TRANSIENTSUPPLYVOLTAGEUP TO 40V
EXTREMELY LOW QUIESCENTCURRENT
HIGHPRECISIONOUTPUT VOLTAGE
OUTPUT CURRENT CAPABILITY UP TO
500mA
VERY LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGELESS
THAN 0.6V
RESET CIRCUIT SENSING THE OUTPUT
VOLTAGE
PROGRAMMABLE RESET PULSE DELAY
WITH EXTERNALCAPACITOR
THERMAL SHUTDOWN AND SHORT CIR-
CUIT PROTECTIONS
DESCRIPTION
The L4925 is a monolithic integrated 5V voltage
regulator with a very low dropoutoutput and addi-
L4925
Pentawatt
ORDERING NUMBERS:
tional functions such as power-on reset and programmable reset delay time. It is designed for
supplying microcomputer controlled systems especiallyin automotiveapplications.
PowerSO20
L4925 (Pentawatt)
L4925PD (PowerSO20)
BLOCK DIAGRAM
V
S
C
S
GND
PREREGULATOR
5V
+
-
Vz
VREF
1.23V
RESETREG
Vz
2µ
L4925N
2V
=
D95AT151
CT
RES
V
O
June 2000
This is advanced informationon a newproduct now in development or undergoing evaluation.Details are subject to change withoutnotice.
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L4925
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
SymbolParameterValueUnit
V
SDC
V
STR
I
O
V
O
V
RES
I
RES
T
stg
T
j
T
j-SD
NOTE:
The circuit is ESD protected according to MIL-STD-883C. According to ISO/DIS 7637 the transients must be clamped with external circuitry
(see Application Circuit).
CONNECTIONDIAGRAM
DC Operating Supply Voltage28V
Transient Supply Voltage (t < 1s)40V
Output Currentinternally limited
Output Voltage20V
Output Voltage20V
Output Current5mA
Storage Temperature-55 to 150
C
°
Operating Junction Temperature-40 to 150°C
Thermal Shutdown-Junction Temperature165°C
N.C.
N.C.
V
S
V
S
N.C.
N.C.
RES
N.C.
N.C.N.C.
GNDN.C.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
D95AT152
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
THERMAL DATA
SymbolParameterPentawattSO 20Unit
R
th j-amb
R
th j-case
Thermal resistance junction to ambientmax.
Thermal resistance junction to casemax.
60
3.5
77 to 97°C/W
N.C.1
N.C.
N.C.
VOUT
VOUT
N.C.
CT
N.C.
°C/W
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L4925
ELECTRICALCHARACTERISTICS
=14VTj=–40 to 125°C unless otherwise specified;
(V
S
SymbolParameterTest ConditionMin.Typ.Max.Unit
V
O
V
O
V
DP
V
IO
Output VoltageVI= 6 to28V; IO= 1 to 500mA4.9055.10V
Output VoltageVI= 35V; T <1s;
I
= 1 to 500mA
O
Dropout VoltageIO= 100mA
I
= 500mA
O
Input to Output Voltage
V
= 4V; IO= 100mA0.5V
I
0.2
0.3
5.50V
0.3
0.6
Difference in Undervoltage
Condition
V
I
V
I
LIM
QSE
OL
OLO
I
Q
Line RegulationVI = 6 to 28V; IO= 1 to1mA10mV
Load RegulationIO= 1 to 500mA50mV
Current LimitVO= 4.5V
Current
Delay Comparator Threshold2V
Delay Comparator Threshold
200mV
Hysteresis
V
V
mA
µ
s
APPLICATIONCIRCUIT DIAGRAM
PREREGULATOR
5V
VBAT
For stability: C
Recommendedfor application:C
V
S
C
S
GND
>1µF; CO>10µF;ESR< 2.5Ωat 10KHz
S
S=CO
Vz
+
-
=10µF to100µF
VREF
1.23V
RESETREG
Vo
L4925N
Vz
2µ
2V
=
D95AT153
Co
CT
RES
Vout
RES
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APPLICATIONNOTE
SUPPLYVOLTAGETRANSIENTS
High supply voltage transients can cause a reset
output signaldisturbation.
For supply voltage greater than 8V the circuit
shows a high immunityof the reset output against
supply transientsof morethan100V/µs.
For supply voltage lower than 8V, supply transients of more than 0.4V/µs. can cause a reset
signal disturbation.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The L4925 is a monolithic integrated voltage
regulator, based on the STM modular voltage
regulator approach. Several outstanding features
and auxiliary functions are implemented to meet
the requirements of supplying microprocessor
systems in automotiveapplications.
Nevetrheless, it is suitable also in other applications where the present functions are required.
The modular approachof thisdevice allows to get
easily also other features and functions when required.
VOLTAGEREGULATOR
The voltage regulator uses an Isolated Collector
Vertical PNP transistor as a regulating element.
With this structure very low dropout voltage at
currentsup to500mAis obtained.
FoldbackCharacteristicsOf Vo
The dropout operation of the standby regulator is
maintained down to 3V input supply voltage. The
output voltage is regulated up to the transient input supply voltage of 35V. With this feature no
functional interruption due to overvoltage pulses
is generated.
The typical curve showing the standby output
voltageas a functionof the input supply voltage is
shownin fig. 1.
The currentconsumption of the device (quiescent
current) is less than250µA.
To reduce the quiescent current peak in the undervoltage region and to improve the transient response in this region, the dropout voltage is controlled.
The quiescent current as a function of the supply
input voltage is shownin fig. 2.
Figure 1: OutputVoltagevs. Input Voltage
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Figure2: QuiescentCurrent vs. SupplyVoltage
L4925
RESET CIRCUIT
The block circuit diagram of the reset circuit is
shown in Figure 3. The reset circuit supervises
the output voltage. The reset threshold of 4.5V is
defined with the internal reference voltage and
standby output divider.
The reset pulse delay time t
charge time of an external capacitor C
C
=
t
RD
, is defined with the
RD
x2V
T
2µA
:
T
Figure 3
The reaction time of the reset circuit originates
from the discharge time limitation of the reset capacitorC
and it is proportionalto the valueof CT.
T
The reaction time of thereset circuit increasesthe
noise immunity.Standby output voltage drops below the reset threshold only a bit longer than the
reaction time results in a shorter reset delay time.
The nominal reset delaytime will be generated for
standbyoutput voltage dropslonger thanapproximately 50µs. The typical reset output waveforms
are shown in Figure4.
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