DATASHEET
ZL8801
FN8614
Rev.3.00
March 27, 2015
Dual Phase PMBus™ ChargeMode™ Control DC/DC Digital Controller
The ZL8801 is a dual phase digital DC/DC controller. Up to four
Features
ZL8801s (8 phases) can be operated in parallel to provide
additional output current.
• Unique compensation-free design – always stable
• Output voltage range: 0.54V to 5.5V
The ZL8801 supports a wide range of output voltages
(0.54V to 5.5V) operating from input voltages as low as 4.5V
up to 14V.
• Input voltage range: 4.5V to 14V
• 1% output voltage accuracy over line, load and temperature
With its fully digital ChargeMode™ Control loop the ZL8801
can respond to a transient load step within a single switching
cycle. This unique compensation-free modulation technique
allows designs to meet transient specifications with minimum
output capacitance, thus saving cost and board space.
• Charge mode control achieves fast transient response,
reduced output capacitance and provides output stability
without compensation
• Single 2-phase output, up to 8 phases with multiple devices
• Switching frequency range 200kHz to 1.33MHz
Intersil’s proprietary single wire DDC (Digital-DC™) serial bus
enables the ZL8801 to communicate between other Intersil
digital power ICs. By using the DDC, the ZL8801 achieves
complex functions such as inter-IC phase current balancing,
sequencing and fault spreading, eliminating complicated
power supply managers with numerous external discrete
components.
• Proprietary single wire DDC (Digital-DC) serial bus enables
voltage sequencing and fault spreading with all other Intersil
digital power ICs
• Tracking of an external power supply in the single 2-phase
configuration
• Cycle-by-cycle inductor peak current protection
The ZL8801 features cycle-by-cycle overcurrent protection and
protection for overvoltage, undervoltage, over-temperature and
MOSFET driver under and overvoltage protection. A snapshot
parametric capture feature allows users to take a snapshot of
operating and fault data during normal or fault conditions.
• Digital fault protection for output voltage UV/OV, input
voltage UV/OV, temperature and MOSFET driver voltage
• 10-bit cycle-by-cycle average output current measurement
with adjustable gain settings for sensing with high current,
low DCR inductors
Integrated Low Drop-Out (LDO) regulators allow the ZL8801 to
be operated from a single input supply eliminating the need
for additional linear regulators. A dedicated 5V VDRV LDO
output can be used to power external drivers or DrMOS
devices.
• 10-bit monitor ADC measures input voltage, input current,
output voltage, internal, external temperature, driver voltage
• Configurable to use standalone MOSFET drivers or
integrated driver-MOSFET (DrMOS) devices
• Nonvolatile memory (NVRAM) for storing operating
parameters and fault events.
With full PMBus™ compliance, the ZL8801 is capable of
measuring and reporting input voltage, input current, output
voltage, output current as well as the device’s internal
temperature, an external temperature and an auxiliary voltage
input.
• PMBus™ compliant
Applications
• Servers/storage equipment
Related Literature
• AN1948, “ZL8801-4PH-DEMO1Z Demonstration Board User
Guide”
• Telecom/datacom equipment
• Power supplies (memory, DSP, ASIC, FPGA)
TABLE 1. KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FAMILY OF PARTS
• UG005, “ZL8801-2PH-DEMO1Z Demonstration Board User
Guide”
PART NUMBER DUAL OUTPUT DUAL PHASE DDC CURRENT SHARE
• AN1900, “USB to PMBus™ Adapter User Guide”
ZL8800
ZL8801
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
FN8614 Rev.3.00
March 27, 2015
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