LINER LTC4280

LTC4280
Hot Swap Controller with
2
I C Compatible Monitoring
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
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The LTC®4280 Hot Swap™ controller allows a board to be
safely inserted and removed from a live backplane. Using
an external N-channel pass transistor, board supply voltage
and inrush current are ramped up at an adjustable rate.
An I2C interface and onboard ADC allow for monitoring
of load current, voltage and fault status.
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Allows Safe Insertion into Live Backplane
8-Bit ADC Monitors Current and Voltage
I2C/SMBus Interface
Wide Operating Voltage Range: 2.9V to 15V
Adjustable Overcurrent Filter Time
High Side Drive for External N-Channel MOSFET
No External Gate Capacitor Required
Input Overvoltage/Undervoltage Protection
Optional Latchoff or Auto-Retry After Faults
Alerts Host After Faults
Inrush Current Limit with Foldback
Available in 24-Pin 4mm × 5mm QFN Package
The device features adjustable analog foldback current
limit and a FILTER pin which configures the time spent in
overcurrent before declaring a fault. An I2C interface may
configure the part to latch off or automatically restart after
the LTC4280 detects a current limit fault.
The controller has additional features to interrupt the host
when a fault has occurred, notify when output power is
good, detect insertion of a load card, and power-up either
automatically upon insertion or wait for an I2C command
to turn on.
APPLICATIONS
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Live Board Insertion
Electronic Circuit Breakers
Computers, Servers
Platform Management
L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology, the Linear logo and Hot Swap are registered trademarks of
Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
TYPICAL APPLICATION
12V Application with 5A Circuit Breaker
0.005Ω
Start-Up Waveform
FDC653N
12V
VOUT
12V
+
CONNECTOR 1
CONNECTOR 2
0.1μF
CL
34.8k
VDD
10V/DIV
10Ω
CONTACT
BOUNCE
3.57k
1.18k
P6KE16A
3.4k
SDA
SCL
ALERT
30.1k
INTVCC
UV VDD
OV
SDAO
SDAI
SCL
ALERT
SENSE+
SENSE– GATE SOURCE
INTVCC
ON TIMER FILTER
INRUSH
CURRENT
2.5A/DIV
FB
EN
INTVCC
LTC4280
ADIN
24k
GPIO
VOUT
10V/DIV
VGPIO
(POWERGOOD)
10V/DIV
GND
4280 TA02
0.1μF
GND
CL = 12000μF
47nF
50ms/DIV
4280 TA01
BACKPLANE PLUG-IN
CARD
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LTC4280
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
PIN CONFIGURATION
(Notes 1, 2)
SOURCE
GATE
SENSE–
SENSE+
VDD
TOP VIEW
24 23 22 21 20
UV 1
19 FB
OV 2
18 GPIO
FILTER 3
17 INTVCC
25
GND 4
16 TIMER
ON 5
15 ADIN
EN 6
14 ADR2
13 ADR1
NC
ADR0
9 10 11 12
ALERT
8
SCL
SDAO 7
SDAI
Supply Voltage (VDD) ................................. –0.3V to 24V
Supply Voltage (INTVCC) ........................... –0.3V to 6.5V
Input Voltages
GATE-SOURCE (Note 3) ........................... –0.3V to 5V
SENSE+, SENSE– ................ VDD – 0.3V to VDD + 0.3V
SOURCE.................................................... –5V to 24V
EN, FB, ON, OV, UV ................................ –0.3V to 12V
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2, TIMER,
ADIN, FILTER .........................–0.3V to INTVCC + 0.3V
ALERT SCL, SDA, SDAI, SDAO ............. –0.3V to 6.5V
Output Voltages
GATE, GPIO............................................ –0.3V to 24V
Operating Temperature Range
LTC4280C ................................................ 0°C to 70°C
LTC4280I..............................................–40°C to 85°C
Storage Temperature Range
SSOP .................................................–65°C to 150°C
QFN....................................................–65°C to 125°C
Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec)
SSOP ................................................................ 300°C
UFD PACKAGE
24-LEAD (4mm s 5mm) PLASTIC QFN
TJMAX = 125°C, θJA = 34°C/W
EXPOSED PAD (PIN 25) NOT GUARANTEED LOW IMPEDANCE TO GND,
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OPTIONAL
ORDER INFORMATION
LEAD FREE FINISH
TAPE AND REEL
PART MARKING*
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
TEMPERATURE RANGE
LTC4280CUFD#PBF
LTC4280CUFD#TRPBF
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24-Lead (4mm × 5mm) Plastic QFN
0°C to 70°C
LTC4280IUFD#PBF
LTC4280IUFD#TRPBF
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24-Lead (4mm × 5mm) Plastic QFN
–40°C to 85°C
LEAD BASED FINISH
TAPE AND REEL
PART MARKING*
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
TEMPERATURE RANGE
LTC4280CUFD
LTC4280CUFD#TR
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24-Lead (4mm × 5mm) Plastic QFN
0°C to 70°C
LTC4280IUFD
LTC4280IUFD#TR
4280
24-Lead (4mm × 5mm) Plastic QFN
–40°C to 85°C
Consult LTC Marketing for parts specified with wider operating temperature ranges. *The temperature grade is identified by a label on the shipping container.
For more information on lead free part marking, go to: http://www.linear.com/leadfree/
For more information on tape and reel specifications, go to: http://www.linear.com/tapeandreel/
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LTC4280
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The l denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. VDD = 12V unless otherwise noted.
SYMBOL
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
Supplies
VDD
Input Supply Range
l
2.9
15
VOV(VDD)
Input Supply Overvoltage Threshold
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IDD
Input Supply Current
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VDD(UVL)
Input Supply Undervoltage Lockout
VDD(HYST)
Input Supply Undervoltage Lockout Hysteresis
INTVCC
Internal Regulator Voltage
INTVCC(UVL)
INTVCC Undervoltage Lockout
INTVCC(HYST)
INTVCC Undervoltage Lockout Hysteresis
15
15.6
16.5
3
5
V
V
mA
l
2.75
2.84
2.89
V
l
75
100
125
mV
VDD ≥ 3.3V
l
2.9
3.1
3.4
V
INTVCC Rising
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2.55
2.64
2.79
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20
55
75
mV
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22.5
25
27.5
mV
VDD Rising
V
Current Limit and Circuit Breaker
ΔVSENSE(TH)
Circuit Breaker Threshold (VDD – VSENSE)
ΔVSENSE
Current Limit Voltage (VDD – VSENSE)
VFB = 1.3V
VFB = 0V
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22.5
7
26
10
29.5
13.5
mV
mV
ISENSE(IN)
SENSE +/– Input Current
VSENSE = 12V
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10
20
35
μA
V
Gate Drive
ΔVGATE
External N-Channel Gate Drive (VGATE – VSOURCE) VDD = 2.9V to 15V
(Note 3)
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4.7
5.9
6.5
IGATE(UP)
External N-Channel Gate Pull-Up Current
Gate On, VGATE = 0V
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–15
–20
–30
μA
IGATE(DN)SLOW
External N-Channel Gate Pulldown Current
Gate Off, VGATE = 15V
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0.8
1
1.6
mA
IGATE(DN)FAST
Pulldown Current From GATE to SOURCE
During OC/UVLO
VDD – SENSE = 100mV, VGS = 4V
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300
450
700
mA
tPHL(SENSE)
(VDD – SENSE) High to GATE Low
VDD – SENSE = 100mV, CGS = 10nF
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0.5
1
μs
VGS(POWERBAD)
Gate-Source Voltage for Power Bad Fault
VSOURCE = 2.9V – 15V
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3.8
4.3
4.7
V
VON Rising
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1.210
1.235
1.26
V
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60
128
180
mV
0
±1
μA
V
Comparator Inputs
VON(TH)
ON Pin Threshold Voltage
ΔVON(HYST)
ON Pin Hysteresis
ION(IN)
ON Pin Input Current
VON = 1.2V
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VEN(TH)
EN Input Threshold
VEN = Rising
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1.215
1.235
1.255
ΔVEN(HYST)
EN Hysteresis
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50
128
200
mV
IEN
EN Pin Input Current
EN = 3.5V
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0
±1
μA
VOV(TH)
OV Pin Threshold Voltage
VOV Rising
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1.215
1.235
1.255
V
ΔVOV(HYST)
OV Pin Hysteresis
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10
30
40
mV
IOV(IN)
OV Pin Input Current
VOV = 1.8V
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0
±1
μA
VUV(TH)
UV Pin Threshold Voltage
VUV Rising
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1.215
1.235
1.255
V
ΔVUV(HYST)
UV Pin Hysteresis
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60
80
100
mV
IUV(IN)
UV Pin Input Current
VUV = 1.8V
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0
±1
μA
VUV Falling
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0.33
0.4
0.47
V
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60
125
210
mV
l
1.215
1.235
1.255
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3
8
15
mV
0
±1
μA
1
1.2
V
VUV(RTH)
UV Pin Reset Threshold Voltage
ΔVUV(RHYST)
UV Pin Reset Threshold Hysteresis
VFB
Foldback Pin Power Good Threshold
FB Rising
ΔVFB(HYST)
FB Pin Power Good Hysteresis
IFB
Foldback Pin Input Current
FB = 1.8V
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VGPIO(TH)
GPIO Pin Input Threshold
VGPIO Rising
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0.8
V
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LTC4280
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The l denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. VDD = 12V unless otherwise noted.
