ISL8117A
FN8752 Rev 0.00 Page 14 of 23
August 31, 2015
Functional Description
General Description
The ISL8117A integrates control circuits for a synchronous buck
converter. The driver and protection circuits are also integrated to
simplify the end design.
The part has an independent enable/disable control line EN,
which provides a flexible power-up sequencing and a simple VIN
UVP implementation. The soft-start time is programmable by
adjusting the soft-start capacitor connected from SS/TRK.
The valley current mode control scheme with input voltage
feed-forward ramp simplifies loop compensation and provides
excellent rejection to input voltage variation.
Input Voltage Range
The ISL8117A is designed to operate from input supplies ranging
from 4.5V to 60V.
The input voltage range can be effectively limited by the
available minimum PWM off-time as shown in Equation 2.
Where,
Vd1 = sum of the parasitic voltage drops in the inductor discharge
path, including the lower FET, inductor and PC board. Vd2 = sum
of the voltage drops in the charging path, including the upper
FET, inductor and PC board resistances.
tOFF(min) = 308ns.
The maximum input voltage and minimum output voltage is
limited by the minimum on-time (tON(min)) as shown in
Equation 3.
Where, tON(min) = 40ns in CCM and 60ns in DEM.
Internal 5V Linear Regulator (VCC5V) and
External VCC Bias Supply (EXTBIAS)
All the ISL8117A functions can be internally powered from an
on-chip, low dropout 5V regulator or an external 5V bias voltage
via the EXTBIAS pin. Bypass the linear regulator’s output (VCC5V)
with a 4.7µF capacitor to the power ground. The ISL8117A also
employs an undervoltage lockout circuit, which disables all
regulators when VCC5V falls below 3.5V.
The internal LDO can source over 75mA to supply the IC, power
the low-side gate driver and charge the boot capacitor. When
driving large FETs at high switching frequency, little or no
regulator current may be available for external loads.
For example, a single large FET with 15nC total gate charge
requires 15nC x 300kHz = 4.5mA (15nC x 600kHz = 9mA). Also,
at higher input voltages with larger FETs, the power dissipation
across the internal 5V will increase. Excessive dissipation across
this regulator must be avoided to prevent junction temperature
rise. Thermal protection may be triggered if die temperature
increases above +160°C due to excessive power dissipation.
When large MOSFETs are used, an external 5V bias voltage can
be applied to the EXTBIAS pin to alleviate excessive power
dissipation. Voltage at the EXTBIAS pin must always be lower
than the voltage at the VIN pin to prevent biasing of the power
stage through EXTBIAS and VCC5V. An external UVLO circuit
might be necessary to guarantee smooth soft-starting.
The internal LDO has an overcurrent limit of typically 120mA. For
better efficiency, connect VCC5V to VIN for 5V ±10% input
applications.
Enable and Soft-Start Operation
Pulling the EN pin high or low can enable or disable the controller.
When the EN pin voltage is higher than 1.6V, the controller is
enabled to initialize its internal circuit. After the VCC5V pin reaches
the UVLO threshold, ISL8117A soft-start circuitry becomes active.
The internal 2µA charge current begins charging up the soft-start
capacitor connected from the SS/TRK pin to GND. The voltage
error amplifier reference voltage is clamped to the voltage on the
SS/TRK pin. The output voltage thus rises from 0V to regulation as
SS/TRK rises from 0V to 0.6V. Charging of the soft-start capacitor
continues until the voltage on the SS/TRK pin reaches 3V.
Typical applications for ISL8117A use programmable analog
soft-start or SS/TRK pin for tracking. The soft-start time can be
set by the value of the soft-start capacitor connected from the
SS/TRK to GND. Inrush current during start-up can be alleviated
by adjusting the soft-starting time.
The typical soft-start time is set according to Equation 4:
When the soft-starting time set by external CSS or tracking is less
than 1.5ms, an internal soft-start circuit of 1.5ms takes over the
soft-start.
PGOOD will toggle to high when the corresponding output is up
and in regulation.
Pulling the EN low disables the PWM output and internal LDO to
achieve low standby current. The SS/TRK pin will also be
discharged to GND by an internal MOSFET with 70Ω rDS(ON).
Output Voltage Programming
The ISL8117A provides a precision 0.6V internal reference
voltage to set the output voltage. Based on this internal
reference, the output voltage can thus be set from 0.6V up to a
level determined by the input voltage, the maximum duty cycle
and the conversion efficiency of the circuit.
A resistive divider from the output to ground sets the output
voltage. The center point of the divider shall be connected to the
FB pin. The output voltage value is determined by Equation 5.
Where R1 is the top resistor of the feedback divider network and
R2 is the bottom resistor connected from FB to ground.
VIN min
VOUT Vd1
+
1t–OFF min
Frequency
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vd2 Vd1
–+(EQ. 2)
VIN max
VOUT
tON min
Frequency
--------------------------------------------------------------
(EQ. 3)
tSS 0.6V
CSS
2A
-----------
=(EQ. 4)
VOUT 0.6V
R1R2
+
R2
---------------------
=(EQ. 5)