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LX1677
PRODUCTION DATA SHEET
Microsemi
Integrated Products Division
11861 Western Avenue, Garden Grove, CA. 92841, 714-898-8121, Fax: 714-893-2570
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AMD64 Processor VRM Controller
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2000
Rev 1.1, 2003-03-03
TM
TH EORY OF O PERATION (CONTINUED)
THEORY OF OPERATION FOR A BI-PHASE,
LOADSHARE
TM CONFIGURATION
The basic principle used in LoadSHARETM in a multiple
phase buck converter topology is that if multiple, identical,
inductors have the same identical voltage impressed across
their leads, they must then have the same identical current
passing through them. The current that we would like to
balance between inductors is mainly the DC component
along with as much as possible the transient current. All
inductors in a multiphase buck converter topology have
their output side tied together at the output filter capacitors.
Therefore this side of all the inductors has the same
identical voltage.
If the input side of the inductors can be forced to have
the same equivalent DC potential on this lead, then they
will have the same DC current flowing. To achieve this
requirement, phase 1 will be the control phase that sets the
output operating voltage, under normal PWM operation.
To force the current of phase 2 to be equal to the current of
phase 1; a second feedback loop is used. Phase 2 has a low
pass filter connected from the input side of each inductor.
This side of the inductors has a square wave signal that is
proportional to its duty cycle. The output of each LPF is a
DC
(+ some AC) signal that is proportional to the
magnitude and duty cycle of its respective inductor signal.
The second feedback loop will use the output of the
phase 1 LPF as a reference signal for an error amplifier
that will compare this reference to the output of the phase 2
LPF. This error signal will be amplified and used to
control the PWM circuit of phase 2. Therefore, the duty
cycle of phase 2 will be set so that the equivalent voltage
potential will be forced across the phase 2 inductor as
compared to the phase 1 inductor. This will force the
current in the phase 2 inductor to follow and equal the
phase 1 inductor current.
With the LoadSHARETM topology it is possible to
imbalance the phases so that one phase will supply more
current than the other under unique situations. The LX1677
will normally be used with the same supply voltages on
phase 1 and 2 PWM inputs and will have equal currents in
both phases.
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LP2
LP1
Phase 1
Comparator
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+
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gm
Phase 2
Comparator
0°
180°
Phase 2
Integrating
Amp
Differential
Amp
+
-
DC Bias
Phase 1 Error
Amp
+
-
PWM
HO1
EA -
EO2
LO1
LO2
HO2
Phase 1
Low Pass Filter
Phase 2
Low Pass Filter
Vout
DC Bias
DACOUT
Differential Feedbach From Vout
Phase 1 Diff
Amp
Ramp .75 V to 3 V
Both PWMs
Figure 5 – LoadSHARE Control Loop
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