7-Bit Programmable
Multiphase Mobile
CPU Synchronous
ADP3210
output voltage is always optimally positioned for a load transient.
FEATURES
Patent 6,683,441.
1-, 2-, or 3-phase operation at up to 1 MHz per phase
Input Voltage Range of 3.3 V to 22 V
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
±± ꢀV worst-case differential sensing error over
teꢀperature
Interleaved PWM outputs for driving external high power
MOSFET drivers
Autoꢀatic power-saving ꢀodes ꢀaxiꢀize efficiency during
light load and deeper sleep operation
Active current balancing between output phases
Independent current liꢀit and load line setting inputs for
additional design flexibility
7-bit digitally prograꢀꢀable 0 V to 1.5 V output
Overload and short-circuit protection with latch-off delay
Built-in clock enable output for delaying CPU clock
synchronization until CPU supply voltage stabilizes
GND
VCC EN
RPM RT RAMP
UVLO
Shutdown
and Bias
PWM1
PWM2
PWM3
TRDET
Generator
Oscillator
TRDET
Driver
Logic
COMP
FB
Current
Balancing
Circuit
VEA
-
DCM1
Σ
+
REF
+
+
+
CSREF
_
OVP
+
-
OD
Σ
LLINE
PSI
SW1
SW2
SW3
1.55V
DPRSLP
PSI and
DPRSLP
Logic
OCP
Shutdown
Delay
DAC + 200mV
CSREF
-
+
Current
Monitor
IMON
-
+
Current
Limit
Circuit
DAC - 300mV
Output Current Monitor
CSREF
CSSUM
+
-
PWRGD
Start Up
Delay
PWRGD
Open
Drain
PWRGD
CLKEN
APPLICATIONS
Notebook power supplies for next generation Intel®
processors
CSCOMP
ILIM
Soft
Transient
Delay
CLKEN
Open
Drain
Delay
Disable
Thermal
Throttle
Control
TTSENSE
VRTT
CLKEN
Start Up
Delay
Precision
Reference
FBRTN
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Soft Start
and Soft
Transient
Control
VID
DAC
The ADP3210 is a high efficiency, multiphase, synchronous,
buck-switching regulator controller optimized for converting
notebook battery voltage into the core supply voltage of high
performance Intel processors. The part uses an internal 7-bit
DAC to read voltage identification (VID) code directly from the
processor that sets the output voltage. The phase relationship of
the output signals can be configured for 1-, 2-, or 3-phase
operation, with interleaved switching.
DAC
REF
Figure 1.
The chip also provides accurate and reliable short-circuit
protection with adjustable current limit threshold and a delayed
power-good output that is masked during on-the-fly output
voltage changes to eliminate false alarm.
The ADP3210 uses a multimode architecture1 to drive the logic-
level PWM outputs at a switching frequency selected by the
user depending on the output current requirement. The part
switches between multiphase and single-phase operation according
to a system signal provided by the CPU. Shedding phases as
function of the load maximizes power conversion efficiency under
different load conditions. In addition, the ADP3210 supports
programmable loadline resistance adjustment. As a result, the
The ADP3210 performance is specified over the extended
commercial temperature range of -10°C to 100°C. The chip is
available in a 40-lead QFN package.
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