■Low Dropout Voltage 500mV at 3A Full Load Current
■Adjustable Ouput Down to 1.25V from ATX Power Supply
■Fixed Output Voltages of 3.3V and 2.5V
■Extremely Tight Load and Line Regulation
■Standard 5-Terminal Low Cost TO-220 and TO-263
APPLICATIONS
■3.3V to 2.8V ATX Power Supplies
■3.3V to 2.9V for Portable PENTIUMTM Processor
■5V to 3.5V VRE Supply
■High efficiency "Green" Computer Systems
The SPX1582 is a 3A Low Dropout Regulator with extremely low dropout voltage. The adjustable version requires only
two external resistors to set the output voltage. The fixed version has a preset output of 3.3V, 2.8V or 2.5V and does
not require any external resistors. The SPX1582 features a low dropout of 400mV(Typ.) and offers fast transient
response. This device is suitable for Pentium applications requiring 2.8V, 2.5V from 3.3V ATX power supplies, where
a low current input voltage 1V greater than the output voltage is needed. With an external sense pin the load regulation
is less than 1mV. This device is an excellent choice for the use of powering low voltage microprocessors that require
a lower dropout, fast transient response to regulate from 3.3V and 5V supplies. The SPX1582 is also an excellent choice
as a post regulator for switching supplies applications.
The SPX1582 offers protection against over-current faults, reversed input polarity, over temperature operation and
positive and negative transient voltage.
The SPX1582 is offered in a 5 pin TO-220 and TO-263 compatible with industry standard 5-terminal regulators. For 5A,
3A and 1.5A ultra low dropout versions refer to SPX1581, SPX1582 and SPX1583 data sheets respectively.
Thermal Resistance3°C/WJunction to Case (θJC)
TO-220-550°C/WJunction to Ambient (θJA)
Thermal Resistance3°C/WJunction to Case (θJC)
TO-263-560°C/WJunction to Ambient (θJA)
Note 1: Low duty cycle pulse testing with Kelvin connections is required to order to maintain accurate data.
Note 2: Dropout voltage is defined as the minimum differential between VIN and V
2ADJNegative side of the reference voltage for the device. Adding a small
bypass capacitor from the ADJ pin to ground will improve the transient
response.
3V
4V
OUT
CTRL
Power output of the device.
Supply pin for the control circuitry of the device. The current flow into this
pin will be about 1% of the output current. V
must be between 1.0V
CTRL
and 1.3V greater than the output voltage for the
device to regulate.
5V
IN
Output load current is supplied through this pin. V
must be between 0.1V
IN
and 0.8V greater than the output voltage for this device to regulate.
FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
(4) V
CTRL
CURRENT
LIMIT
AMPLIFIER
THERMAL OVERLOAD
VOLTAGE
REGULATION
AMPLIFIER
LIMIT
SENSE
The SPX1582 is designed as a high performance
and low cost solution for application requiring a
lower dropout than traditional NPN regulators.
The SPX1582 uses a separate input voltage V
( V
CTRL
≥ V
+ 1.3V) to minimize the dropout
OUT
CTRL
voltage. This allows the 2.5V power for the load
to come from a 3.3V system supply.
As added benefit this will reduce the heat dissipation*, and lower heatsink and cooling fan cost.
V
(5)
IN
(3)
V
OUT
SENSE (1)
V
REF
ADJ (2)
APPLICATION NOTES
A typical application would use 3.3V for V
and 5.0V for V
from a motherboard power
CTRL
supply to provide a nominal 2.5V output. Using
the sense pin allows Kelvin measure the output,
reducing resistance-associated errors.
The SPX1582 can power the 2.5V core voltage
for microprocessors such as a PentiumPCTM,
P55CTM, AMD5k86TM and K6TM and the IBM
PowerPCTM 603EV and 604EV processors.
1.25V reference voltage is being developed between the SENSE pin and the ADJ pin of the
SPX1582. Adding two external resistors (see fig
1.) will allow setting the output voltage from
1.25V to 6V. R
specified minimum load current of 10mA. R
given by the formula: V
+ I
(R2). The current flowing from the ADJ
ADJ
is chosen so that this current is
1
OUT
= V
(1+ R2/R1)
REF
is
2
pin is typicaly 50µA. This ADJ pin contributes
to the final V
but is usually neglected.
OUT
Connecting the sense pin to the top of the resistor divider will improve load regualtion.
Lowering Noise
Using the SENSE pin to Kelvin the load will
increase accuracy of the output voltage during
load regulation. For the fixed voltage device,
adding a capacitor at the GND pin will improve
transient response. THis capacitor is chosen in
the range of 1µF to 0.1µF and will depend on the
amount of output capacitance in the system.
Available in lead free packaging. To order add "-L" suffix to part number.
Example: SPX1582T5-3.3/TR = standard; SPX1582T5-L-3.3/TR = lead free
/TR = Tape and Reel
Pack quantity is 500 for TO-263.
Corporation
ANALOG EXCELLENCE
Sipex Corporation
Headquarters and
Sales Office
233 South Hillview Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035
TEL: (408) 934-7500
FAX: (408) 935-7600
Sales Office
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