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Figure 19-9. Phase and Frequency Correct PWM Mode, Timing Diagram
OCRnx/TOP Updateand
TOVn Interrupt Flag Set
(Interrupt on Bottom)
OCnA Interrupt Flag Set
or ICFn Interrupt Flag Set
(Interrupt on TOP)
1 2 3 4
TCNTn
Period
OCnx
OCnx
(COMnx[1:0] = 0x2)
(COMnx[1:0] = 0x3)
The Timer/Counter Overflow Flag (TOVn) is set at the same timer clock cycle as the OCRnx Registers
are updated with the double buffer value (at BOTTOM). When either OCRnA or ICRn is used for defining
the TOP value, the OCnA or ICFn Flag set when TCNTn has reached TOP. The Interrupt Flags can then
be used to generate an interrupt each time the counter reaches the TOP or BOTTOM value.
When changing the TOP value the program must ensure that the new TOP value is higher or equal to the
value of all of the Compare Registers. If the TOP value is lower than any of the Compare Registers, a
Compare Match will never occur between the TCNTn and the OCRnx.
As the timing diagram above shows the output generated is, in contrast to the Phase Correct mode,
symmetrical in all periods. Since the OCRnx Registers are updated at BOTTOM, the length of the rising
and the falling slopes will always be equal. This gives symmetrical output pulses and is therefore
frequency correct.
Using the ICRn Register for defining TOP works well when using fixed TOP values. By using ICRn, the
OCRnA Register is free to be used for generating a PWM output on OCnA. However, if the base PWM
frequency is actively changed by changing the TOP value, using the OCRnA as TOP is clearly a better
choice due to its double buffer feature.
In phase and frequency correct PWM mode, the compare units allow generation of PWM waveforms on
the OCnx pins. Setting the COMnx1:0 bits to 2 will produce a non-inverted PWM and an inverted PWM
output can be generated by setting the COMnx1:0 to 3. Refer to Table 19-4. The actual OCnx value will
only be visible on the port pin if the data direction for the port pin is set as output (DDR_OCnx). The PWM
waveform is generated by setting (or clearing) the OCnx Register at the Compare Match between OCRnx
and TCNTn when the counter increments, and clearing (or setting) the OCnx Register at Compare Match
between OCRnx and TCNTn when the counter decrements. The PWM frequency for the output when
using phase and frequency correct PWM can be calculated by the following equation:
OCnxPFCPWM
=
clk_I/O
2 TOP
The N variable represents the prescaler divider (1, 8, 64, 256, or 1024).
The extreme values for the OCRnx Register represents special cases when generating a PWM waveform
output in the phase correct PWM mode. If the OCRnx is set equal to BOTTOM the output will be
continuously low and if set equal to TOP the output will be set to high for non-inverted PWM mode. For
inverted PWM the output will have the opposite logic values.
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