SYMBOL
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
0.25
0.5
V
Other Pin Functions
VGPIO(OL)
GPIO Pin Output Low Voltage
IGPIO = 5mA
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IGPIO(OH)
GPIO Pin Input Leakage Current
VGPIO = 15V
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ISOURCE
SOURCE Pin Input Current
SOURCE = 15V
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tP(GATE)
Input (ON, OV, UV, EN) to GATE Off
Propagation Delay
tD(GATE)
Turn-On Delay
40
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ON
UV, OV, EN
Overcurrent Auto-Retry
l
l
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50
2.5
0
±1
μA
80
120
μA
3
5
μs
1
100
5
2
150
75
μs
ms
s
VTIMERL(TH)
Timer Low Threshold
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0.17
0.2
0.23
V
VTIMERH(TH)
Timer High Threshold
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1.2
1.235
1.26
V
ITIMER(UP)
TIMER Pin Pull-Up Current
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–80
–100
–120
μA
ITIMER(DOWN)
TIMER Pin Pulldown Current for OC Auto-Retry
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1.4
2
2.6
μA
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40
50
60
ITIMER(UP/DOWN) TIMER Current Up/Down Ratio
VFILTER(TH)
FILTER High Threshold
IFILTER
FILTER Timer Current
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1.2
1.235
1.27
V
During OC FILTER = 0.5V
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–7.5
–10
–12.5
μA
After OC FILTER = 0.5V
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1
2
3.5
μA
During Startup FILTER = 0.5V
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.03
0.6
1.2
mA
0.5
0.2
0.2
2
1.25
1.25
LSB
LSB
LSB
ADC
RES
Resolution (No Missing Codes)
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INL
Integral Nonlinearity
VDD – SENSE (Note 5)
SOURCE
ADIN
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l
l
–2
–1.25
–1.25
VOS
Offset Error (Note 4)
VDD – SENSE
SOURCE
ADIN
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±2.0
±1.0
±1.0
LSB
LSB
LSB
TUE
Total Unadjusted Error
VDD – SENSE
SOURCE
ADIN
l
l
l
±5.5
±5.0
±5.0
LSB
LSB
LSB
FSE
Full-Scale Error
VDD – SENSE
SOURCE
ADIN
l
l
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±5.5
±5.0
±5.0
LSB
LSB
LSB
VFS
Full-Scale Voltage (255 • VLSB)
VDD – SENSE
SOURCE
ADIN
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l
37.625
15.14
1.205
38.45
15.44
1.23
39.275
15.74
1.255
mV
V
V
RADIN
ADIN Pin Sampling Resistance
VADIN = 1.28V
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1
2
VADIN = 1.28V
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IADIN
ADIN Pin Input Current
Conversion Rate
Bits
0
10
MΩ
±0.1
μA
Hz
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LTC4280
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The l denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. VDD = 12V unless otherwise noted.
SYMBOL
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
INTVCC
–0.8
INTVCC
–0.4
INTVCC
–0.2
V
–3
μA
μA
0.8
V
I2C Interface
VADR(H)
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 Input High Voltage
IADR(IN,Z)
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 Hi-Z Input Current
VADR(L)
l
l
l
3
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 Input Low Voltage
l
0.2
–80
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 = 0.8V
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 = INTVCC – 0.8V
IADR(IN)
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 Input Current
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2 = 0V, INTVCC
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IALERT
ALERT Input Current
ALERT = 6.5V
l
VALERT(OL)
ALERT Output Low Voltage
IALERT = 3mA
l
VSDA,SCL(TH)
SDA, SCL Input Threshold
ISDA,SCL(OH)
SDA, SCL Input Current
SCL, SDA = 6.5V
l
VSDA(OL)
SDA Output Low Voltage
ISDA = 3mA
l
Operates with fSCL ≤ fSCL(MAX)
l
l
1.3
0.4
80
μA
±1
μA
0.2
0.4
V
1.7
1.9
V
±1
μA
0.4
V
0.2
I2C Interface Timing
fSCL(MAX)
SCL Clock Frequency
tBUF(MIN)
Bus Free Time Between Stop/Start Condition
l
0.12
1.3
μs
tHD,STA(MIN)
Hold Time After (Repeated) Start Condition
l
30
600
ns
tSU,STA(MIN)
Repeated Start Condition Set-Up Time
l
30
600
ns
tSU,STO(MIN)
Stop Condition Set-Up Time
l
140
600
ns
tHD,DAT(MIN)
Data Hold Time (Input)
l
30
100
ns
tHD,DATO
Data Hold Time (Output)
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tSU,DAT(MIN)
Data Set-Up Time
l
tSP
Suppressed Spike Pulse Width
CX
SCL, SDA Input Capacitance
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SDAI Tied to SDAO (Note 6)
Note 1: Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings
may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to any Absolute
Maximum Rating condition for extended periods may affect device
reliability and lifetime.
Note 2: All currents into pins are positive; all voltages are referenced to
GND unless otherwise specified.
Note 3: An internal clamp limits the GATE pin to a minimum of 5V above
SOURCE. Driving this pin to voltages beyond the clamp may damage the device.
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400
300
50
1000
kHz
500
900
ns
30
600
ns
110
250
ns
10
pF
Note 4: Offset error is the offset voltage measured from 1LSB when the
output code flickers between 0000 0000 and 0000 0001.
Note 5: Integral nonlinearity is defined as the deviation of a code from a
precise analog input voltage. Maximum specifications are limited by the
LSB step size and the single shot measurement. Typical specifications are
measured from the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 areas of the quantization band.
Note 6: Guaranteed by design and not subject to test.
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TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
IDD vs VDD
TA = 25°C, VDD = 12V unless otherwise noted
INTVCC vs VDD
INTVCC vs ILOAD
4.0
4
4
VDD = 12V, 5V
3
3
VDD = 3.3V
2
VCC (V)
VDD (V)
IDD (mA)
3.5
2
3.0
1
1
2.5
0
0
15
10
VDD (V)
5
20
25
0
3.0
2.5
3.5
VTH(UV) vs Temperature
1.234
ITIMER vs Temperature
90
110
85
105
ITIMER (μA)
VHYST(UV) (mV)
VTH (UV) RISING (V)
1.238
80
–25
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
70
–50
100
75
–25
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
75
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15
10
5
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
VFB (V)
75
26
25
100
100
VDD = 5V, 12V
TPHL V(GATE) (μs)
CIRCUIT BREAKER THRESHOLD (mV)
20
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
TPHL(GATE) vs Sense Voltage
VTH Circuit Breaker vs Temperature
25
–25
4280 G06
27
30
ILIM (mV)
90
–50
100
4280 G05
Current Limit vs VFB
0
100
95
75
1.232
10
4280 G03
VHYST(UV) vs Temperature
1.236
8
4280 G02
1.240
1.230
–50
6
4
ILOAD (mA)
2
INTVCC (V)
4280 G01
0
0
4.0
VDD = 3.3V
24
10
1
23
22
–50
–25
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
75
100
0.1
0
25
50
75
100
125
V(SENSE+) – V(SENSE–) (mV)
150
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4280 G07
4280 G08
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TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
ΔVGATE vs Temperature
ΔVGATE vs IGATE
6.1
IGATE Pull-Up vs Temperature
–30
7
VDD = 5V
–25
5
$VGATE (V)
5.9
VDD = 5V
6
VDD = 12V
5.8
5.7
VDD = 12V
IGATE (μA)
6.0
$VGATE(SOURCE) (V)
TA = 25°C, VDD = 12V unless otherwise noted
4
VDD = 3.3V
3
–20
VDD = 3.3V
5.6
2
5.5
1
5.4
–50
–15
0
–25
0
25
50
100
75
5
0
10
TEMPERATURE (°C)
15
–10
–50
25
20
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
–25
IGATE (μA)
4280 G10
75
4280 G11
4280 G12
Total Unadjusted Error
vs Code (ADIN)
VOL(GPIO) vs IGPIO
0.6
0.006
0.5
0.005
100
ADC INL vs Code (ADIN)
0.5
VDD = 3.3V, 5V, 12V
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.004
INL (LSB)
ERROR (mV)
0.4
0.003
0.2
0.002
0.1
0.001
0
0
0.1
0
–0.1
–0.2
–0.3
–0.4
2
4
6
IGPIO1 (mA)
10
8
–0.5
0
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64
128
CODE
0.4
0.8
0.3
0.6
0.2
0.1
0
–0.1
–0.2
–0.3
192
256
4280 G15
0.2
0
–0.2
–0.4
–0.6
–0.8
–0.5
–1.0
–50
192
128
CODE
0.4
–0.4
128
CODE
64
ADC Full-Scale Error
vs Temperature
1.0
64
0
4280 G14
0.5
0
256
192
ADC DNL vs Code (ADIN)
FULL-SCALE ERROR (LSB)
0
DNL (LSB)
VOL(GPIO1) (V)
0.4
256
4280 G16
–25
50
25
0
TEMPERATURE (°C)
75
100
4280 G17
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LTC4280
PIN FUNCTIONS
ADIN: ADC Input. A voltage between 0V and 1.235V
applied to this pin is measured by the onboard ADC. Tie
to ground if unused.
