ZXLD1601
ADJUSTABLE DC - DC BOOST CONVERTER WITH INTERNAL SWITCH
IN SC70
DESCRIPTION
The ZXLD1601 is a PFM inductive boost converter
designed to provide output voltages of up to 28V from
a 2.5V to 5.5V input supply.
The ZXLD1601 includes the output switch and peak
current sense resistor, and can provide up to 10mA
output current at maximum output voltage. Higher
current is available at lower output voltages.
Quiescent current is typically 60 A and a shutdown
function is provided to reduce this current to less than
100nA in the ‘off’ state.
Output voltage is set to a nominal value between 26V
and 28V, by an internal resistor network, but can be
adjusted to lower values by external resistors, an
external PWM control signal applied to the ‘Enable’
pin, or a combination of the two. Depending upon the
control frequency, the PWM signal will provide either
continuous (low ripple) or gated control. The PWM
filter components are contained within the chip.
Minimum output voltage is determined by the input
supply.
The device is assembled in a low profile SC70-6 pin
package.
ADVANCED FEATURES
•
Internal 30V NDMOS switch, current sense and
output setting resistors.
APPLICATIONS
•
LCD and OLED bias
•
Cellular / mobile phones
•
Digital cameras
•
PDAs
•
LCD modules
•
Varactor and PIN diode bias
•
Palmtop computers
•
True analogue output voltage control via PWM
with internal filter
FEATURES
•
Low profile SC70-6 pin package
•
Internal PWM filter for adjustable output
•
High efficiency (85% typ)
•
Wide input voltage range: 2.5V to 5.5V
•
Up to 250mA output current at 5V
•
Low quiescent current: (60 A typ)
•
100nA maximum shutdown current
•
Up to 1MHz switching frequency
•
Low external component count
TYPICAL APPLICATION CIRCUIT
PINOUT
TOP VIEW
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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
(Voltages to GND unless otherwise stated)
Input voltage (V
IN
)
7V
LX output voltage (V
LX
)
Switch output current (I
LX
)
Power dissipation (PD)
Operating temperature (T
OP
)
Storage temperature (T
ST
)
Junction temperature (Tj
MAX
)
30V
500mA
300mW
-40 to 85°C
-55 to 150°C
125°C
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
(Test conditions: V
IN
=V
EN
=3V, T
AMB
=25°C unless otherwise stated
(1)
)
Symbol
V
IN
I
IN
Parameter
Input voltage
Supply current
Quiescent
Shutdown
V
FB
R
1
R
2
f
LX
T
OFF
T
ON (2)
I
LXpk
R
LX
I
LX(leak)
V
OUT
V
ENH
V
ENL
I
ENL
I
ENH
FB pin control voltage
Internal resistor from FB pin
to GND pin
Internal resistor from FB pin
to V
SENSE
pin
Operating frequency
LX output ‘OFF’ time
LX output ‘ON’ time
Switch peak current limit
Switch ‘On’ resistance
Switch leakage current
Controller default output
voltage
V
LX
=20V
FB pin floating
26
1.5
L=10 H, V
OUT
=28V, 5mA load
320
1.75
1
28
V
IN
0.4
-100
1
120
µA
V
V
V
nA
A
µs
L=10 H, V
OUT
=28V, 5mA load
350
V
EN
= V
IN
, I
LX
= 0, Output not switching
V
EN
= 0V
0.98
135
3.45
600
500
5
60
<10
100
100
1.07
µA
nA
V
k
M
kHz
ns
µs
mA
Conditions
Min
2.5
Typ
Max
5.5
Units
V
EN pin high level Input voltage Device active
EN pin low level Input voltage
EN pin low level input current
Device in shutdown
V
EN
=0V
EN pin high level input current V
EN
=VIN
V
EN
switched from high to low
T
EN(hold)(3)
EN pin turn off delay
NOTES:
1 Production testing of the device is performed at 25°C. Functional operation of the device over a –40°C to +85°C temperature range is
guaranteed by design, characterization and process control.
