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SC2441AEVB

1.8V to 20V Input 2-Phase Synchronous Step-down Controllers with Step-up Converter

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SC2441A

POWER MANAGEMENT

Operation

Overview

necessary to consider the operating duty-ratio range

before deciding the switching frequency. See Applications

Information section for more details.

The SC2441A is a constant-frequency switching regulator

capable of operating from 1.8V to 20V input. It consists of

two current-mode step-down switch-mode PWM controllers

driving all N-channel MOSFETs and an auxiliary step-up

current-mode converter with an integrated 0.6A power

switch. A local supply (>5V) can be generated from a low

voltage input (3.3V, 2.5V or 1.8V) to provide sufficient gate

drives for the step-down converters.

The two step-down channels of the SC2441A operate at

180 degrees out of phase from each other. Input currents

are interleaved in a two-phase converter so input ripple

current is lower and lower input capacitance can be used

for filtering.

The step-down controllers of the SC2441A operate in

synchronous continuous-conduction mode. They can

function either as two independent step-down controllers

producing two separate outputs or as a dual-phase single-

output controller by tying the FB2 pin to VIN (Figure 2). In

single output mode, the channel 1 error amplifier controls

both channels and the channel 2 error amplifier is

disabled. Soft-start and overload hiccup of both channels

are also controlled by channel 1. In Figure 2 the output

SEL of the comparator A1 determines which error amplifier

outputs and fault signals are routed to channel 2. The

minimum required FB2 voltage for single output mode is

1.55V.

Phase-Locked Loop and Synchronization

The SC2441A utilizes a phase-locked oscillator (Figure 5)

for clock generation and external synchronization. The

advantages of using a phase-locked loop (PLL) are: (i) when

the step-down channels are synchronized, the auxiliary step-

up regulator in the SC2441A can be made to run at twice

the external clock frequency to reduce component size and

(ii) two or more SC2441A can be daisy chained using the

clock output (pin 28) and interleaved with programmable

phase shift. Each step-down controller within a SC2441A

operates at 180 degrees out of phase from the other step-

down controller. The switching frequency of the step-down

controllers can be set with an external resistor ROSC. The

boost regulator and the step-down controllers are capable

of operating up to 2 MHz and 1 MHz respectively. It is

Consider the detailed block diagram of the PLL in Figure

5. The phase/frequency detector compares the buffered

external clock XCLK with the QT output of the toggle flip-

flop. If the rising edge of XCLK leads that of QT , then QU

will go high between the two corresponding rising edges.

Switch S1 is closed, charge is delivered to the loop filter

and the voltage at the PLLF pin increases. This in turn

causes the current output of the voltage to current converter

(V/I) and the switching frequency of the current-controlled

oscillator (CCO) to increase. If QT rises before XCLK, then

QD will go high from the rising edge of QT to the rising

edge of XCLK. Switch S2 is closed, charge is drawn from

the loop filter and the PLLF voltage falls. The switching

frequency of the current-controlled oscillator (CCO)

decreases. When the PLL is in lock, the rising edges of

XCLK and QT are aligned. QU and QD will go high for only a

few gate delays. The PLLF stabilizes to a constant DC

voltage and the CCO runs at the same frequency as the

external clock.

In the absence of an external clock, S2 is closed and the

PLL loop filter is continuously discharged. Not shown in

Figure 5 is an internal PLLF lower clamp circuit that limits

the minimum voltage at the PLLF pin to 0.17V. This sets

the lowest operating frequency and thus the lower bound

of the PLL lock-range. The V/I in Figure 5 is shown with

two non-inverting inputs. The lower voltage non-inverting

input takes control of the V/I. If the PLLF pin is tied to VIN

(>1.8V) through a current-limiting resistor, then the 0.4V

input of the V/I will predominate. The 0.4V input therefore

sets the upper excursion limit of the V/I and the maximum

operating frequency of the PLL at a given ROSC. The

maximum PLL frequency to the minimum locking frequency

ratio is about 2. When the SC2441A is not synchronized

externally, the PLLF pin should be tied high through a

resistor. The CCO will then run at its maximum frequency.

When two SC2441As are used in a master-slave

configuration, the PLLF pin of the master SC2441A is tied

high and its free running frequency is set with the resistor

ROSC. CKOUT of the master is then tied to the SYNC/ SHDN

input of the slave SC2441A. The free running and the

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