LTC1702IGN#TR Linear Technology, LTC1702IGN#TR Datasheet

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LTC1702 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM (Note 1) Supply Voltage V ........................................................................ 7V CC BOOST n ............................................................... 15V BOOST n – .................................................... 7V Input Voltage SW n .......................................................... – All Other Inputs ......................... – 0.3V ...

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS temperature range, otherwise specifications are 25°C. V SYMBOL PARAMETER Switching Characteristics f Oscillator Frequency OSC Φ Converter 2 Oscillator Phase OSC2 DC Minimum Duty Cycle MIN1 DC Minimum Duty Cycle MIN2 DC Maximum Duty Cycle ...

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LTC1702 W U TYPICAL PERFOR A CE CHARACTERISTICS Efficiency vs Load Current 100 3.3V OUT V = 2.5V OUT 1.6V OUT LOAD CURRENT (A) 1702 ...

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PIN FUNCTIONS PV (Pin 1): Driver Power Supply Input power to the two BG n output drivers. PV connected to a voltage high enough to fully turn on the external MOSFETs QB1 and QB2. PV ...

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LTC1702 PIN FUNCTIONS FB2 (Pin 14): Controller 2 Feedback Input. See FB1. COMP2 (Pin 15): Controller 2 Loop Compensation. See COMP1. RUN/SS2 (Pin 16): Controller 2 Run/Soft-start. See RUN/ SS1. FAULT (Pin 17): Output Overvoltage Fault (Latched). ...

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TEST CIRCUIT f OSC MEASURED 10k V PGOOD1 V FB1 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION OVERVIEW The LTC1702 is a dual, step-down (buck), voltage mode feedback switching regulator controller designed to be used in a synchronous ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION 2-Step Conversion “2-step” architectures use a primary regulator to convert the input power source (batteries or AC line voltage intermediate supply voltage, often 5V. This intermediate voltage is then converted to the low ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION remember that the power losses are proportional to I meaning that the actual power wasted is reduced by a factor of 3.75. The reduced input ripple voltage also means less power is lost in the input ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION amp of continuous current with peak currents slew large MOSFET gates quickly. The external MOSFETs are connected with the drain of QT attached to the input supply and the source of ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION improves loop phase margin (see Figure 3). The Feedback Loop/Compensation section contains a detailed explana- tion of type 3 feedback loops. + 0.8V COMP FB FB – Figure 3. “Type 3” Feedback Loop ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION SHUTDOWN/SOFT-START Each half of the LTC1702 has a RUN/SS pin. The RUN/SS pins perform two functions: when pulled to ground, each shuts down its half of the LTC1702, and each acts as a conventional soft-start ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Any time and the current flowing to the output is reasonably large, the SW node at the drain of QB will be somewhat negative with respect to PGND. The LTC1702 senses this voltage ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION ripple voltage and frequency remain constant at all loads, easing filtering requirements. Circuits that take advantage of this behavior can force the LTC1702 to operate in continuous mode at all loads by tying the FCB ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Once again, the LTC1702 switches to a new mode to minimize efficiency loss: Burst Mode operation. As the circuit goes deeper and deeper into discontinuous mode, the total time QT and QB are on reduces. However, ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION below ground. If latched FAULT mode is used, a Schottky diode should be added with its cathode at the output and its anode at ground to clamp the negative voltage to a safe level and ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION QB). This capacitance is composed of MOSFET channel charge, actual parasitic drain-source capacitance and Miller-multiplied gate-drain capacitance, but can be ap- proximated as a single capacitance from gate to source. Regardless of where the charge is ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION bypass capacitor gets exercised in three ways: its ESR must be low enough to keep the initial drop as QT turns on within reason (100mV or so); its RMS current capability must be adequate to ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION from C (time point A). 50% of the way through, TG2 IN turns on and the total current is 13A (time point B). Shortly thereafter, TG1 turns off and the current drops to 10A (time point ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION tantalum capacitors specifically designed for use with switching regulators. When choosing a tantalum input capacitor, make sure that it is rated to carry the RMS current that the LTC1702 will draw. If the data sheet ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION feedback amplifier, on the other hand, gives us a handle with which to adjust the AC response. The goal is to have 180° phase shift at DC (so the loop regulates) and some- thing less than ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION “Type 3” loops (Figure 11) use two poles and two zeros to obtain a 180° phase boost in the middle of the frequency band. A properly designed type 3 circuit can maintain acceptable loop stability ...

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... OUT V(OUT) in degrees. Refer to your SPICE manual for details of how to generate this plot. *1702 modulator gain/phase © * 1999 Linear Technology *this file written to run with PSpice 8.0 *may require modifications for other SPICE simulators *MOSFETs rfet mod sw 0.02 ;MOSFET rdson ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION CURRENT LIMIT PROGRAMMING Programming the current limit on the LTC1702 is straight- forward. The I pin sets the current limit by setting the MAX maximum allowable voltage drop across QB (the bottom MOSFET) before the ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION LTC1702 QB BG FCB Figure 13. Regulating an Auxiliary Output with the FCB Pin with 10mV of hysteresis, allowing fairly precise control of the auxiliary voltage. If the LTC1702 ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION to an intermediate supply voltage, often 5V. The LTC1702 then converts the intermediate voltage to the low voltage, high current supplies required by the system. Compared to a 1-step converter that converts a high input ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION 2-Step Efficiency Calculation Calculating the efficiency of a 2-step converter system involves some subtleties. Simply multiplying the effi- ciency of the primary 5V or 3.3V supply by the efficiency of the 1.8V or 1.5V supply underestimates ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Maximizing Low Load Current Efficiency Low load current efficiency depends strongly on proper operation in discontinuous and Burst Mode operations ideally optimized system, discontinuous mode reduces conduction losses but not switching losses, since ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION cycles. Over just a few cycles, however, the external components conspire to limit the speed that the output can move. Consider our typical 5V to 1.6V circuit, sub- jected load transient. ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Making L smaller than this optimum value yields little or no improvement in transient response. As the output voltage recovers, the inductor current will briefly rise above the level of the output current to replenish ...

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U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION it goes out of spec. Similarly, at full load, the output current can only decrease, causing a positive shift in the output voltage; the initial low value allows it to rise further before the spec is ...

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LTC1702 U U APPLICATIONS INFORMATION FAULT BEHAVIOR Changing the Output Voltage on the Fly Some applications use a switching scheme attached to the feedback resistors to allow the system to adjust the LTC1702 output voltage. The voltage can be changed ...

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