JAJSVQ2 November 2024 LM644A2-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
A voltage divider between the output voltage and the FB1 pin is used to create an adjustable output voltage from 0.8V to 20V for the first buck converter. The thevenin impedance of the divider must be larger than 4kohms, to correctly enter adjustable output voltage configuration. TI recommends lower output voltages a minimum of 10kohms for RFBT to meet this requirement. For a fixed 5V output connect FB1 to VCC through a 10 kohm resistor. For a fixed 3.3V connect FB1 to AGND. For fixed output voltage configurations the first channel output voltage is sensed on pin 13 BIAS/VOSNS1.
For dual-output voltage configuration, RCONFIG = 0 (spread spectrum disabled) or 121kΩ (spread spectrum enabled).
FB2 is configured in the same manner as FB1. A voltage divider between output voltage and the FB2 pin is used to create an adjustable output voltage from 0.8 to 20V for the second buck converter. The thevenin impedance of the divider must be larger than 4kohms, to correctly enter adjustable output voltage configuration. For lower output voltages, TI recommends a value of 10kohms for RFBT to meet this requirement. For a fixed 5V output, connect FB2 to VCC through a 10kohm resistor. For a fixed 3.3V connect FB2 to AGND. For fixed output voltage configurations, the second channel output voltage is sensed on pin 19. that is, VOSNS2.
Current sharing between multiple buck channels can increase the current. For one device, single-output multi-phase operation can double the single buck current and provide up to 12A. Using three devices allows six times the current up to 36A. When the device is configured to single-output multi-phase operation (9.53kΩ < RCONFIG < 93.1kΩ) , FB2 is re-configured to provide an adjustable soft start (SS). An external capacitor can be placed from this pin to ground to extend the internal soft-start time. The time can be calculated using the soft-start current of 20µA (typical) charging the external capacitor to the reference voltage of 0.8V (typical). As an example, a 220nF capacitor provides a soft start of 8ms after the initialization of the device. The pin must also be tied to FB2/SS of all other LM stacked devices for fault communication between primary and secondary devices. Faults, such as thermal shutdown, are communicated by pulling the pin low and stops switching for all devices.
The LM644A2-Q1 uses a 0.8V reference. The following equation can be used to determine RFBB for a desired output voltage and a given RFBT. Usually, RFBT is limited to a maximum value of 100kΩ to prevent drifting due to PCB leakage under harsh conditions. To improve light load efficiency, a larger resistance of up to 1MΩ can be used in cleaner environments, or the fixed output voltage options can be used under harsher conditions.
In addition, a feedforward capacitor CFF can be used to optimize the transient response. Typical values are provided in the applications section and were selected based upon the top feedback resistor to place a zero slightly above the cross-over frequency.