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Inquiry About Issues in 60W (12V/5A) Converter Design Using InnoSwitch4-QR

Posted by: dy08112 on

I am currently developing a 60W (12V/5A) converter using the InnoSwitch4-QR. I have designed and built the circuit by referring to the application design, and I am conducting experiments, but I am experiencing some issues.

Based on the current test results, I have confirmed that the desired output appears normally when varying the load conditions and input voltage. However, for the following two reasons, I suspect that the secondary-side controller is not operating:

  1. When increasing the load, excessive heat is generated at the SR switch, and when I checked the SR Vgs, there was no PWM waveform, so it appears that the MOSFET is operating only as a body diode.
  2. I cannot observe Valley Switching at the main switch. (As far as I know, the principle of detecting Valley Switching is through the waveform of the secondary-side Forward pin.)

Therefore, I suspected that the secondary-side controller is not being supplied with sufficient voltage, so I measured the BPS voltage and found it to be around 3.5V, which is lower than 4V. (There is momentary noise only at the switching moment.)
To increase the voltage, I increased the BPS bypass capacitor value (from 2.2uF to 4.4uF) and conducted the experiment again, and I was able to confirm a BPS voltage of about 4.5V.
However, the same problem as before was not resolved, so I would like to ask for your help.

The attached photos show the results of the experiment after increasing the BPS bypass capacitor value. (Yellow waveform: BPS Bypass / Purple waveform: SR Vgs capacitor voltage)

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Submitted by PI-Mochi Mei on 06/16/2025

Hi,

Good day! Thank you for choosing Power Integrations and for your trust in our devices.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could share the schematic and transformer specifications used in your design. 

Thank you. 

Best regards,

Power Integrations, Inc.

Submitted by PI-Mochi Mei on 06/16/2025

Hi, 

Good day! Thank you for choosing Power Integrations and for your trust in our devices.

It would be greatly appreciated if you can share the schematic and transformer specifications used in your design.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Power Integrations, Inc.