L5988D
4 A continuous (more than 5 A pulsed) step-down switching
regulator with synchronous rectification
Datasheet - production data
FSW programmable up to 1 MHz
Voltage feed forward
Zero load current operation
Programmable current limit on both switches
Programmable sink current capability
Pre-bias start up capability
Thermal shutdown
HTSSOP16
Applications
Features
Consumer: STB, DVD, LCD TV, VCR, car
radio, LCD monitors
4 A output current (more than 5 pulsed)
Operating input voltage from 2.9 V to 18 V
External 1.8 V ± 2% reference voltage
Networking: XDSL, modems, routers and
switches
Output voltage from 0.6 to input voltage
Computer and peripherals: printers, audio /
graphic cards, optical storage, hard disk drive
MLCC compatible
Industrial: DC-DC modules, factory automation
200 ns TON
HC LED driving
Programmable UVLO matches 3.3 V, 5 V and
12 V bus
Figure 1. Test application circuit
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Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2
Pin function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3
Maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4
Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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5.1
Multifunction pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2
Oscillator and synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.3
External voltage reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.4
Soft-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.5
Monitoring and protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.5.1
Overvoltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.5.2
Current limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.5.3
UVLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.5.4
Thermal shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.6
Minimum on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.7
Error amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1
Input capacitor selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.2
Inductor selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.3
Output capacitor selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.4
Compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.4.1
Type III compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.4.2
Type II compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6.5
R.M.S. current of the embedded power MOSFETs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6.6
Thermal considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.7
Layout considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.8
Application circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Typical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
HTSSOP16 package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9
Order codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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List of tables
L5988D
List of tables
Table 1.
Table 2.
Table 3.
Table 4.
Table 5.
Table 6.
Table 7.
Table 8.
Table 9.
Table 10.
Table 11.
Table 12.
Table 13.
Table 14.
Table 15.
Table 16.
Table 17.
Table 18.
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Pinout description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Absolute maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Thermal data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ESD protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Electrical characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A/D voltage windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
UOS voltage biasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FSW resistor examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ILIM-ADJ resistor examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Uncompensated error amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Input capacitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Inductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Output capacitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Component list application circuit (fSW = 400 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Component list application circuit (fSW = 600 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
HTSSOP16 package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Order codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Document revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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List of figures
Figure 1.
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Figure 41.
Test application circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Pin connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Voltage mode control loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Internal block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oscillator circuit block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sawtooth: voltage feed forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sawtooth: synchronization and frequency adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Input RMS current of two synchronized regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
OVP not latched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
OVP latched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Constant current protection at extreme duty cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Minimum TON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Type III compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Open loop gain: module bode diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Open loop gain bode diagram with ceramic output capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Type II compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Open loop gain: module bode diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Open loop gain bode diagram with high ESR output capacitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Maximum continuous output current vs. duty cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Estimation of the internal power losses (VIN = 12 V, VOUT = 1.2 V, fSW = 400 kHz). . . . . . 39
Estimation of the internal power losses (VIN = 5 V, VOUT = 1.2 V, fSW = 400 kHz). . . . . . . 40
Measurement of the thermal impedance of the evaluation board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Top board layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bottom board layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Demonstration board application circuit (fSW = 400 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Demonstration board application circuit (fSW = 600 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Junction temperature vs. fSW at VIN = 12 V, VOUT = 3.3 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Junction temperature vs. fSW at VIN = 5 V, VOUT = 3.3 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Junction temperature vs. fSW at VIN = 3.3 V, VOUT = 1.2 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Junction temperature vs. VOUT at VIN = 12 V, fSW = 400 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Junction temperature vs. VOUT at VIN = 5 V, fSW = 400 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Junction temperature vs. VOUT at VIN = 3.3 V, fSW = 400 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Efficiency vs. output current at VIN = 3.3 V, fSW = 400 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Efficiency vs. output current at VIN = 5 V, fSW = 250 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Efficiency vs. output current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Load regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Line regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Load transient from 0 to 3 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Soft-start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
HTSSOP16 package outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Description
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L5988D
Description
The L5988D is a monolithic step down power switching regulator able to deliver a
continuous output current of 4 A to the load in most of the application conditions limited only
by the thermal performance. The device is able to deliver more than 5 A to the load for a
maximum time which is dependent on the thermal impedance of the system and the specific
operating conditions).
The input voltage can range from 2.9 V to 18 V. The device is capable of 100% duty cycle
operation thanks to the embedded high side PMOS switch which doesn’t need external
bootstrap capacitor to be driven.
