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LTC1439

Dual High Efficiency, Low Noise, Synchronous Step-Down Switching Regulators

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LTC1438/LTC1439

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OPERATION (Refer to Functional Diagram)

Main Control Loop

The LTC1438/LTC1439 use a constant frequency, current

mode step-down architecture. During normal operation,

the top MOSFET is turned on each cycle when the oscillator

sets the RS latch and turned off when the main current

comparator I1 resets the RS latch. The peak inductor

current at which I1 resets the RS latch is controlled by the

voltage on the ITH1 (ITH2) pin, which is the output of each

error amplifier (EA). The VPROG1 pin, described in the Pin

Functions, allows the EA to receive a selectively attenuated

output feedback voltage VFB1 from the SENSE – 1 pin while

VPROG2 and VOSENSE2 allow EA to receive an output feed-

back voltage VFB2 from either internal or external resistive

dividers on the second controller. When the load current

increases, it causes a slight decrease in VFB relative to the

1.19V reference, which in turn causes the ITH1 (ITH2)

voltage to increase until the average inductor current

matches the new load current. After the large top MOSFET

has turned off, the bottom MOSFET is turned on until either

the inductor current starts to reverse, as indicated by

current comparator I2, or the beginning of the next cycle.

The top MOSFET drivers are biased from floating boot

strap capacitor CB, which normally is recharged during

each Off cycle. When VIN decreases to a voltage close to

VOUT, however, the loop may enter dropout and attempt to

turn on the top MOSFET continuously. The dropout detec-

tor counts the number of oscillator cycles that the top

MOSFET remains on and periodically forces a brief off

period to allow CB to recharge.

The main control loop is shut down by pulling the RUN/

SS1 (RUN/SS2) pin low. Releasing RUN/SS1 (RUN/SS2)

allows an internal 3µA current source to charge soft start

capacitor CSS. When CSS reaches 1.3V, the main control

loop is enabled with the ITH1 (ITH2) voltage clamped at

approximately 30% of its maximum value. As CSS contin-

ues to charge, ITH1 (ITH2) is gradually released allowing

normal operation to resume. When both RUN/SS1 and

RUN/SS2 are low, all LTC1438/LTC1439 functions are

shut down. Refer to the LTC1538-AUX/LTC1539 data

sheet for 5V keep-alive applications.

Comparator OV guards against transient overshoots > 7.5%

by turning off the top MOSFET and keeping it off until the

fault is removed.

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Low Current Operation

Adaptive Power mode allows the LTC1439 to automati-

cally change between two output stages sized for different

load currents. The TGL1 (TGL2) and BG1 (BG2) pins drive

large synchronous N-channel MOSFETs for operation at

high currents, while the TGS1 (TGS2) pin drives a much

smaller N-channel MOSFET used in conjunction with a

Schottky diode for operation at low currents. This allows

the loop to continue to operate at normal operating fre-

quency as the load current decreases without incurring the

large MOSFET gate charge losses. If the TGS1 (TGS2) pin

is left open, the loop defaults to Burst Mode operation in

which the large MOSFETs operate intermittently based on

load demand.

Adaptive Power mode provides constant frequency opera-

tion down to approximately 1% of rated load current. This

results in an order of magnitude reduction of load current

before Burst Mode operation commences. Without the

small MOSFET (i.e., no Adaptive Power mode) the transi-

tion to Burst Mode operation is approximately 10% of

rated load current.

The transition to low current operation begins when com-

parator I2 detects current reversal and turns off the

bottom MOSFET. If the voltage across RSENSE does not

exceed the hysteresis of I2 (approximately 20mV) for one

full cycle, then on following cycles the top drive is routed

to the small MOSFET at the TGS1 (TGS2) pin and the BG1

(BG2) pin is disabled. This continues until an inductor

current peak exceeds 20mV/RSENSE or the ITH1 (ITH2)

voltage exceeds 0.6V, either of which causes drive to be

returned to the TGL1 (TGL2) pin on the next cycle.

Two conditions can force continuous synchronous opera-

tion, even when the load current would otherwise dictate

low current operation. One is when the common mode

voltage of the SENSE+ 1 (SENSE+ 2) and SENSE– 1

(SENSE – 2) pins are below 1.4V, and the other is when the

SFB1 pin is below 1.19V. The latter condition is used to

assist in secondary winding regulation, as described in the

Applications Information section.

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