2 Nominal ‘on’ time (TONnom ) is defined by the input voltage (V
IN
), coil inductance (L) and peak current (I
LXpkdc
) according to the expression:
T
ONnom
= {I
LX(pkdc)
x L/V
IN
} +200ns
3 This is the time for which the device remains active after the EN pin has been asserted low. This delay is necessary to allow the output to be
maintained during dc PWM mode operation.
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ZXLD1601
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Cont.):
(Test conditions: V
IN
=V
EN
=3V, T
AMB
=25°C unless otherwise stated
(1)
)
Symbol Parameter
T/T
PWM duty cycle range at
‘EN’ input for dc output
voltage control
Internal PWM low pass filter
cut-off frequency
Filter attenuation
f=30kHz
0
Conditions
10kHz < f < 100kHz, VENH =VIN
Min
20
Typ
Max
100
Units
%
fLPF
ALPF
4
52.5
100
kHz
dB
%
f < 1kHz, VENH =VIN
T/T
(4)
PWM duty cycle range at
‘EN’ input for ‘gated’ output
voltage control
NOTES:
4 The maximum PWM signal frequency during this mode of operation should be kept as low as possible to minimize errors due to the turn-off
delay
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PIN DESCRIPTION
Pin No.
1
2
3
Name
LX
GND
FB
Description
Output of NDMOS switch
Ground (0V)
Feedback pin for voltage control loop
Nominal voltage 1.025V
4
EN
Enable input (active high to turn on device)
Also used to adjust output current by PWM signal.
Connect to V
in
for permanent operation.
5
6
V
SENSE
V
IN
Output voltage sense
Input voltage (2.5V to 5.5V). Decouple with
capacitor close to device.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
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Device Description
The device is a PFM flyback dc-dc boost converter,
working in discontinuous mode.
With reference to the chip block diagram and typical
application circuit, the operation of the device is as
follows:
Control loop
When ‘EN’ is high, the control circuits become active
and the low side of the coil (L1) is switched to ground
via NDMOS transistor (MN). The current in L1 is
allowed to build up to an internally defined level
(nominally 320mA) before MN is turned off. The energy
stored in L1 is then transferred to the output capacitor
(C2) via Schottky diode (D1). The output voltage is
sensed at pin ‘V
SENSE
’ by internal resistors R1 and R2
(which may be shunted externally at pin ‘FB’) and
compared to a reference voltage V
REF
(1.025V
nominal). A comparator senses when the output
voltage is above that set by the reference and its output
is used to control the ‘off’ time of the output switch. The
control loop is self-oscillating, producing pulses of up
to 5µs maximum duration (switch ‘on’), at a frequency
that varies in proportion to the output current. The
feedback loop maintains a voltage of VREF at the FB pin
and therefore defines a maximum output voltage equal
to V
REF
*(R1+R2)/R1. The minimum ‘off’ time of the
output switch is fixed at 0.5µs nominal, to allow time
for the coil’s energy to be dissipated before the switch
is turned on again. This maintains stable and efficient
operation in discontinuous mode.
Filtered PWM operation
The input of an internal low pass filter is switched to
V
REF
when the EN pin is high and switched to ground
when the EN pin is low. The output of this filter drives
the comparator within the control loop. A continuous
high state on EN therefore provides a filtered voltage of
value Vref to the comparator. However, by varying the
duty cycle of the EN signal at a suitably high frequency
(f>10kHz), the control loop will see a voltage, that has
an average value equal to the duty cycle multiplied by
V
REF
. This provides a means of adjusting the output
voltage to a lower value. It also allows the device to be
both turned on and adjusted with a single signal at the
‘EN’ pin. The output during this mode of operation will
be a dc voltage equal to V
REF
*(R1+R2)/R1 x duty cycle.
Gated PWM operation
The internal circuitry of the ZXLD1601 is turned off
when no signal is present on the ‘EN’ pin for more than
120µs (nominal). A low frequency signal applied to the
EN pin will therefore gate the device ‘on’ and ‘off’ at the
gating frequency and the duty cycle of this signal can
be varied to provide an average output equal to V
REF
*(R1+R2)/R1 x duty cycle. For best accuracy, the gating
frequency should be made as low as possible (e.g.
below 1kHz), such that the turn off delay of the chip is
only a small proportion of the gating period
Further details of setting output current are given in the
application notes.
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