The internal switching frequency is adjustable by external resistor and can be set
continuously from 100 kHz to 1 MHz. The L5988D can also be synchronized to an external
frequency signal driven to the SYNCH pin I/O pin.
The multifunction UOS pin allows to set-up properly the additional embedded features
depending on the value of the voltage level.
U (UVLO): two UVLO thresholds can be selected to match the 3.3 V and 5 V or 12 V
input buses
O (OVP): latched or not latched OVP protection selectable. In latched mode the
switching activity is interrupted until an UVLO or INH event happens
S (SINK): the sink capability is always disabled during soft-start time to support prebiased output voltage. Afterwards the sink capability can be enabled or not depending
on the voltage set on the multifunction pin.
During soft-start phase a constant current protection is active to deliver extra current
necessary to load the output capacitor. The current limit protection is achieved by sensing
the current flowing in both embedded switches to assure an effective protection even at
extreme duty cycle operations. Finished the soft-start phase the current protection feature
triggers the “HICCUP” mode forcing the soft-start capacitor to be discharged and recharged.
The current thresholds of both switches can be adjusted in tracking by using an external
resistor to dimension the current protection accordingly to the local application.
The soft-start time is based on a constant current charge of an external capacitor. As a
consequence the time can be set accordingly to the value of the output capacitor.
The latest smart power technology BCD6 (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS version 6) features a low
resistance of the embedded switches (35 m typical for a NMOS, 50 m typical for a
PMOS), achieving high efficiency levels.
The HTSSOP16 package with exposed pad accomplishes low RthJA (40 °C/W), useful in
dissipating power internally generated during high output current / high frequency
operations.
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Pin function
Pin function
Figure 2. Pin connection
Table 1. Pinout description
No.
Name
Description
1, 16
OUT
Regulator output
2, 3
VIN
Unregulated DC input voltage
4
VCC
Unregulated DC signal input voltage
5
SS/INH
An external logic signal (active LOW) disables the device. In case the pin
is floating the device deliver a constant current (22 A typ.) to charge the
soft-start capacitor (see Section 5.4 on page 18)
6
COMP
Error amplifier output for frequency compensation
7
ILIM-ADJ
Connecting a pull-up resistor to VREF or a pull-down resistor to GND the
internal current limit thresholds can be tuned to match the local application.
In case the pin is left floating no changes are applied to the default current
limit thresholds
8
FB
Feedback input. Connecting the output voltage directly to this pin results in
a regulation voltage of 600 mV. An external resistive divider is required for
higher output voltages
9
SYNCH
Master/slave synchronization
10
FSW
Connecting a pull-up resistor to VREF or a pull-down resistor to GND the
internal oscillator frequency will be increased or decreased respectively. In
case the pin is left floating the predefined oscillator frequency
(400 kHz ± 10%) is active
11
U/O/S
Multifunction pin used to program additional features: UVLO thresholds,
OVP latched/not latched, SINK enabled/disabled
12
VREF
1.8 V voltage reference
13
SGND
Signal ground
14, 15
PGND
Power ground
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Table 2. Absolute maximum ratings
Symbol
VCC
VOUT
Parameter
Input voltage
Output DC voltage
-0.3
U/O/S, SS/INH,
COMP, SYNCH, Analog pins
Fsw, ILIM-ADJ
Value
Unit
20
V
(1)
to VCC
V
-0.3 to 4
V
FB
Feedback voltage
1.5
V
Ptot
Power dissipation at TA < 60 °C
2.25
W
TJ
Junction temperature range
-40 to 150
°C
TSTG
Storage temperature range
-55 to 150
°C
1. During the switching activity the negative peak voltage could reach -1.5 V without any damage for the
device.
Table 3. Thermal data
Symbol
RthJA
Parameter
Value
Unit
40 (1)
°C/W
Test condition
Value
Unit
HBM
1
kV
CDM
250
V
Thermal resistance junction to ambient max.
1. HTSSOP16 package mounted on ST demonstration board.
Table 4. ESD protection
Symbol
ESD
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Electrical characteristics
Electrical characteristics
VCC = 12 V, TJ = 25 °C unless otherwise specified.
Table 5. Electrical characteristic
Symbol
VCC
Parameter
Operating input voltage range
Test condition
Min.
Vout = 0.6 V; Iout = 3 A
2.9
RDS(on) HS High side MOSFET on resistance Iout = 1.0 A
(1)
RDS(on) LS
(1)
Low side MOSFET on resistance
Iout = 1.0 A
Typ.
Max.
