EVAL6730 STMicroelectronics, EVAL6730 Datasheet - Page 31
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EVAL6730
Manufacturer Part Number
EVAL6730
Description
EVAL BOARD FOR L6730XX
Manufacturer
STMicroelectronics
Type
Motor / Motion Controllers & Driversr
Datasheets
1.L6730TR.pdf
(52 pages)
2.L6730DTR.pdf
(50 pages)
3.EVAL6730.pdf
(9 pages)
4.EVAL6732.pdf
(43 pages)
Specifications of EVAL6730
Main Purpose
DC/DC, Step Down
Outputs And Type
1, Non-Isolated
Power - Output
66W
Voltage - Output
3.3V
Current - Output
20A
Voltage - Input
4.5 ~ 14V
Regulator Topology
Buck
Frequency - Switching
400kHz
Board Type
Fully Populated
Utilized Ic / Part
L6730
Input Voltage
8 V to 52 V
Product
Power Management Modules
Lead Free Status / RoHS Status
Lead free / RoHS Compliant
For Use With/related Products
L6208
Other names
497-5501
Available stocks
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Quantity
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L6730 - L6730B
5.14.1
5.14.2
Fan power supply failure
In many applications the fan is driven by a DC motor that uses a DC/DC converter. Often
only the speed of the motor is controlled by varying the voltage applied to the input terminal
and there is no control on the torque because the current is not directly controlled. The
current has to be limited in case of overload or short-circuit, but without stopping the motor.
With the L6730B, the current can be limited without shutting down the system because
constant current protection is provided. In order to vary the motor speed, the output voltage
of the converter must be varied. Both L6730 and L6730B have a dedicated EAREF pin (see
Figure
amplifier.
In these applications the duty cycle depends on the motor’s speed and sometimes a 100%
duty cycle setting has to be used to attain the maximum speed. In these conditions, the
bootstrap capacitor can not be recharged and the system cannot work properly. Some PWM
controllers limit the maximum duty cycle to 80 or 90% in order to keep the bootstrap
capacitor charged, but this makes performance during the load transient worse. The
“bootstrap anti-discharging system” allows the L6730x to work at 100% without any
problem.
Figure 26.: 100% duty cycle operation on page 31
device behavior when the input voltage is 5 V and a 100% duty cycle is set by an external
reference.
Figure 26. 100% duty cycle operation
No-sink at zero current operation
The L6730 can work in no-sink mode. If output current is zero the converter skip some
pulses and works with a lower switching frequency. Between two pulses can pass a
relatively long time (say 200-300 µs) during which there’s no switching activity and the
current into the inductor is zero. In this condition the phase node is at the output voltage and
in some cases this is not enough to keep the bootstrap cap charged. For example, if Vout is
3.3 V the voltage across the bootstrap cap is only 1.7 V. The high-side MOSFET cannot be
4) which provides an external reference to the non-inverting input of the error-
TOFF≈200ns
Doc ID 11938 Rev 3
shows the following picture illustrates the
Vout=5V
Vin=5V
LGate
Fsw?6.3KHz
Device description
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