JAJSOR8 September 2024 LM70840 , LM70860 , LM70880
PRODUCTION DATA
Figure 6-4 illustrates inductor current sensing using a shunt resistor. This configuration continuously monitors the inductor current to provide accurate overcurrent protection across the operating temperature range. For excellent current sense accuracy and overcurrent protection, use a low inductance ±1% tolerance shunt resistor between the inductor and the output, with a Kelvin connection to the LM708x0 current sense amplifier.
If the peak differential current signal sensed from ISNS+ to VOUT exceeds the current limit threshold of 56mV, the current limit comparator immediately terminates the high-side gate driver output for cycle-by-cycle current limiting. Calculate the shunt resistance using Equation 8.
where
The typical current sense delay (tDELAY(CS)) is 75ns. Calculate the resultant inductor current overshoot above the overcurrent threshold using Equation 9.
The respective SS voltage is clamped 150mV above FB during an overcurrent condition. 16 overcurrent events must occur before the SS clamp is enabled. This requirement make sure that SS can be pulled low during brief overcurrent events, preventing output voltage overshoot during recovery.