NXP Semiconductors
UBA2071; UBA2071A
Half bridge control IC for CCFL backlighting
• OverCurrent Protection (OCP),
• bad contact or ARCing (ARC),
• Ignition Failure (IF),
• open or shorted current feedback (IFB pin open/short),
• open or shorted voltage feedback (VFB pin open/short)
• Hard Switching (HS).
There are also two pins, the NONFAULT pin and the COMM pin, via which a fault can be
signalled to the IC, by an external circuit.
enable
low_supply
NONFAULT-pin_fault_signal
IFB_open / short
over_voltage_extra
over_voltage
VFB_open / short
over_current
f_max
arcing_detected
COMM-pin_fault_signal
hard_switching_detected
FILTER
FAULT-
stop
TIMER
ic_off
lamp_current_detected
f_min
R lamp_on
Q
S
ignition_
failure
R
Q
S
DELAY enable_PWM_
dimming
Fig 15. Simplified control schematic
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The fault protection functions are explained in the following sections.
8.14.1 Voltage feedback open or short protection
If the VFB pin is left open or shorted to SGND, the voltage at the VFB pin will drop below
the VFB open/short protection threshold voltage Vth(osp)VFB, due to the internal bias
resistor Ri(VFB). If the voltage at the VFB pin is below Vth(osp)VFB continuously or only
during a part of each switching cycle the PWM dimming is disabled and the fault timer is
started.
To protect the inverter transformer(s) against overvoltage if the voltage feedback loop is
broken, the frequency stays at fsw(max) or is increased by discharging the capacitor at the
CVFB pin (by Idch(CVFB)). For this function the voltage at the VFB pin has to be below
Vth(osp)VFB during more than 50 % of each switching cycle.
UBA2071_A_1
Product data sheet
Rev. 01 — 23 June 2008
© NXP B.V. 2008. All rights reserved.
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