LTC4234
20A Guaranteed SOA
Hot Swap Controller
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
The LTC®4234 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
resistor in a single package for small form factor applica-
tions.TheMOSFETSafeOperatingAreaisproductiontested
and guaranteed for the stresses in Hot Swap applications.
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Allows Safe Board Insertion into Live Backplane
Small Footprint
4mΩ MOSFET Including R
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SENSE
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Safe Operating Area Guaranteed at 81W, 30ms
Wide Operating Voltage Range: 2.9V to 15V
Adjustable, 11% Accurate Current Limit
Current and Temperature Monitor Outputs
Overtemperature Protection
Adjustable Current Limit Timer Before Fault
Power Good and Fault Outputs
Adjustable Inrush Current Control
2.5% Accurate Undervoltage and Overvoltage Protection
Pin Compatible with LTC4233
The LTC4234 provides separate inrush current control
and an 11% accurate 22.5A current limit with output
dependent foldback. The current limit threshold can be
adjusteddynamicallyusingtheI pin.Additionalfeatures
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include a current monitor output that amplifies the sense
resistor voltage for ground referenced current sensing
andaMOSFETtemperaturemonitoroutput.Thermallimit,
overvoltage,undervoltageandpowergoodmonitoringare
alsoprovided.Fora10Acompatibleversion,seeLTC4233.
Available in a 38-Pin (5mm × 9mm) QFN Package
APPLICATIONS
L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks and
Hot Swap and PowerPath are trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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High Availability Servers
Solid State Drives
Industrial
240W, 12V Systems
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TYPICAL APPLICATION
12V, 20A Card Resident Application with Auto-Retry
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12V
20A
OUT
Power-Up Waveform
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OUT
FB
12V
DD
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150k
20k
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1000µF
107k
UV
V
IN
CONTACT
BOUNCE
10V/DIV
10k
FLT
I
LTC4234
IN
5.23k
10k
0.2A/DIV
OV
PG
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SENSE
SENSE
GATE
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OUT
10V/DIV
I
TIMER
INTV
SET
PG
10V/DIV
I
ADC
MON
CC
1µF
GND
20k
4234 TA01a
4234 TA01b
20ms/DIV
*TVS: DIODES INC. SMAJ17A
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