L5963
Automotive dual monolithic switching regulator with LDO and HSD
Datasheet - production data
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PowerSSO-36
(exposed pad)
PowerSSO-36
(slug-up)
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VQFPN-48
Independent current limit on all regulators
Extremely low quiescent current in standby
conditions
Power good / adjustable voltage detector
outputs to realize customized power up/down
sequences
Featuress
Description
AEC-Q100 qualified
Two step-down synchronous switching voltage
regulators with internal power switches:
– Wide input voltage range (from 3.5 V to 26 V)
– Internal high-side/ low-side NDMOS
– 1 V minimum output
– 3.0 A load current
– 250 kHz free-run frequency
– 250 kHz < f < 2 MHz synchronization range
– Integrated soft-start
– Independent hardware enable pins
– Independent power supply
– 180° PWM output phase shift
– Programmable switching frequency divider
by 1, 2, 4 or 8 between the two DC/DC
regulators
– Power good function
One standby / linear regulator
– Output voltage programmable with external
resistor divider
– 250 mA maximum current capability
– Backup function
– Power good function
One high side driver
– 0.5 V max drop @ 0.5 A
– Protected against short to ground and
battery, loss of ground and battery,
unsupplied short to battery
Programmable under voltage battery detector
– Under voltage threshold adjustable through
dedicated pin (VDIN)
Load dump protection
Independent thermal protection on all
regulators
L5963 is a dual step-down switching regulator
with internal power switches, high side driver and
a low drop-out linear regulator that can operate as
standby regulator or normal LDO.
June 2017
This is information on a product in full production.
All the regulators can be connected directly to the
vehicle battery. In addition to an adjustable
voltage detector, voltage supervisors are
available.
The two DC-DC converters can work in free-run
condition or synchronize themselves to an
external clock. DC/DCs' PWM outputs have a
180° phase shift.
The high operating frequency allowed by the
synchronization input helps to reduce AM and FM
interferences and grants the use of small and low
cost inductors and capacitors.
This IC finds application in the automotive
segment, where load dump protection and wide
input voltage range are mandatory.
A slug-up package option is available for
applications which require heatsink use.
In standby condition the device guarantees
extremely low quiescent current (25 μA typical @
-40 °C < T < 85 °C)
Table 1. Device summary
Order code
Package
Packing
L5963DN-EHX
L5963DN-EHT
L5963U-KBX
L5963U-KBT
L5963Q-V0Y
L5963Q-V0T
PowerSSO36
(exposed pad)
Tube
Tape & Reel
Tube
Tape & Reel
Tray
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Contents
L5963
Contents
1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2
Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3
Application diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4
Pins description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5
Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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5.1
Absolute maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2
Thermal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.3
Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.1
Operative modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2
Blocks functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2.1
Unregulated supply input voltage (VINLDO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2.2
Low voltage warning monitor (related pins: VDIN, VDOUT, VDDLY) . . . 19
6.2.3
Power-good reset (related pins: LDOOK, LDOOKDLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.2.4
Power-good function of DC/DC1 (related pins: SW1OK, SW1OKDLY) . 20
6.2.5
Over voltage shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.2.6
Power ground (PGND1 and PGND2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2.7
Signal ground (SGND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2.8
PWM signal ground (SWGND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2.9
TAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2.10
Linear regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2.11
High-side driver (HSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.2.12
Switching regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7.1
Output inductor (Lo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7.2
Output capacitors (COUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7.3
Input capacitors (CIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.4
Bootstrap capacitor (CBOOT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8
Thermal design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9
Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10
9.1
Package variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9.2
PowerSSO-36 (exposed pad) package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
9.3
PowerSSO-36 (slug-up) package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9.4
VFQFPN-48 (7x7x1.0 - opt. D) package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9.5
Package marking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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List of tables
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Device summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PowerSSO-36 pins description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
VQFPN-48 pins description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Absolute maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Thermal data (PowerSSO-36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Thermal data (VQFPN-48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Components value for different output voltage cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Maximum suggested power for L5963 in PSSO36 slug-down package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Maximum suggested power for L5963 in QFN48 package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PowerSSO-36 exposed pad package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PowerSSO-36 slug-up package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
VFQFPN-48 (7x7x1.0 - opt. D) package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Document revision history. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Example of a typical application diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Example of usage of two regulators in the same application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PowerSSO-36 pinout configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
VQFPN-48 pinout configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PSRR LDO 50 mA load vs. frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Efficiency vs. output current (VIN = 14 V, fsw = 2 MHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Efficiency vs. output current (VIN = 14 V, fsw = 250 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Low voltage warning monitor & delay schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Linear regulator diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Enable timing for standby regulator (ENLDO pin connect to supply directly) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enable timing for linear regulator (pin ENLDO isn't connected to VINLDO) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching regulators diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Closed loop system with TYPE III network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TYPE III compensated network diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PowerSSO-36 (exposed pad) package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PowerSSO-36 (slug-up) package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
VFQFPN-48 (7x7x1.0 - opt. D) package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PowerSSO-36 (exp. pad) marking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PowerSSO-36 (slug up) marking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
VFQFPN-48 (7x7x1.0) marking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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L5963
Overview
The L5963 integrates two switching mode synchronous step down converters, a linearly
regulated power supply, a protected high side driver and voltage detectors. To guarantee a
robust operation, all the outputs have independent thermal protection and current limitation.
