PIN DESCRIPTION
Pin #
Pin Name
Description
1-3
PGND
Ground connection for the synchronous rectifier
Ground Pin. The control circuitry of the IC and lower power driver are
referenced to this pin. Return separately from other ground traces to the (-)
4,8,19-21
5
GND
VFB
terminal of COUT
.
Feedback Voltage and Short Circuit Detection pin. It is the inverting input
of the Error Amplifier and serves as the output voltage feedback point for
the Buck Converter. The output voltage is sensed and can be adjusted
through an external resistor divider. Whenever V drops 0.25V below the
positive reference, a short circuit fault is detectedFaBnd the IC enters hiccup
mode.
Output of the Error Amplifier. It is internally connected to the inverting input
of the PWM comparator. An optimal filter combination is chosen and
connected to this pin and either ground or VFB to stabilize the voltage
mode loop.
6
COMP
UVLO input for Vin voltage. Connect a resistor divider between VIN and
UVIN to set minimum operating voltage.
7
9
UVIN
SS
Soft Start. Connect an external capacitor between SS and GND to set the
soft start rate based on the 10µA source current. The SS pin is held low
via a 1mA (min) current during all fault conditions.
Input connection to the high side N-channel MOSFET. Place a decoupling
10-13
VIN
capacitor between this pin and PGND
.
14-16,23-26
17
LX
Connect an inductor between this pin and VOUT
No Connect
NC
THEORY OF OPERATION
General Overview
The SP7653 is a fixed frequency, voltage mode,
synchronousPWMregulatoroptimizedforhigh
efficiency. The part has been designed to be
especially attractive for high input voltages of
2.5V to 20V.
The SP7653 contains two unique control fea-
tures that are very powerful in distributed appli-
cations. First, asynchronous driver control is
enabled during start up, to prohibit the low side
switch from pulling down the output until the
high side switch has attempted to turn on. Sec-
ond, a 100% duty cycle timeout ensures that the
low side switch is periodically enhanced during
extended periods at 100% duty cycle. This guar-
antees the synchronized refreshing of the Boost
capacitor during very large duty ratios.
The heart of the SP7653 is a wide bandwidth
transconductance amplifier designed to accom-
modate Type II and Type III compensation
schemes. Aprecision0.8Vreference, presenton
the positive terminal of the error amplifier per-
mits the programming of the output voltage
down to 0.8V via the VFB pin. The output of the
error amplifier, COMP, compared to a 1.1V
peak-to-peak ramp is responsible for trailing
edge PWM control. This voltage ramp, and
PWM control logic are governed by the internal
oscillator that accurately sets the PWM fre-
quency to 1.3MHz.
The SP7653 also contains a number of valuable
protection features. Programmable VIN UVLO
allowstheusertosettheexactvalueatwhichthe
conversion voltage can safely begin down con-
version, and an internal VCC UVLO which en-
sures that the controller itself has enough volt-
age to properly operate. Other protection fea-
Date: 03/25/05
SP7653 Wide Input Voltage Range, 1.3MHz, Buck Regulator
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