
7-56
HIP5061
Definitions of Electrical Specifications
Refer to the Functional Block Diagram of Figure 1 for loca-
tions of functional blocks and devices.
Device Parameters
I
DD
, Quiescent Supply Current
- Supply current with the
chip disabled. The Clock, Error Amplifier, Voltage-to-Current
Converter, and Current Ramp circuits draw only quiescent
current. The supply voltage must be kept lower than the
turn-on voltage of the V
DD
clamp or else the supply current
increases dramatically.
I
DD
, Operating Supply Current
- Supply current with the
chip enabled. The Error Amplifier is drawing its maximum
current because V
FB
is less than its reference voltage. The
voltage-to-current amplifier is drawing its maximum because
V
C
is at its maximum. The ramp circuit is drawing its maxi-
mum because it is not being disabled by the DMOS transis-
tor turning off.
IV
G
, Quiescent Gate Driver Current
- Gate Drivers supply
current with the IC disabled. The Gate Driver is not toggling
and so it draws only leakage current.
IV
G
, Operating Gate Driver Current
- Gate Drivers supply
current with the IC enabled. The DMOS transistor drain is
loaded with a large resistor tied to 60V so that it is swinging
from 0V to 60V during each cycle.
V
DDC
, V
DD
Clamp
- V
DD
voltage at the maximum allowed
current through the V
DD
Clamp.
V
REF
, Reference Voltage
- The voltage on FB that sets the
current on V
C
to zero. This is the reference voltage for the
DC/DC converter.
Amplifiers
|I
FB
|, Input Current
- Current through FB pin when it is at its
normal operating voltage. This current must be considered
when connecting the output of a DC/DC convertor to the FB
pin via a resistor divider.
g
m
(V
FB
), Transconductance
- The change in current
through the V
C
pin divided by the change in voltage on FB.
The g
m
times the resistance between V
C
and ground gives
the voltage gain of the Error Amplifier.
IV
CMAX
, Maximum Source Current
- The current on V
C
when FB is more than a few hundred millivolts less than
V
REF
.
IV
CMAX
, Maximum Sink Current
- The current on V
C
when
FB is more than a few hundred millivolts more than V
REF
.
A
OL
, Voltage Gain
- Change in the voltage on V
C
divided by
the change in voltage on FB. There is no resistive load on
V
C
. This is the voltage gain of the error amplifier when g
m
times load resistance is larger than this gain.
V
CMAX
, V
C
Rising Threshold
- The voltage on V
C
that
causes the Voltage-to-Current Amplifier to reach full-scale.
When V
C
reaches this voltage, the V
C
NMOS transistor (tran-
sistor with its drain connected to the V
C
pin in the Functional
Block Diagram of Figure 2) turns on and tries to lower the volt-
age on V
C
.
V
CHYS
, V
CMAX
Hysteresis
- The voltage on V
C
that causes
the NMOS transistor to turnoff if it had been turned on by V
C
exceeding V
CMAX
. At this voltage the current out of the Voltage-
to-Current Converter is at roughly three quarters of full-scale.
IVC
OVER
, V
C
Over-Voltage Current
- The current drawn
through the V
C
pin after the NMOS transistor is turned on
due to excessive voltage on V
C
. The NMOS transistor con-
nected to the V
C
pin draws more than enough current to
overcome the full scale source current of the Error Amplifier.
Clock
fq, Frequency
- The frequency of the DC/DC converter. The
Clock actually runs faster than this value so that various con-
trol signals can be internally generated.
DMOS Transistor
r
DS(ON)
, “On” Resistance
- Resistance from DMOS transis-
tor Drain to Source at maximum drain current and minimum
Gate Driver voltage, V
G
.
I
DSS
, Leakage Current
- Current through DMOS transistor
at the Maximum Rated Voltage.
Current Controlled PWM
g
m
(V
C
), Transconductance
- The change in the DMOS tran-
sistor peak drain current divided by the change in voltage on
V
C
. When analyzing DC/DC converters the DMOS transistor
and the inductor tied to the drain are sometimes modelled as
a voltage-controlled current source and this parameter is the
gain of the voltage-controlled current source.
V/I
REF
, Current Control Threshold
- The voltage on V
C
that causes the DMOS transistor to shut off at the minimum
controllable current. This voltage is greater than the Enable
Comparator Threshold (V
CEN
) so that as V
C
rises the IC
does not jump from the disabled state to the DMOS transis-
tor conducting a large current.
t
BT
, Blanking Time
- At the beginning of each cycle there is
a blanking time that the DMOS transistor turns-on and stays-
on no matter how high drain the current. This blanking time
permits ringing in the external parasitic capacitances and
inductances to dampen and for the charging of the reverse
bias on the rectifier diode.
t
ONMIN
, Minimum DMOS Transistor “On” Time
- The mini-
mum on-time for the DMOS transistor where small changes
in the V
C
voltage make predictable changes in the DMOS
transistor peak current. Converters should be designed to
avoid requiring pulse widths less than the minimum on time.
t
OFFMIN
, Minimum DMOS Transistor “Off” Time
- The min-
imum off-time for the DMOS transistor that allows enough time
for the IC to get ready for the next cycle. Converters should be
designed to avoid requiring pulse widths so large that the mini-
mum off time is violated. (However, zero off time is allowed, that
is, the DMOS transistor can stay on from one cycle to the next.)
MinCI, Minimum Controllable Current
- When the voltage
on V
C
is below V/I
REF
, the peak current for the DMOS tran-
sistor is too small for the Current Comparator to operate reli-
ably. Converters should be designed to avoid operating the
DMOS transistor at this low current.