Unit
18
V
75
85
95
m
111
120
132
m
62
67
72
m
92
100
106
m
IL HIGH SIDE Maximum peak limiting current
ILIM-ADJ = float
3.6
4
4.4
A
IL LOW SIDE Maximum valley limiting current
ILIM-ADJ = float
4.14
4.6
5.06
A
Switching frequency
FSW = floating
360
400
440
kHz
adjusted switching frequency
RFSW PULL DWN = 27 k
fSW
fSW ADJ
D
1000
Duty cycle
0
kHz
100
%
2.8
V
Selectable under voltage lockout (UVLO)
Turn ON Vcc threshold
3.3 V BUS
2.7
Turn OFF Vcc threshold
2.4
Hysteresis
Turn ON Vcc threshold
12 V BUS
2.5
V
200
mV
8
Turn OFF Vcc threshold
6.8
8.6
V
7
V
1
V
VSS/INH = 2 V
22
A
VSS/INH = 0
5
A
Hysteresis
DC characteristic
ISS
INH
Iq
Iq st-by
Soft-start current
Device ON level
0.8
V
Device OFF level
Quiescent current
Duty cycle = 0; VFB = 1 V
Total stand-by quiescent current
0.3
V
3
mA
35
A
Dynamic characteristic (see Figure 1 on page 1)
VFB
Voltage feedback in regulation
2.9 V < VCC < 18 V
(1)
0.595
0.6
0.605
0.592
0.6
0.609
V
Error amplifier
VOH
High level output voltage
VFB = 0.2 V; SS floating
VOL
Low level output voltage
VFB = 1.0 V
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Table 5. Electrical characteristic (continued)
Symbol
IO SOURCE
Parameter
Source output current
IO SRCE LIM Source current limitation
IO SINK
AV0
Sink output current
Test condition
VFB = 0.2 V
Min.
(2)
VFB = 0.2 V, VCOMP = 3 V
VFB = 1.0 V, VCOMP = 0.5 V
(2)
DC open loop gain
Typ.
Max.
Unit
25
mA
2
mA
30
mA
100
dB
Sync function
High input voltage
2.9
Low input voltage
Slave sink current
VSYNC = 3.3 V; FSW = float
Master output amplitude
ISOURCE = 5 mA
Output pulse width
SYNCH = floating
4.0
V
0.74
V
1
mA
2.9
V
100
Input pulse width
ns
70
ns
Reference section
VREF
Reference voltage
Vcc = 2.9 V to 18 V
Line regulation
Vcc = 2.9 V to 18 V
IREF = 0 mA
Load regulation
IREF = 0 to 5 mA
(1)
Short circuit current
1.756
1.8
1.837
V
1.754
1.8
1.852
V
6
12
mV
7.5
15
mV
12
18
24
mA
15
20
24
%
VFB
Protections
VFB_OVP
Overvoltage trip
(VFB_OVP - VFB) / VFB
VFB rising
Bus thresholds
TH1
– UVLO 3.3 V bus
– OVP not latched
– No sink
(3)
0
0.2
V
TH2
– UVLO 3.3 V bus
– OVP not latched
– Sink
(3)
0.26
0.425
V
TH3
– UVLO 3.3 V bus
– OVP latched
– No sink
(3)
0.48
0.65
V
TH4
– UVLO 3.3 V bus
– OVP latched
– Sink
(3)
0.71
0.875
V
TH5
– UVLO 12 V bus
– OVP not latched
– No sink
(3)
0.93
1.085
V
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Table 5. Electrical characteristic (continued)
Symbol
Parameter
Test condition
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
TH6
– UVLO 12 V bus
– OVP not latched
– Sink
(3)
1.16
1.31
V
TH7
– UVLO 12 V bus
– OVP latched
– No sink
(3)
1.385
1.525
V
TH8
– UVLO 12 V bus
– OVP latched
– Sink
(3)
1.615
VREF
V
1. Specification over the junction temperature range (TJ) of -40 to +125 °C are guaranteed by design, characterization and
statistical correlation.
2. Guaranteed by design.
3. VCC = 4 V.
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L5988D
Functional description
The L5988D is based on a voltage mode control loop. Therefore the duty ratio of the internal
switch is obtained through a comparison between a saw-tooth waveform (generated by an
oscillator) and the output voltage of the error amplifier as shown in Figure 3. The advantage
of this technique is the very short conduction time of the power elements thanks to the
proper operation of the control loop without a precise current sense, which instead is
required in current mode regulators. Thanks to this architecture the L5988D supports
extremely low conversion ratio (D = VOUT/VIN) even at very high switching frequency
(up to 1 MHz).
Figure 3. Voltage mode control loop
V OUT
OSCILLATOR RAMP
+
E/A
+
-
V REF
PWM
The main internal blocks are represented in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Internal block diagram
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Below follows a brief description of the main blocks:
5.1
A voltage pre-regulator supplies the internal circuitry. The external 1.8 V voltage
reference is supplied by this regulator.
