IRU1117(PbF)
Output Voltage Setting
to the load side, the effective resistance between the
The IRU1117can be programmed to any voltages in the regulator and the load is multiplied by the factor of (1+R2/
range of 1.25V to 5.5V with the addition of R1 and R2 R1), or the effective resistance will be RP(eff)=RP3(1+R2/
external resistors according to the following formula:
R2
R1). It is important to note that for high current applica-
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.
VOUT = VREF3 1+
+IADJ3R2
( )
R1
Where:
PARASITIC LINE
RESISTANCE
VREF = 1.25V Typically
IADJ = 50µA Typically
RP
VOUT
VIN
VIN
R1 and R2 as shown in Figure 3:
IRU1117
VOUT
VIN
VIN
VOUT
Adj
RL
R1
R2
IRU1117
Adj
VREF
IADJ = 50uA
R1
R2
Figure 4 - Schematic showing connection
for best load regulation.
Figure 3 - Typical application of the IRU1117
for programming the output voltage.
Stability
The IRU1117 requires the use of an output capacitor as
The IRU1117 keeps a constant 1.25V between the out- part of the frequency compensation in order to make the
put pin and the adjust pin. By placing a resistor R1 across regulator stable. Typical designs for microprocessor ap-
these two pins a constant current flows through R1, add- plications use standard electrolytic capacitors with a
ing to the IADJ current and into the R2 resistor producing typical ESR in the range of 50 to 100mς and an output
a voltage equal to the (1.25/R1)3R2 + IADJ3R2 which capacitance of 500 to 1000µF. Fortunately as the ca-
will be added to the 1.25V to set the output voltage. pacitance increases, the ESR decreases resulting in a
This is summarized in the above equation. Since the fixed RC time constant. The IRU1117 takes advantage
minimum load current requirement of the IRU1117 is of this phenomenon in making the overall regulator loop
10mA, R1 is typically selected to be 121ς resistor so stable. For most applications a minimum of 100µF alu-
that it automatically satisfies the minimum current re- minum electrolytic capacitor such as Sanyo MVGX se-
quirement. Notice that since IADJ is typically in the range ries, Panasonic FA series as well as the Nichicon PL
of 50µA it only adds a small error to the output voltage series insures both stability and good transient response.
and should only be considered when a very precise out-
put voltage setting is required. For example, in a typical Thermal Design
3.3V application where R1=121ς and R2=200ς the er- The IRU1117 incorporates an internal thermal shutdown
ror due to IADJ is only 0.3% of the nominal set point.
that protects the device when the junction temperature
exceeds the maximum allowable junction temperature.
Although this device can operate with junction tempera-
Load Regulation
Since the IRU1117 is only a three-terminal device, it is tures in the range of 1508C, it is recommended that the
not possible to provide true remote sensing of the output heat sink be selected such that during maximum con-
voltage at the load. Figure 4 shows that the best load tinuous load operation the junction temperature is kept
regulation is achieved when the bottom side of R2 is below this number. The example below for a SCSI termi-
connected to the load and the top side of R1 resistor is nator application shows the steps in selecting the proper
connected directly to the case or the VOUT pin of the regulator in a surface-mount package. (See IRU1015 for
regulator and not to the load. In fact, if R1 is connected non-surface-mount packages)
Rev. 1.8
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