IRU1050
Output Voltage Setting
regulator and the load is gained up by the factor of (1+R2/
The IRU1050 can be programmed to any voltages in the R1), or the effective resistance will be RP(eff)=RP×(1+R2/
range of 1.25V to 5.5V with the addition of R1 and R2 R1). It is important to note that for high current applica-
external resistors according to the following formula:
tions, this can represent a significant percentage of the
overall load regulation and one must keep the path from
the regulator to the load as short as possible to mini-
mize this effect.
R2
R1
VOUT = VREF× 1+
+IADJ×R2
( )
Where:
PARASITIC LINE
RESISTANCE
VREF = 1.25V Typically
IADJ = 50µA Typically
RP
VIN
Vin
VOUT
R1 and R2 as shown in Figure 3:
IRU1050
VOUT
VIN
VIN
VOUT
RL
Adj
R1
R2
IRU1050
Adj
VREF
R 1
R 2
IADJ = 50uA
Figure 4 - Schematic showing connection
for best load regulation.
Figure 3 - Typical application of the IRU1050
for programming the output voltage.
Stability
The IRU1050 keeps a constant 1.25V between the out- The IRU1050 requires the use of an output capacitor as
put pin and the adjust pin. By placing a resistor R1 across part of the frequency compensation in order to make the
these two pins a constant current flows through R1, add- regulator stable. Typical designs for microprocessor ap-
ing to the IADJ current and into the R2 resistor producing plications use standard electrolytic capacitors with a
a voltage equal to the (1.25/R1)×R2 + IADJ×R2 which typical ESR in the range of 50 to 100mΩ and an output
will be added to the 1.25V to set the output voltage. capacitance of 500 to 1000µF. Fortunately as the ca-
This is summarized in the above equation. Since the pacitance increases, the ESR decreases resulting in a
minimum load current requirement of the IRU1050 is fixed RC time constant. The IRU1050 takes advantage
10mA, R1 is typically selected to be 121Ω resistor so of this phenomena in making the overall regulator loop
that it automatically satisfies the minimum current re- stable. For most applications a minimum of 100µF alu-
quirement. Notice that since IADJ is typically in the range minum electrolytic capacitor such as Sanyo MVGX se-
of 50µA it only adds a small error to the output voltage ries, Panasonic FA series as well as the Nichicon PL
and should only be considered when a very precise out- series insures both stability and good transient response.
put voltage setting is required. For example, in a typical
3.3V application where R1=121Ω and R2=200Ω the er- Thermal Design
ror due to IADJ is only 0.3% of the nominal set point.
The IRU1050 incorporates an internal thermal shutdown
that protects the device when the junction temperature
exceeds the maximum allowable junction temperature.
Load Regulation
Since the IRU1050 is only a three-terminal device, it is Although this device can operate with junction tempera-
not possible to provide true remote sensing of the output tures in the range of 1508C, it is recommended that the
voltage at the load. Figure 4 shows that the best load selected heat sink be chosen such that during maxi-
regulation is achieved when the bottom side of R2 is mum continuous load operation the junction tempera-
connected to the load and the top side of R1 resistor is ture is kept below this number. The example below shows
connected directly to the case or the VOUT pin of the the steps in selecting the proper regulator heat sink for
regulator and not to the load. In fact, if R1 is connected the worst case current consumption using Intel 200MHz
to the load side, the effective resistance between the microprocessor as the load.
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