MAX8734AEEI Maxim Integrated Products, MAX8734AEEI Datasheet - Page 26

• Manufacturer Part Number: MAX8734AEEI
• Description: Current & Power Monitors & Regulators Quad-Out Main Power Supply Controller
• Manufacturer: Maxim Integrated Products

Specifications of MAX8734AEEI

• Product: Power Monitors
• Supply Voltage (max): 4.5 V
• Supply Voltage (min): 24 V
• Operating Temperature Range: - 40 C to + 85 C
• Mounting Style: SMD/SMT
• Package / Case: QSOP-28
• Supply Current (max): 50 uA
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

High-Efficiency, Quad-Output, Main Power-
Supply Controllers for Notebook Computers
where V
The actual capacitance value required relates to the
physical size needed to achieve low ESR, as well as to
the chemistry of the capacitor technology. Thus, the
capacitor is usually selected by ESR and voltage rating
rather than by capacitance value (this is true of tanta-
lum, OS-CON, and other electrolytic-type capacitors).
When using low-capacity filter capacitors such as
polymer types, capacitor size is usually determined by
the capacity required to prevent V
tripping the undervoltage and overvoltage fault latches
during load transients in ultrasonic mode.
For low input-to-output voltage differentials (V
< 2), additional output capacitance is required to main-
tain stability and good efficiency in ultrasonic mode.
The amount of overshoot due to stored inductor energy
can be calculated as:
where I
Stability is determined by the value of the ESR zero
(f
of instability is given by the following equation:
where:
For a typical 300kHz application, the ESR zero frequen-
cy must be well below 95kHz, preferably below 50kHz.
Low-ESR capacitors (especially polymer or tantalum),
in widespread use at the time of publication, typically
have ESR zero frequencies lower than 30kHz. In the
design example used for inductor selection, the ESR
needed to support a specified ripple voltage is found
by the equation:
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ESR
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) relative to the switching frequency (f). The point
PEAK
P-P
is the peak-to-peak output voltage ripple.
is the peak inductor current.
R
ESR
V
ESR
f
SOAR
ESR
≤
=
=
LIR
=
f
2π
ESR
Stability Considerations
LIR
V
2
RIPPLE P P
C
×
R
ESR OUT
I
OUT OUT
≤
PEAK
V
I
×
LOAD MAX
P P
π
1
f
−
I
C
LOAD
V
(
2
SAG
−
(
L
)
_
and V
)
SOAR
IN
/ V
from
OUT
where LIR is the inductor ripple current ratio and I
is the average DC load. Using LIR = 0.35 and an aver-
age load current of 5A, the ESR needed to support
50mV
Do not place high-value ceramic capacitors directly
across the fast-feedback inputs (OUT_ to GND for inter-
nal feedback, FB_ divider point for external feedback)
without taking precautions to ensure stability. Large
ceramic capacitors can have a high-ESR zero frequency
and cause erratic, unstable operation. Adding a discrete
resistor or placing the capacitors a couple of inches
downstream from the junction of the inductor and OUT_
may improve stability.
Unstable operation manifests itself in two related but
distinctly different ways: double pulsing and fast-feed-
back loop instability. Noise on the output or insufficient
ESR may cause double pulsing. Insufficient ESR does
not allow the amplitude of the voltage ramp in the output
signal to be large enough. The error comparator mistak-
enly triggers a new cycle immediately after the 350ns
minimum off-time period has expired. Double pulsing
results in increased output ripple, and can indicate the
presence of loop instability caused by insufficient ESR.
Loop instability results in oscillations or ringing at the
output after line or load perturbations, causing the out-
put voltage to fall below the tolerance limit.
The easiest method for checking stability is to apply a
very fast zero-to-max load transient (refer to the
MAX8734A EV kit data sheet) and observe the output
voltage-ripple envelope for overshoot and ringing.
Monitoring the inductor current with an AC current
probe can also provide some insight. Do not allow
more than one cycle of ringing of under- or overshoot
after the initial step response.
The input capacitors must meet the input-ripple-current
(I
The MAX8732A/MAX8733A/MAX8734A dual switching
regulators operate at different frequencies. This inter-
leaves the current pulses drawn by the two switches and
reduces the overlap time where they add together. The
input RMS current is much smaller in comparison than
with both SMPSs operating in phase. The input RMS cur-
rent varies with load and the input voltage.
RMS
) requirement imposed by the switching current.
P-P
ripple is 28mΩ.
Input-Capacitor Selection
LOAD