User's Guide
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Introduction
The LMR61428 evaluation module is designed to provide the power supply design engineer with a fully
functional regulator design. The evaluation module takes the input from a single Li-Ion battery and boosts
the voltage up to 5V at a constant load capability of 500mA. The switching frequency of the boost
regulator is set to about 1200 kHz which helps in reducing the solution size and keeping switching noise
out of the AM radio band. The printed circuit board consists of 4 layers of copper on FR4 material. The
first middle layer is a solid ground layer which helps in minimizing the AC current loop. This user's guide
contains the evaluation module schematic, a quick setup procedure using a bench power supply, and a
Bill-of-Materials (BOM). For complete circuit design information, see LMR61428 SIMPLE SWITCHER
14Vout, 2.85A Step-Up Voltage Regulator in VSSOP (SNVS815).
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Features
•
•
•
•
3
One cell Li-Ion battery for Input Voltage
5V Output Voltage at 500mA Output Current
Switching Frequency of 1.2 MHz
Small Solution Size: 2.287 × 1.058 inches (58.09 × 26.87 mm)
Evaluation Board Schematic
L1
1 Cell Li-ion
VIN
SW
5V at 0.5A
VOUT
D1
30203001
U1
J1
+
VOUT
3
2
1
7
BOOT
Rfbt
SW
Cff
8
LMR61428
Rdd
Ren
EN
2
6
Cboot
Rt
3
Cdd
+
4
EN
Cin
VDD
FB
PGND
FREQ SGND
Co1
Co2
1 GND
5
Rfbb
GND
Figure 1. LMR61428 Evaluation Module Schematic
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Read this entire section prior to attempting to power the evaluation board.
4.1
Quick Start Procedure
Step 1: Set the bench power supply current limit to 3A. Set the power supply voltage to 3.5V. Turn off the
power supply output. Connect the power supply to the LMR61428 demo board. Positive connection to VIN
and negative connection to GND.
Step 2: Connect a load, as high as 0.5A, to the VOUT terminal. Positive connection to VOUT and negative
connection to GND.
Step 3: Connect the shunt so as to short the pins 1 and 2 of the jumper J1. This sets the bootstrap to VOUT
Step 4: The EN pin should be left open for normal operation.
Step 5: Turn on the bench power supply with no load applied to the LMR61428. If the shunt for the jumper
J1 was in place, the VOUT would be in regulation at a nominal 5V.
Step 6: Gradually increase the load and VOUT should remain in regulation as the load is increased up to
0.5 Amps.
4.2
Shutdown Operation
The EVM includes a pull-up resistor Ren to enable the device. Use the EN post to disable the device by
pulling this node to GND.
4.3
Bootstrap Operation
The EVM has a jumper installed to select the bootstrap option. The default condition is that the jumper be
set such that the bootstrap voltage is obtained from the output. For more information, see LMR61428
SIMPLE SWITCHER 14Vout, 2.85A Step-Up Voltage Regulator in VSSOP (SNVS815).
4.4
Setting the Output Voltage
The output voltage of the step-up regulator can be set between 1.24V and 14V. But because of the gated
oscillator scheme, the maximum possible input to output boost ratio is fixed. For a boost regulator,
VOUT / VIN = 1 / [1 − D]
(1)
The LMR61428 has a fixed duty cycle, D, of 70% typical. Therefore,
VOUT / VIN = 1 / 0.3
(2)
This sets the maximum possible boost ratio of VIN to VOUT to about 3 times. The user can now estimate
what the minimum design inputs should be in order to achieve a desired output, or what the output would
be when a certain minimum input is applied. For example, if the desired VOUT was 14V, then the least VIN
should be higher than VOUT / 3. If the input voltage fell below this threshold, the output voltage would not
be regulated because of the fixed duty cycle. If the minimum VIN was guaranteed at 2V, the max possible
VOUT would be VIN × 3.
The VOUT is set by connecting a feedback resistive divider made of Rfbt and Rfbb. The feedback resistor
values are selected as follows:
Rfbb = Rfbt /[(VOUT/ 1.24) −1]
(3)
A value of 150kΩ is suggested for Rfbt. Then, Rfbb can be selected using Equation 3. A 39pF capacitor (Cff)
connected across Rfbt helps in feeding back most of the AC ripple at VOUT to the FB pin. This helps reduce
the peak-to-peak output voltage ripple as well as improve the efficiency of the step-up regulator, because
a set hysteresis of 30mV at the FB pin is used for the gated oscillator control scheme.