ADR0, ADR1, ADR2: Serial Bus Address Inputs. Tying
these pins to ground, to the INTVCC pin or open configures
one of 27 possible addresses. See Table 1 in Applications
Information.
ALERT: Fault Alert Output. Open-drain logic output that
is pulled to ground when a fault occurs to alert the host
controller. A fault alert is enabled by the ALERT register.
See Applications Information. Tie to ground if unused.
EN: Enable Input. Ground this pin to indicate a board is
present and enable the N-channel MOSFET to turn on. When
this pin is high, the MOSFET is not allowed to turn on. An
internal 10μA current source pulls up this pin. Transitions
on this pin are recorded in the Fault register. A high-to-low
transition activates the logic to read the state of the ON pin
and clear Faults. See Applications Information.
EXPOSED PAD (Pin 25): Exposed pad may be left open
or connected to device ground.
FB: Foldback Current Limit and Power Good Input. A
resistive divider from the output is tied to this pin. When
the voltage at this pin drops below 1.235V, power is not
considered good. The power bad condition may result in the
GPIO pin pulling low or going high impedance depending
on the configuration of control register bits A6 and A7.
Also a power bad fault is logged in this condition if the
LTC4280 has finished the start-up cycle and the GATE pin
is high. See Applications Information. The current limit
folds back from a 26mV sense voltage to 10mV as the
FB pin voltage falls from 0.6V to 0V.
GATE: Gate Drive for External N-Channel MOSFET. An
internal 20μA current source charges the gate of the
MOSFET. Often no compensation capacitor is required
on the GATE pin, but a resistor and capacitor network
from this pin to ground may be used to set the turn-on
output voltage slew rate. See Applications Information.
During turn-off there is a 1mA pulldown current. During
a short-circuit or undervoltage lockout (VDD or INTVCC),
a 450mA pulldown current source between GATE and
SOURCE is activated.
GND: Device Ground.
GPIO: General Purpose Input/Output. Open-drain logic
output or logic input. Defaults to an output set to pull
low to indicate power is not good. Configure according
to Table 2 and 3.
INTVCC: Low Voltage Supply Decoupling Output. Connect
a 0.1μF capacitor from this pin to ground.
ON: On Control Input. A rising edge turns on the external
N-channel MOSFET and a falling edge turns it off. This pin
also configures the state of the FET On bit in the control
register (and hence the external MOSFET) at power up.
For example, if the ON pin is tied high, then the FET On bit
(A3 in Table 2) goes high 100ms after power-up. Likewise
if the ON pin is tied low then the part remains off after
power-up until the FET On bit is set high using the I2C
bus. A high-to-low transition on this pin clears the fault
register.
OV: Overvoltage Comparator Input. Connect this pin to an
external resistive divider from VDD. If the voltage at this
pin rises above 1.235V, an overvoltage fault is detected
and the GATE turns off. Tie to GND if unused.
FILTER: Fault Filter Input. Connect a capacitor between this
pin and ground to set a 123ms/μF delay for overcurrent
fault filtering after startup.
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PIN FUNCTIONS
SCL: Serial Bus Clock Input. Data at the SDA pin is shifted
in or out on rising edges of SCL. This is a high impedance
pin that is generally driven by an open-collector output
from a master controller. An external pull-up resistor or
current source is required.
SOURCE: N-Channel MOSFET Source and ADC Input.
Connect this pin to the source of the external N-channel
MOSFET switch for gate drive return. This pin also serves as
the ADC input to monitor output voltage. The pin provides
a return for the gate pulldown circuit.
SDAO: Serial Bus Data Output. Open-drain output for
sending data back to the master controller or acknowledging
a write operation. Normally tied to SDAI to form the SDA
line. An external pull-up resistor or current source is
required.
TIMER: Start-Up Timer Input. Connect a capacitor
between this pin and ground to set a 12.3ms/μF duration
for start-up, after which an overcurrent fault is logged if
the inrush is still current limited. The duration of the off
time is 600ms/μF when overcurrent auto-retry is enabled,
resulting in a 1:50 duty cycle. An internal timer provides
a 100ms start-up time and 5 seconds auto-retry time if
this pin is tied to INTVCC.
SDAI: Serial Bus Data Input. A high impedance input for
shifting in address, command or data bits. Normally tied
to SDAO to form the SDA line.
SENSE+: Positive Current Sense Input. Connect this pin to
the input of the current sense resistor. Must be connected
to the same trace as VDD.
SENSE–: Negative Current Sense Input. Connect this pin to
the output of the current sense resistor. This pin provides
sense voltage feedback and monitoring for the current
limit, circuit breaker and ADC.
UV: Undervoltage Comparator Input. Connect this pin
to an external resistive divider from VDD . If the voltage
at this pin falls below 1.155V, an undervoltage fault is
detected and the GATE turns off. Pulling this pin below
0.4V resets all faults and allows the GATE to turn back on.
Tie to INTVCC if unused.
VDD: Supply Voltage Input. This pin has an undervoltage
lockout threshold of 2.84V and overvoltage lockout
threshold of 15.6V.
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FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
SENSE–
CB
FOLDBACK
1.235V
0.6V
FB
1.235V
UV
0.4V
OV
INTVCC
EN
1.235V
10μA
1.235V
UV
RST
RESET
+
–
OV1
1.235V
2.84V
15.6V
+
–
+
–
+
–
–
+
+–
GATE
CS
CHARGE
PUMP AND
GATE DRIVER
SOURCE
26mV
25mV
FET ON
UV
+
–
+
–
+
– –+
FAULT
1.235V
+
–
PG
10μA
FILTER
PWRGD
1.235V
2μA
FAULT
GP
OV
LOGIC
EN
ON
ON
UVLO1
VDD(UVLO)
TM2
+
–
GPI0
1V
+
–
0.2V
100μA
TIMER
2μA
3.1V
GEN
1.235V
UVLO2
OV2
+
–
EN
TM1
ON
VDD
+
–
SENSE+
OV2
A/D
CONVERTER
ADIN
+
–
INTVCC
2.64V
8
SOURCE
SDAI
SENSE+ - SENSE –
SDAO
I2C
I2C ADDR 5
ADRO
SCL
ALERT
1 OF 27
ADR1
ADR2
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TIMING DIAGRAM
SDAI/SDAO
tSU, DAT
tHD, DATO,
tHD, DATI
tSU, STA
tSP
tHD, STA
tSP
tBUF
tSU, STO
4280 TD01
SCL
tHD, STA
START
CONDITION
REPEATED START
CONDITION
STOP
CONDITION
START
CONDITION
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OPERATION
The LTC4280 is designed to turn a board’s supply voltage
on and off in a controlled manner, allowing the board to be
safely inserted or removed from a live backplane. During
normal operation, the charge pump and gate driver turn
on an external N-channel MOSFET’s gate to pass power to
the load. The gate driver uses a charge pump that derives
its power from the VDD pin. Also included in the gate driver
is an internal 6.5V gate-to-source clamp. During start-up
the inrush current is tightly controlled by using current
limit foldback and output dV/dt limiting.
