L4983BTR High Efficiency Continuous Conduction Mode ( CCM ) Power Factor Correction (PFC) Boost Controller

The L4983 is a peak current-mode PFC controller for boost converter with a proprietary multiplier “emulator” which in addition to the innovative THD optimizers guarantee very low Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) performance in all operating conditions. The device comes in a pin SO package and offers a high performance/low-component count solution for CCM-operated boost PFC pre-regulators in EN61000-3-2 and JEIDA-MITI compliant applications, in a power range that spans from few hundred W to some kW.

The device, thanks to a proprietary off-time modulator, operates in quasi-fixed frequency in all operating conditions. Two options are available, 65 kHz for A and 130 kHz for B.

The device features low consumption and disable functions allowing usage in applications supposed to comply even with the latest energy saving requirements issued by Energy Star, the Department of Energy (DoE) in the United States, the European Code of Conduct, the European Union’s Ecodesign Directive, and other guidelines.

In addition to an overvoltage protection able to keep the output voltage under control during transient conditions, the IC is provided also with a protection against feedback loop failures or erroneous settings and boost inductor saturation. Soft-start limits the peak current.

The totem-pole output stage, capable of 0.7 A source and 1.5 A sink current, is suitable for big MOSFET or IGBT drives.