The two switching mode synchronous step-down converters employ voltage mode control
and feed forward functions to provide good load regulation and line regulation. Each
converter has its own enable. The users can adjust the output voltage of the two converters
by an external resistor divider. If the converters need to work with a frequency different from
the free running frequency, in order to consider EMC performance in system level, they can
be synchronized to an external clock by applying it on the SYNCIN pin. The frequency
should be higher than half of the free running frequency. If there are more than one L5963 in
the system they can work in Master-Slave configuration, to make sure all L5963 have the
same operating frequency of the Master device. This Master-Slave function is implemented
by a dedicated pin SYNCOUT which always gives the operating frequency of DC/DC1.
A dedicated voltage detector is integrated in the first switching converter to monitor DC/DC1
output. When the output voltage of DC/DC1 goes above the threshold, SW1OK is released
and goes back to high with configurable delay set by a capacitor on the SW1OKDLY pin.
The linear regulator can work as standby regulator with low Iq or as a non-standby regulator.
Connecting its enable ENLDO to its supply VINLDO the regulator works as a standby
regulator, while connecting ENLDO to a voltage lower than 5 V the regulator works as nonstandby regulator, with higher load capability but also higher quiescent current.
In standby state, i.e. only the linear regulator is powered and works as a standby regulator,
with a load below 100 μA the device has a quiescent current of just 25 μA.
The small drop-out voltage of the linear regulator allows its use with low operating supply
voltage.
In many cases, the linear regulator has to provide voltages to devices which need the reset
function, like a MCU: this is provided by the LDOOK output, that is pulled low when
VOUTLDO goes below a threshold. Once VOUTLDO returns above that threshold, with a
specified hysteresis, LDOOK goes back to high with a configurable delay set by a capacitor
on pin LDOOKDLY.
The high side driver is enabled by a dedicated pin and has a very low drop-out voltage.
Protection circuits, like independent thermal protection, OCP, OVP and some special
protections (loss of GND, SPU, short to supply and so on), are implemented to make it very
robust.
L5963 also embeds a voltage monitor (VDOUT), adjustable by means of an external resistor
divider, that can be used to sense the battery or other voltages in the system. Sensing
voltage is fed to pin VDIN. For instance, VDOUT might be used to monitor the output of
DC/DC2, realizing in this way the Power Good function for that block. VDOUT is pulled low
when voltage on VDIN goes below the specified threshold. Once VDIN returns above that
threshold, with a specified hysteresis, VDOUT goes back to high with a configurable delay
set by a capacitor on pin LDOOKDLY
Two different packages are available. The PowerSSO-36 slug-down allows to dissipate the
heat on the board and reduce the application size. The slug has to be connected to the
ground plane. This is the package suggested for standard applications. When this is not
enough, because the L5963 is used as pre-regulator for high consuming applications and
both the 2 DC-DC are working at high currents, the PSSO36 slug-up allows the use of a
heat-sink to make easier power dissipation.
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