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UCC28019: PIN5-Vcomp fail issue!

Part Number: UCC28019

My customer use UCC28019 have function fail problem, and return to TI make FA, the FA result is PIN5-Vcomp fail, customer want to know what reason will make PIN5-Vcomp fail?

Customer just test the product function, turn on the device and shut down, when restart the device, UCC28019 PIN5-Vcomp fail, have any suggest for this iuuse? Thanks a lot!

  • Hi Jothur,

    Is it easy to reproduce the failure phenomenon during on/off when changing to a new UCC28019 sample?

    If you can reproduce the failure, can you test the voltage on the Vcomp  and VCC to see whether the voltages on these pins meet UCC28019 absolutely  voltage rating?

  • Hi, David:

                    Please refer attached photo, CH1 is Vcomp,CH4 is Vcc

    Vcc voltage is normal, but Vcomp haven't voltage

  • Hi Yang,

    Is the waveform happens at the moment UCC28019 failure?

    I do not see any unexpected signal from your waveform. the Vcomp and VCC all under the absolute maximum rating. the Vcomp depends on the output power, so if the vcomp keeps near zero, the output power is at very light load.

    please offer me more information, for example, at what condition you find UCC28019 failure(input voltage, output voltage, load ), can offer me the schematic .

    thanks.

  • Hi, David:

                     The input Vcc form power board about 15.5V, application is 2.5KW fan control, please refer attached schematics,

    PFC chock TP2, TP5 connect PFC TP1,TP2

  • Add the other schematics!

  • Hi Yang:

    I look through the schematic and I do not see anything unexpected.

    VCC=15.5V is an expected voltage, no problem.

    I ask so many question from beginning, but receive no reply. please help answer it one by one.

    thanks,

    for example:

    can you reproduce the failure?

    At what condition you trigger the failure?

  • Hi, David:

                     It's hard to reproduce the failure, customer test the product and turn off it, and restart again, found the function fail, 

    and the fail rate only 5 pcs til now, but end customer want to know what root cause is? Why only PIN 5 fail?

    so we need your help to analysis this issue, thanks a lot!

  • Hi Yang,

    Does the failure of UCC28019 accompany with other devices, for example PFC mos?

    I do not think UCC28019 pin Vcomp can be failed excepted ESD. Please take attention to ESD.

    By the way, it is suggested from Cree that Sic Mosfet have a negative voltage on the Driving, and I see you do not have negative voltage here.

    Actually, you can only offer me some waveform when working in normal mode, and you can not reproduce the failure, so from your information, I can not imagine what happen during the failure process.

    I would suggest you do more FA analysis, maybe you can have some useful information from FA analysis.

  • Hi David,

    Customer want to know what kind of conditions that could cause pin 5 got damaged? Could you list the possibility of causes then customer can check it one by one. 

    Besides, if VINS, VSENSE have voltage early than VCC that would damage this device?

    Thanks a lot.

    VIncent Chen

  • Hi David,

    If RC parts which connected on Vcomp pin is floating, would it has chance to cause part damaged?

    Thanks a lot.

    VIncent Chen

  • Hi David,

    It's a urgent case, do you have any comment?

    Thank you.

    Vincent

  • Hi Vincent:

    Sorry for the delay as I am outside for customer support.

    I look through the schematic and I do not see any unexpected parameters around UCC28019.

    I can not imagin an UCC28019 pfc circuit failed only at UCC28019 pin5 without accompanying other devices failure. So I am asking whether other devices failure, but no answer.

    I wrote in previous post one suspect is due to ESD.

    Another suspect is Vcomp PIN endure high voltage that is bigger than absolute rating voltage.

    You can check these two lists.

    For your question, Vcomp will be still normal when floating the output parameter of this pin,

    If there is no VCC, how can Vcomp have voltage? My understanding is even without any other pin input, if the voltage on the Vcomp can meet the absolute rating voltage, Pin Vcomp should also be ok.

    If you still have these concern, I highly suggest you find an UCC28019 sample, and inject voltage on this pin and see what happen.