The L4987 is a verylow drop regulator available in
PPAK. The very low drop-voltage (0.5V Max at
200 mA) and the very low quiescent c urrent make
it particularly suitable for low noise, low power
applications, and in battery powered systems. The
input dump protection up to 40V makes it ideal for
automotiveapplications.ashutdownLogic
Controlfunctionisavailable(pin2,TTL
compatible). This means that when the device is
used as a local regulator, it is possible to put a part
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
of the board in standby, decreasing the total
power consumption. The regulator employs an
output pin (open collector) providing a logic signal
when the pass transistor is in saturation at l ow
input v olt age, this signal can be used to prevent
the pop-up phenomenon in the car radio. In
battery powered systems (the cellular phone,
notebook) it is possible to use the flag to monitor
the battery charge status through the dropout of
the regulator.
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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
SymbolParameter²ValueUnit
V
I
P
T
T
Absolute Maximum Ratings are those values beyond which damage to the device may occur. Functional operation under these condition is
not implied.
Output Bypass Capacitance ESR = 0.5 to 10 ΩIO=0to200mA
C
O
Control Flag Output LowVI-VO<V
V
FL
Control Flag Output High
I
FH
Leakage Current
T
= -40 to 125°C
J
power,IFL=6mA
I
= 200mA
O
CESAT
VI> 9.55 V,VOH=15V10µA
210µF
0.5V
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TYPICAL PERFORM ANCE CHARACTERISTICS (Unless otherwise specified TJ= 25°C, CI=CO=0.1 µF)
Figure1 : Output and Flag Voltage vs Input
Voltage
Figure2 : Output Voltage vs Input Voltage
Figure4 : Output Voltage vs Input Voltage
Figure5 : Output and Flag Voltage vs Input
Voltage
Figure3 : Output and Flag Voltage vs Input
Voltage
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Figure6 : Output Voltage vs Input Voltage
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APPLICATION HINT OF L4987CPT30
HOW TO USE THE CONTROL FLAG
The flag produces a logic "low" whenever the output drops out of regulation. An "out of regulation
condition can result from:
1) Low Input Voltage (V
2) Current Limiting
3) Thermal Limiting
Figure 1 to 2 show the t y pical behavior of the output voltage and the control flag versus the input vo lta ge
and the temperature. No hysteresis is implemented; so the respons e of V
either when the V
IN
The control flag is an open collector which requires an external pull-up resistor. This may be connected to
the regulator out put (Figure 9) or some other supply voltage (F igure 10).
Using the regulator output prevents an invalid "high" on the flag which occurs if it is pulled up to an
external voltage while the regulator input voltage is reduced below about 2V (Figure 12).
Concerning the pull-up resistor its value must be properly chosen as sugges ted below. When "low" as it
is possible to see in figure 6 the control flag voltage is:
V
FLAG(LOW)=VCE
V
SUPPLY
is chosen by design and, thus is known, while IFLmust be at maximum 10mA.
Then 0.5V ≥ V
=0.5=V
SUPPLY-RPULL
The minimum value of R
R
PULL(min)
≥ V
SUPPLY
Regarding the maximum value of R
etc.), the trans istor leakage current and the presence or not of a load on V
The f ollowing example shows how t o determine the R
10µA (f or L4978 it is the maximum value of I
Because of CMOS logic:
V
FLAG(HIGH)
≥ 2/3 V
But:
V
FLAG(HIGH)=VSUPPLY-RPULLxIFH
so, the maximum value is determined by the following equation:
R
PULL(MAX)
≤ (1/3 V
≤ V
IN
OUT+VDROP
ramps up or down.
SUPPLY-RPULLxIFL
x 10mA
, is, so, dete rmined by the following equation:
PULL
-0.5/10mA
PULL
SUPPLY
SUPPLY
)/10 A
)
OUT
and V
are the same
FLAG
note that itsvalue depends of the type of logic used (CM OS, TTL
.
FLAG
≥ 2/3 V
max in the case of CMOS logic, no load and
) of control flag leakage current.
FH
SUPPLY
PULL
Figure7 : Output and Flag Voltage vs InputFigure8 : Flag Voltage vs Input
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Figure9 : Test Circuit
Figure10 : Test Circuit
Figure11 : Equivalent Output CircuitFigure12 : Output and Flag Voltage vs Input
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