The L6572 is a high voltage half-bridge driver for current regulation, quasi-self-oscillating ballast.
It contains all functions that are needed to preheat the filaments, to ignite and to operate a fluorescent lamp.
During normal operation of the lamp, the ballast operates either with the nominal or with a reduced resonant current which results in a nominal or a reduced light output of the lamp.
A change between those two possible light outputs of the lamp is triggered by disconnecting the mains voltage for a short time (two-step dimming). The filaments are preheated before the lamp is re-ignited after every disconnection of the mains voltage.
A powerboost function is included to accelerate the startup behavior of the fluorescent lamp when the junction temperature is below a defined temperature.
An undervoltage lockout is active while loading the blocking capacitor via the startup resistor as long as the supply voltage VS is below a defined value. The bootstrap capacitor is loaded before the high-side transistor is switched on the first time to start the oscillation of the ballast.
The output drivers are designed to drive external N-channel power MOSFET and IGBT (max. input capacity Cinput≤ 1 nF) without any additional gate resistor.
A constant deadtime for both switches can be programmed with one external resistor.
The rated resonant current for the nominal lamp operation with nominal light output, the dimmed operation with reduced light output and the preheating phase is defined by three external resistors considering the shunt resistance.
The ratio XPBbetween the nominal rated resonant current during normal operation and the powerboost phase is fixed internally. The time lapse is given by an internally fixed number of load/unload-cycles of an internal capacitor.
An absolute time base, used to regulate periods and intervals, is given by the duration of a load/unload-cycle of the internal capacitor with a load current that is defined with an external resistor.
Key Features
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| Part Number | Package | Packing Type | Unit Price (US$) * | Quantity | ECCN (EU) | ECCN (US) | Country of Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L6572 | SO-14 | Tube | - | - | NEC | EAR99 | - |
| L6572D013TR | SO-14 | Tape And Reel | - | - | NEC | EAR99 | - |
| Part Number | Package | Grade | RoHS Compliance Grade | Material Declaration** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L6572 | SO-14 | Industrial | Ecopack1 (*) | |
| L6572D013TR | SO-14 | Industrial | Ecopack2 (**) |
