POWER MANAGEMENT
Application Information (Cont.)
It should be noted that if high speed/high current drivers
such as the SC1301 are used, careful layout guide lines
must be followed in order to minimize stray inductance,
which might cause negative voltages at the output of the
drivers. This negative voltage can be clamped to a reason-
able level by placing a small Schottky diode directly at the
output of the driver as shown below.
C23
F
VCC
0.1u
C26
2.2u,16V
U4
5 REF
GND 6
4 FB
OUTB 7
3 CS
OUTA 8
2 RC
VCC 9
1 SYNC
LUVLO 10
SC4808
SYNC
56.2k
R28
10
C33
0.1u,25V
C34
0.1u
10k
Vin
R23
R33
VCC EN
SC1301A
3 5 U3
1
2
4
Gate_B
D_B
VCC EN
SC1301A
3 5 U6
1
2
4
Gate_A
D_A
OVER CURRENT
Two levels of over current protection are provided by the
SC4808B-1. The current information is sensed at the CS
pin and compared to a peak current limit level of 525mV.
If the 525mV limit is exceeded, the OUTA and OUTB pulse
widths and duty cycle is reduced until the CS pin reaches a
second threshold of 950mV. At that point, the OUTA and
OUTB are disabled, and after a delay of 140µs, the inter-
nal softstart sequence is started. After the softstart dura-
tion (see page 18 for calculation of softstart time), normal
operation is achieved, unless the over current condition is
still present.
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