The current sense (CS) amplifier monitors the load
current using the difference between the SENSE+ and
SENSE– pin voltages. The CS amplifier limits the current
in the load by pulling back on the gate-to-source voltage
in an active control loop when the sense voltage exceeds
the commanded value. The CS amplifier requires 20μA
input bias current from both the SENSE+ and the
SENSE– pins.
A short-circuit on the output to ground results in excessive power dissipation during active current limiting. To
limit this power, the CS amplifier regulates the voltage
between the SENSE+ and SENSE– pins at 26mV with
foldback to 10mV.
If an overcurrent condition persists, the internal circuit
breaker (CB) registers a fault when either the sense
voltage exceeds 25mV or the current sense amplifier
is in regulation for more than the time limit set by the
capacitor on the FILTER pin. This indicates to the logic
that it is time to turn off the GATE to prevent overheating.
At this point the start-up TIMER pin voltage ramps down
using the 2μA current source until the voltage drops below
0.2V (comparator TM1) which tells the logic that the pass
transistor has cooled and it is safe to turn it on again if
overcurrent auto-retry is enabled. If the TIMER pin is tied
to INTVCC , the cool-down time defaults to 5 seconds on
an internal system timer in the logic.
The output voltage is monitored using the FB pin and the
Power Good (PG) comparator to determine if the power
is available for the load. The power good condition can be
signaled by the GPIO pin using an open-drain pulldown
transistor. The GPIO pin may also be configured to signal
power bad, or as a general purpose input (GP comparator),
or a general purpose open drain output.
The Functional Diagram shows the monitoring blocks of
the LTC4280. The group of comparators on the left side
includes the undervoltage (UV), overvoltage (OV), reset
(RST), enable (EN) and signal on (ON) comparators. These
comparators determine if the external conditions are valid
prior to turning on the GATE. But first the two undervoltage
lockout circuits, UVLO1 and UVLO2, validate the input
supply and the internally generated 3.1V supply, INTVCC.
UVLO2 also generates the power-up initialization to the
logic circuits as INTVCC crosses this rising threshold. If the
fixed internal overvoltage comparator, OV2, detects that
VDD is greater than 15.6V, the part immediately generates
an overvoltage fault and turns the GATE off.
Included in the LTC4280 is an 8-bit A/D converter. The
converter has a 3-input multiplexer to select between the
ADIN pin, the SOURCE pin and the SENSE+ – SENSE–
voltage.
An I2C interface is provided to read the A/D registers. It
also allows the host to poll the device and determine if
faults have occurred. If the ALERT line is configured as an
interrupt, the host is enabled to respond to faults in real
time. The typical SDA line is divided into an SDAI (input)
and SDAO (output). This simplifies applications using an
optoisolator driven directly from the SDAO output. An
application which uses optoisolation is shown on the back
cover. The I2C device address is decoded using the ADR0,
ADR1 and ADR2 pins. These inputs have three states each
that decode into a total of 27 device addresses.
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
A typical LTC4280 application is in a high availability system
in which a positive voltage supply is distributed to power
individual cards. The device measures card voltages and
currents and records past and present fault conditions.
The system queries each LTC4280 over the I2C periodically
and reads status and measurement information.
A basic LTC4280 application circuit is shown in Figure 1.
The following sections cover turn-on, turn-off and various
faults that the LTC4280 detects and acts upon. External
component selection is discussed in detail in the Design
Example section.
Turn-On Sequence
The power supply on a board is controlled by using
an external N-channel pass transistor (Q1) placed in
the power path. Note that resistor RS provides current
detection. Resistors R1, R2 and R3 define undervoltage and
overvoltage levels. R5 prevents high frequency oscillations
in Q1 and R6 and C1 form an optional network that may
be used to provide an output dV/dt limited start-up.
Several conditions must be present before the external
MOSFET turns on. First the external supply, VDD , must
exceed its 2.84V undervoltage lockout level. Next the
internally generated supply, INTVCC , must cross its 2.64V
undervoltage threshold. This generates a 60μs to 120μs
power-on-reset pulse. During reset the fault registers are
cleared and the control registers are set or cleared as
described in the register section.
After a power-on-reset pulse, the LTC4280 goes through
the following turn-on sequence. First the UV and OV pins
indicate that input power is within the acceptable range,
which is indicated by bits C0-C1 in Table 4. Second, the EN
pin is externally pulled low. Finally, all of these conditions
must be satisfied for the duration of 100ms to ensure that
any contact bounce during insertion has ended.
When these initial conditions are satisfied, the ON pin is
checked and it’s state written to bit A3 in Table 2. If it is
high, the external MOSFET is turned on. If the ON pin is
low, the external MOSFET is turned on when the ON pin is
brought high or if a serial bus turn-on command is sent
by setting bit A3.
The MOSFET is turned on by charging up the GATE with
a 20μA current source. When the GATE voltage reaches
the MOSFET threshold voltage, the MOSFET begins to
turn on and the SOURCE voltage then follows the GATE
voltage as it increases.
RS
0.005Ω
Q1
FDC653N
12V
CONNECTOR 1
CONNECTOR 2
Z1
P6KE16A
SDA
SCL
ALERT
CF
0.1μF
R1
34.8k
1%
R2
1.18k
1%
R3
3.4K
1%
R5
10Ω
R6
15k
C1
6.8nF
UV VDD SENSE+ SENSE– GATE
SOURCE
FB
OV
ON
ADIN
SDAI
LTC4280
GPIO
SDA0
EN
SCL
FILTER
ALERT
TIMER INTVCC ADR0 ADR1 ADR2 GND
CTIMER
0.68μF
GND
R7
30.1k
1%
R8
3.57k
1%
C3
0.1μF
+
VOUT
12V
CL
330μF
R4
100k
CF
47nF
4280 F01
BACKPLANE PLUG-IN
CARD
Figure 1. Typical Application
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When the MOSFET is turning on, the inrush current follows
the foldback profile as shown in Figure 2. Meanwhile the
FILTER pin is held low with 0.6mA to prevent the FILTER
pin from generating an overcurrent fault during start-up.
The TIMER pin integrates at 100μA during start-up and
once it reaches its threshold of 1.235V, the part checks
to see if it is in current limit, which indicates that it has
started up into a short-circuit condition. If this is the case,
the overcurrent fault bit, D2 in Table 5, is set and the part
turns off. If the part is not in current limit, the FILTER pin
is released to enable circuit breaker and current limit based
overcurrent faults. Alternately an internal 100ms start-up
timer may be selected by tying the TIMER pin to INTVCC.
VDD + 6V
VGATE
VDD
GATE Pin Voltage
A curve of gate-to-source drive vs VDD is shown in the
Typical Performance Characteristics. At minimum input
supply voltage of 2.9V, the minimum gate-to-source drive
voltage is 4.7V. The gate-to-source voltage is clamped
below 6.5V to protect the gates of logic level N-channel
MOSFETs.
VOUT
GPIO1
(POWER GOOD)
VSENSE
a 20μA pull-up current from the gate pin slews the gate
upwards and the part is not in current limit. The start-up
TIMER may expire in this condition and an OC fault is not
generated even though start-up has not completed. Either
the sense voltage increases to the 25mV CB threshold or
the current limit as set by the FB pin which generates an
OC fault when the FILTER pin reaches its 1.235V threshold,
or the FB pin voltage crosses its 1.235V power good
threshold and the GPIO pin signals power good.
tSTARTUP
25mV
10mV
ILOAD • RSENSE
4280 F02
FB
LIMITED
TIMER
EXPIRES
Figure 2. Power-Up Waveforms
As the SOURCE voltage rises, the FB pin follows as set
by R7 and R8. Once FB crosses its 1.235V threshold, and
the start-up timer has expired, the GPIO pin, in its default
configuration, ceases to pull low and indicates that power
is now good.
If R6 and C1 are employed for a constant current during
start-up, which produces a constant dV/dt at the output,
Turn-Off Sequence
The GATE is turned off by a variety of conditions. A normal
turn-off is initiated by the ON pin going low or a serial bus
turn-off command. Additionally, several fault conditions
turn off the GATE. These include an input overvoltage
(OV pin), input undervoltage (UV pin), overcurrent circuit
breaker (SENSE– pin), or EN transitioning high. Writing
a logic one into the UV, OV or OC fault bits (D0-D2 in
Table 5) also latches off the GATE if their auto-retry bits
are set to false.
