STMicroelectronics PM6680A

Description

PM6680A is a dual step-down controller specifically designed to provide extremely high efficiency conversion, with loss less current sensing technique. The constant on-time architecture assures fast load transient response and the embedded voltage feed-forward provides nearly constant switching frequency operation. An embedded integrator control loop compensates the DC voltage error due to the output ripple. Pulse skipping technique increases efficiency at very light load. Moreover a minimum switching frequency of 33 kHz is selectable to avoid audio noise issues. The PM6680A provides a selectable switching frequency, allowing three different values of switching frequencies for the two switching sections. The output voltages OUT1 and OUT2 can be adjusted from 0.9 V to 5 V and from 0.9 V to 3.3 V respectively.

Features

■ 6 V to 36 V input voltage range
■ Adjustable output voltages
■ 5V LDO delivers 100 mA peak current
■ 1.237 V ± 1 % reference voltage available externally
■ Current sensing using low side MOSFETs RDS(on)
■ Valley current sensing
■ Soft-start internally fixed at 2ms
■ Soft output discharge
■ Latched OVP and UVP
■ Selectable pulse skipping at light loads
■ Selectable minimum frequency (33 kHz) in pulse skip mode
■ 5mW maximum quiescent power
■ Independent power good signals
■ Output voltage ripple compensation
■ Thermal shutdown

Applications

■ Embedded computer system
■ FPGA system power
■ Industrial applications on 24 V
■ High performance and high density DC/DC modules