SLVSES8A October 2020 – December 2020 LM5127-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
In boost configuration, the device limits the maximum duty cycle of the low-side driver. This maximum duty cycle limit (DMAX-BOOST) decides the minimum input supply voltage which can achieve the target output voltage during CCM operation. The minimum input supply voltage (VSUPPLY(MIN)) which can achieve the target output voltage is not limited by DMAX-BOOST during DCM operation. The minimum input supply voltage which can achieve the target output voltage in CCM can be estimated using Equation 13.
At light load conditions or when the input voltage is close to the target output voltage in CCM, the device skips the low-side driver pulses if the required on-time is less than the boost minimum controllable on-time (tON-MIN-BOOST). This pulse skipping appears as a random behavior.
If the input voltage is further increased to the voltage higher than the target output voltage, the required-on-time becomes zero and eventually the device enters a bypass mode which turns on the high-side driver 100% when VFB is greater than VOVTH.