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Introduction
The ISL6118 is a fully independent dual channel overcurrent
(OC) fault protection IC for the +2.5V to +5.5V environment.
Each ISL6 118 in corp orate s in a single 8-l ead SOI C pac kage
two 80mW N-channel MOSFET power switches for power
control. See Figure 2 for integrated FET on resistance
curves. Independent enabling inputs and fault reporting
outputs compatible wit h 3V and 5 V logic allow for extern al
control and monitoring. This device features internal current
monitoring, accurate current limit ing, integrated power
switches and current limited timed delay to latch-off for
system protection.
Key Feature Description and Operation
UV Lockout
The ISL6118 undervoltage (UVLO) lockout prevents
functional ity of the device unless the corre ct EN ABLE state
and VIN > 2.5V are present.
Soft Start
A const ant 500 nA curr ent source ra mps up the s witc h’ s gate
causing a voltage follower effect on the out put voltage. This
provides a soft star t tu rn-on and eliminates bus voltage
drooping caused by inrush current charging heavy load
capacitances. Rising an d falling outputs are current limited
voltage ramps so that both the inrush current and voltage
slew rate are limited, independent of load. This reduces
supply droop due to surge and also eliminates the need for
exter nal EMI filters necessary on other IC products. See
Figure 3 fo r soft start wavefor ms.
Fault Blanking on Start-Up
During initial turn-on the ISL6118 prevents nuisance faults
from being reported to the system controller by blanking the
fault signa l for 12ms. This blanking e liminates the need for
external RC filters necessary for other vendors’ products.
Current Regulation
The ISL6118 has integrated current sensing on the power
MOSFETs that allows for rap id control of OC events. Once
an OC c onditi on is detec ted th e ISL611 8 goe s in to i ts c urrent
regul atio n (CR) control mode . The I SL6118 CR le v el is set to
a no minal 0.6A and is regu lated to within +/-25% over full
temperature, bias vol tage range and OC magnitude. The
speed of this control is proportional to the level o f OC. Thus
a hard OC is more quickly controlled than a marginal
condition. See Figures 4 through 7 for current regulation
performance curves and waveforms.
Latc h- Off Time Delay
The primary function of any OC protection device is to
quickly isolate the voltage bus from a faulty load. Unlike
other manufactur ers’ IC produc ts that sense the IC thermal
condition to isolate a faulty load, the ISL6118 uses an
inter nal 12ms timer that start s upon OC detection. Once an
OC condition is detected, the appropriate ou tput is current
lim ited for 12ms to allow transient conditions to pa ss befo re
latch-off. The time to latch-off is independent of the device’s
thermal or adjacent swit ch’s electrical condition. See Figure
10 for waveforms illustrating independent latch-off.
If, after the ISL6118 has latched off, a nd the fau lt has
asserted and the enable i s not deasserted but the OC
condition st ill exists, the ISL6118 unlike other IC devices
does not send to the contr oller a cont i nuous string of fau lt
pulses. The ISL6118’s single fault signal is sent at the time
of latch off.
Slow and Fast Shutdown
The ISL6118 has two shutdown modes. When disabled
with a load current less than the curren t regulation (CR)
level the ISL6118 shuts down in a controlled manner using
a 500nA constant current sourc e controlled ra mp. When
disabled dur i ng CR or i f th e tim er has expired the I SL6118
quickly pulls down the output thereby qu ickly r emoving the
fa ulte d loa d from the voltage bus. See Figu res 8 and 9 for
illustrative waveforms of each shutdown mode.
Over Temperature Shutd own
Although the ISL6118 has a thermal shutdown feature,
becau se of the 12ms ti med shutdown this will only be
invoked in extremely high ambien t temperatures.
Acti ve Output P ulld ow n
Another uni que ISL6118 f eat ure i s the acti ve pull down on the
outputs to 300mV above GND when the de vice is disabled.
Figure 1 illustrates the ISL6118 operational wa veform s ,
showing the rel atio nshi ps between the various I/ O signals
duri ng typical and faulted conditions. It also graphically
highlight s many of the te rms and modes of operation
referred to in this data sheet.
Usin g the ISL 6118 EVA L1 Pl atf o rm
General and Biasing Information
The IS L6118EVAL1 platform, Figur e 1 4, all ows e v aluat ion o f
the ISL6118 dual power supply control IC and comparison
against a suitably sized PPTC component.
The evaluation platform is biased and monitored through
numerous test points (TP#). See Table 1 for test point
assignments and descriptions.
TABLE 1. ISL6118EV AL1 TEST POINT ASSIGNMENTS
TP # DESCRIPTION
TP1 Eval Board a n d IC GND
TP 2 Ev al Bo ard + 3.3 V Bia s
TP3 Enable Switch 1
TP4 Enable Switch 2
TP5 Swit ch 2 Fault
TP6 Switch Out 2
TP7 Switch Out 1
TP8 Swit ch 1 Fault
TP9 IC VIN Pin
TP10 PPTC Load Side
TP11 Invoke Over Current
ISL6118