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L6599A Application information
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Figure 21. Typical system block diagram
7.1 Oscillator
The oscillator is programmed externally by means of a capacitor (CF), connected from pin 3
(CF) to ground, that is alternately charged and discharged by the current defined with the
network connected to pin 4 (RFmin). The pin provides an accurate 2 V reference with about
2 mA source capability and the higher the current sourced by the pin is, the higher the
oscillator frequency is. The block diagram of Figure 22 shows a simplified internal circuit
that explains the operation.
The network that loads the RFmin pin is generally made up of three branches:
1. A resistor RFmin connected between the pin and ground that determines the minimum
operating frequency.
2. A resistor RFmax connected between the pin and the collector of the (emitter-
grounded) phototransistor that transfers the feedback signal from the secondary side
back to the primary side; while in operation, the phototransistor modulates the current
through this branch - therefore modulating the oscillator frequency - to perform output
voltage regulation; the value of RFmax determines the maximum frequency the half
bridge is operated at when the phototransistor is fully saturated.
3. An R-C series circuit (CSS+RSS) connected between the pin and ground that enables
a frequency shift to be set up at startup (see Section 7.3: Soft-start). Note that the
contribution of this branch is zero during steady-state operation.
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