RT6550A
Functional Block Diagram
VO_DIS
VIN
Shutdown
Discharge
Power On
Reset
LDO5
LDO5
113%
VREF
OVP
UVP
+
VREF
-
Over-
Temperature
Protection
Control & Protection Logic
52%
VREF
+
-
Soft
Start &
Slew
Rate
Control
BOOT
UGATE
PHASE
+
-
TON
Generator
PWM
PWM
CMP
Driver
Logic
FB
EN
LDO5
Enable
Logic
LGATE
GND
10µA
-
+
Current
limit
Short during CCM
CS
X(1/8)
Operation
current to the load exceeds the average output inductor
current, the output voltage falls and eventually crosses
the under-voltage protection threshold, inducing IC
shutdown.
The RT6550Aincludes constant on-time synchronou step-
down controller and linear regulator.
Buck Controller
In normal operation, the high-side N-MOSFET is turned
on when the output is lower than VREF, and is turned off
after the internal one-shot timer expires. While the high-
sideN-MOSFET is turned off, the low-sideN-MOSFET is
turned on to conduct the inductor current until next cycle
begins.
Over-Voltage Protection (OVP) and Under-Voltage
Protection (UVP)
The channel output voltage is continuously monitored for
over-voltage and under-voltage conditions. When the
output voltage exceeds over-voltage threshold (113% of
VOUT), UGATE goes low and LGATE is forced high; when
it is less than 52% of reference voltage, under-voltage
protection is triggered and then both UGATE and LGATE
gate drivers are forced low. The controller is latched until
EN is reset or LDO5 is re-supplied.
Soft-Start
For internal soft-start function, an internal current source
charges an internal capacitor to build the soft-start ramp
voltage. The output voltage will track the internal ramp
voltage during soft-start interval.
LDO5
Current Limit
The LDO5 can be power on by EN. The linear regulator
LDO5 provides 5V regulated output.
The current limit circuit employs an unique “valley” current
sensing algorithm. If the magnitude of the current sense
signal at PHASE is above the current limit threshold, the
PWM is not allowed to initiate a new cycle. Thus, the
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