AIC1341
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PIN DESCRIPTIONS
Pin 1: PHASE: Over-current detection pin. Con-
nect the PHASE pin to source of
the external high-side NMOSFET. This pin detects the
voltage drop across the high-side
N-MOSFET R
DS(ON)
for over-
current protection.
Pin 2: UGATE: External high-side N-MOSFET
gate drive pin. Connect UGATE
to gate of the external high-side
N-MOSFET.
Pin 3: SD: To shut down the system, active
high or floating. If connecting a
resistor to ground, keep the re-
sistor less than 4.7K Ω
Pin 4: VCC: The chip power supply pin. It also
provides the gate bias charge for
all the MOSFETs controlled by
the IC. Recommended supply
voltage is 12V.
Pin 5: SS: Soft-start pin. Connect a capaci-
tor from this pin to ground. This
capacitor, along with an internal
10µA (typically) current source,
sets the soft-start interval of the
converter.
Pulling this pin low will shut down
the IC.
Pin 6: FB2: Connect this pin to a resistor di-
vider to set the linear regulator
output voltage.
Pin 7: VIN2: This pin supplies power to the
internal regulator. Connect this
pin to a suitable 3.3V source.
Additionally, this pin is used to
monitor the 3.3V supply. If, following a start-up cycle, the voltage drops below 2.6V (typically),
the chip shuts down. A new softstart cycle is initiated upon re-
turn of the 3.3V supply above
the under-voltage thres hold.
Pin 8: GATE2: Linear Controller output drive pin.
This pin can drive either a Darlington NPN transistor or a Nchannel MOSFET.
Pin 9: GND: Signal GND for IC. All voltage
levels are measured with respect
to this pin.
Pin 10: GATE3: Linear Controller output drive pin.
This pin can drive either a Darlington NPN transistor or an Nchannel MOSFET.
Pin 11: FB3 Negative feedback pin for the
linear controller error amplifier
connect this pin to a resistor divider to set the linear controller
output voltage.
Pin 12: COMP1 External compensation pin. This
pin is connected to error amplifier output and PWM comparator.
A RC network is connected to
FB1 to compensate the voltage
control feedback loop of the converter.
Pin 13: FB1 The error amplifier inverting input
pin. The FB1 pin and COMP1 pin
are used to compensate the voltage-control feedback loop.
Pin 14: OCSET: Current limit sense pin. Connect
a resistor R
OCSET
from this pin to
the drain of the external high-side
N-MOSFET. R
OCSET
, an internal
200µA current source (I
OCSET
),
and the upper N-MOSFET onresistance (R
DS(ON)
) set the overcurrent trip point according to the
following equation:
I
I R
R
PEAK
OCSET OCSET
DS(ON)
=