Normally the MOSFET is turned off with a 1mA current
pulling down the GATE pin to ground. With the MOSFET
turned off, the SOURCE and FB voltages drop as CL
discharges. When the FB voltage crosses below its
threshold, GPIO pulls low to indicate that the output power
is no longer good.
If the VDD pin falls below 2.74V for greater than 2μs or
INTVCC drops below 2.60V for greater than 1μs, a fast shut
down of the MOSFET is initiated. The GATE pin is pulled
down with a 450mA current to the SOURCE pin.
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Overcurrent Fault
The LTC4280 features an adjustable current limit that
protects against short-circuits or excessive load current
until an overcurrent fault is generated. An overcurrent
fault can occur in two different manners. First, at the end of
start-up when the TIMER pin reaches its 1.235V threshold
or the internal 100ms start-up timer expires, if the part is
in current limit an overcurrent fault is generated. Second,
after start-up the FILTER pin ramps up with 10μA if the sense
voltage exceeds the 25mV circuit breaker threshold or the
current limit circuit regulates the sense voltage. When the
FILTER pin passes its 1.235V threshold the overcurrent
present bit C2 is set and an overcurrent fault is generated.
In both cases the external MOSFET is turned off and the
overcurrent fault bit is set.
VGATE
10V/DIV
VSOURCE
10V/DIV
VDD
10V/DIV
ILOAD
10A/DIV
RS = 5mΩ
CL = 0
RSHORT = 1Ω
R6 = 30k
C1 = 0.1μF
5μs/DIV
4280 F03
Figure 3. Short-Circuit Waveforms
After the MOSFET is turned off, the TIMER and FILTER
capacitors begins discharging with 2μA pulldown currents.
When the TIMER pin reaches its 0.2V threshold the MOSFET
is allowed to turn on again if the overcurrent fault has been
cleared. However, if the overcurrent auto-retry bit, A2 has
been set then the MOSFET turns on again automatically
without resetting the overcurrent fault. Use a minimum
value of 10nF for CT . If the TIMER pin is bypassed by tying
it to INTVCC , the part is allowed to turn on again after an
internal 5 second timer has expired, in the same manner
as the TIMER pin passing its 0.2V threshold.
Overvoltage Fault
An overvoltage fault occurs when either the OV pin rises
above its 1.235V threshold, or the VDD pin rises above its
15.6V threshold, for more than 2μs. This shuts off the GATE
with a 1mA current to ground and sets the overvoltage
present bit C0 and the overvoltage fault bit D0. If the pin
subsequently falls back below the threshold for 100ms,
the GATE is allowed to turn on again unless overvoltage
auto-retry has been disabled by clearing bit A0.
Undervoltage Fault
An undervoltage fault occurs when the UV pin falls below
its 1.235V threshold for more than 2μs. This turns off the
GATE with a 1mA current to ground and sets undervoltage
present bit C1 and undervoltage fault bit D1. If the UV pin
subsequently rises above the threshold for 100ms, the
GATE is turned on again unless undervoltage auto-retry has
been disabled by clearing bit A1. When power is applied
to the device, if UV is below its 1.235V threshold after
INTVCC crosses its 2.64V undervoltage lockout threshold,
an undervoltage fault is logged in the fault register.
Board Present Change of State
Whenever the EN pin toggles, bit D4 is set to indicate a
change of state. When the EN pin goes high, indicating
board removal, the GATE turns off immediately (with a 1mA
current to ground) and clears the board present bit, C4. If
the EN pin is pulled low, indicating a board insertion, all
fault bits except D4 are cleared and enable bit, C4, is set.
If the EN pin remains low for 100ms the state of the ON
pin is captured in ‘FET On’ control bit A3. This turns the
switch on if the ON pin is tied high. There is an internal
10μA pull-up current source on the EN pin.
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If the system shuts down due to a fault, it may be desirable
to restart the system simply by removing and reinserting
a load card. In cases where the LTC4280 and the switch
reside on a backplane or midplane and the load resides on
a plug-in card, the EN pin detects when the plug-in card is
removed. Figure 4 shows an example where the EN pin is
used to detect insertion. Once the plug-in card is reinserted
the fault register is cleared (except for D4). After 100ms
the state of the ON pin is latched into bit A3 of the control
register. At this point the system starts up again.
If a connection sense on the plug-in card is driving the EN
pin, insertion or removal of the card may cause the pin
voltage to bounce. This results in clearing the fault register
when the card is removed. The pin may be debounced
using a filter capacitor, CEN , on the ENpin as shown in
Figure 4. The filter time is given by:
tFILTER = CEN • 123 [ms/μF]
OUT
LTC4280
SOURCE
10μA
EN
+
LOAD
CEN
–
1.235V
GND
4280 F04
MOTHERBOARD
CONNECTOR
PLUG-IN
CARD
Figure 4. Plug-In Card Insertion/Removal
Power Bad Fault
A power bad fault is reported if the FB pin voltage drops
below its 1.235V threshold for more than 2μs when the
GATE is high. This pulls the GPIO pin low immediately
when configured as power-good, and sets power-bad
present bit, C3, and power bad fault bit D3. A circuit
prevents power-bad faults if the gate-to-source voltage is
low, eliminating false power-bad faults during power-up
or power-down. If the FB pin voltage subsequently rises
back above the threshold, the GPIO pin returns to a high
impedance state and bit C3 is reset.
Fault Alerts
When any of the fault bits in FAULT register D are set, an
optional bus alert is generated if the appropriate bit in the
ALERT register B has been set. This allows only selected
faults to generate alerts. At power-up the default state is to
not alert on faults. If an alert is enabled, the corresponding
fault causes the ALERT pin to pull low. After the bus master
controller broadcasts the Alert Response Address, the
LTC4280 responds with its address on the SDA line and
releases ALERT as shown in Table 6. If there is a collision
between two LTC4215s responding with their addresses
simultaneously, then the device with the lower address
wins arbitration and responds first. The ALERT line is also
released if the device is addressed by the bus master.
Once the ALERT signal has been released for one fault, it
is not pulled low again until the FAULT register indicates a
different fault has occurred or the original fault is cleared
and it occurs again. Note that this means repeated or
continuing faults do not generate alerts until the associated
FAULT register bit has been cleared.
FET Short Fault
Resetting Faults
A FET short fault is reported if the data converter measures
a current sense voltage greater than or equal to 1.6mV
while the GATE is turned off. This condition sets FET short
present bit, C5, and FET short fault bit D5.
Faults are reset with any of the following conditions. First,
a serial bus command writing zeros to the FAULT register
D clears the associated faults. Second, the entire FAULT
register is cleared when the switch is turned off by the ON
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pin or bit A3 going from high to low, if the UV pin is brought
below its 0.4V reset threshold for 2μs, or if INTVCC falls
below its 2.64V undervoltage lockout threshold. Finally,
when EN is brought from high to low, only FAULT bits
D0-D3 are cleared, and bit D4, that indicates a EN change
of state, is set. Note that faults that are still present, as
indicated in STATUS Register C, cannot be cleared.
The FAULT register is not cleared when auto-retrying.
When auto-retry is disabled the existence of a D0, D1
or D2 fault keeps the switch off. As soon as the fault is
cleared, the switch turns on. If auto-retry is enabled, then
a high value in C0, C1 or C2 holds the switch off and the
fault register is ignored. Subsequently, when bits C0, C1
and C2 are cleared by removal of the fault condition, the
switch is allowed to turn on again.
The LTC4280 will set bit D2 and turn off in the event of
an overcurrent fault, preventing it from remaining in an
overcurrent condition. If configured to auto-retry, the
LTC4280 will continually attempt to restart after cool-down
cycles until it succeeds in starting up without generating
an overcurrent fault.
Data Converter
The LTC4280 incorporates an 8-bit Δ∑ A/D converter
that continuously monitors three different voltages. The
Δ∑ architecture inherently averages signal noise during
the measurement period. The SOURCE pin has a 1/12.5
resistive divider to monitor a full-scale voltage of 15.4V
with 60mV resolution. The ADIN pin is monitored with a
1.235V full-scale and 4.82mV resolution, and the voltage
between the VDD and SENSE pins is monitored with a
38.6mV full-scale and 151μV resolution.
