JAJSBH4G February 2011 – March 2022 LM21215
PRODUCTION DATA
The enable (EN) pin of the LM21215 allows the output to be toggled on and off. This pin is a precision analog input. When the voltage exceeds 1.35 V, the controller will try to regulate the output voltage as long as the input voltage has exceeded the UVLO voltage of 2.7 V. There is an internal current source connected to EN so if enable is not used, the device will turn on automatically. If EN is not toggled directly, the device can be pre-programmed to turn on at a certain input voltage higher than the UVLO voltage. This can be done with an external resistor divider from AVIN to EN and EN to AGND as shown in Figure 8-3.
The resistor values of RA and RB can be relatively sized to allow EN to reach the enable threshold voltage depending on the input supply voltage. With the enable current source accounted for, the equation solving for RA is the following:
where
Typical values for RB range from 10 kΩ to 100 kΩ.