A voltage monitor circuit that checks the input and internal voltages
A fully integrated sawtooth oscillator whose frequency is 400 kHz ± 10% when the Fsw
pin is floating. Its frequency can be increased/decreased connecting a proper resistor
to GND or VREF
The internal current limitation circuitry monitors the current flowing in both embedded
switches to guarantee an effective protection even in extreme duty cycle conditions
The over voltage protection (OVP) monitors the feedback voltage. If the voltage of this
pin overcomes the 20% of the internal reference value (600 mV ± 1%) it will force the
conduction of the low side switch until the overshoot is present
A voltage mode amplifier. The inverting input and the output are externally available for
compensation
A pulse width modulator (PWM) comparator and the relative logic to drive the
embedded switches
The soft-start circuit charges an external capacitor with a constant current equal to
20 µA (typ.). The soft-start feature is realized clamping the output of the error amplifier
until the voltage across the capacitor is below 2.7 V
The circuitry acting on the SYNCH pin provides external signal reference to slave
devices when the regulator works as a master or accept the synchronization from an
external reference source
The circuitry related to the UOS multifunction pin is composed of a 3 bit A/D converter
and the decoding logic. It recognizes eight different voltage windows of a VREF voltage
magnitude for selecting additional features.
An inhibit block for stand-by operation
A circuit to realize the thermal protection function
Multifunction pin
The UOS pin is used to configure the device additional features accordingly to the voltage
bias imposed through VREF voltage partitioning.
The selectable options are:
UVLO level: two pre-defined the under voltage lock out thresholds can be selected to
match the 3.3 V and 5 V or 12 V power bus
SINK capability: this feature is always disabled during the soft-start period to be
compatible with pre-biased output voltages. After the soft-start phase, the synchronous
rectification can be enabled or not depending on the status of the UOS pin. Anyway, in
case an overvoltage is detected, the sink capability is always enabled to bring the FB
back to regulation as fast as possible
OVP management: in case the latched mode is selected and an overvoltage event
recurs, the switching activity will be suspended until VCC is reapplied or the SS/INH pin
is toggled. Otherwise when the overvoltage transient is ended the regulator will work
accordingly to the load request without regulation discontinuity
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The circuitry related to the UOS multifunction pin is composed of a 3 bit A/D converter and
the decoding logic. Table 6 shows the internal thresholds of each voltage window
composing the VREF magnitude. The voltage biasing of the multifunction can be set
accordingly to table Table 7.
Table 6. A/D voltage windows
1.8 V
1.575 V
1.35 V
1.125 V
0.9 V
0.675 V
0.45 V
0.225 V
0V
UVLO
OVP
SINK
12 V BUS
LATCH
SINK
12 V BUS
LATCH
NO SINK
12 V BUS
NO LATCH
SINK
12 V BUS
NO LATCH
NO SINK
3.3 V BUS
LATCH
SINK
3.3 V BUS
LATCH
NO SINK
3.3 V BUS
NO LATCH
SINK
3.3 V BUS
NO LATCH
NO SINK
Table 7. UOS voltage biasing
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R1 (k)
R2 (k)
VOUS (V)
UVLO
OVP
SINK
0
N.C.
1.8
12 V BUS
LATCH
SINK
0.68
2.7
1.438
12 V BUS
LATCH
NO SINK
1.2
2.7
1.246
12 V BUS
NO LATCH
SINK
2
2.7
1.034
12 V BUS
NO LATCH
NO SINK
3.3
2.7
0.810
3.3 V BUS
LATCH
SINK
6.2
2.7
0.546
3.3 V BUS
LATCH
NO SINK
11
2.7
0.355
3.3 V BUS
NO LATCH
SINK
N.C.
0
0
3.3 V BUS
NO LATCH
NO SINK
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Functional description
Oscillator and synchronization
The generation of the internal saw-tooth waveform is based on the constant current charge /
discharge of an internal capacitor. The current generator is designed to get a switching
frequency of 400 kHz ± 10% in case the FSW pin is left floating.
The current mirror connected to FSW (see Figure 5) pin acts increasing / decreasing the
value of the internal charging current to adjust the oscillator frequency. Since the internal
circuitry forces the FSW voltage bias at 1.235 V, the user can easily source / sink current in
this pin connecting a pull up resistor to VREF or a pull down to GND respectively.