Results from each conversion are stored in registers E
(Sense), F (Source) and G (ADIN), as seen in Tables 6-8,
and are updated 10 times per second. Setting CONTROL
register bit A5 invokes a test mode that halts the data
converter so that registers E, F, and G may be written to
and read from for software testing.
Configuring the GPIO Pin
Table 2 describes the possible states of the GPIO pin using
the control register bits A6 and A7. At power-up, the default
state is for the GPIO pin to go high impedance when power
is good (FB pin greater than 1.235V). Other applications
for the GPIO pin are to pull down when power is good, a
general purpose output and a general purpose input.
Current Limit Stability
For many applications the LTC4280 current limit will be
stable without additional components. However there
are certain conditions where additional components
may be needed to improve stability. The dominant pole
of the current limit circuit is set by the capacitance and
resistance at the gate of the external MOSFET, and larger
gate capacitance makes the current limit loop more stable.
Usually a total of 8nF gate to source capacitance is sufficient
for stability and is typically provided by inherent MOSFET
CGS, however the stability of the loop is degraded by
increasing RSENSE or by reducing the size of the resistor
on a gate RC network if one is used, which may require
additional gate to source capacitance. Board level shortcircuit testing in highly recommended as board layout can
also affect transient performance, for stability testing the
worst case condition for current limit stability occurs when
the output is shorted to ground after a normal startup.
There are two possible parasitic oscillations when the
MOSFET operates as a source follower when ramping
at power-up or during current limiting. The first type of
oscillation occurs at high frequencies, typically above
1MHz. This high frequency oscillation is easily damped
with R5 as shown in Figure 1. In some applications, one
may find that R5 helps in short-circuit transient recovery
as well. However, too large of an R5 value will slow down
the turn-off time. The recommended R5 range is between
5Ω and 500Ω.
The second type of source follower oscillation occurs at
frequencies between 200kHz and 800kHz due to the load
capacitance being between 0.2μF and 9μF, the presence
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of R5 resistance, the absence of a drain bypass capacitor,
a combination of bus wiring inductance and bus supply
output impedance. To prevent this second type of oscillation
avoid load capacitance below 10μF, alternately connect an
external capacitor from the MOSFET gate to ground with
a value greater than 1.5μF.
Supply Transients
The LTC4280 is designed to ride through supply transients
caused by load steps. If there is a shorted load and the
parasitic inductance back to the supply is greater than
0.5μH, there is a chance that the supply collapses before
the active current limit circuit brings down the GATE pin.
If this occurs, the undervoltage monitors pull the GATE
pin low. The undervoltage lockout circuit has a 2μs filter
time after VDD drops below 2.74V. The UV pin reacts in
2μs to shut the GATE off, but it is recommended to add a
filter capacitor CF to prevent unwanted shutdown caused
by a transient. Eventually either the UV pin or undervoltage
lockout responds to bring the current under control before
the supply completely collapses.
Supply Transient Protection
The LTC4280 is safe from damage with supply voltages up
to 24V. However, spikes above 24V may damage the part.
During a short-circuit condition, large changes in current
flowing through power supply traces may cause inductive
voltage spikes which exceed 24V. To minimize such spikes,
the power trace inductance should be minimized by using
wider traces or heavier trace plating. Also, a snubber circuit
dampens inductive voltage spikes. Build a snubber by using
a 100Ω resistor in series with a 0.1μF capacitor between
VDD and GND. A surge suppressor, Z1 in Figure 1, at the
input can also prevent damage from voltage surges.
Design Example
As a design example, take the following specifications:
VIN = 12V, IMAX = 5A, IINRUSH = 1A, 5ms FILTER time,
CL = 330μF, VUV(ON) = 10.75V, VOV(OFF) = 14.0V, VPWRGD(UP)
= 11.6V, and I2C ADDRESS = 1010011. This completed
design is shown in Figure 1.
Selection of the sense resistor, RS , is set by the overcurrent
threshold of 25mV:
RS =
25mV
= 0.005Ω
IMAX
The MOSFET is sized to handle the power dissipation during
inrush when output capacitor COUT is being charged. A
method to determine power dissipation during inrush is
based on the principle that:
Energy in CL = Energy in Q1
This uses:
1
1
2
Energy in CL = CV 2 = ( 0.33mF )(12)
2
2
or 0.024 joules. Calculate the time it takes to charge up
COUT:
t STARTUP = CL •
VDD
IINRUSH
= 0.33mF •
12V
= 4ms
1A
The power dissipated in the MOSFET:
PDISS =
Energyin CL
= 6W
t STARTUP
The SOA (safe operating area) curves of candidate MOSFETs
must be evaluated to ensure that the heat capacity of the
package tolerates 6W for 4ms. The SOA curves of the
Fairchild FDC653N provide for 2A at 12V (24W) for 10ms,
satisfying this requirement. Since the FDC653N has less
than 8μF of gate capacitance and we are using a GATE
RC network, the short-circuit stability of the current limit
should be checked and improved by adding a capacitor
from GATE to SOURCE if needed.
The inrush current is set to 1A using C1:
C1 = CL •
IGATE
IINRUSH
C1 = 0.33mF •
20μA
or C1 = 6.88nF
1A
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For a start-up time of 4ms with a 2x safety margin we
choose:
t STARTUP
12.3ms/μF
8ms
C TIMER =
≅ 0.68μF
12.3ms/μμF
Layout Considerations
VUV(ON)
• R3 •
UVTH(RISING)
OVTHH(FALLING)
VUV(ON) • (R3 + R2)
UVTH(RISING)
– R3
– R3 – R2
The FB divider is solved by picking R8 and solving for R7,
choosing 3.57kΩ for R8 we get:
R7 =
VPWRGD(UP) • R8
FBTH(RISING)
ILOAD
SENSE RESISTOR RS
In our case we choose R3 to be 3.4kΩ to give a resistor
string current below 100μA. Then solving the equations
results in R2 = 1.16kΩ and R1 = 34.6kΩ.
R1
Z1
CF
R2
UV
OV
– R8
R3
FILTER
SOURCE
R1 =
VOV(OFF)
GATE
The UV and OV resistor string values can be solved in the
following method. First pick R3 based on ISTRING being
1.235V/R3 at the edge of the OV rising threshold, where
ISTRING > 40μA. Then solve the following equations:
SENSE–
CF = tFILTER/123ms/μF ≅ 47nF
VDD
For an overcurrent fault filter time of 5ms we choose:
To achieve accurate current sensing, a Kelvin connection
is required. The minimum trace width for 1oz copper
foil is 0.02" per amp to make sure the trace stays at a
reasonable temperature. Using 0.03" per amp or wider
is recommended. Note that 1oz copper exhibits a sheet
resistance of about 530μΩ/®. Small resistances add up
quickly in high current applications. To improve noise
immunity, put the resistive dividers to the UV, OV and FB
pins close to the device and keep traces to VDD and GND
short. It is also important to put the bypass capacitor for
the INTVCC pin, C3, as close as possible between INTVCC
and GND. A 0.1μF capacitor from the UV pin (and OV pin
through resistor R2) to GND also helps reject supply noise.
Figure 4 shows a layout that addresses these issues. Note
that a surge suppressor, Z1, is placed between supply and
ground using wide traces.
SENSE+
C TIMER = 2 •
R2 =
In addition a 0.1μF ceramic bypass capacitor is placed on
the INTVCC pin.
INTVCC
C3
GND
ADIN
SDAO
ADR1
ADR0
ADR2
NC
EN
ALERT
The address is set with the help of Table 1, which indicates
binary address 1010011 corresponds to address 19.
Address 19 is set by setting ADR2 high, ADR1 open and
ADR0 high.
ON
SCL
A 0.1μF capacitor, CF, is placed on the UV pin to prevent
supply glitches from turning off the GATE via UV or OV.
R8
TIMER
LTC4280UFD
SDAI
resulting in R7 = 30kΩ.
FB
GPIO
ILOAD
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Next the value of R5 and R6 are chosen to be the default
values 10Ω and 15k as discussed previously.
Figure 5. Recommended Layout
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
SDA
a6 - a0
SCL
1-7
b7 - b0
8
9
1-7
b7 - b0
8
9
1-7
8
9
P
S
START
CONDITION
ADDRESS
R/W
ACK
DATA
ACK
DATA
ACK
STOP
CONDITION
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Figure 6. Data Transfer Over I2C or SMBus
Digital Interface
I2C Device Addressing
The LTC4280 communicates with a bus master using a
2-wire interface compatible with I2C Bus and SMBus, an
I2C extension for low power devices.
