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ISL78224
FN8988
Rev.0.00
Oct 10, 2018
4-Phase 12V/48V Bidirectional Synchronous PWM Controller
The ISL78224 is a 4-phase, bidirectional, synchronous
Features
PWM controller designed to perform power conversion
between 12V and 48V buses up to 3kW at >95%
conversion efficiency. One ISL78224 supports both Buck
and Boost power conversion, enabling a compact and
robust design with minimum components.
• 4-phase bidirectional synchronous 12V to
48V controller
• Master/slave architecture supports up to 4 ICs in parallel
• Voltage and current regulation
The ISL78224 regulates both voltage and current to
control power transfer from bus to bus. The multiphase
architecture uses interleaved timing to support up to four
parallel power stages per ISL78224. By interleaving the
power stages, the ripple frequency is multiplied, reducing
input and output ripple voltage and current. Lower ripple
results in fewer input/output capacitors and therefore
lower component cost and smaller circuit
• Phase dropping facilitated with companion FET driver
• 2% current monitor gain accuracy from 0 to full load
• Supply and clock redundancy for functional safety
• Cycle-by-cycle peak current limiting
• Cycle-by-cycle negative current limiting
• Digitally programmable average current limit
• Analog and/or digital control of output voltage
• PMBus for status monitoring and fault response control
implementation.
The IC is designed to be interleaved in a master/slave
architecture to be scalable for higher power. Integrated
within the device is a dual-output Flyback controller that
generates both a 12V supply for the power stage FET
drivers and a 6V supply for the ISL78224 from either of
the two buses. A 200mA auxiliary linear regulator
supplies a local microcontroller or interface devices.
• Selectable phase dropping and diode emulation for
light-load efficiency improvement
• Comprehensive protection with selectable hiccup or
latch-off fault responses
• Digitally programmable warning and fault thresholds
• Dual-output Flyback controller
A PMBus interface provides system control and
diagnostics to support functional safety requirements.
This digital interface offers the system controller the
ability to program operating modes, voltage and current
limit warning and protection thresholds, individual fault
response, and rapid fault condition detection.
• 200mA adjustable output linear regulator
• 10mmx10mm 64 Ld TQFP with exposed pad thermal
interface
• AEC-Q100 Grade 1
Applications
Related Literature
• Automotive bidirectional DC/DC converter
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• ISL78224 product page
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Figure 1. Buck Mode, DE Mode, Phase-Drop Enabled
Figure 2. Boost Mode, DE Mode, Phase-Drop Enabled
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