Figure 5. Oscillator circuit block diagram
VREF
Clock
Clock
Generator
Synchronization
SYNCH
Ramp
Generator
Sawtooth
The value of the pull up resistor versus VREF to decrease the oscillator frequency follows
the formula:
Equation 1
3
8.5 10
R 1 K = --------------------------------------------- + 0.95
400 – F SW KHz
In the same way to increase the switching frequency the pull down resistor is selected using
the formula:
Equation 2
3
18 10
R 2 K = --------------------------------------------- – 2.1
F SW KHz – 400
Table 11 on page 26 shows some resistor values to adjust the oscillator frequency.
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Table 8. FSW resistor examples
R1 (k)
fSW (kHz)
R2 (k)
fSW (kHz)
43
198
360
450
47
215
180
499
56
245
120
548
62
261
91
594
82
295
56
711
110
322
43
801
150
343
33
915
220
361
27
1022
To improve the line transient performance, the voltage feed forward is implemented by
changing the slope of the sawtooth according to the input voltage change (see Figure 6 a).
Figure 6. Sawtooth: voltage feed forward
The slope of the sawtooth does not change if the oscillator frequency is increased by an
external signal or adjusted by the external resistor (see Figure 7). As a consequence the
gain of the PWM stage is a function of the switching frequency and its contribution must be
taken in account when performing the calculations of the compensation network (see
Section 6.4.1 on page 29 and Section 6.4.2 on page 33).
Figure 7. Sawtooth: synchronization and frequency adjust
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Beating frequency noise is an issue when more than one voltage rail is on the same board.
A simple way to avoid this problem is to operate all the regulators at the same switching
frequency. The synchronization feature of a set of L5988D is simply get connecting together
their SYNCH pin. The device with highest switching frequency will be the MASTER and
provides the synchronization signal to the others. Therefore the SYNCH is a I/O pin to
deliver or recognize a frequency signal.
In order to minimize the RMS current flowing through the input filter, the L5988D provides a
phase shift of 180° between the master and the SLAVES. In cases where more than two
devices are synchronized, all slaves will have a common 180° phase shift with respect to
the master.
In case the synchronized set shares a switching frequency different to the nominal 400 kHz,
it is suggested to provide the proper FSW resistor to each device. In this way all the devices
will have a common peak amplitude of the internal sawtooth signal so the same oscillator
gain in the open loop gain transfer function. In this way the same compensation network is
valid for all the devices.
Taking in account the case of two synchronized L5988D regulating the same output voltage,
the RMS current in the input filter will be optimized and will observe the following formula:
Equation 3
I RMS
I
OUT
----------- 2D 1 – 2D
2
=
I OUT
- 2D – 1 2 – 2D
---------- 2
if D < 0.5
if D > 0.5
Multiple regulators can be also synchronized to an external frequency signal fed to the
SYNCH pin. In this case the set is phased to the reference and all the devices will work with
0° phase shift.
The graphical representation of the input RMS current of the input filter in the case of two
devices with 0° phase shift (synchronized to an external signal) or 180° phase shift
(synchronized connecting their SYNCH pins) regulating the same output voltage is provided
in Figure 8. To dimension the proper input capacitor please refer to Section 6.1 on page 25.
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Figure 8. Input RMS current of two synchronized regulators
5.3
External voltage reference
An external 1.8 V regulated voltage is provided. This reference is useful to set the voltage at
the multifunction pin (see Section 5.1 on page 13) or to source current to ILIM-ADJ and
FSW pins (seeSection 5.2 and Section 5.5.2). The typical current capability is 4 mA.
5.4
Soft-start
When VCC is above the selected UVLO threshold the start-up phase takes place. At startup, a voltage ramp is generated charging the external capacitor CSS with an internal current
generator. The device is in inhibit mode as long as SS/INH pin is below the INH threshold.
The L5988D implements the soft-start phase by clamping the output of the error amplifier
and, being based on a voltage mode control, the duty cycle. In fact the comparison between
the output of the error amplifier and the internal saw tooth waveform generates the duty
cycle needed to keep the output voltage in regulation.
Two different current sources charge the external capacitor depending on the pin voltage in
order to reduce the power consumption in INH mode.
Equation 4
I SS1 = 5 A
I SS =
I SS2 = 2 2A
0 V SS/INH 1
1 V SS/INH 2.9
The equation for the soft-start time is:
Equation 5
C SS
C SS
T SS = T 1 + T 2 = ----------- 1 – 0 + ----------- 2.9 – 1
I SS1
I SS2
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Considering ISS2/ISS1 = 22/5 = 4.4, the proper soft-start capacitor is simply calculated as
follows:
Equation 6
C nF = Tss mS 3.5
During the soft-start phase (VSS < 2.9 V):
the sink capability is always disabled (independently from the multifunction pin settings)
to be compatible with pre-biased output voltage
in case the overcurrent limit is detected, a constant current protection is provided in
order to deliver extra current for charging the output capacitor (see Section 5.5.2 for
description of current protection management).
