RT8279 RICHTEK [Richtek Technology Corporation], RT8279 Datasheet - Page 9

• Manufacturer Part Number: RT8279
• Description: 5A, 36V, 500kHz Step-Down Converter
• Manufacturer: RICHTEK [Richtek Technology Corporation]

Application Information
The RT8279 is an asynchronous high voltage buck
converter that can support the input voltage range from
5.5V to
Output Voltage Setting
The resistive divider allows the FB pin to sense the output
voltage as shown in Figure 1.
The output voltage is set by an external resistive divider
according to the following equation :
Where V
Where R1 = 100kΩ.
External Bootstrap Diode
Connect a 10nF low ESR ceramic capacitor between the
BOOT pin and SW pin. This capacitor provides the gate
driver voltage for the high side MOSFET.
It is recommended to add an external bootstrap diode
between an external 5V and BOOT pin for efficiency
improvement when input voltage is lower than 5.5V or duty
ratio is higher than 65% .The bootstrap diode can be a
low cost one such as IN4148 or BAT54. The external 5V
can be a 5V fixed input from system or a 5V output of the
RT8279.
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V
OUT
= V
32V
REF
REF
Figure 2. External Bootstrap Diode
Figure 1. Output Voltage Setting
and the output current can be up to 5A.
is the reference voltage (1.222V typ.).
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⎛
⎜
⎝
1
+
R2
R1
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⎞
⎟
⎠
BOOT
GND
SW
FB
V
5V
OUT
R1
R2
10nF
Soft-Start
The RT8279 contains an internal soft-start clamp that
gradually raises the output voltage. The typical soft-start
time is 5ms.
Chip Enable Operation
The EN pin is the chip enable input. Pull the EN pin low
(<0.4V) will shutdown the device. During shutdown mode,
the RT8279 quiescent current drops to lower than 25μA.
Drive the EN pin to high (>1.4V, <5.5V) will turn on the
device again. If the EN pin is open, it will be pulled to high
by internal circuit. For external timing control (e.g.RC),the
EN pin can also be externally pulled to High by adding a
100kΩ or greater resistor from the VIN pin (see Figure 3).
Inductor Selection
The inductor value and operating frequency determine the
ripple current according to a specific input and output
voltage. The ripple current ΔI
and decreases with higher inductance.
Having a lower ripple current reduces not only the ESR
losses in the output capacitors but also the output voltage
ripple. High frequency with small ripple current can achieve
highest efficiency operation. However, it requires a large
inductor to achieve this goal.
For the ripple current selection, the
will be a reasonable starting point. The
current occurs at the highest V
ripple current stays below the specified maximum, the
inductor value should be chosen according to the following
equation :
The inductor's current rating (caused a 40°C temperature
rising from 25°C ambient) should be greater than the
maximum load current and its saturation current should
be greater than the short circuit peak current limit. Please
see Table 2 for the inductor selection reference.
L =
Δ
I =
L
⎡
⎢
⎣
f
⎡
⎢
⎣
× Δ
V
V
f L
OUT
×
OUT
I
L(MAX)
⎤ ⎡
⎥ ⎢
⎦ ⎣
×
⎤ ⎡
⎥ ⎢
⎦ ⎣
1
×
−
1
V
V
−
OUT
IN
V
IN(MAX)
V
⎤
⎥
⎦
OUT
L
increases with higher V
IN
⎤
⎥
⎦
. To guarantee that the
value of ΔI
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largest ripple
L
= 0.2(I
MAX
IN
9
)