SC1480EVB View Datasheet(PDF) - Semtech Corporation

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SC1480EVB

DDR Memory Power Supply Controller

Semtech Corporation 

SC1480

POWER MANAGEMENT

Applications Information (Cont.)

Power Good Output

Power good is an open-drain output and requires a pull-

up resistor. When the output voltage is 10% above or

below its set voltage, PGOOD gets pulled low. It is held

low until the output voltage returns to within 10% of the

output set voltage. PGOOD is also held low during start-

up and will not be allowed to transition high until the out-

put reaches 90% of its set voltage. There is a slight delay

built into the PGOOD circuit to prevent false transitions.

The high-side gate driver is equipped with turn-on soft

switching to reduce gate drive power dissipation. When

a DH turn-on is initiated the pull-up resistance is 10 Ohms.

This limits the peak high-side gate current before the

MOSFET is conducting current. The peak gate current

plays a large role in gate driver switching losses. When

the high-side MOSFET begins conducting, and LX starts

to rise, the pull-up resistance on DH changes to 2 Ohms.

Output Overvoltage Protection

When the output exceeds 10% of the its set voltage the

low-side MOSFET is latched on. It stays latched and the

SMPS is off until the enable input or POR is toggled. There

is a slight delay built into the OV protection circuit to pre-

vent false transitions.

Design Procedure

Prior to any design of a switch mode power supply (SMPS)

for notebook computers, determination of input voltage,

load current, switching frequency and inductor ripple cur-

rent must be specified.

Output Undervoltage Protection

When the output is 20% below its set voltage the output

is latched in a tristated condition, and the SMPS is off

until the enable input or POR is toggled. There is a slight

delay built into the UV protection circuit to prevent false

transitions.

Input Voltage Range

The maximum input voltage (VINMAX) is determined by the

highest AC adaptor voltage. The minimum input voltage

(VIN ) is determined by the lowest battery voltage after

MIN

accounting for voltage drops due to connectors, fuses

and battery selector switches.

POR, UVLO and Softstart

An internal power-on reset (POR) occurs when VCCA ex-

ceeds 3V, resetting the fault latch and soft-start counter,

and preparing the PWM for switching. VCCA undervoltage

lockout (UVLO) circuitry inhibits switching and forces the

DL gate driver high until VCCA rises above 4.1V. At this

time the circuit will come out of UVLO and begin switch-

ing, and the softstart circuit being enabled, will progres-

sively limit the output current over a predetermined time

period. The ramp occurs in four steps: 25%, 50%, 75%

and 100%, thereby limiting the slew rate of the output

voltage. There is 100mV of hysteresis built into the UVLO

circuit and when the VCCA falls to 4.0V the output driv-

ers are shutdown and tristated.

MOSFET Gate Drivers

The DH and DL drivers are optimized for driving moder-

ate-sized high-side, and larger low-side power MOSFETs.

An adaptive dead-time circuit monitors the DL output and

prevents the high-side MOSFET from turning on, until DL

is fully off, and conversely, monitors the DH output and

prevents the low-side MOSFET from turning on until DH

is fully off. Be sure there is low resistance and low induc-

tance between the DH and DL outputs to the gate of

each MOSFET.

Maximum Load Current

There are two values of load current to consider. Con-

tinuous load current and peak load current. Continuous

load current has more to do with thermal stresses and

therefore drives the selection of input capacitors,

MOSFETs and commutation diodes. Whereas, peak load

current determines instantaneous component stresses

and filtering requirements such as, inductor saturation,

output capacitors and design of the current limit circuit.

Switching Frequency

Switching frequency determines the trade-off between

size and efficiency. Increased frequency increases the

switching losses in the MOSFETs, since losses are a func-

tion of VIN2. Knowing the maximum input voltage

and budget for MOSFET switches usually dictates where

the design ends up.

Inductor Ripple Current

Low inductor values create higher ripple current, result-

ing in smaller size, but are less efficient because of the

high AC currents flowing through the inductor. Higher in-

ductor values do reduce the ripple current and are more

efficient, but are larger and more costly.

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