NCP1631PFCGEVB

Power electronics is an important field of modern technology, which has the capacity to efficiently convert and manage electrical energy in any form or application. The NCP1631PFCGEVB Evaluation and Demonstration Board and Kit is a powerful tool to support the design and evaluation of NCP1631PFC applications. It has been designed and built to help engineers design, evaluate, and verify safe, efficient and reliable power electronics applications.

The NCP1631PFCGEVB consists of a platform for the NCP1631PFC controller which has an integrated output stage incorporating an external primary MOSFET. This extends the application range and is intended for applications up to 200 watts. The NCP1631PFCGEVB allows easy access to many features, such as controlling the buck/boost topology and overcurrent protection, making it useful for a variety of embedded design applications.

The NCP1631PFCGEVB is mainly used in applications related to power factor correction, isolated power conversion (such as AC/DC, DC/AC), bridge rectifiers, resonant converters, LLC resonant converters, and more. To guarantee reliable and safe operation, the board includes an isolated power section, eliminating the need for an isolated power supply. It also includes various components to protect and monitor the board, like a voltage and current regulator with temperature sensing capability and an integrated output stage monitor.

The NCP1631PFCGEVB provides a predictable and reliable evaluation platform which supports various application scenarios. The application field of the NCP1631PFCGEVB covers the widest range from input and output stages as well as various power supply architectures. The NCP1631PFCGEVB is also suitable for AC/DC as well as DC/DC buck/boost topologies, with a PFC or LLC parallel resonant circuit or full-bridge topology.

The working principle of the NCP1631PFCGEVB is based on the integrated NCP1631PFC controller which is used to govern the power factor correction data. It calibrates the input voltage and the output current in order to have the best efficiency and to maintain an active PFC factor as close as possible to unity. The whole control process is based on the measurements of the inductor current and voltage. The controller also enables the various connection and control modes like the Buck/Boost or DC/DC Buck/Boost which are the result of the switching operations performed by the integrated output stage.

The NCP1631PFCGEVB is an important tool for the design, verification and evaluation of NCP1631PFC based applications. It provides various features which help to design and test reliable power electronics applications, such as a voltage and current regulator with temperature sensing, an output stage monitor, and the wide range of DC-DC conversion topologies supported. With the help of this evaluation platform, engineers can quickly and reliably evaluate designs, ensuring that the expected application performance is achieved.