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LM2727 Datasheet(PDF) 10 Page - National Semiconductor (TI) |
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LM2727 Datasheet(HTML) 10 Page - National Semiconductor (TI) |
10 / 22 page Application Information (Continued) MOSFET GATE DRIVERS The LM2727/37 has two gate drivers designed for driving N-channel MOSFETs in a synchronous mode. Power for the drivers is supplied through the BOOTV pin. For the high side gate (HG) to fully turn on the top FET, the BOOTV voltage must be at least one V GS(th) greater than Vin. (BOOTV ≥ 2*Vin) This voltage can be supplied by a separate, higher voltage source, or supplied from a local charge pump struc- ture. In a system such as a desktop computer, both 5V and 12V are usually available. Hence if Vin was 5V, the 12V supply could be used for BOOTV. 12V is more than 2*Vin, so the HG would operate correctly. For a BOOTV of 12V, the initial gate charging current is 2A, and the initial gate dis- charging current is typically 6A. In a system without a separate, higher voltage, a charge pump (bootstrap) can be built using a diode and small ca- pacitor, Figure 1. The capacitor serves to maintain enough voltage between the top FET gate and source to control the device even when the top FET is on and its source has risen up to the input voltage level. The LM2727/37 gate drives use a BiCMOS design. Unlike some other bipolar control ICs, the gate drivers have rail-to- rail swing, ensuring no spurious turn-on due to capacitive coupling. POWER GOOD SIGNAL The power good signal is the or-gated flag representing over-voltage and under-voltage protection. If the output volt- age is 18% over it’s nominal value, V FB = 0.7V, or falls 30% below that value, V FB = 0.41V, the power good flag goes low. The converter then turns off the high side gate, and turns on the low side gate. Unlike the output (LM2727 only) the power good flag is not latched off. It will return to a logic high whenever the feedback pin voltage is between 70% and 118% of 0.6V. UVLO The 4.2V turn-on threshold on V CC has a built in hysteresis of 0.6V. Therefore, if V CC drops below 3.6V, the chip enters UVLO mode. UVLO consists of turning off the top FET, turning on the bottom FET, and remaining in that condition until V CC rises above 4.2V. As with shutdown, the soft start capacitor is discharged through a FET, ensuring that the next start-up will be smooth. CURRENT LIMIT Current limit is realized by sensing the voltage across the low side FET while it is on. The R DSON of the FET is a known value, hence the current through the FET can be determined as: V DS =I*RDSON The current limit is determined by an external resistor, R CS, connected between the switch node and the ISEN pin. A constant current of 50µA is forced through Rcs, causing a fixed voltage drop. This fixed voltage is compared against V DS and if the latter is higher, the current limit of the chip has been reached. R CS can be found by using the following: R CS =RDSON(LOW) * ILIM/50µA For example, a conservative 15A current limit in a 10A design with a minimum R DSON of 10m Ω would require a 3.3k Ω resistor. Because current sensing is done across the low side FET, no minimum high side on-time is necessary. In the current limit mode the LM2727/37 will turn the high side off and the keep low side on for as long as necessary. The chip also discharges the soft start capacitor through a fixed 95µA source. In this way, smooth ramping up of the output voltage as with a normal soft start is ensured. The output of the LM2727/37 internal error amplifier is limited by the volt- age on the soft start capacitor. Hence, discharging the soft start capacitor reduces the maximum duty cycle D of the controller. During severe current limit, this reduction in duty cycle will reduce the output voltage, if the current limit con- ditions lasts for an extended time. During the first few nanoseconds after the low side gate turns on, the low side FET body diode conducts. This causes an additional 0.7V drop in V DS. The range of VDS is normally much lower. For example, if R DSON were 10m Ω and the current through the FET was 10A, V DS would be 0.1V. The current limit would see 0.7V as a 70A current and enter current limit immediately. Hence current limit is masked dur- ing the time it takes for the high side switch to turn off and the low side switch to turn on. UVP/OVP The output undervoltage protection and overvoltage protec- tion mechanisms engage at 70% and 118% of the target output voltage, respectively. In either case, the LM2727 will turn off the high side switch and turn on the low side switch, and discharge the soft start capacitor through a MOSFET switch. The chip remains in this state until the shutdown pin has been pulled to a logic low and then released. The UVP function is masked only during the first charging of the soft start capacitor, when voltage is first applied to the V CC pin. In contrast, the LM2737 is designed to continue operating dur- ing UVP or OVP conditions, and to resume normal operation once the fault condition is cleared. As with the LM2727, the powergood flag goes low during this time, giving a logic-level warning signal. SHUT DOWN If the shutdown pin SD is pulled low, the LM2727/37 dis- charges the soft start capacitor through a MOSFET switch. The high side switch is turned off and the low side switch is turned on. The LM2727/37 remains in this state until SD is released. 20049402 FIGURE 1. BOOTV Supplied by Charge Pump www.national.com 10 |
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