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IR3894
12AHighlyIntegratedSupIRBuck
Single‐InputVoltage,SynchronousBuckRegulator
PD‐97745
FEATURES
Single5Vto21Vapplication
WideInputVoltageRangefrom1.0Vto21Vwith
externalVcc
OutputVoltageRange:0.5Vto0.86*Vin
EnhancedLine/LoadRegulationwithFeed‐Forward
ProgrammableSwitchingFrequencyupto1.5MHz
InternalDigitalSoft‐Start/Soft‐Stop
Enableinputwith
VoltageMonitoringCapability
ThermallyCompensatedCurrentLimitwithrobust
hiccupmodeovercurrentprotection
SmartinternalLDOtoimprovelightloadandfullload
efficiency
ExternalSynchronizationwithSmoothClocking
EnhancedPre‐BiasStart‐Up
PrecisionReferenceVoltage(0.5V+/‐0.5%)with
marginingcapability
VpforTrackingApplications((Source/SinkCapability
+/‐12A)
IntegratedMOSFETdriversandBootstrapDiode
ThermalShutDown
ProgrammablePowerGoodOutputwithtracking
capability
MonotonicStart‐Up
Operatingtemp:‐
40
o
C<Tj<125
o
C
SmallSize:5mmx6mmPQFN
Lead‐free,Halogen‐freeandRoHSCompliant
BASICAPPLICATION
Figure1:IR3894BasicApplicationCircuit
DESCRIPTION
TheIR3894SupIRBuck
TM
isaneasy‐to‐use,fully
integratedandhighlyefficientDC/DCregulator.
TheonboardPWMcontrollerandMOSFETsmake
IR3894aspace‐efficientsolution,providingaccurate
powerdelivery.
IR3894isaversatileregulatorwhichoffers
programmableswitchingfrequencyandthefixed
internalcurrentlimit
Theswitchingfrequencyisprogrammablefrom300
kHz
to1.5MHzforanoptimumsolution.
Italsofeaturesimportantprotectionfunctions,suchas
Pre‐Biasstartup,thermallycompensatedcurrentlimit
overvoltageprotectionandthermalshutdowntogive
requiredsystemlevelsecurityintheeventoffault
conditions.
APPLICATIONS
NetcomApplications
EmbeddedTelecomSystems
ServerApplications
StorageApplications
DistributedPointofLoadPowerArchitectures
Figure2:IR3894Efficiency