During normal operation the CSS is discharged with a constant current of 22 A (typ.) only if:
HICCUP mode is triggered (see Section 5.5.2)
the input voltage goes below the UVLO threshold (see Section 5.5.3)
the internal temperature is over 150°C (see Section 5.5.4)
A new SS cycle will start when the VSS drops below the INH threshold.
New high performance ICs often require more than one supply voltage. Most of these
applications require well defined start-up sequencing, in order to avoid potential damage
and latch-up of the processing core. Sharing the same soft-start capacitor for a set of
regulators, the output voltages increase with the same slew rate implementing
a “simultaneous start-up” sequencing method.
5.5
Monitoring and protections
5.5.1
Overvoltage
The device provides the overvoltage protection monitoring the output voltage through the
FB pin. If the voltage sensed on FB pin reaches a value 20% (typ.) greater than the
reference of the error amplifier, the low-side MOSFET is turned on to discharge as fast as
possible the output capacitor. It is possible to set two different behaviors in case of OVP:
In case the OVP latched mode is active (see Section 5.1 on page 13), the internal
oscillator is suspended and the low side switch will be kept on until the input voltage
goes below the selected UVLO threshold or the SS/INH pin is forced below the INH
threshold.
In case of NOT latched OVP mode is active, the low side MOS is forced ON until the
feedback voltage is higher than the OVP threshold (20% greater than the reference of
the error amplifier).
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Figure 9. OVP not latched
Figure 10. OVP latched
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Functional description
Current limiting
The current limiting feature acts in different ways depending on the operative conditions.
In case an overcurrent detection happens after the soft-start phase, the internal logic
will trigger the “HICCUP” mode. Both switches are turned off and the soft-start
capacitor is discharged with a constant current of 22 A (typ.). When the SS/INH
voltage drops below the INH threshold a new SS cycle will start.
During the soft-start phase the overcurrent information is used to provide a constant
current protection. In this way additional current is available to charge the output
capacitor during power up.
The most common way is to sense the current flowing through the power MOSFETs.
However, due to the noise created by the switching activity of the power MOSFETs, the
current sense is disabled during the initial phase of the conduction time. This avoids an
erroneous detection of a fault condition. This interval is generally known as “masking time”
or “blanking time”. For this reason, the current cannot be sensed through the high-side
MOSFET in the case of extremely low duty cycles, nor through the low-side MOSFET in the
case of very high duty cycles.
The L5988D assures the effective protection sensing the current flowing in both embedded
switches. The protection achieved by sensing the current in the high-side MOSFET is called
“peak overcurrent protection”, while the protection achieved by sensing the current in the
low-side MOSFET is called “valley overcurrent protection”. When the current limit is reached
during normal operation, the so called HICCUP mode is triggered, and the soft-start cap is
discharged and recharged. However, during the start-up phase, additional current is
required to charge the output capacitor. This could continuously trigger the HICCUP
intervention preventing the system from reaching a steady working condition. For this
reason the HICCUP feature is disabled during the start-up phase and a constant current
mode is active to charge the output capacitor. In this case, when the peak current limit is
triggered after a conduction time equal to the “masking time”, the high-side MOSFET is
turned off and the low side MOSFET is kept on until the flowing current goes below the
“valley” current limit. If necessary, some switching pulses are skipped, as illustrated in
Figure 11. Thus, the combination of the “peak” and “valley” current limits assure the
effectiveness of the overcurrent protection even in extreme duty cycle conditions. The
current threshold of the low side is designed higher than the high side one to guarantee the
proper protection.
The constant current mode during the soft-start phase limits the maximum current up to:
Equation 7
V IN – V OUT
I MAX = I VALLEY_TH + ------------------------------ T MASK
L
The overcurrent limit protection is adjustable (higher or lower than the nominal value)
through an external resistor. To guarantee effective protection, both thresholds (valley and
peak) are in tracking.