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Typical Test Setup
Ammeter
A
Ammeter
A
+
VOUT GND
GND
Voltmeter V
Power
Supply
+
-
Electronic
Load
-
4.5
VIN
V
Voltmeter
Demo Board
Figure 2. Efficiency Measurements
Oscilloscope
VOUT
GND
Chf
Figure 3. Voltage Ripple Measurements
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I
I
I
I
I
GND
VOUT
5
6
A
B
C
D
E
F
GND
4
VOUT SENSE+
3
VOUT SENSE -
2
SPARE
1
VIN SENSE+
EN
VIN
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
Figure 4. Edge Connector Schematic
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Board Images
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Typical Performance Characteristics
Efficiency vs. Load Current
VOUT = 5V
Load Transient Waveforms
VIN = 3.6V, IOUT = 50 to 500mA
84
IOUT
82
EFFICIENCY (%)
80
100 mA/Div
78
76
VOUT = 5V
74
Vin = 3.0V
Vin = 3.1V
Vin = 3.2V
Vin = 3.4V
Vin = 3.5V
Vin = 3.6V
Vin = 3.8V
Vin = 4.0V
72
70
68
66
64
50 mV/Div
100 Ps/DIV
0.000.060.120.180.240.300.360.420.480.54
IOUT(A)
Switching Node and Output Voltage Waveforms
VIN = 3.6V, IOUT = 500mA
Startup Waveform
VSW
VOUT = 5V
5V/Div
2V/Div
IOUT = 0.5A 0.5A/Div
VOUT = 5V
VIN = 3V
1V/Div
50 mV/Div
10 Ps/DIV
500 Ps/DIV
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Bill of Materials
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Bill of Materials
ID
Part Number
Type
Size
U1
LMR61428
Boost Regulator
SOT-23
L1
SRU1048-8R2Y
Inductor
SMD
Parameters
Qty
Vendor
1
Texas
Instruments
8.2uH, 4.6A,
0.015 ohm,
1
Bourns
D1
B220A-13-F
Diode
SMA
Schottky, 20V, 2A
1
Toshiba
Cin
293D226X9010C2TE3
Capacitor
SMD
Tantalum, 22uF,
10V
1
VishaySprague
Co1
594D686X0010C2T
Capacitor
SMD
Tantalum, 68uF,
10V
1
VishaySprague
Co2
08053D105KAT2A
Capacitor
0805
Ceramic, 1uF,
25V, X5R
1
AVX
Cdd
C0603C105K4PACTU
Capacitor
0603
Ceramic, 1uF,
16V, X5R
1
Kemet
Cff
GRM1885C2A390JA01D
Capacitor
0603
Ceramic, 39pF,
100V, C0G/NP0
1
MuRata
Rfbt
RG1608P-154-B-T5
Resistor
0603
150 kΩ
1
Susumu Co Ltd
Rfbb
RG1608P-4992-B-T5
Resistor
0603
49.9 kΩ
1
Susumu Co Ltd
Rt
CRCW0603118KFKEA
Resistor
0603
118 kΩ
1
Vishay-Dale
Rdd
CRCW060349R9FKEA
Resistor
0603
49.9 Ω
1
Vishay-Dale
Ren
CRCW060310K0FKEA
Resistor
0603
10.0 kΩ
1
Vishay-Dale
EN
5014
Test Point Loop
Yellow
1
Keystone
VIN
5010
Test Point Loop
Red
1
Keystone
VOUT
5013
Test Point Loop
Orange
1
Keystone
GND
5011
Test Point Loop
Black
2
Keystone
SW
5012
Test Point Loop
White
1
Keystone
J1
PBC03SAAN
Header
100mil, 1x3
1
Sullins
Connector
Solutions
SH-J1
969102-0000-DA
Shunt
100mil, Black
1
3M
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Figure 8. Top Overlay
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Figure 10. Internal Layer 2
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