CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – RESTRICTED TO INTEL® IMVP-6 LICENSEES
MAX8770/MAX8771/MAX8772 Dual-Phase, Quick-
PWM Controller for IMVP-6+ CPU Core Power Supplies
MAX8770/MAX8771/MAX8772
Detailed Description
Free-Running, Constant On-Time PWM
Controller with Input Feed-Forward
The Quick-PWM control architecture is a pseudo-fixed-
frequency, constant-on-time, current-mode regulator
with voltage feed-forward (Figure 2). This architecture
relies on the output filter capacitor’s ESR to act as the
current-sense resistor, so the output ripple voltage pro-
vides the PWM ramp signal. The control algorithm is sim-
ple: the high-side switch on-time is determined solely by
a one-shot whose period is inversely proportional to
input voltage, and directly proportional to output voltage
or the difference between the main and secondary
inductor currents (see the On-Time One-Shot section).
Another one-shot sets a minimum off-time. The on-time
one-shot triggers when the error comparator goes low,
the inductor current of the selected phase is below the
valley current-limit threshold, and the minimum off-time
one-shot times out. The controller maintains 180° out-of-
THRM
VRHOT
CSP2
CSN2
CSP1
CSN1
VCC
REF
GND
REF
(2.0V)
TIME
D0–D6
MAX8770
MAX8771
MAX8772
0.3 x VCC
22.5mV
22.5mV
DPRSLPVR
R-TO-I
CONVERTER
DPRSTP
DAC
MINIMUM
OFF-TIME
Q
TRIG
ONE-SHOT
SHDN
FAULT
REF
QQ
T
CSP1
CSN1
2.5mV
CCV
Gm(CCV)
FB
TARGET
- 300mV
GNDS
x2
Gm(FB)
CSP_
CSN_
PHASE CONTROL
BLANK
SECONDARY
PHASE DRIVERS
TRIG
Q
ONE-SHOT
PHASE 2
ON-TIME
PHASE 1
ON-TIME
ONE-SHOT
Q
TRIG
R
Q
S
BST2
DH2
LX2
DL2
PGND2
BLANK
CURRENT-
BALANCE-
FAULT
5ms
STARTUP
DELAY
PHASEGD
CCI
CSN2
Gm(CCI)
FB
Gm(CCI)
CSP2
CSP1
CSN1
TON
MAIN PHASE
BST1
DRIVERS
DH1
LX1
S
Q
R
VDD
DL1
TARGET
+ 200mV
5ms
STARTUP
DELAY
60µs
STARTUP
DELAY
PGND1
PWRGD
CLKEN
CSP1 - CSN1
CSN1 - GNDS
CSP2 - CSN2
POWER
MONITOR
POUT
Figure 2. Functional Block Diagram
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