LTM4641
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION—POWER SUPPLY FEATURES
8.0
It is best to avoid operation in dropout scenarios, because
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7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
the control loop will rail COMP high to command M
TOP
at highest possible duty cycle. If input voltage “snaps
upwards” at a sufficiently high slew rate when COMP has
railed, the control loop may be unable provide satisfactory
line rejection.
SeeFigure11tosettheUVLOfallingresponseofLTM4641
above the computed V
voltage; this will inhibit
. Input voltage
IN(DROPOUT)
IN(DROPOUT)
switching action for V < V
IN
ripple, and any line sag between the input source supply
and the V pins—and voltage drop across the power
3
3.5
OUTPUT VOLTAGE SETTING (V)
10A OUTPUT, DRV BIASED FROM INTV (5.3V
4
4.5
5
5.5
6
4641 F04
INH
interrupt MOSFET, MSP, if used—must be taken into ac-
count by the system designer.
)
CC
CC
NOM
10A OUTPUT, DRV BIASED TO 5.3V BY EXTERNAL SUPPLY
NO LOAD, DRV ≥ 4.2V(UVLO RISING) AND 3.5V
CC
(UVLO FALLING)
CC
Setting the Output Voltage; the Differential Reꢃote
Sense Aꢃplifier
Figure 4. Line Dropout Voltage vs Output Voltage at No
Load and Full Load. Figure 45, Figure 46 and Figure 47
Circuit Applications. RfSET = Open and RSET1A, RSET1B
,
Abuilt-indifferentialremote-senseamplifierenablespreci-
sion regulation at the point-of-load (POL), compensating
for any voltage drops in the system’s output distribution
path: the total variation of LTM4641’s output DC voltage
over line, load, and temperature is better than 1.5%.
RSET2 Values Setting VOUT for Regulation at or Above 3V
GiventhatthePFMcontrolschemeincreasesswitching
frequency (to as high as f ) to maintain regulation
MAX
during a transient load step-up, the design guidance
is: set the steady-state operating frequency f to be
SW
The basic feedback connection between the POL and the
module’s feedback sense pins is shown in Figure 5.
less than f
. Furthermore, when the LTM4641 is
in dropout operation, the switching frequency of the
MAX
converter is f
.
MAX
C
, C : FEEDFORWARD CAPACITORS YEILD IMPROVED TRANSIENT
FFA FFB
RESPONSE WHEN FILTERING V
WITH ONLY MLCC OUTPUT CAPACITORS
OUT
(C
)
OUT(MLCC)
V
OUT
+
V
OUT
+
LTM4641
C
FFA
C
C
OUT(MLCC)
OUT(BULK)
ICT
TEST
POINT
V
ORB
R
8.2k
8.2k V
SET1A
V
+
FB
OSNS
TO ERROR
+
AMPLIFIER
R
LOAD
SET2
8.2k
R
SET1B
–
–
–
V
OSNS
8.2k
4641 F05
C
ICT
TEST
POINT
FFB
V
ORB
TRUE DIFFERENTIAL REMOTE
SENSE AMPLIFIER
SGND
GND
ROUTE FEEDBACK SIGNAL AS
A DIFFERENTIAL PAIR (OR
TWISTED PAIR IF USING WIRES).
SANDWICH BETWEEN GROUND
PLACE ALL
FEEDBACK
COMPONENTS
LOCAL TO THE
LTM4641
PLANES TO FORM A PROTECTIVE SHIELD
GUARDING AGAINST STRAY NOISE
SGND CONNECTS TO GND INTERNAL TO MODULE. KEEP
MODULE SGND ROUTES/PLANES SEPARATE FROM GND
ON MOTHERBOARD
Figure 5. Basic Feedback Reꢃote Sense Connections and Techniques; Setting the Output Voltage
4641f
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