STEVAL-ISA024V1 STMicroelectronics, STEVAL-ISA024V1 Datasheet
STEVAL-ISA024V1
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Features ■ Input voltage range from 1.8V to 18V ■ Supply voltage range from 4.5V to 18V ■ Adjustable output voltage down to 0.6V with ±0.8% accuracy over line voltage and temperature (0°C~125°C) ■ Fixed frequency voltage mode control ■ ...
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Contents Contents 1 Summary description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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L6725 - L6725A 5.11 Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Summary description 1 Summary description The device is a flexible high performance PWM buck controller dedicated for low voltage distributed DC-DC. The input voltage can range from 1.8V to 18V, while the supply voltage can range from 4.5V to 18V. ...
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L6725 - L6725A 2 Electrical data 2.1 Maximum rating Table 2. Absolute maximum ratings Symbol GND and PGND, OCH Boot voltage BOOT - PHASE V V HGATE - PHASE V BOOT BOOT PHASE ...
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Pin connections and functions 3 Pin connections and functions Figure 2. Pins connection (top view) COMP SS/INH EAREF OCL OCH PHASE HGATE BOOT Table 4. Pin functions Pin n° Name This pin is connected to the error amplifier output and ...
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L6725 - L6725A Table 4. Pin functions Pin n° Name A resistor connected from this pin and the high-side MOSFET(s) drain sets the peak- current-limit. The peak current is sensed through the high-side MOSFET(s). The internal 100µA current generator (I ...
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Electrical characteristics 4 Electrical characteristics V = 12V 25°C unless otherwise specified Table 5. Electrical characteristics Symbol Parameter V supply current CC V Stand by current quiescent current CC Power-ON Turn-ON V ...
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L6725 - L6725A Table 5. Electrical characteristics Symbol Parameter Error Amplifier R EAREF Input Resistance EAREF I I.I. bias current FB Ext Ref Clamp V Error amplifier offset OFFSET G Open Loop Voltage Gain V GBWP Gain-Bandwidth Product SR Slew-Rate ...
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L6725 - L6725A 5 Device description The controller provides complete control logic and protection for flexible and cost-effective DC- DC converters designed to drive N-Channel MOSFETs in a synchronous rectified buck topology. The output voltage of the converter ...
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L6725 - L6725A 5.3 Bypassing the LDO to avoid the voltage drop with low Vcc ≈ the internal LDO works in dropout with an output resistance of about 1Ω. The CC maximum LDO output current is about ...
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Device description 5.5 Error amplifier Figure 4. Error amplifier reference 5.6 Soft start When both V and V CC the start-up phase takes place. Otherwise the SS pin is internally shorted to GND. At start-up, a ramp is generated charging ...
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L6725 - L6725A L6725:The output of the error amplifier is clamped with this voltage (VSS) until it reaches the programmed value. L6725A:The reference of the error amplifier is clamped with this voltage (VSS) until it reaches the programmed value. No ...
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Device description 5.7 Driver section The high-side and low-side drivers allow using different types of power MOSFETs (also multiple MOSFETs to reduce the R supplied by V while the high-side driver is supplied by the BOOT pin. A predictive dead ...
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L6725 - L6725A 5.9 Hiccup mode Figure 9. Constant current and Hiccup Mode during an OCP. During the soft-start phase the OCP provides a constant-current-protection. If during the T the OCH comparator triggers an over current the high-side MOSFET(s) is ...
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Device description 5.11 Synchronization The presence of many converters on the same board can generate beating frequency noise. To avoid this it is important to make them operate at the same switching frequency. Moreover, a phase shift between different modules ...
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L6725 - L6725A 5.12 Bootstrap anti-discharging system This built-in system avoids that the voltage across the bootstrap capacitor becomes less than 3.3V. An internal comparator senses the voltage across the external bootstrap capacitor keeping it charged, eventually turning-on the low-side ...
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Application details 6 Application details 6.1 Inductor design The inductance value is defined by a compromise between the transient response time, the efficiency, the cost and the size. The inductor has to be calculated to sustain the output and the ...
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L6725 - L6725A 6.2 Output capacitors The output capacitors are basic components for the fast transient response of the power supply. For example, during a positive load transient, they supply the current to the load until the converter reacts. The ...
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Application details 6.4 Compensation network The loop is based on a voltage mode control internal/external reference voltage and scaled by the external resistor divider. The error amplifier output V COMP pulse-width modulated (PWM) with an amplitude of V filtered by ...
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L6725 - L6725A ● Modulator singularity frequencies: ω LC ● Compensation network singularity frequencies: ω ω ● Compensation network design: – Put the gain R ω – Place Z1 ω – ...
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Demoboard 7 Demoboard 7.1 20A board description L6725 demoboard realizes in a four layer PCB a step-down DC/DC converter and shows the operation of the device in a general purpose application. The input voltage can range from 4.5V to 14V ...
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L6725 - L6725A Table 6. Demoboard part list Reference Value R1 1kΩ R2 1kΩ R3 4K7 N.C. R7 2KΩ R8 10Ω R9 1KΩ R10 2.2Ω R11 2.2Ω R12 N.C. C1 4.7nF C2 47nF C3 1nF C4 100nF ...
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Demoboard Table 7. Other inductor manufacturer Manufacturer WURTH ELEKTRONIC SUMIDA EPCOS TDK TOKO COILTRONICS Table 8. Other capacitor manufacturer Manufacturer TDK NIPPON CHEMI-CON PANASONIC Figure 17. Demoboard efficiency ...
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L6725 - L6725A Figure 18. PCB Layout: top layer Figure 19. PCB Layout: power ground layer Figure 20. PCB Layout: signal-ground layer Demoboard 25/32 ...
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Demoboard 7.2 5A board description L6725 demoboard realizes in a two layer PCB a step-down DC/DC converter and shows the operation of the device in a general purpose application. The input voltage can range from 4.5V to 14V and the ...
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L6725 - L6725A Table 9. Demoboard part list Reference Value C15 N.C. C16-19 2X 330uF 2,7uH L1 DO3316P-272HC D1 STPS1L30M D3 N.C. STS8DNH3LL Q1 (Dual Mosfet) U1 L6725 Figure 21. Demoboard efficiency ...
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Demoboard Figure 22. Demoboard layout Figure 23. Demoboard layout 28/32 L6725 - L6725A ...
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L6725 - L6725A 8 Package mechanical data In order to meet environmental requirements, ST offers these devices in ECOPACK These packages have a Lead-free second level interconnect . The category of second Level Interconnect is marked on the package and ...
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Package mechanical data Table 10. SO16N mechanical data Dim Min 0. ( (1) 3 4. "D" and "F" ...
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L6725 - L6725A 9 Revision history Table 11. Revision history Date Revision 20-Dec-2005 30-May-2006 26-Jun-2006 5-Oct-2006 28-Jun-2007 1 Initial release. 2 New template, thermal data updated 3 Note page 5 deleted 4 Added new orderable L6725A, and 5A demoboard 5 ...
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