AOZ3024PI
Efficiency
Efficiency (VIN = 12V, L = 4.7µH) vs. Load Current
100
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
5V OUTPUT
3.3V OUTPUT
1.8V OUTPUT
1.2V OUTPUT
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Load Current (A)
Detailed Description
The AOZ3024PI is a current-mode step down regulator
Power Good
with an integrated high-side PMOS switch and a low-side
NMOS switch. The AOZ3024PI operates from a 4.5 V to
18 V input voltage range and supplies up to 3 A of load
current. Features include enable control, power-on reset,
input under voltage lockout, output over voltage
The Power Good output is an open drain N-channel
MOSFET which supplies an active-high power good
stage. A pull-up resistor should connect this pin to a DC
power trail with maximum voltage of 6 V. The AOZ3024PI
also monitors the FB voltage. When the FB voltage is
lower than 90 % of the normal voltage, the N-channel
MOSFET turns on and the Power Good pin is pulled low,
this indicates the power is abnormal.
protection, external soft-start and thermal shut down.
The AOZ3024PI is available in an exposed pad SO-8
package.
Steady-State Operation
Enable and Soft Start
Under heavy load steady-state conditions, the converter
operates in fixed frequency and Continuous-Conduction
Mode (CCM).
The AOZ3024PI has an internal soft start feature to limit
in-rush current and ensure the output voltage ramps up
smoothly to regulation voltage. The soft start process
begins when the input voltage rises to 4.1 V and voltage
on the EN pin is HIGH. In the soft start process, the
output voltage is typically ramped to regulation voltage in
4.5ms. The 4.5ms soft start time is set internally.
The AOZ3024PI integrates an internal P-MOSFET as the
high-side switch. Inductor current is sensed by amplifying
the voltage drop across the drain to source of the high
side power MOSFET. Output voltage is divided down by
the external voltage divider at the FB pin. The difference
of the FB pin voltage and reference voltage is amplified
by the internal transconductance error amplifier. The
error voltage, which shows on the COMP pin, is
compared against the current signal, which is the sum of
inductor current signal and ramp compensation signal, at
the PWM comparator input. If the current signal is less
than the error voltage, the internal high-side switch is on.
The EN pin of the AOZ3024PI is active high. Connect the
EN pin to VIN if the enable function is not used. Pulling
EN to ground will disable the AOZ3024PI. Do not leave
EN open. The voltage on the EN pin must be above 2 V
to enable the AOZ3024PI. When the EN pin voltage falls
below 0.6 V, the AOZ3024PI is disabled.
Rev. 1.0 November 2013
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