L6585D Technical Overview
Rev1 3/9
1 Technical Overview
The L6585 is a ballast control I C with integrated Power Factor Corrector (PFC), designed in
High-voltag e BCD Off-line te ch nology. This one-c hip solution replaces a half bridge
controller, a PFC controller, the relevant drivers and the logic necessary to build an
electronic ballast.
The pre-heating and ignition durations are independently settable as w ell as the h alf-bridge
switching frequencies for each operating phase (pre-heating, ignition and normal mode) to
serve many diff erent lamp types. Another outstanding feature is the capability of limiting the
voltage applied to th e lamp to a constant va lue during the ignition phase.
The PFC section operates in Transition Mode. The highly linear multiplier includes a special
circuit, able to reduce AC input current distortion, that allows wide-range-mains operation
with an extremely low THD, even over a large load range.
Some IC features, like the under voltage lock-out and the PFC over-voltage and feedback
disconnection controls can assure lamp protection. Furthermore, a double threshold
comparator on the half bridge current sense provides a sort of current control and avoids the
MOSFETs working in the capacitive mode. A double threshold comparator on the PFC
current sense prevents the induct or saturation.
Other features like the aut om atic re-lamp for lamp re placing , the failure to strike and the
End-Of-Life control, simplify the lamp managem ent. Th e programmabi lity of the EOL
windows comparator thresholds makes the L6585 the only lighting IC compliant with either
"lamp-to-ground" or "block capacitor-to-ground" configurations.
The driver of the PFC is able to provide 120mA (source) and 250mA (sink) and the drivers
of th e half-bridge provide 170m A source and sink.