A5970D
Up to 1 A step-down switching regulator for automotive applications
Datasheet
-
production data
Protection against feedback disconnection
Thermal shutdown
Applications
SO-8
Dedicated to automotive applications
Features
Qualified following the AEC-Q100
requirements (see PPAP for more details)
1 A DC output current
Operating input voltage from 4 V to 36 V
3.3 V / (± 2%) reference voltage
Output voltage adjustable from 1.235 V to V
IN
Low dropout operation: 100% duty cycle
250 kHz Internally fixed frequency
Voltage feed-forward
Description
The A5970D is a step-down monolithic power
switching regulator with a minimum switch current
limit of 1.35 A so it is able to deliver up to 1 A DC
current to the load depending on the application
conditions. The output voltage can be set from
1.235 V to V
IN
.
The device uses an internal p-channel DMOS
transistor (with a typical R
DS(on)
of 250 m) as
switching element to minimize the size of the
external components.
An internal oscillator fixes the switching frequency
at 250 kHz. Having a minimum input voltage of
Zero load current operation
4 V only it fits the automotive applications
Internal current limiting
requiring the device operation even in cold crank
conditions. Pulse by pulse current limit with the
Inhibit for zero current consumption
internal frequency modulation offers an effective
Synchronization
constant current short-circuit protection.
Figure 1. Application schematic
November 2015
This is information on a product in full production.
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Contents
A5970D
Contents
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Pin settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1
1.2
Pin connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2
Electrical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1
2.2
Maximum ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Thermal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3
4
5
Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Datasheet parameters over the temperature range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
Power supply and voltage reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Voltages monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Oscillator and synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Current protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Error amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PWM comparator and power stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Inhibit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Thermal shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6
Additional features and protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.1
6.2
6.3
Feedback disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Output overvoltage protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Zero load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7
Closing the loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.1
7.2
7.3
Error amplifier and compensation network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LC filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PWM comparator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
Component selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Layout considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Thermal considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Short-circuit protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Application circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Positive buck-boost regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Negative buck-boost regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Synchronization example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Compensation network with MLCC at the output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
External SOFT_START network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9
10
Typical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
10.1
SO-8 package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11
12
Order codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Pin settings
A5970D
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1.1
Pin settings
Pin connection
Figure 2. Pin connection (top view)
1.2
Pin description
Table 1. Pin description
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pin
OUT
SYNCH
INH
COMP
FB
VREF
GND
VCC
Regulator output.
Master/slave synchronization.
A logical signal (active high) disables the device. If INH not used, the pin
must be grounded. When it is open, an internal pull-up disables the
device.
E/A output for frequency compensation.
Feedback input. Connecting directly to this pin results in an output
voltage of 1.23 V. An external resistive divider is required for higher
output voltages.
3.3 V V
REF
. No cap is requested for stability.
Ground.
Unregulated DC input voltage.
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Electrical data
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2.1
Electrical data
Maximum ratings
Table 2. Absolute maximum ratings
Symbol
V
8
V
1
I
1
V
4
, V
5
V
3
V
2
P
TOT
T
J
T
STG
Input voltage
OUT pin DC voltage
OUT pin peak voltage at
t
= 0.1
s
Maximum output current
Analog pins
INH
SYNCH
Power dissipation at T
A
70 °C
Operating junction temperature range
Storage temperature range
Parameter
Value
40
-1 to 40
-5 to 40
Int. limit.
4
-0.3 to V
CC
-0.3 to 4
0.6
-40 to 150
-55 to 150
V
V
V
W
°C
°C
Unit
V
V
V
2.2
Thermal data
Table 3. Thermal data
Symbol
R
thJA
Parameter
Maximum thermal resistance junction ambient
Value
120
(1)
Unit
°C/W
1. Package mounted on evaluation board.
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