Twenty-seven distinct bus addresses are available using
three 3-state address pins, ADR0-ADR2. Table 1 shows
the correspondence between pin states and addresses.
Note that address bits B7 and B6 are internally configured
to 10. In addition, the LTC4280 responds to two special
addresses. Address (1011 111) is a mass write address
that writes to all LTC4280s, regardless of their individual
address settings. Mass write can be disabled by setting
register A4 to zero. Address (0001 100) is the SMBus Alert
Response Address. If the LTC4280 is pulling low on the
ALERT pin, it acknowledges this address by broadcasting
its address and releasing the ALERT pin.
The LTC4280 is a read-write slave device and supports
SMBus bus Read Byte, Write Byte, Read Word and Write
Word commands. The second word in a Read Word
command is identical to the first word. The second word
in a Write Word command is ignored. Data formats for
these commands are shown in Figures 6 to 11.
START and STOP Conditions
When the bus is idle, both SCL and SDA are high. A bus
master signals the beginning of a transmission with a start
condition by transitioning SDA from high to low while SCL
is high, as shown in Figure 6. When the master has finished
communicating with the slave, it issues a STOP condition
by transitioning SDA from low to high while SCL is high.
The bus is then free for another transmission.
Acknowledge
The acknowledge signal is used in handshaking between
transmitter and receiver to indicate that the last byte of
data was received. The transmitter always releases the
SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse. When the
slave is the receiver, it pulls down the SDA line so that it
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
remains LOW during this pulse to acknowledge receipt
of the data. If the slave fails to acknowledge by leaving
SDA high, then the master may abort the transmission by
generating a STOP condition. When the master is receiving
data from the slave, the master pulls down the SDA line
during the clock pulse to indicate receipt of the data. After
the last byte has been received the master leaves the SDA
line HIGH (not acknowledge) and issues a stop condition
to terminate the transmission.
Write Protocol
The master begins communication with a START condition
followed by the seven bit slave address and the R/W bit
set to zero, as shown in Figure 7. The addressed LTC4280
acknowledges this and then the master sends a command
byte which indicates which internal register the master
wishes to write. The LTC4280 acknowledges this and
then latches the lower three bits of the command byte
into its internal Register Address pointer. The master then
delivers the data byte and the LTC4280 acknowledges
once more and latches the data into its control register.
The transmission is ended when the master sends a STOP
condition. If the master continues sending a second data
byte, as in a Write Word command, the second data byte
is acknowledged by the LTC4280 but ignored, as shown
in Figure 8.
Read Protocol
The master begins a read operation with a START condition
followed by the seven bit slave address and the R/W bit
set to zero, as shown in Figure 9. The addressed LTC4280
acknowledges this and then the master sends a command
byte which indicates which internal register the master
wishes to read. The LTC4280 acknowledges this and then
latches the lower three bits of the command byte into its
internal Register Address pointer. The master then sends
a repeated START condition followed by the same seven
bit address with the R/W bit now set to one. The LTC4280
acknowledges and send the contents of the requested
register. The transmission is ended when the master
sends a STOP condition. If the master acknowledges
the transmitted data byte, as in a Read Word command,
Figure 10, the LTC4280 repeats the requested register as
the second data byte.
Alert Response Protocol
When any of the fault bits in FAULT register D are set, an
optional bus alert is generated if the appropriate bit in
the ALERT register B is also set. If an alert is enabled, the
corresponding fault causes the ALERT pin to pull low. After
the bus master controller broadcasts the Alert Response
Address, the LTC4280 responds with its address on the
SDA line and then release ALERT as shown in Figure 11.
The ALERT line is also released if the device is addressed
by the bus master. The ALERT signal is not pulled low
again until the FAULT register indicates a different fault
has occurred or the original fault is cleared and it occurs
again. Note that this means repeated or continuing faults
do not generate alerts until the associated FAULT register
bit has been cleared.
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
S
ADDRESS W A
0 0
1 0 a4:a0
COMMAND
A DATA A P
X X X X X b2:b0
FROM MASTER TO SLAVE
0 b7:b0 0
A: ACKNOWLEDGE (LOW)
A: NOT ACKNOWLEDGE (HIGH)
R: READ BIT (HIGH)
W: WRITE BIT (LOW)
S: START CONDITION
P: STOP CONDITION
FROM SLAVE TO MASTER
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Figure 7. LTC4280 Serial Bus SDA Write Byte Protocol
S
ADDRESS W A
1 0 a4:a0
0 0
COMMAND
A DATA A
DATA
X X X X X b2:b0
0 b7:b0 0
XXXXXXXX
A P
0
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Figure 8. LTC4280 Serial Bus SDA Write Word Protocol
S
ADDRESS W A
1 0 a4:a0
0 0
COMMAND
X X X X X b2:b0
A S
ADDRESS
R A DATA A P
0
1 0 a4:a0
1 0 b7:b0 1
4280 F09
Figure 9. LTC4280 Serial Bus SDA Read Byte Protocol
S
ADDRESS W A
1 0 a4:a0
0 0
COMMAND
X X X X X b2:b0
A S
ADDRESS
R A DATA A DATA A P
0
1 0 a4:a0
1 0 b7:b0 0 b7:b0 1
4280 F10
Figure 10. LTC4280 Serial Bus SDA Read Word Protocol
ALERT
S RESPONSE R A
ADDRESS
0001100 1 0
DEVICE
ADDRESS
A P
1 0 a4:a0 0
1
4280 F11
Figure 11. LTC4280 Serial Bus SDA Alert Response Protocol
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Table 1. LTC4280 Device Addressing (UH24 Package)
DESCRIPTION
DEVICE
ADDRESS
LTC4280UH
ADDRESS PINS
Mass Write
Alert Response
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
h
BE
19
80
82
84
86
88
8A
8C
8E
90
92
94
96
98
9A
9C
9E
A0
A2
A4
A6
A8
AA
AC
AE
B0
7
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ADR2
X
X
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
L
ADR1
X
X
NC
H
NC
NC
L
H
L
L
NC
H
NC
NC
L
H
L
L
NC
H
NC
NC
L
H
L
L
H
ADR0
X
X
L
NC
NC
H
L
H
NC
H
L
NC
NC
H
L
H
NC
H
L
NC
NC
H
L
H
NC
H
L
25
B2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
X
NC
H
L
26
B4
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
H
H
L
DEVICE ADDRESS
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
Table 2. CONTROL Register A (00h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
A7:6
GPIO Configure
OPERATION
FUNCTION
A6
A7
GPIO PIN
Power Good (Default)
0
0
GPIO = C3
Power Good
0
1
GPIO = C3
General Purpose Output
1
0
GPIO = B6
General Purpose Input
1
1
C6 = GPIO
A5
Test Mode Enable
A4
Mass Write Enable Allows Mass Write Addressing; 1 = Mass Write Enabled (Default), 0 = Mass Write Disabled
A3
FET On Control
On Control Bit Latches the State of the ON Pin at the End of the Debounce Delay; 1 = FET On, 0 = FET Off
A2
Overcurrent
Auto-Retry
Undervoltage
Auto-Retry
Overvoltage
Auto-Retry
Overcurrent Auto-Retry Bit; 1 = Auto-Retry After Overcurrent, 0 = Latch Off After Overcurrent
A1
A0
Enables Test Mode to Disable the ADC; 1 = ADC Disable, 0 = ADC Enable (Default)
Undervoltage Auto-Retry; 1 = Auto-Retry After Undervoltage (Default), 0 = Latch Off After Undervoltage
Overvoltage Auto-Retry; 1 = Auto-Retry After Overvoltage (Default), 0 = Latch Off After Overvoltage
Table 3. ALERT Register B (01h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
OPERATION
B7
Reserved
Not Used
B6
GPIO Output
Output Data Bit to GPIO Pin when Configured as Output. Defaults to 0
B5
FET Short Alert
Enables Alert for FET Short Condition; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 = Disable Alert (Default)
B4
EN State
Change Alert
Power Bad
Alert
Overcurrent
Alert
Undervoltage
Alert
Overvoltage
Alert
Enables Alert when EN Changes State; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 Disable Alert (Default)
B3
B2
B1
B0
Enables Alert when Output Power is Bad; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 Disable Alert (Default)
Enables Alert for Overcurrent Condition; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 Disable Alert (Default)
Enables Alert for Undervoltage Condition; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 Disable Alert (Default)
Enables Alert for Overvoltage Condition; 1 = Enable Alert, 0 Disable Alert (Default)
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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
Table 4. STATUS Register C (02h)—Read
BIT
NAME
OPERATION
C7
FET On
1 = FET On, 0 = FET Off
C6
GPIO Input
State of the GPIO Pin; 1 = GPIO High, 0 = GPIO Low
C5
C4
FET Short
Present
EN
Indicates Potential FET Short if Current Sense Voltage Exceeds 1mV While FET is Off; 1 = FET is Shorted, 0 = FET is Not
Shorted
Indicates if the LTC4280 is enabled when EN is low; 1 = EN Pin Low, 0 = EN Pin High
C3
Power Bad
Indicates Power is Bad when FB is low; 1 = FB Low, 0 = FB High
C2
Overcurrent
Indicates Overcurrent Condition During Cool Down Cycle; 1 = Overcurrent, 0 = Not Overcurrent
C1
Undervoltage
Indicates Input Undervoltage when UV is Low; 1 = UV Low, 0 = UV High
C0
Overvoltage
Indicates VDD or OV Input Overvoltage when OV is High; 1 = OV High, 0 = OV Low
Table 5. FAULT Register D (03h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
D7:6
Reserved
D5
FET Short Fault
Occurred
EN Changed
State
Power Bad
Fault Occurred
Overcurrent
Fault Occurred
Undervoltage
Fault Occurred
Overvoltage
Fault Occurred
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
OPERATION
Indicates Potential FET Short was Detected when Measured Current Sense Voltage Exceeded 1mV while FET was Off;
1 = FET is Shorted, 0 = FET is Good
Indicates That the LTC4280 was Enabled or Disabled when EN Changed State; 1 = EN Changed State, 0 = EN Unchanged
Indicates Power was Bad when FB when Low; 1 = FB was Low, 0 = FB was High
Indicates Overcurrent Fault Occurred; 1 = Overcurrent Fault Occurred, 0 = Not Overcurrent Faults
Indicates Input Undervoltage Fault Occurred when UV went Low; 1 = UV was Low, 0 = UV was High
Indicates Input Overvoltage Fault Occurred when OV went High; 1 = OV was High, 0 = OV was Low
Table 6. SENSE Register E (04h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
OPERATION
E7:0
SENSE Voltage Measurement Sense Voltage Data. 8-Bit Data with 151μV LSB and 38.45mV Full Scale.
