The LL/SS and BW pins allow the designer to select a burst mode threshold as well as program hysteresis for entering and exiting burst mode. The resistor divider of connected to the LL/SS pin sets the BMT_H threshold while the BW pin sets the ratio between BMT_L and BMT_H. In addition to programming the burst mode threshold, the LL/SS pin provides the capability to program an initial voltage onto the LL/SS pin in order to limit the maximum switching frequency during startup. For initial selection of LL/SS components, it is recommended to select an initial LL/SS pin voltage between 0 V and 1 V and to select burst mode threshold between 1 V and 2 V. The LL/SS pin parameters can be fine tuned later based on bench measurement.

In this design, an initial LL/SS pin voltage of 0.3 V and a BMT_H threshold of 0.6 V are selected. The soft start capacitor sets how quickly the voltage on the soft start capacitor rises. The soft start time varies with load condition. At full load or over load condition, the soft start time is the longest. It is not easy to calculate the exact soft start time value. However, it can be estimated that under full load condition, the longest possible soft start time is determined by how quickly the soft start pin voltage rises to the maximum VCR peak to peak voltage. For a start up time of 7.5 ms, the soft start capacitor is sized to be the following:

Equation 69.

A standard value of 68nF is selected for the soft start capacitor. In order to properly select the resistors on LL/SS, first define R_TH as the equivalent resistance on the LL/SS pin and V_TH as the equivalent voltage source on the LL/SS pin.

Equation 70.

Equation 71.

During the SS pull low phase, the voltage on the LL/SS pin is internally pulled down through a 1.2 kΩ resistor. During the SS initial program phase, the internal pulldown is released and the soft start capacitor is allowed to naturally charge up from RVCC. The total voltage offset on the LL/SS soft start capacitor can be calculated using the equation below.

Equation 72.

Substituting for RVCC/R_{LL/SS_Upper} and using a linear approximation for the exponential term, the equation can be simplified to the following.

Equation 73.

The current used by the LL/SS pin to program BMT_H, I_BMT, has the following relationships. I_BMT can be directly solved for based on the desired BMT_H threshold.

Equation 74.

Equation 75.

Rearranging Equation 73, V_TH and R_TH can now be calculated.

Equation 76.

Equation 77.

Values for R_{LL/SS_Upper} and R_{LL/SS_Lower} can be determined from V_TH and R_TH

Equation 78.

A standard value of 549 kΩ is selected for R_{LL/SS_Upper}.

Equation 79.

A standard value of 316 kΩ is selected for R_{LL/SS_Lower}.