simple snubber clamp to limit DRAIN spike
voltage. At the same time, they allow use of low cost EE16 core
transformers to deliver up to 5 W. The TNY253 is identical to
TNY254 except for its lower current limit, which reduces output
short-circuit current for applications under 2.5 W. TNY255
uses higher switching rate of 130 kHz to deliver up to 10 W
from the same low cost EE16 core for applications such as PC
standby supply. An EE13 or EF13 core with safety spaced
bobbin can be used for applications under 2.5 W. Absence of
a bias winding eliminates the need for taping/margins in most
applications, when triple insulated wire is used for the secondary.
This simplifies the transformer construction and reduces cost.
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BYPASS
REGULATOR
5.8 V
DRAIN
UNDERVOLTAGE
+
OSCILLATOR
CLOCK
50 A
5.8 V
5.1 V
+
-
VI
LIMIT
-
DCMAX
THERMAL
SHUTDOWN
S
Q
R
Q
1.5 V + VTH
LEADING
EDGE
BLANKING
ENABLE
SOURCE
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Figure 2. Functional Block Diagram.
Pin Functional Description
DRAIN (D) Pin:
Power MOSFET drain connection. Provides internal operating
current for both start-up and steady-state operation.
BYPASS (BP) Pin:
Connection point for an external bypass capacitor for the inter-
nally generated 5.8 V supply. Bypass pin is not intended for
sourcing supply current to external circuitry.
ENABLE (EN) Pin:
The power MOSFET switching can be terminated by pulling
this pin low. The I-V characteristic of this pin is equivalent to
a voltage source of approximately 1.5 V with a source current
clamp of 50 µA.
SOURCE (S) Pin:
Power MOSFET source connection. Primary return.
BYPASS
1
SOURCE
2
SOURCE
3
ENABLE
4
8
7
6
5
SOURCE
SOURCE
SOURCE
DRAIN
P Package (DIP-8)
G Package (SMD-8)
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Figure 3. Pin Configuration.
Hysteretic Over Temperature Protection, Current Limit circuit,
Leading Edge Blanking, and a 700 V power MOSFET. Figure
2 shows a functional block diagram with the most important
features.
Oscillator
The oscillator frequency is internally set at 44 kHz (130 kHz
for the TNY255). The two signals of interest are the Maxi-
mum Duty Cycle signal (D
MAX
) which runs at typically 67%
duty cycle and the Clock signal that indicates the beginning of
each cycle. When cycles are skipped (see below), the oscilla-
tor frequency doubles (except for TNY255 which remains at
130 kHz). This increases the sampling rate at the ENABLE
pin for faster loop response.
Enable (Sense and Logic)
The ENABLE pin circuit has a source follower input stage set
at 1.5 V. The input current is clamped by a current source set
at 50 µA with 10 µA hysteresis. The output of the enable sense
TinySwitch Functional Description
TinySwitch is intended for low power off-line applications. It
combines a high-voltage power MOSFET switch with a power
supply controller in one device. Unlike a conventional PWM
(Pulse Width Modulator) controller, the TinySwitch uses a
simple ON/OFF control to regulate the output voltage.
The
TinySwitch
controller consists of an Oscillator, Enable
(Sense and Logic) circuit, 5.8 V Regulator, Undervoltage circuit,
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circuit is sampled at the rising edge of the oscillator Clock
signal (at the beginning of each cycle). If it is high, then the
power MOSFET is turned on (enabled) for that cycle, otherwise
the power MOSFET remains in the off state (cycle skipped).
Since the sampling is done only once at the beginning of each
cycle, any subsequent changes at the ENABLE pin during the
cycle are ignored.
5.8 V Regulator
The 5.8 V regulator charges the bypass capacitor connected to
the BYPASS pin to 5.8 V by drawing a current from the voltage
on the DRAIN, whenever the MOSFET is off. The BYPASS pin
is the internal supply voltage node for the TinySwitch. When
the MOSFET is on, the TinySwitch runs off of the energy stored
in the bypass capacitor. Extremely low power consumption of
the internal circuitry allows the TinySwitch to operate continu-
ously from the current drawn from the DRAIN pin. A bypass
capacitor value of 0.1 µF is sufficient for both high frequency
de-coupling and energy storage.
Undervoltage
The undervoltage circuitry disables the power MOSFET when
the BYPASS pin voltage drops below 5.1 V. Once the BYPASS
pin voltage drops below 5.1 V, it has to rise back to 5.8 V to
enable (turn-on) the power MOSFET.
Hysteretic Over Temperature Protection
The thermal shutdown circuitry senses the die junction tem-
perature. The threshold is set at 135 °C with 70 °C hysteresis.
