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IR3894
12AHighlyIntegratedSupIRBuck
Single‐InputVoltage,SynchronousBuckRegulator
PD‐97745
Thesmallsignalvaluemaybeobtainedfromthe
manufacturer’sdatasheets,designtoolsorspicemodels.
Alternatively,theymayalsobeinferredfrommeasuringthe
powerstagetransferfunctionoftheconverterandmeasuring
thedoublepolefrequencyf
lc
andusingequation(17)
tocomputethesmallsignalc
o
.
Theseresultto:
F
LC
=24.9kHz
F
ESR
=5.3MHz
F
s
/2=300kHz
SelectcrossoverfrequencyF
0
=100kHz
SinceF
LC
<F
0
<Fs/2<F
ESR
,TypeIIIisselectedtoplacethe
poleandzeros.
DetailedcalculationofcompensationTypeIII:
DesiredPhaseBoostΘ=70°
2
1sin
17.6 kHz
1sin
Zo
FF
2
1sin
567.1 kHz
1sin
Po
FF
Select:
12
0.5* 8.8 kHz and
ZZ
FF
3
0.5* 300 kHz
Ps
FF
SelectC
4
=2.2nF.
CalculateR
3
,C
3
andC
2
:
33
4
2* * * *
;1.75 kΩ
*
oo oosc
in
FLCV
RR
CV
SelectR
3
=1.82kΩ:
33 3
1
3
1
; 9.9 nF, Select: 10 nF
2* *
Z
CC C
FR
22 2
33
1
; 354 pF, Select: 220 pF
2* *
P
CC C
FR
CalculateR
4
,R
5
andR
6
:
44 4
42
1
; 127 Ω, Select: 100 Ω
2* *
P
RR R
CF
545
42
1
-; 4.1 kΩ,
2* *
Z
RRR
CF
SelectR
5
=4.02kΩ:
656 6
* ; 2.87 kΩ Select: 2.87 kΩ
-
ref
oref
V
RRR R
VV
SettingthePowerGoodThreshold
InthisdesignIR3894isusedinnormal(non‐tracking,
non‐sequencing)mode,thereforethePGoodthresholdsare
internallysetat90%and120%ofVref.Atstartupassoonas
Vsnsvoltagereaches0.9*0.5V=0.45V(Fig.15),andafter
1.28msdelay,PGoodsignalisasserted.
AslongastheVsns
voltageisbetweenthethresholdrange,Enableishigh,andno
faulthappens,thePGoodremainshigh.
ThefollowingformulacanbeusedtosetthePGood
threshold.V
out(PGood
_TH
)
canbetakenas90%ofVout.Choose
R8=2.87KΩ.
(_)
7( 1)*8 (34)
0.9*
74.02
out PGood TH
V
RR
Vref
RK
ThePGoodisanopendrainoutput.Hence,itisnecessaryto
useapullupresistor,R
PG
,fromPGoodpintoVcc.Thevalue
ofthepull‐upresistormustbechosensuchastolimitthe
currentflowingintothePGoodpintobelessthan5mAwhen
theoutputvoltageisnotinregulation.Atypicalvalueused
is49.9kΩ.
OVPcomparatoralsouses
VsnssignalforoverVoltage
dectection.WithabovevaluesforR7andR8,OVPtrippoint
(Vout_
OVP)
is
*1.2*( 7 8)/ 8 1.44 (35)OVPVout Vref R R R V
VrefBypassCapacitor
Aminimumvalueof100pFbypasscapacitorisrecommended
tobeplacedbetweenVrefandGndpins.Thiscapacitorshould
beplacedascloseaspossibletoVrefpin.