Data Sheet
September 4, 2009
12V Pico TLynx
TM
6A: Non-isolated DC-DC Power Modules
4.5 – 14Vdc input; 0.59Vdc to 5.5Vdc output; 6A output current
Electrical Specifications
(continued)
Parameter
Output Voltage Set-point (with 0.5% tolerance for
external resistor used to set output voltage)
Output Voltage (Over all operating input voltage, resistive
load, and temperature conditions until end of life)
Adjustment Range (selected by an external resistor)
(Some output voltages may not be possible depending
on the input voltage – see Feature Descriptions Section)
Remote Sense Range
Output Regulation (for V
O
≥
2.5Vdc)
Line (V
IN
=V
IN, min
to V
IN, max
)
Load (I
O
=I
O, min
to I
O, max
)
Output Regulation (for V
O
< 2.5Vdc)
Line (V
IN
=V
IN, min
to V
IN, max
)
Load (I
O
=I
O, min
to I
O, max
)
Temperature (T
ref
=T
A, min
to T
A, max
)
Remote Sense Range
Output Ripple and Noise on nominal output
(V
IN
=V
IN, nom
and I
O
=I
O, min
to I
O, max
Co = 0.1μF // 10
μF
ceramic capacitors)
Peak-to-Peak (5Hz to 20MHz bandwidth)
RMS (5Hz to 20MHz bandwidth)
External Capacitance
1
TM
Device
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
Symbol
V
O, set
V
O, set
V
O
Min
-1.5
-2.5
0.59
Typ
Max
+1.5
Unit
% V
O, set
% V
O, set
Vdc
Vdc
% V
O, set
% V
O, set
mV
mV
% V
O, set
V
⎯
+2.5
5.5
0.5
⎯
⎯
⎯
⎯
⎯
+0.4
10mV
10
5
0.4
0.5
All
All
⎯
50
20
100
38
mV
pk-pk
mV
rms
Without the Tunable Loop
ESR
≥
1 mΩ
With the Tunable Loop
ESR
≥0.15
mΩ
ESR
≥
10 mΩ
TM
All
All
All
All
All
All
V
O,set
= 0.6Vdc
V
O, set
= 1.2Vdc
V
O,set
= 1.8Vdc
V
O,set
= 2.5Vdc
V
O,set
= 3.3Vdc
V
O,set
= 5.0Vdc
C
O, max
C
O, max
C
O, max
I
o
I
O, lim
I
O, s/c
η
η
η
η
η
η
f
sw
0
0
0
0
⎯
⎯
⎯
47
1000
3000
6
200
μF
μF
μF
Adc
% I
o,max
mA
%
%
%
%
%
%
Output Current (in either sink or source mode)
Output Current Limit Inception (Hiccup Mode)
(current limit does not operate in sink mode)
Output Short-Circuit Current
(V
O
≤250mV)
( Hiccup Mode )
Efficiency
V
IN
= 12Vdc, T
A
=25°C
I
O
=I
O, max ,
V
O
= V
O,set
170
69.3
80.7
85.3
88.1
90.8
93.6
⎯
600
⎯
Switching Frequency
1
All
TM
kHz
External capacitors may require using the new Tunable Loop feature to ensure that the module is stable as well as
TM
getting the best transient response. See the Tunable Loop section for details.
LINEAGE
POWER
3