sc2450 Semtech Corporation, sc2450 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: sc2450
• Description: Sc2450 Bi-phase/dual Controller
• Manufacturer: Semtech Corporation

Bias Generation
A 6-7 Volt supply voltage is required to power up the
SC2450. This voltage could be provided by an external
power supply or derived from VIN through an external
pass transistor. REGDRV is the control signal to the base
of the pass transistor that will regulate VCC. The voltage
at the VCC pin is compared to the internal voltage refer-
ence, and the REGDRV pin can sink up to 5 mA current
to regulate the voltage at the VCC pin.
Enable
If the ENABLE pin is connected to logic high, the SC2450
is enabled, while connecting it to ground will put the de-
vice into disabled mode. The ENABLE pin can also be
configured as input UVLO through input voltage divider
resistors. The controller will be enabled when the EN-
ABLE pin voltage reaches 2.05 V, and will be disabled
with 400 mV hysteresis.
Under Voltage Lockout
Under Voltage lockout (UVLO) circuitry senses VCC through
a voltage divider. If this signal falls below 5.8 V, with a
typical hysteresis of 400 mV, the BG pin is pulled low by
an internal transistor causing the lower MOSFET gate to
be on and the upper MOSFET gate off for both phases.
Over Voltage Protection
The SC2450 provides OVP protection for each output
individually. Once the converter output voltage exceeds
120% nominal output voltage, the lower MOSFET gates
are latched on and the upper MOSFET gates are latched
off. The latch is then reset once the OVP condition is
removed.
Soft Start
An external capacitor at the BG pin is used to set up the
Soft Start duration. The capacitor value, in conjunction
with the internal 3K resistor at the BG pin, control the
duration to bring up the bandgap to its final level. As the
BG capacitor is being charged through the internal resis-
tor, the PWM pulse opens accordingly until the bandgap
is charged completely. This controlled start up of the
PWM prevents output voltage overshoot, unnecessary
component stress, and noise generation during start up.
Theory of Operation (Cont.)
POWER MANAGEMENT
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Over Current Protection
The SC2450 current limit provides protection during an
over current condition. A sense resistor or PCB trace
can be used to sense the input supply current.
The over current protection trip point is determined by
the voltage drop across the sense resistor. Once this
voltage drop exceeds 115 mV, OCP protection circuit will
be triggered. Due to component and layout parasitics,
filtering might be necessary across the OC+ and OC- pins.
It is recommended to use 20 Ohm resistor and 10 nF
capacitor for filtering. The OCP accuracy may be affected
by non-ideal PCB layout and MOSFET variations. To ac-
commodate these variations, the OCP threshold can be
externally adjusted by a voltage divider across the sense
resistor to attenuate the voltage drop across the sense
resistor, so that increase the OCP threshold accordingly.
See application circuits.
Once an over current condition occurs, the lower MOSFET
gates are latched on and the upper MOSFET gates are
latched off. The latch is then reset at the beginning of
the next clock cycle. The cycle is repeated indefinitely
until the over current condition removed.
Thermal Shutdown
In addition to current limit, the SC2450 monitors over
temperature condition. The over temperature detection
will shut down the part if the SC2450 die temperature
exceeds 150°C, and will auto reset once the die tem-
perature is dropped down.
Gate Drive
The SC2450 integrates high current gate drivers for fast
switching of large MOSFETs. The high-side gates can be
switched with peak currents of 1 Amp, while the larger
low-side gates can be switched with peak currents of 2
Amps. A cross conduction prevention circuitry ensures a
non-overlapping operation between the Upper and Lower
MOSFETs. This prevents false current limit tripping and
provides high efficiency.
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