SiP41103
Vishay Siliconix
New Product
Document Number: 72718
S-32672—Rev. A, 29-Dec-03 www.vishay.com
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FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Figure 1.
PWM
GND
VDD
OUTH
LX
OUTL
OTP
VDD
BOOT
VBBM
-
+
UVLO
DELAY
ENSYNC
DELAY
DETAILED OPERATION
PWM
The PWM pin controls the switching of the external MOSFETs.
The driver logic operates in a noninverting configuration. The
PWM input stage should be driven by a signal with fast
transition times, like those provided by a PWM controller or
logic gate, (<200 ns). The PWM input functions as a logic input
and is not intended for applications where a slow changing
input voltage is used to generate a switching output when the
input switching threshold voltage is reached.
Low-Side Driver
The supplies for the low-side driver are VDD and GND. During
shutdown, OUTL is held low.
High-Side Driver
The high-side driver is isolated from the substrate to create a
floating high-side driver so that an n-channel MOSFET can be
used for the high-side switch. The supplies for the high-side
driver are BOOT and LX. The voltage is supplied by a floating
bootstrap capacitor, which is continually recharged by the
switching action of the output. During shutdown OUTH is held
low.
Bootstrap Circuit
The internal bootstrap diode and a bootstrap capacitor form a
charge pump that supplies voltage to the BOOT pin. An
integrated bootstrap diode replaces the external Schottky
diode needed for the bootstrap circuit; only a capacitor is
necessary to complete the bootstrap circuit. The bootstrap
capacitor is sized according to,
CBOOT = (QGATE/DVBOOT - LX) x 10
where QGATE is the gate charge needed to turn on the
high-side MOSFET and DVBOOT - LX is the amount of droop
allowed in the bootstrapped supply voltage when the high-side
MOSFET is driven high. The bootstrap capacitor value is
typically 0.1 mF to 1 mF. The bootstrap capacitor voltage rating
must be greater than VDD + 5 V to withstand transient spikes
and ringing.
Shoot-Through Protection
The external MOSFETs are prevented from conducting at the
same time during transitions. Break-before-make circuits
monitor the voltages on the LX pin and the OUTL pin and
control the switching as follows: When the signal on PWM goes
low, OU T H will go low after an internal propagation delay. After
the voltage on LX falls below 1 V by the inductor action, the
low-side driver is enabled and OUTL goes high after some
delay. When the signal on PWM goes high, OUTL will go low
after an internal propagation delay. After the voltage on OU TL
drops below 1 V the high-side driver is enabled and OUTH will
go high after an internal propagation delay. If LX does not drop
below 1 V within 400 ns after OUTH goes low, OUTL is forced
high until the next PWM transition.