SC4525D
Applications Information (Cont.)
the regulator, the current-limit comparator ILIM (Figure
2) will eventually limit the switch current on a cycle-by-
cycle basis. The over-current signal OC goes high, setting
where VIN is the input voltage, VCESAT is the switch saturation
voltage, and VD is voltage drop across the rectifying
diode.
the latch B3. The soft-start capacitor is discharged with
(ID - IC) (Figure 3). If the inductor current falls below the
current limit and the PWM comparator instead turns off
In peak current-mode control, the PWM modulating
ramp is the sensed current ramp of the power switch.
the switch, then latch B3 will be reset and IC will recharge This current ramp is absent unless the switch is turned
the soft-start capacitor. If over-current condition persists on. The intersection of this ramp with the output of the
or OC becomes asserted more often than PWM over voltage feedback error amplifier determines the switch
a period of time, then the soft-start capacitor will be pulse width. The propagation delay time required to
discharged below 1.9V. At this juncture, comparator B4
sets the overload latch B2. The soft-start capacitor will be
continuously discharged with (ID - IC). The COMP pin is
immediately pulled to ground. The switching regulator is
immediately turn off the switch after it is turned on is the
minimum controllable switch on time (TON(MIN)).
Closed-loop measurement shows that the SC4525D
shut off until the soft-start capacitor is disFcihga.4rg: eMdinbeOlon-wTimemvsinTimemump on time is about 120ns at room temperature
1.0V. At this moment, the overload latch is reset. The (Figure 4). If the required switch on time is shorter than
soft-start capacitor is recharged and the converter again the minimum on time, the regulator will either skip cycles
undergoes soft-start. The regulator will go through soft- SoSr2i7t0wRiEllVji6t-7ter.
start, overload shutdown and restart until it is no longer
overloaded.
Minumum On Time vs Temperature
200
If the FB voltage falls below 0.8V because of output
overload, then the switching frequency will be reduced.
Frequency foldback helps to limit the inductor current
when the output is hard shorted to ground.
180
VO=1.5V, IO=1A
160
140
During normal operation, the soft-start capacitor is
charged to 2.4V.
120
Setting the Output Voltage
The regulator output voltage, VO, is set with an external
resistive divider (Figure 1) with its center tap tied to the FB
pin. For a given R6 value, R4 can be found by
R 4 = R6 1V.0OV − 1
(1)
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