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Circuit Description: continued
CS5111
If a correct watchdog signal is not received within the
specified time a reset pulse train is issued until the correct
watchdog signal is received. The nominal reset signal in
this case is a 5 volt square wave with a 50% duty cycle as
shown in Figure 4.
The signal frequency is given by:
f
RESET
=
The Power On Reset (POR) and low voltage use
the same circuitry and issue a reset when the linear output
voltage is below the regulation limit. After V
LIN
rises
above the minimum specified value, remains low
for a fixed period t
POR
as shown in Figure 5.
The POR delay (t
POR
) is given by:
t
POR
= 1.353 × C
Delay RBIAS
Figure 5a. The power on reset time interval (t
POR
) begins when V
LIN
rises above 4.45V (typical).
Figure 5b. signal is issued whenever V
LIN
falls below 4.25V
(typical).
The current mode PWM switching voltage regulator contains an error amplifier with selectable feedback inputs, a
current sense amplifier, an adjustable oscillator and a 1.4A
output power switch with antisaturation control. The
switching regulator and external components, connected
in a boost configuration, are shown in Figure 6.
The switching regulator begins operation when V
REG
and
VINare raised above 5 volts. V
REG
is required since the
switching supply’s control circuitry is powered through
V
LIN
. VINsupplies the base drive to the switcher output
transistor.
The output transistor turns on when the oscillator starts to
charge the capacitor on C
OSC
. The output current will
develop a voltage drop across the internal sense resistor
(RS). This voltage drop produces a proportional voltage at
the output of the current sense amplifier, which is compared to the output of the error amplifier. The error amplifier generates an output voltage which is proportional to
the difference between the scaled down output boost voltage (V
FB1
or V
FB2
)
and the internal bandgap voltage reference. Once the current sense amplifier output exceeds the
error amplifier’s output voltage, the output transistor is
turned off.
The energy stored in the inductor during the output transistor on time is transferred to the load when the output
transistor is turned off. The output transistor is turned
back on at the next rising edge of the oscillator. On a cycle
by cycle basis, the current mode controller in a discontinuous mode of operation charges the inductor to the appropriate amount of energy, based on the energy demand of
the load. Figure 7 shows the typical current and voltage
waveforms for a boost supply operating in the discontinuous mode.
NOTES:
1. Refer to Figure 1d to determine oscillator frequency.
2. The switching regulator can be disabled by providing a
logic high at the input.
3. The boost output voltage can be controlled dynamically
by the feedback select input. If select is open, V
FB2
is
selected. If select is low, then V
FB1
is selected.
If the input voltage at V
REG
is increased above the overvoltage threshold, the drive to the linear and switcher output transistors is shut off. Therefore, V
LIN
is disabled and
VSWcan not be pulled low.
The current out of V
LIN
is sensed in order to limit excessive power dissipation in the linear output transistor over
the output range of 0V to regulation. Also, the current into
VSWis sensed in order to provide the current limit function in the switcher output transistor.
If the die temperature is increased above 160°C, either due
to excessive ambient temperature or excessive power dissipation, the drive to the linear output transistor is
reduced proportionally with increasing die temperature.
Therefore, V
LIN
will decrease with increasing die temperature above 160°C. Since the switcher control circuitry is
powered through V
LIN
, the switcher performance, includ-
ing current limit, will be affected by the decrease in V
LIN
.
Protection Circuitry
ENABLE
Current Mode PWM Switching Circuitry
RESET