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The typical active thresholds in case of ILIM-ADJ pin left floating are IPEAK_TH = 4.0 A,
IVALLEY_TH = 4.7 A. The dimensioning of the pull up resistor versus VREF to decrease the
peak (and valley) thresholds follows the formula:
Equation 8
·
5
1.2 10
R 9 = ------------------------------------4.0 – I PEAK_TH
In the same way the pull down resistor is selected using the following formula to increase
the maximum current thresholds:
Equation 9
5
·
2.706 10
R 3 = ------------------------------------I PEAK_TH – 4.0
Figure 11. Constant current protection at extreme duty cycles
ZOOM
skipped switching pulses
Constant current protection
during soft start time
soft start time
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Is triggered at the
end of the SS time
Valley current limit
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Table 9 shows some resistor values to adjust the current limits
Table 9. ILIM-ADJ resistor examples
5.5.3
R9(k)
ILIM PEAK(A)
ILIM VALLEY(A)
R3(k)
ILIM PEAK(A)
ILIM VALLEY(A)
43
1.24
1.62
1500
4.2
4.75
47
1.47
1.87
750
4.38
4.95
56
1.88
2.31
470
4.6
5.18
68
2.26
2.71
330
4.8
5.42
91
2.71
3.18
270
5.0
5.62
120
3.03
3.52
220
5.20
5.82
200
3.43
3.94
180
5.50
6.12
560
3.81
4.35
160
5.70
6.30
UVLO
The under-voltage-lockout (UVLO) is adjustable by the multifunction pin (see Section 5.1 on
page 13). It is possible to set two different thresholds:
5.5.4
2.9 V for 3.3 V BUS
8 V for 12 V BUS
Thermal shutdown
When the junction temperature reaches 150 °C the device enters in thermal shutdown. Both
MOSFETs are turned off and the soft-start capacitor is discharged with a current of 22 µA.
The device doesn’t restart until the junction temperature goes down to 120 °C.
5.6
Minimum on time
The L5988D is based on a voltage mode control loop. The advantage of this technique is
the very short conduction time of the power elements thanks to the proper functioning of the
control loop without a current sense (that is challenging with low conduction times), which
instead is required in current mode regulators. The optimized architecture, the design
solutions and the high performance fabrication technique allow power elements to achieve
extremely short conduction times. This allows very high switching frequency operation even
in very low duty cycle applications. Figure 12 shows how the L5988D can easily manage
a minimum conduction time of 200ns. Moreover, thanks to the embedded P-MOS used for
the high-side, no bootstrap capacitor is required. This means that the device is able to
manage a duty cycle of 100%.
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Figure 12. Minimum TON
5.7
Error amplifier
The error amplifier (E/A) provides the error signal to be compared with the sawtooth to
perform the pulse width modulation. Its non-inverting input is internally connected to a 0.6 V
voltage reference, while its inverting input (FB) and output (COMP) are externally available
for feedback and frequency compensation. In this device the error amplifier is a voltage
mode operational amplifier so with high DC gain and low output impedance.
The uncompensated error amplifier characteristics are the following:
Table 10. Uncompensated error amplifier
Parameter description
Value
Low frequency gain
100 dB
GBWP
4.5 MHz
Slew rate
7 V/s
Output voltage swing
0 to 3.3 V
Maximum source/sink current
25 mA / 40 mA
In continuous conduction mode (CCM), the transfer function of the power section has two
poles due to the LC filter and one zero due to the ESR of the output capacitor. Different
kinds of compensation networks can be used depending on the ESR value of the output
capacitor. In case the zero introduced by the output capacitor helps to compensate the
double pole of the LC filter a type II compensation network can be used. Otherwise, a type
III compensation network has to be used (see Section 6.4 on page 28 for details about the
compensation network selection).
Anyway the methodology to compensate the loop is to introduce zeros to obtain a safe
phase margin.
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Application information
6.1
Input capacitor selection
The capacitor connected to the input has to be capable to support the maximum input
operating voltage and the maximum RMS input current required by the device. The input
capacitor is subject to a pulsed current, the RMS value of which is dissipated over its ESR,
affecting the overall system efficiency.
So the input capacitor must have a RMS current rating higher than the maximum RMS input
current and an ESR value compliant with the expected efficiency.
The maximum RMS input current flowing through the capacitor can be calculated as:
Equation 10
2
2
2D
D
I RMS = I O D – --------------- + ------2
Where Io is the maximum DC output current, D is the duty cycles, is the efficiency. This
function has a maximum at D = 0.5 and, considering = 1, it is equal to Io/2.
In a specific application the range of possible duty cycles has to be considered in order to
find out the maximum RMS input current. The maximum and minimum duty cycles can be
calculated as:
Equation 11
V OUT + V LOW_SIDE
D MAX = -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------V INMIN + V LOW_SIDE – V HIGH_SIDE
and
Equation 12
V OUT + V LOW_SIDE
D MIN = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------V INMAX + V LOW_SIDE – V HIGH_SIDE
Where VHIGH_SIDE and VLOW_SIDE are the voltage drops across the embedded switches.
