ADP2370CPZ-REDYKIT(RevA) View Datasheet(PDF) - Analog Devices

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ADP2370CPZ-REDYKIT
(Rev.:RevA)

High Voltage, 1.2 MHz/600 kHz, 800 mA, Low Quiescent Current Buck Regulator

Analog Devices 

Data Sheet

The negative side of the comparator input voltage is set by the

voltage control loop minus the slope compensation. When the

high-side switch turns off, the low-side switch turns on for the

remainder of the clock period.

While in PWM/PSM mode, the low-side switch turns off when

the inductor current reaches zero, operating in discontinuous

conduction (DCC) mode. If SYNC is tied high to force the device

into PWM only mode, the low-side switch stays on until the

next clock cycle or until the inductor current reaches the

negative current limit.

PSM OPERATION

The ADP2370/ADP2371 smoothly transition to the variable

frequency PSM operation. The ADP2370/ADP2371 select a

minimum current value, IMIN, for the peak current of the inductor

based on the input and output voltages. The design of the IMIN

value is based on the recommended inductor values. Deviating

from the recommended inductor value for a particular output

voltage results in shifting the PSM to PWM threshold and could

result in the device entering DCC mode.

As long as the required peak inductor current is above IMIN, the

regulator remains in PWM mode. As the load decreases, the

PSM circuitry prevents the peak inductor current from dropping

below the PSM peak current value. This circuitry causes the

regulator to supply more current to the output filter than the

load requires, resulting in the output voltage increasing and the

output of the internal compensation node of the error amplifier,

VCOMP, decreasing.

When the FB pin voltage rises above 1% of the nominal output

voltage and the VCOMP node voltage is below a predetermined

PSM threshold voltage level, the regulator enters sleep mode.

While in sleep mode, the high-side and low-side switches and a

majority of the circuitry are disabled to allow for a low sleep

mode quiescent current as well as high efficiency performance.

During sleep mode, the output voltage decreases as the output

capacitor discharges into the load. Fixed frequency operation

starts when the FB voltage reaches the nominal output voltage.

When the load requirement increases past the IMIN peak current

level, the VCOMP node rises and the PWM control loop sets the

duty cycle. While the part is entering and exiting sleep mode,

the PSM voltage ripple is larger than 1% because of the delay in

the comparators.

Figure 72 and Figure 73 illustrate how the output voltage and

inductor current change with loads and transitions in and out of

PSM operation. The output voltage ripple in PSM is ~40 mV p-p,

and the ripple in PWM is <10 mV p-p.

ADP2370/ADP2371

LOAD CURRENT

1

VOUT

2

INDUCTOR CURRENT

3

CH1 200mA Ω BW CH2 50.0mV BW M20.00µs A CH1 156mA

CH3 200mA Ω BW

T 50.40%

Figure 72. PSM to PWM Transition Waveforms, VOUT = 1.8 V,

10 mA Load to 300 mA Load

LOAD CURRENT

1

VOUT

2

INDUCTOR CURRENT

3

CH1 200mA Ω BW CH2 50.0mV BW M20.00µs A CH1 156mA

CH3 200mA Ω BW

T 50.40%

Figure 73. PWM to PSM Transition Waveforms, VOUT = 1.8 V,

300 mA Load to 10 mA Load

Rev. A | Page 21 of 32

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