Table 7. SOURCE Register F (05h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
OPERATION
F7:0
SOURCE Voltage Measurement
Source Voltage Data. 8-Bit Data with 60.5mV LSB and 15.44V Full Scale.
Table 8. ADIN Register G (06h)—Read/Write
BIT
NAME
OPERATION
G7:0
ADIN Voltage Measurement
ADIN Voltage Data. 8-Bit Data with 4.82mV LSB and 1.23V Full Scale.
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LTC4280
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
5V Backplane Resident Application with Insertion Activated Turn-On and a 5A Circuit Breaker
RS
0.005Ω
VIN
5V
R1
11.5k
1%
CF
0.1μF
R5
10Ω
R2
1.74k
1%
R3
2.67k
1%
Q1
FDD3706
UV VDD SENSE+ SENSE– GATE SOURCE
FB
OV
ON
GPIO
SDAI
EN
LTC4280UFD
SDAO
ADIN
SCL
ALERT
FILTER
INTVCC
TIMER ADR0 ADR1 ADR2 GND
R7
6.98k
1%
R8
2.67k
1%
VOUT
5V
R4
100k
LOAD
CEN
1μF
CF
47nF
C3
0.1μF
4280 F13
BACKPLANE PLUG-IN
CARD
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LTC4280
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
UFD Package
24-Lead Plastic QFN (4mm × 5mm)
(Reference LTC DWG # 05-08-1696 Rev A)
0.70 p0.05
4.50 p 0.05
3.10 p 0.05
2.00 REF
2.65 p 0.05
3.65 p 0.05
PACKAGE OUTLINE
0.25 p0.05
0.50 BSC
3.00 REF
4.10 p 0.05
5.50 p 0.05
RECOMMENDED SOLDER PAD PITCH AND DIMENSIONS
APPLY SOLDER MASK TO AREAS THAT ARE NOT SOLDERED
4.00 p 0.10
(2 SIDES)
R = 0.05 TYP
2.00 REF
R = 0.115
TYP
23
0.75 p 0.05
PIN 1 NOTCH
R = 0.20 OR C = 0.35
24
0.40 p 0.10
PIN 1
TOP MARK
(NOTE 6)
1
2
5.00 p 0.10
(2 SIDES)
3.00 REF
3.65 p 0.10
2.65 p 0.10
(UFD24) QFN 0506 REV A
0.25 p 0.05
0.200 REF
0.50 BSC
0.00 – 0.05
BOTTOM VIEW—EXPOSED PAD
NOTE:
1. DRAWING PROPOSED TO BE MADE A JEDEC PACKAGE OUTLINE MO-220 VARIATION (WXXX-X).
2. DRAWING NOT TO SCALE
3. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS
4. DIMENSIONS OF EXPOSED PAD ON BOTTOM OF PACKAGE DO NOT INCLUDE
MOLD FLASH. MOLD FLASH, IF PRESENT, SHALL NOT EXCEED 0.15mm ON ANY SIDE
5. EXPOSED PAD SHALL BE SOLDER PLATED
6. SHADED AREA IS ONLY A REFERENCE FOR PIN 1 LOCATION
ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF PACKAGE
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LTC4280
TYPICAL APPLICATION
–12V Card Resident Application with Optically Isolated I2C and a 16.6A Circuit Breaker
RS
0.0015Ω
Q1
Si7880DP
OUTPUT
GND
–7V
R10
3.3k
–7V
5V
2
8
R9
10k
6
CF
0.1μF
3 HCPL-0300 5
–12V
SDA
R4
3.3k
6
8
R2
1.18k
1%
R6
15k
R3
3.4k
1%
UV VDD SENSE
+
–
SENSE GATE
R7
30.1k
1%
SOURCE
FB
OV
R8
3.57k
1%
ADIN
LTC4280UFD
GPIO
EN
CL
1000μF
FILTER
ADR0
INTVCC
ADR1
ADR2 GND TIMER
–7V
C3
0.1μF
R12
10k
R13
3.3k
C1
22nF
–12V
2
5 HCPL-0300 3
SCL
R5
10Ω
SDAI
SDAO
SCL
ON
–7V
D2
P6KE16A
R1
34.8k
1%
CTIMER
1μF
CF
47nF
–7V
2
8
6
3 HCPL-0300 5
R14
100k
Q2
–7V
VIN
–12V
D1
5.6V
–12V
4280 F14
BACKPLANE PLUG-IN
CARD
RELATED PARTS
PART NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
COMMENTS
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High Voltage Current and Voltage Monitor
with ADC and I2C
7V to 80V Single Voltage/Current Monitor with 12-Bit ADC
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Single Channel, Hot Swap Controller
Operates from 2.7V to 16.5V, Active Current Limiting, SOT23-6
LTC4211
Single Channel, Hot Swap Controller
Operates from 2.5V to 16.5V, Multifunction Current Control, MSOP-8 or MSOP-10
LTC4212
Single Channel, Hot Swap Controller
Operates from 2.5V to 16.5V, Power-Up Timeout, MSOP-10
LTC4215
Single Channel, Hot Swap Controller with
I2C Monitoring
Operates from 2.9V to 15V, 8-Bit ADC Monitors Current and Voltage
Operates from 0V to 6V, MSOP-10 or 12-Lead (4mm × 3mm) DFN
LTC4216
Single Channel, Hot Swap Controller
LTC4222
Dual Hot Swap Controller with ADC and I2C 2.9V to 29V Dual Controller with 10-Bit ADC, dl/dt Controlled Soft-Start
LTC4245
Multiple Supply CompactPCI or PCI Express Internal 8-Bit ADC, dl/dt Controlled Soft-Start
Hot Swap Controller with I2C
LTC4260
Positive High Voltage Hot Swap Controller
with ADC and I2C
8-Bit ADC Monitoring Current and Voltages, Supplies from 8.5V to 80V
LTC4261
Negative High Voltage Hot Swap Controller
with ADC and I2C
10-Bit ADC Monitoring Current and Voltages, Supplies from –12V to –100V
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