When the junction temperature rises above this threshold
(135 °C) the power MOSFET is disabled and remains disabled
until the die junction temperature falls by 70 °C, at which point
it is re-enabled.
Current Limit
The current limit circuit senses the current in the power
MOSFET. When this current exceeds the internal threshold
(I
LIMIT
), the power MOSFET is turned off for the remainder of
that cycle.
The leading edge blanking circuit inhibits the current limit
comparator for a short time (t
LEB
) after the power MOSFET
is turned on. This leading edge blanking time has been set so
that current spikes caused by primary-side capacitance and
secondary-side rectifier reverse recovery time will not cause
premature termination of the switching pulse.
TinySwitch Operation
TinySwitch is intended to operate in the current limit mode.
When enabled, the oscillator turns the power MOSFET on at the
beginning of each cycle. The MOSFET is turned off when the
current ramps up to the current limit. The maximum on-time
of the MOSFET is limited to DC
MAX
by the oscillator. Since
the current limit and frequency of a given TinySwitch device
are constant, the power delivered is proportional to the primary
inductance of the transformer and is relatively independent of
the input voltage. Therefore, the design of the power supply
involves calculating the primary inductance of the transformer
for the maximum power required. As long as the TinySwitch
device chosen is rated for the power level at the lowest input
voltage, the calculated inductance will ramp up the current to
the current limit before the DC
MAX
limit is reached.
Enable Function
The TinySwitch senses the ENABLE pin to determine whether
or not to proceed with the next switch cycle as described earlier.
Once a cycle is started TinySwitch always completes the cycle
(even when the ENABLE pin changes state half way through the
cycle). This operation results in a power supply whose output
voltage ripple is determined by the output capacitor, amount of
energy per switch cycle and the delay of the ENABLE feedback.
The ENABLE signal is generated on the secondary by comparing
the power supply output voltage with a reference voltage. The
ENABLE signal is high when the power supply output voltage
is less than the reference voltage.
In a typical implementation, the ENABLE pin is driven by
an optocoupler. The collector of the optocoupler transistor is
connected to the ENABLE pin and the emitter is connected to
the SOURCE pin. The optocoupler LED is connected in series
with a Zener across the DC output voltage to be regulated.
When the output voltage exceeds the target regulation voltage
level (optocoupler diode voltage drop plus Zener voltage), the
optocoupler diode will start to conduct, pulling the ENABLE
pin low. The Zener could be replaced by a TL431 device for
improved accuracy.
The ENABLE pin pull-down current threshold is nominally
50 µA, but is set to 40 µA the instant the threshold is exceeded.
This is reset to 50 µA when the ENABLE pull-down current
drops below the current threshold of 40 µA.
ON/OFF Control
The internal clock of the TinySwitch runs all the time. At the
beginning of each clock cycle the TinySwitch samples the
ENABLE pin to decide whether or not to implement a switch
cycle. If the ENABLE pin is high (< 40 µA), then a switching
cycle takes place. If the ENABLE pin is low (greater than
50 µA) then no switching cycle occurs, and the ENABLE pin
status is sampled again at the start of the subsequent clock cycle.
At full load TinySwitch will conduct during the majority of
its clock cycles (Figure 4). At loads less than full load, the
TinySwitch will “skip” more cycles in order to maintain volt-
age regulation at the secondary output (Figure 5). At light
load or no load, almost all cycles will be skipped (Figure 6).
A small percentage of cycles will conduct to support the power
consumption of the power supply.
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EN
CLOCK
DC
V
EN
CLOCK
MAX
DC
MAX
I
DRAIN
IDRAIN
VDRAIN
VDRAIN
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Figure 4. TinySwitch Operation at Heavy Load.
Figure 5. TinySwitch Operation at Medium Load.
The response time of TinySwitch ON/OFF control scheme is
very fast compared to normal PWM control. This provides high
line ripple rejection and excellent transient response.
Power Up/Down
TinySwitch requires only a 0.1 µF capacitor on the BYPASS
pin. Because of the small size of this capacitor, the power-up
delay is kept to an absolute minimum, typically 0.3 ms (Fig-
ure 7). Due to the fast nature of the ON/OFF feedback, there is
no overshoot at the power supply output. During power-down,
the power MOSFET will switch until the rectified line voltage
drops to approximately 12 V. The power MOSFET will then
remain off without any glitches (Figure 8).
Bias Winding Eliminated
TinySwitch does not require a bias winding to provide power
to the chip. Instead it draws the power directly from the
DRAIN pin (see Functional Description above). This has two
main benefits. First for a nominal application, this eliminates
the cost of an extra bias winding and associated components.
