LTC4232-1
5A Integrated Hot Swap
Controller
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®4232-1 is an integrated solution for Hot Swap™
applications that allows a board to be safely inserted and
removed from a live backplane. The part integrates a Hot
Swap controller, power MOSFET and current sense resis-
tor in a single package for small form factor applications.
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Reduced 16ms Turn-On Delay
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Small Footprint
33mΩ MOSFET with R
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SENSE
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Wide Operating Voltage Range: 2.9V to 15V
Adjustable, 10% Accurate Current Limit
Current and Temperature Monitor Outputs
Overtemperature Protection
Adjustable Current Limit Timer Before Fault
Power Good and Fault Outputs
The LTC4232-1 provides separate inrush current control
and a 10% accurate 5A current limit with foldback cur-
rent limiting. The current limit threshold can be adjusted
dynamically using an external pin. Additional features
include a current monitor output that amplifies the sense
resistor voltage for ground referenced current sensing
andaMOSFETtemperaturemonitoroutput.Thermallimit,
overvoltage, undervoltage and power good monitoring
are also provided.
Adjustable Inrush Current Control
2% Accurate Undervoltage and Overvoltage
Protection
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Available in 16-Lead 5mm × 3mm DFN Package
APPLICATIONS
ThePCIExpresscompliantLTC4232-1allowsfasterturn-on
thantheLTC4232byprovidingashorter(16ms)debounce
delay and external control of the GATE ramp rate.
L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks of Linear
Technology Corporation. Hot Swap and PowerPath are trademarks of Linear Technology
Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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RAID Systems
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Server I/O Cards
PCI Express Systems
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Industrial
TYPICAL APPLICATION
12V, 5A Card Resident Application with Auto-Retry
Power-Up Waveforms
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12V
5A
OUT
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OUT
FB
12V
DD
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150k
20k
V
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IN
150µF
CONTACT BOUNCE
107k
10V/DIV
UV
10k
FLT
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IN
LTC4232DHC-1
1A/DIV
5.23k
10k
3.3nF
100k
OV
PG
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OUT
10V/DIV
GATE
4.7nF
TIMER
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SET
PG
10V/DIV
0.1µF
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INTV
CC
ADC
MON
1µF
GND
20k
42321 TA01a
42321 TA01b
4ms/DIV
*DIODES INC. SMAJ22A
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