SEMTECH SC1476

SC1476
Portable IMVP-IV Dual Phase
Power Supply Controller
POWER MANAGEMENT
Description
Features
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IMVP-IV compliant single chip solution
High speed hysteretic controller
6 bit VID programmable output
Integrated drivers with soft high side turn-on
Programmable softstart
Programmable boot voltage
Programmable DeeperSleep voltage
Dynamic phase current matching
Under-voltage lockout on VccA
Over-voltage protection on CORE
Current Limit protection on CORE
Thermal protection
Powergood flag with blanking during VID or
DeeperSleep mode changes
‹ Automatic powersave at light load
‹ Slew rate limited DAC
‹ TSSOP-38 package
The SC1476 PowerStep™ IV IC is a single chip high-performance hysteretic PWM controller. With its integrated
SmartDriver™, it powers advanced IMVP-IV processors.
The SC1476 features extended Intel® Mobile Voltage Positioning (IMVP) to increase battery life by reducing the
voltage at the processor when it is heavily loaded. It
directly supports Intel® SpeedStep™ processors for even
longer battery life. The SC1476 fully supports Intel’s
Geyserville-III core voltage specification. It provides direct “deeper sleep” mode and boot voltage support.
Automatic “power-save” is present to prevent negative
current flow in the low-side FET during light loading conditions, saving even more power. The high side driver initially turns on with a weak drive to reduce ringing, EMI,
and capacitive turn-on of the low side.
A 6-bit DAC, accurate to 0.85%, sets the output voltage
reference and implements the 0.700V to 1.708V range
required by the processor. The hysteretic converter uses
a comparator without an error amplifier thereby providing the fastest possible transient response while avoiding the stability issues inherent to classical PWM controllers. The DAC is externally slew rate limited to minimize
transient currents and audible noise.
Applications
‹ Notebook and Laptop computers
Requests for a complete datasheet and
additional product information should be
directed to [email protected]
The SC1476 operates from 3Vdc and 5Vdc and also features soft-start, an open-drain PWRGD signal with powergood blanking, and an enable input. Programmable current limiting shuts down the SC1476 after 32 current
limit pulses. In addition, it comes in a space-saving
TSSOP-38 package.
Typical Application Circuit
+V_IN
+V_5
Smart
Driver
Power
Control
Signals
Extended
IMVP
Logic
Lo
+VCORE
Rcs
0.600V-1.75V
Up to 40A
PWM
Controller
SC1474
Dual Phase
Extended IMVP
CONTROLLER
VVID
I D [[4:0]
5:0]
+V_3
VID
Multiplexer
Lo
Smart
Driver
Rcs
Co
VID
Regulator
Controller
+V_VID
Revision 7, December 2002
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