LTC2927
APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO
EARLY
VIN
3.3V
RONB
138k
RONA
100k
0.1μF
VCC
ON
RAMP
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CRAMP
10pF
MASTER
VIN
RTB
16.5k
RTA
13k
SDO
RAMPBUF
FB
RUN/SS IN
DC/DC
FB = 1.235V
OUT
1.8V
TRACK
GND
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RFA
35.7k
RFB
16.5k
Figure 7. SDO Shutdown Application
SDO pulls low again when the ON pin is pulled below 1.23V
and the RAMP pin is below about 200mV.
3-Step Design Procedure
The following 3-step procedure allows one to complete
a design for any of the tracking or sequencing profiles
shown in Figures 1 to 4. A basic single supply application
circuit is shown in Figure 8.
1. Set the ramp rate of the master signal.
Solve for the value of CRAMP, the capacitor on the RAMP
pin, based on the desired ramp rate (V/s) of the master
supply, SM.
C
RAMP
=
IRAMP
SM
where IRAMP ≈ 10μA
(1)
2. Solve for the pair of resistors that provide the desired
ramp rate of the slave supply, assuming no delay.
EARLY
VIN
RONB
RONA
RTB
RTA
0.1μF
VCC
ON
RAMP
LTC2927
RAMPBUF
TRACK
GND
FB
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CRAMP
MASTER
VIN
IN
DC/DC
FB
OUT
RFA
RFB
SLAVE
Figure 8. Single Supply Application
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Choose a ramp rate for the slave supply, SS. If the slave
supply ramps up coincident with the master signal or
with a fixed voltage offset, then the ramp rate equals
the master supply’s ramp rate. Be sure to use a fast
enough ramp rate for the slave supply so that it will finish
ramping before the master signal has reached its final
supply value. If not, the slave supply will be held below
the intended regulation value by the master signal. Use
the following formulas to determine the resistor values
for the desired ramp rate, where RFB and RFA are the
feedback resistors in the slave supply and VFB is the
feedback reference voltage of the slave supply:
RTB
=
RFB
•
SM
SS
(2)
RTA′
=
VFB
+
VTRACK
VFB − VTRACK
(3)
RFB RFA RTB
where VTRACK ≈ 0.8V.
Note that large ratios of slave ramp rate to master ramp
rate, SS/SM, may result in negative values for RTA’. If
sufficiently large delay is used in step 3, RTA will be
positive, otherwise SS/SM must be reduced.
3. Choose RTA to obtain the desired delay.
If no delay is required, such as in coincident and ratio-
metric tracking, then simply set RTA = RTA’. If a delay
is desired, as in offset tracking and supply sequencing,
calculate RTA” to determine the value of RTA where tD
is the desired delay in seconds.
RTA″
=
VTRACK • RTB
tD • SM
(4)
RTA = RTA′ ||RTA″
(5)
the parallel combination of RTA’ and RTA”.
As noted in step 2, small delays and large ratios of slave ramp
rate to master ramp rate (usually only seen in sequencing)
may result in solutions with negative values for RTA. In such
cases, either the delay must be increased or the ratio of
slave ramp rate to master ramp rate must be reduced.
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