VB027BSP

HIGH VOLTAGE IGNITION COIL DRIVER

POWER IC
TYPE V clamp I cl Il im
VB027BSP 420 V 10.5 A 160 mA

■ PRIMARY COIL VOLTAGE INTERNALLY SET

■ COIL CURRENT LIMIT INTERNALLY SET
■ LOGIC LEVEL COMPATIBLE INPUT
■ DRIVING CURRENT QUASI
PROPORTIONAL TO COLLECTOR
CURRENT
■ DOUBLE FLAG-ON COIL CURRENT 10

DESCRIPTION
The VB027BSP is a high voltage power 1
integrated circuits made using SGS-THOMSON
Microelectronics Vertical Intelligent Power
Technology, with vertical current flow power Power SO-10 TM
darlington and logic level compatible driving
circuits.
Built-in protection circuits for coil current limiting
and collector voltage clamping allows the
VB027BSP to be used as a smart, high voltage,
high current interface in advanced electronic
ignition systems.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

* Pins 1-5 = Power GND, Pin 6 signal GND. Pin 6 must be connected to pins 1-5 externally.

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATING

Symb ol Parameter Value Unit
HV C Collector Voltage Internally Limited V
IC Collector Current Internally Limited A
Vd Driving Stage Supply Voltage 7 V
Id Driving Circuitry Supply Current 200 mA
Vi n Maximum Input Voltage 10 V
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Tj Operating Junction T emperature -40 to 150 C
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T s tg Storage Temperature Range -55 to 150 C

THERMAL DATA
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R t hj-ca se Thermal Resistance Junction Case(MAX) 1.12 C/W
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R t hj- amb Thermal Resistance Junction Ambient(MAX) 62.5 C/W

CONNECTION DIAGRAM

PIN FUNCTION
No NAME F UNCTION
1 -5 GND Emitter Power Ground
6 (*) GND Control Ground
7 Vd Supply Voltage F or The Power Stage
T AB HV C Output to The Primary Coil
9 INPUT
10 DIAGNOST IC Output of a Logic Signal W hen Ic Is Greater Than 3 A
(*) PIN 6 must be connected to PINS 1 - 5 externally

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Vb = 13.5 V; Vd = 5 V; Tj = 25 oC; Rcoil = 510 mΩ;

Lcoil = 7 mH; unless otherwise specified)
Symb ol Parameter Test Co nditio ns Min . T yp. Max. Unit
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V cl High Voltage Clamp -40 C ≤ T j ≤ 125 C I coil = 6 A 320 420 V
V ce( sa t ) Saturation Voltage of I c = 6 A; V in = 4V 2 V
The Power Stage -40 oC ≤ T j ≤ 125 o C
I d(std by) Stand-by Supply V i n = 0.4 11 mA
Current
I d(on) Power O n Supply V i n = 4 V Ic = 6 A 160 mA
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Current -40 C ≤ T j ≤ 125 C
Vd Driver Stage Supply 4.5 5.5 V
Voltage
Ic l Coil Current Limit Vi n = 4 V 8.5 10.5 A
I cl( td) Coil Current Limit Drift See figure 3
With Temperature
I le ak Collector Leakage V C = 125V 100 µA
Current
V in H High Level Input Voltage 4 5.5 V
V in L Low Level Input Voltage 0 0.8 V
I in H High Level Input Current 200 µA
V dia gH High Level Diagnostic R EXT = 15 KΩ C EXT = 1nF 3.5 Vd V
Output Voltage (see fig. 1)
V di agL Low Level Diagnostic R EXT = 15 KΩ C EXT = 1nF 0.5 V
Output Voltage (see fig. 1)
I di agTH1 Diagnostic Current First 4.25 4.5 4.75 A
Threshold
I di agTD1 Diagnostic Current First See figure 4
Threshold Drift With
Temperature
I di agTH2 Diagnostic Current 5.45 5.8 6.15 A
Second T hreshold
I di agTD2 Diagnostic Current See figure 5
Second T hreshold Drift
With Temperature
I di agH Overtemperature 2 2.6 3.2 A
Diagnostic Current
t dl c Delay Time Coil Current I c = 6 A 5 25 45 µs
t flc Fall T ime Coil Current Ic = 6 A 2 8 15 µs
E s/ b Inductive Energy 300 mJ
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T in t Temperature of 130 150 170 C
Diagnostic Shift
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T h ys Thermal Hysteresis 30 C
VF Forward Voltage of The I c = -10 A 3 V
Body Diode

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION an overtemperature detection. The shift down of

The VB027BSP is mainly intended as a high the 1st flag level cannot be present for
voltage power switch device driven by a logic temperatures lower than 125 oC.
level input and interfaces directly to a high energy As an example of its behaviour you can suppose
electronic ignition coil. a very simple motor management system in
The input Vin of the VB027BSP is fed from a low which the micro does just a simple arithmetic
power signal generated by an external controller calculation to decide when to switch off the
that determines both dwell time and ignition point. device after the 1st flag threshold.
During Vin high (≥ 4V) the VB027BSP increases EXAMPLE:
current in the coil to the desired, internally set Iflag info after X msec. (Iflag = 4.5A)
current level. Iswitch off after K*X msec.
After reaching this level, the coil current remains As soon as the temperature rises over the
constant until the ignition point, that corresponds overtemp. threshold, the 1st diagnostic is shifted
to the transition of Vin from high to low (typ. 1.9V down to about 2.5A and in this example, the
threshold). switch off current will be K*X*2.5/4.5 helping the
During the coil current switch-off, the primary system to reduce the power dissipation.
voltage HVc is clamped at an internally set value As you can see this behaviour is not a protection
Vcl, typically 365V. but just a feedback for the micro.
The transition from saturation to desaturation,coil
current limiting phase, must have the ability to FEEDBACK
accomodate an overvoltage. A maximum When the collector current exceeds 4.5A, the
overshoot of 20V is allowed. feedback signal is turned high and it remains so,
until the load current reaches 5.8A (second
THERMAL BEHAVIOUR threshold), at that value, the feedback signal is
You can see in the block diagram of the turned low.
VB027BSP a box called overtemperature
protection. The purpose of this circuit is to shift OVERVOLTAGE
the current level at witch the 1st diagnostic is The VB027BSP can withstand the following
activated down of about 2.5A. transients of the battery line:
This information can be managed by the micro -100V/2msec (Ri = 10 Ω)
that can take the corrective actions in order to +100V/0.2msec (Ri = 10 Ω)
reduce the power dissipation. +50V/400msec (Ri = 4.2 Ω, with VIN = 3 V)
This block is not an effective protection but just

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FIGURE 1: Application Circuit

FIGURE 2: Switching Waveforms

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FIGURE 3: Maximum Icl Versus Temperature FIGURE 4: Iflag1 Versus Temperature

FIGURE 5: Iflag2 Versus Temperature

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Power SO-10 MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 3.35 3.65 0.132 0.144
A1 0.00 0.10 0.000 0.004
B 0.40 0.60 0.016 0.024
c 0.35 0.55 0.013 0.022
D 9.40 9.60 0.370 0.378
D1 7.40 7.60 0.291 0.300
E 9.30 9.50 0.366 0.374
E1 7.20 7.40 0.283 0.291
E2 7.20 7.60 0.283 0.300
E3 6.10 6.35 0.240 0.250
E4 5.90 6.10 0.232 0.240
e 1.27 0.050
F 1.25 1.35 0.049 0.053
H 13.80 14.40 0.543 0.567
h 0.50 0.002
L 1.20 1.80 0.047 0.071
q 1.70 0.067
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