Secondly, for charger applications, the current-voltage char-
acteristic often allows the output voltage to fall to low values
while still delivering power. This type of application normally
requires a forward-bias winding which has many more associ-
ated components, none of which are necessary with TinySwitch.
Current Limit Operation
Each switching cycle is terminated when the DRAIN current
reaches the current limit of the TinySwitch. For a given primary
inductance and input voltage, the duty cycle is constant. How-
ever, duty cycle does change inversely with the input voltage
providing “voltage feed-forward” advantages: good line ripple
rejection and relatively constant power delivery independent
of the input voltage.
44 kHz Switching Frequency (TNY253/254)
Switching frequency (with no cycle skipping) is set at 44 kHz.
This provides several advantages. At higher switching frequen-
cies, the capacitive switching losses are a significant proportion
of the power losses in a power supply. At higher frequencies,
the preferred snubbing schemes are RCD or diode-Zener clamps.
However, due to the lower switching frequency of TinySwitch ,
it is possible to use a simple RC snubber (and even just a capaci-
tor alone in 115 VAC applications at powers levels below 4 W).
Secondly, a low switching frequency also reduces EMI filtering
requirements. At 44 kHz, the first, second and third harmon-
ics are all below 150 kHz where the EMI limits are not very
restrictive. For power levels below 4 W it is possible to meet
worldwide EMI requirements with only resistive and capaci-
tive filter elements (no inductors or chokes). This significantly
reduces EMI filter costs.
Finally, if the application requires stringent noise emissions
(such as video applications), then the TNY253/254 will allow
more effective use of diode snubbing (and other secondary
snubbing techniques). The lower switching frequency allows
RC snubbers to be used to reduce noise, without significantly
impacting the efficiency of the supply.
130 kHz Switching Frequency (TNY255)
The switching frequency (with no cycle skipping) is set at
130 kHz. This allows the TNY255 to deliver 10 W while still
using the same size, low cost transformer (EE16) as used by
the TNY253/254 for lower power applications.
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V
EN
CLOCK
DC
MAX
V
IN
0V
IDRAIN
V
DRAIN
0V
0
VDRAIN
.2
.4
.6
.8
1
Time (ms)
Figure 7. TinySwitch Power-Up Timing Diagram.
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Figure 6. TinySwitch Operation at Light Load.
V
IN
BYPASS Pin Capacitor
The BYPASS pin uses a small 0.1 µF ceramic capacitor for
decoupling the internal power supply of the TinySwitch.
12 V
0V
Application Examples
Television Standby
TinySwitch is an ideal solution for low cost, high efficiency
standby power supplies used in consumer electronic products
such as TVs. Figure 9 shows a 7.5 V, 1.3 W flyback circuit that
uses TNY253 for implementing a TV standby supply. The circuit
operates from the DC high-voltage already available from the
main power supply. This input voltage can range from 120 to
375 VDC depending on the input AC voltage range that the TV
is rated for. Capacitor C1 filters the high-voltage DC supply,
and is necessary only if there is a long trace length from the
source of the DC supply to the inputs of the TV standby circuit.
The high-voltage DC bus is applied to the series combination
of the primary winding of T1 and the integrated high-voltage
MOSFET inside the TNY253. The low operating frequency of
the TNY253 (44 kHz), allows a low cost snubber circuit C2 and
R1 to be used in place of a primary clamp circuit. In addition
to limiting the DRAIN turn off voltage spike to a safe value,
the RC snubber also reduces radiated video noise by lowering
the dv/dt of the DRAIN waveform, which is critical for video
applications such as TV and VCR. On fixed frequency PWM
and RCC circuits, use of a snubber will result in an undesir-
able fixed AC switching loss that is independent of load. The
ON/OFF control on the TinySwitch eliminates this problem
by scaling the effective switching frequency and therefore,
VDRAIN
12 V
0V
0
100
200
300
400
500
Time (ms)
Figure 8. TinySwitch Power Down Timing Diagram.
switching loss linearly with load. Thus the efficiency of the
supply stays relatively constant down to a fraction of a watt of
output loading.
The secondary winding is rectified and filtered by D1 and C4 to
create the 7.5 V output. L1 and C5 provide additional filtering.
The output voltage is determined by the sum of the optocoupler
U2 LED forward drop (~ 1 V) and Zener diode VR1 voltage.
The resistor R2, maintains a bias current through the Zener to
improve its voltage tolerance.
10 W Standby
The TNY255 is ideal for standby applications that require up
to 10 W of power from 230 VAC or 100/115 VAC with doubler
circuit. The TNY255 operates at 130 kHz as opposed to 44 kHz
for TNY253/254. The higher frequency operation allows the
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