LTC2922C View Datasheet(PDF) - Linear Technology

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MFG CO.

LTC2922C

Power Supply Tracker with Input Monitors

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LTC2921/LTC2922 Series

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO

Next, consider the supply ramping N-channel MOSFETs

Q0, Q1 and Q2. Transistor Q0 will have >4.5V of gate-

source voltage, even at maximum supply voltage (5.375V)

and minimum GATE pin voltage (10V). Considering the

voltages, temperatures, and currents involved, the maxi-

mum on-resistance (RQ(ON)(MAX)) of the Vishay Siliconix

Si2316DS is about 150mΩ. Switches Q1 and Q2 will see

even higher gate-source voltages, implying even smaller

RQ(ON)(MAX) values. Table 2 summarizes the calculated

VQ(ON)(MAX) voltages. Include the additional 50mV drop

across RSENSE when budgeting for the VCC supply path.

Table 2. External MOSFET Drain-Source Voltage Drops

Supply

External RQ(ON)

IL

Voltage MOSFET Max

Max

VQ(ON)

Max

120mV

5V

Q0

~150mΩ 0.8A

(+50mV = 170mV)

3.3V

Q1

<150mΩ 1.6A

<240mV

2.5V

Q2

<150mΩ 0.4A

<60mV

The ±20V absolute maximum gate-source voltage rating

of the Si2316DS easily accommodates this design.

Next, calculate the necessary capacitance on the GATE pin

to realize the desired ramp rate. Use the nominal value of

VGATE from the Electrical Specification, and choose a

standard value.

C GATE

=

10µA • 500ms

10.8V

=

0.463µF

≈

0.47µF

Include drain bypass capacitors of 0.1µF and series gate

resistors of 10Ω on each external power FET to damp turn-

on oscillations.

Find the capacitance at the TIMER pin required to set the

delays in the power-on sequence:

C TIMER

=

2µA

1.2V

• 150ms

=

0.25µF

≈

0.22µF

The application requires the use of the circuit breaker

function on the VCC supply. First, find the upper limit on the

sense resistor value:

RSENSE

≤

45mV

0.8A

=

53.25mΩ

Select a precision power sense resistor, such as the

Vishay Dale WSL1206 series. They can be specified to 1%,

and exhibit <1% variation over the LTC2921/LTC2922

operating range; choose RSENSE = 50mΩ. Including toler-

ances, the circuit breaker trip current threshold variation

will be:

ITRIP(MIN)

=

45mV

51mΩ

=

0.88A

ITRIP(MAX)

=

55mV

49mΩ

=

1.12A

The PG pin is configured as a 2.5V negative-logic reset

signal for the microcontroller. The minimum pull-up resis-

tance for proper operation is:

RPG(MIN)

=

2.6875V –

5mA

0.4V

≈

460Ω

Figure 13 shows RPG = 4.7k. The value is somewhat

arbitrarily chosen, but it does limit the pull-down current

to <500µA. Trade off lower pull-down currents against

faster pull-up edge rates in other applications.

Recall that proper operation of the remote load sensing

function requires:

RQ(ON), RFB(ON) << RX << (RY +RZ)

In this example, the operating conditions and the Si2316DS

give RQ(ON)(MAX) = 150mΩ, the Electrical Characteristics

table guarantees RFB(ON) < 10Ω, and the example design

specification requires that (RY + RZ) <100k. Selecting RX0

= RX1 = RX2 = 100Ω satisfies the inequality.

Before the loads are connected to the supplies, the voltage

error due to the RX resistors will be <0.1% for all three

supplies:

∆VSRC

=

VSRC

•  110000Ωk 

=

VSRC

1000

=

0.1% of

VSRC

After the remote sense switches close, the load voltage

errors due to RX at maximum loads will be:

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