LTC3826
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Efficiency and Power Loss
Efficiency vs Input Voltage
vs Output Current
Efficiency vs Output Current
100
90
10000
1000
100
10
100
90
98
96
94
92
90
88
86
84
82
V
= 3.3V
Burst Mode OPERATION
PULSE SKIPPING MODE
FORCED
OUT
80
80
CONTINUOUS
70
70
60
50
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
40
30
20
10
0
1
V
V
= 12V
= 5V
V
V
= 12V
IN
IN
IN
OUT
= 3.3V
0.1
10
0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01
OUTPUT CURRENT (A)
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
0.1
1
0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01
OUTPUT CURRENT (A)
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
0.1
1
10
5
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
INPUT VOLTAGE (V)
3826 G03
0
3826 G01
3826 G02
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
Load Step
(Burst Mode Operation)
Load Step
(Forced Continuous Mode)
Load Step
(Pulse Skipping Mode)
V
V
V
OUT
OUT
OUT
100mV/DIV
AC
100mV/DIV
AC
100mV/DIV
AC
COUPLED
COUPLED
COUPLED
I
I
L
L
I
L
2A/DIV
2A/DIV
2A/DIV
20μs/DIV
20μs/DIV
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
20μs/DIV
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
V = 3.3V
OUT
3826 G04
3826 G05
3826 G06
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
V
OUT
= 3.3V
V
OUT
= 3.3V
Inductor Current at Light Load
Soft-Start-Up
Tracking Start-Up
FORCED
CONTINUOUS
MODE
V
V
OUT2
OUT2
2V/DIV
2V/DIV
2A/DIV
Burst Mode
OPERATION
PULSE
SKIPPING
MODE
V
V
OUT1
OUT1
2V/DIV
2V/DIV
2μs/DIV
3826 G07
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
V
LOAD
= 3.3V
= 100μA
OUT
I
20ms/DIV
20ms/DIV
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
3826 G08
3826 G09
FIGURE 13 CIRCUIT
3826fc
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