SNVS499I February 2007 – November 2023 LM5116
PRODUCTION DATA
The LM5116 oscillator frequency is set by a single external resistor connected between the RT/SYNC pin and the AGND pin. The resistor must be located very close to the device and connected directly to the pins of the IC (RT/SYNC and AGND). To set a desired oscillator frequency (fSW), the necessary value for the resistor can be calculated from the following equation:
where
450 ns represents the fixed minimum off time.
The LM5116 oscillator has a maximum programmable frequency that is dependent on the VCC voltage. If VCC is above 6 V, the frequency can be programmed up to 1 MHz. If VCCX is used to bias VCC and VCCX < 6 V, the maximum programmable oscillator frequency is 750 kHz.
The RT/SYNC pin can be used to synchronize the internal oscillator to an external clock. The external clock must be a higher frequency than the free-running frequency set by the RT resistor. The internal oscillator can be synchronized to an external clock by AC coupling a positive edge into the RT/SYNC pin. The voltage at the RT/SYNC pin is nominally 1.215 V and must exceed 4 V to trip the internal synchronization pulse detection. TI recommends a 5-V amplitude signal and 100-pF coupling capacitor. The free-running frequency must be set nominally 15% below the external clock. Synchronizing above twice the free-running frequency can result in abnormal behavior of the pulse width modulator.