LX1676
®
TM
Mobile AMD Athlon™ VRM Controller
P
RODUCTION DATA SHEET
KEY FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
High Current Biphase
Operation
Outputs As Low As 0.925V
† Biphase LoadSHARETM
† Transient Correction Loop
Reduces Required
The LX1676 is a highly integrated maximizing regulator response.
VRM power supply controller IC A true differential input amplifier is
featuring two PWM switching used for remote voltage sensing at the
regulator stages.
processor core.
The two constant frequency
A VID code generator provides an
voltage-mode PWM phases are internal reference that will set the
configured as a single biphase high output voltage. This VID code can be
Capacitance
Differential Amplifier For
Remote Voltage Sensing
Integrated High Current
MOSFET Drivers
200KHz to 1MHz Frequency
Operation
Programmable Slew Rate
Control For Start-Up Sequence
and VID change
VID Changes On The Fly
Power Good Indicator
Short Circuit Protection
Output Over Voltage and
Under Voltage Protection
No current-sense resistors
current output core supply.
changed during operation and the
In biphase operation, the high reference will slew the output voltage to
current (>25A) output is generated by its new setting at a preset rate. During
a
LoadSHARETM
†
technique that VID changes on the fly the Power Good
balances the currents in the two indication will stay valid.
phases. Power loss and noise, due to
Current through the lower phase 1
the ESR of the input capacitors, are MOSFET will be sampled using its
minimized by operating the PWMs RDS(ON) for current limit and shut
down.
For further protection, an over
Transient
180° out of phase.
synchronized
A
voltage circuit will trip at a specified
setting and clamp the output by turning
off the upper MOSFETs and turning on
the lower MOSFETs.
Correction Loop† provides except-
ional control of the output droop and
overshoot during very high di/dt load
changes, the circuit can be configured
for droop only, overshoot only or
both.
The upper MOSFET drivers will use
a bootstrap capacitor to provide the
upper drive voltage over the input
voltage range of 6 to 24 volts.
while
APPLICATIONS
AMD Mobile Athlon™ or
Duron™ Processor Core
Voltage Supply
This architecture also minimizes
capacitor
requirements
Voltage Regulator Modules
IMPORTANT: For the most current data, consult MICROSEMI’s website: http://www.microsemi.com
† Patent numbers US6292378,US6285571,US6356063, US6605931
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
T r a n s i e n t C o r r e c t io n L o o p
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B it V I D
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PACKAGE ORDER INFO
Plastic TSSOP
38-Pin
Plastic MLPQ
38-Pin
PW
LQ
TJ (°C)
RoHS Compliant / Pb-free Transition DC: 0518
RoHS Compliant / Pb-free Transition DC: 0512
0 to 70
LX1676CPW
LX1676CLQ
Note: Available in Tape & Reel. Append the letters “TR” to the part number. (i.e. LX1676CLQ-TR)
Copyright © 2000
Revision: 1.0, 4/12/2005
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