The LM25116 evaluation board is designed to provide the design engineer with a fully functional power converter based on Emulated Current Mode Control to evaluate the LM25116 controller IC. The evaluation board provides a 5V output with a 7A current capability. The wide input voltage ranges from 7V to 42V. The design operates at 250kHz, a good compromise between conversion efficiency and solution size. The printed circuit board consists of 4 layers, 2 ounce copper top and bottom, 1 ounce copper internal layers on FR4 material with a thickness of 0.06 inches. This application note contains the evaluation board schematic, Bill-of-Materials (BOM) and a quick setup procedure. Refer to the LM25116 datasheet for complete circuit design information.
Features
- Emulated peak current mode
- Wide operating range up to 42V
- Low IQ Shutdown (<10µA)
- Drives standard or logic level MOSFETs
- Robust 3.5A peak gate drive
- Free-run or synchronous operation to 1MHz
- Optional diode emulation mode
- Programmable output from 1.215V to 36V
- Precision 1.5% voltage reference
- Programmable current limit
- Programmable soft-start
- Programmable line under-voltage lockout
- Automatic switch to external bias supply
- TSSOP-20EP exposed pad
- Thermal shutdown