L6730

The controller is an integrated circuit designed using BiCMOS-DMOS, v5 (BCD5) technology that provides complete control logic and protection for high performance, stepdown DC/DC and niPOL converters.It is designed to drive N-Channel MOSFETs in a synchronous rectified buck converter topology. The output voltage of the converter can be precisely regulated down to 600 mV, with a maximum tolerance of ±0.8%, or to 1.2 V, when one of the internal references is used.It is also possible to use an external reference from 0 V to 2.5 V.The input voltage can range from 1.8 V to 14 V, while the supply voltage can range from 4.5 V to 14 V. High peak current gate drivers provide for fast switching to the external power section and the output current can be in excess of 20 A, depending on the number of the external MOSFETs used. The PWM duty cycle can range from 0% to 100% with a minimum on-time (T_ON(MIN)) lower than 100 ns, making conversions with a very low duty cycle and very high switching frequency possible.The device provides voltage-mode control. It includes a 400 kHz free-running oscillator that is adjustable from 100 kHz to 1 MHz. The error amplifier features a 10 MHz gain-bandwidthproduct and 5 V/µs slew-rate that permits to realize high converter bandwidth for fast transient response. The device monitors the current by using the RDS(ON) of both the highside and low-side MOSFET(s), eliminating the need for a current sensing resistor and guaranteeing an effective over current-protection in all the application conditions. When necessary, two different current limit protections can be externally set through two external resistors. A leading edge adjustable blanking time is also available to avoid false overcurrent- protection (OCP) intervention in every application condition.It is possible to select the HICCUP mode or the constant current protection (L6730B) after the soft-start phase.During this phase constant current protection is provided. It is possible to s