The peak to peak voltage across the input filter can be calculated as:
Equation 13
IO
D
D
V PP = ----------------------- 1 – ---- D + ---- 1 – D + ESR I O
C IN f SW
Given a physical dimension, ceramic capacitors can met well the requirements of the input
filter substaining an higher input current than electrolytic / tantalum types. In this case the
equation of CIN as a function of the target VPP can be written as follows:
Equation 14
IO
D
D
C IN = ------------------------- 1 – ---- D + ---- 1 – D
V PP f SW
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Considering this function has its maximum in D = 0.5:
Equation 15
IO
C IN_MIN = ---------------------------------------------2 V PP_MAX f SW
Typically CIN is dimensioned to keep the maximum peak-peak voltage across the input filter
in the order of 1% VIN_MAX.
Table 11. Input capacitors
Manufacture
MURATA
TDK
6.2
Series
Cap value (F)
Rated voltage (V)
GRM31
10
25
GRM55
10
25
C3225
10
25
Inductor selection
The inductance value fixes the current ripple flowing through the output capacitor. So the
minimum inductance value in order to have the expected current ripple has to be selected.
The rule to fix the current ripple value is to have a ripple at 20% - 40% of the output current.
The inductance value can be calculated by the following equation:
Equation 16
V IN – V OUT
V OUT
I L = ------------------------------ T ON = -------------- T OFF
L
L
Where TON and TOFF are the on and off time of the internal power switch. The maximum
current ripple, at fixed Vout, is obtained at maximum TOFF that is at minimum duty cycle (see
previous section to calculate minimum duty). So fixing IL = 20% to 40% of the maximum
output current, the minimum inductance value can be calculated:
Equation 17
V OUT + V F 1 – D MIN
L MIN = ---------------------------- ----------------------I MAX
F SW
where FSW is the switching frequency 1/(TON + TOFF).
For example for VOUT = 3.3 V, VIN = 12 V, IO = 4 A and FSW = 400 kHz the minimum
inductance value to have IL = 30% of IO is about 4.7 µH.
The peak current through the inductor is given by:
Equation 18
I L
I L PK = I O + -------2
So if the inductor value decreases, the peak current (that has to be lower than the current
limit of the device) increases. The higher is the inductor value, the higher is the average
output current that can be delivered, without reaching the current limit.
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In Table 12 some inductor part numbers are listed.
Table 12. Inductors
Manufacturer
Series
Inductor value (H)
Saturation current (A)
XPL7030
2.2 to 4.7
6.8 to 10.5
MSS1048
2.2 to 6.8
4.14 to 6.62
MSS1260
10
5.5
WE-HC/HCA
3.3 to 4.7
7 to 11
WE-TPC type XLH
3.6 to 6.2
4.5 to 6.4
WE-PD type L
10
5.6
DR74
3.3 to 4.7
4.3 to 5.4
DR125
10
5.3
BI
HM78-60
4.7 to 10
5.4 to 6.8
SUMIDA
HM78-60
4.7 to 10
5.4 to 6.8
Coilcraft
Wurth
Coiltronics
6.3
Output capacitor selection
The current in the capacitor has a triangular waveform (with zero average value) which
generates a voltage ripple across it. This ripple is due to the capacitive component and the
resistive component (ESR). So the output capacitor has to be selected in order to have
a voltage ripple compliant with the application requirements.
The amount of the voltage ripple can be calculated starting from the current ripple obtained
by the inductor selection.
Equation 19
I MAX
V OUT = ESR I MAX + ------------------------------------8 C OUT f SW
Usually the resistive component of the ripple is much higher than the capacitive one, if the
output capacitor adopted is not a multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) with very low ESR
value.
The output capacitor is important also for loop stability: it fixes the double LC filter pole and
the zero due to its ESR. In Section 6.4, it will be illustrated how to consider its effect in the
system stability.
For example with VOUT = 3.3 V, VIN = 12 V, IL = 0.6 A (resulting by the inductor value), in
order to have a VOUT = 0.01·VOUT, if the multi layer capacitor are adopted, 10 µF are
needed and the ESR effect on the output voltage ripple can be neglected. In case of not
negligible ESR (electrolytic or tantalum capacitors), the capacitor is chosen taking into
account its ESR value. So 100 µF with ESR = 40 mis compliant with the requested output
voltage ripple
The output capacitor is also important to sustain the output voltage when a load transient
with high slew rate is required by the load. When the load transient slew rate exceeds the
system bandwidth the output capacitor provides the current to the load. So if the high slew
rate load transient is required by the application the output capacitor and system bandwidth
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have to be chosen in order to sustain load transient and to have a fast response to the
transient.
In Table 13 some capacitor series are listed.
Table 13. Output capacitors
Manufacturer
Series
Cap value (F)
Rated voltage (V)
ESR (m)
GRM32
22 to 100
6.3 to 25
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