L6996
DINAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE SYNCHRONOUS
STEP DOWN CONTROLLER FOR MOBILE CPUs
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5 BIT DAC WITH AVAILABLE EXTERNAL
OUTPUT VOLTAGE.
0.6 TO 1.750V, DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE
OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGE.
鹵1% OUTPUT ACCURACY OVER LINE AND LOAD.
ACTIVE DROOP.
CONSTANT ON TIME TOPOLOGY ALLOWS
LOW DUTY CYCLE AND FAST LOAD
TRANSIENT.
90% EFFICIENCY FROM 12V TO 1.35V/8A.
1.750V TO 28V BATTERY INPUT RANGE.
OPERATING FREQUENCY UP TO 1MHZ.
INTEGRATED HIGH CURRENT DRIVERS.
LATCHED OVP AND UVP PROTECTIONS.
OCP PROTECTION.
350碌A TYP. QUIESCENT CURRENT.
7碌A TYP. SHUTDOWN SUPPLY CURRENT.
PGOOD AND OVP SIGNALS.
ZERO-CURRENT DETECTION AND PULSE-
FREQUENCY MODE.
TSSOP24
ORDERING NUMBERS: L6996D (TSSOP24)
L6996DTR (Tape & Reel)
APPLICATIONS
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ADVANCED MOBILE CPUs SUPPLY WITH
DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS.
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NOTEBOOK/LAPTOP, CONCEPT PC CPUs
SUPPLY.
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DC/DC FROM BATTERY SUPPLY EQUIPMENTS.
APPLICATION DIAGRAM
5V
DESCRIPTION
The device is dc-dc controller specifically designed to
provide extremely high efficiency conversion for mo-
bile advanced microprocessors.
The "constant on-time" topology assures fast load
transient response. The embedded "voltage feedfor-
ward" provides nearly constant switching frequency
operation.
A precise 5-bit DAC allows select output voltage from
0.6V to 1V with 25mV steps and from 1V to 1.75V
with 50mV steps.
L6996 is capable of supporting CPUs VID combina-
tion changing during normal operation.
The active droop allows adjust both the output load-
line slope and the zero-load output voltage.
25V
VCC
VDR
OSC
BOOT
HGATE
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5V
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PHASE
PGOOD
OVP
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SENSE
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OUT
1.25V
L6996
LGATE
LS
DS
ILIM
PGND
GND
CS+
CS-
SS
VFB-
VFB+
C
SS
SHDN
VID4:0
VPROG
C
VPROG
July 2002
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