March 2001 3 MIC2582/83
MIC2582/83 Micrel
Pin Description
Pin Name SOIC QSOP Pin Function
FAULT# NA 11 Circuit Breaker Fault Output. Open-Drain, Active-Low. Asserted when the
circuit breaker is tripped.
ON 2 3 ON input. With this pin high, the device is enabled, a start-up sequence is
initiated, and the GATE pin starts ramping up towards its final operating
voltage. The ON input is compared to a VTH reference with 25mV of
hysteresis.
Toggling ON is also used to reset the circuit breaker. ON must be low for
20µs in order to initiate a start-up sequence. This pin should not be taken
higher than VCC + 0.3V, or 8V, whichever is less.
POR# 1 1 Power-On Reset Output. Open-Drain, Active-Low. Asserted during start-up
until a time period tPOR after the power-good threshold is reached. tPOR is
determined by capacitor CPOR. Also asserted during undervoltage lockout
fault conditions.
CPOR 3 4 Power-on Reset Timer. A capacitor connected between this pin and ground
sets the Power-On Reset interval, tPOR, and start-up delay tDELAY. When
VCC rises above the UVLO, the capacitor connected to CPOR begins to
charge. When the voltage at CPOR crosses 0.3V, a start cycle is initiated if
ON is asserted. CPOR is reset to zero volts.
When the voltage at FB rises above VFBTH, CPOR begins to charge again.
When the voltage at CPOR rises above VPORDLY, the timer resets, pulls
CPOR to ground, and POR# is de-asserted. If CPOR = 0, then tDELAY is set to
20µs.
SENSE 7 15 Circuit Breaker Sense Input. A resistor between this pin and VCC sets the
current-limit threshold. When the current-limit threshold of 50mV is ex-
ceeded for tOCSLOW (internally set at 5µs for the MIC2582), the circuit
breaker is tripped and the GATE pin is immediately pulled low. If the voltage
across the sense resistor exceeds VTHSLOW due to fast high amplitude faults
such as short-circuits, then the GATE pin is immediately brought low (no
delay).
VTHSLOW is available for value of 50mV, 100mV, 200mV, or Off. Whenever
the voltage across the sense resistor exceeds the current-limit threshold, the
GATE voltage is adjusted to ensure a constant load current. To disable the
circuit breaker, the SENSE and VCC pins can be tied together.
GATE 6 14 Gate Drive Output. Connects to the gate of an N-Channel MOSFET. An
internal clamp ensures that no more than 8V is applied between the GATE
and Source. When the circuit breaker trips or when undervoltage lockout
occurs the GATE pin is immediately brought low.
FB 5 12 Power-Good Threshold Input. This input is internally compared to a 1.24V
reference with 30mV of hysteresis. Whenever this input goes below 1.24V,
POR# is asserted. A 5µs filter on this pin prevents negative-going glitches
from causing nuisance activation of this pin. If this input momentarily goes
below 1.24V, then POR# is activated for one timing cycle, tPOR.
VCC 8 16 Positive Supply Input. 2.3V - 13.2V. The GATE pin is held low by an internal
undervoltage lockout circuit until VCC exceeds a threshold of 2.1V. If VCC
exceeds 13.2V, an internal shunt regulator protects the chip from transient
voltages up to 20V at the VCC and SENSE pins.
CFILTER NA 5 Current-limit Response Timer. A capacitor connected to this pin defines the
period of time tOCSLOW in which an overcurrent event must last to signal a
fault condition and trip the circuit breaker. If no capacitor is connected to this
pin, then tOCSLOW is set to 5µs.
During auto-retry, the MIC2582/83R exhibits a preset duty cycle of 10%.
The value of CFILTER will set the interval between auto-retry attempts.
See Applications section.