AP65403

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AP65403

Current Limit Protection

In order to reduce the total power dissipation and to protect the application, AP65403 has cycle-by-cycle current limiting implementation. The

voltage drop across the internal high-side MOSFET is sensed and compared with the internally set current limit threshold. This voltage drop is

sensed at about 30ns after the HS turns on. When the peak inductor current exceeds the set current limit threshold, current limit protection is

activated. During this time the feedback voltage (VFB) drops down. When the voltage at the FB pin reaches 0.3V, the internal oscillator shifts

the frequency from the normal operating frequency of 750kHz to a fold-back frequency of 102kHz. The current limit is reduced to 70% of nominal

current limit when the part is operating at 102kHz. This low fold-back frequency prevents runaway current.

Under Voltage Lockout (UVLO)

Under Voltage Lockout is implemented to prevent the IC from insufficient input voltages. The AP65403 has a UVLO comparator that monitors

the input voltage and the internal bandgap reference. If the input voltage falls below 4.0V, the AP65403 will latch an under voltage fault. In this

event the output will be pulled low and power has to be re-cycled to reset the UVLO fault.

Over Voltage Protection

When the AP65403 FB pin exceeds 20% of the nominal regulation voltage of 0.800V, the over voltage comparator is tripped and the COMP pin

and the SS pin are discharged to GND, forcing the high-side switch off.

Thermal Shutdown

The AP65403 has on-chip thermal protection that prevents damage to the IC when the die temperature exceeds safe margins. It implements a

thermal sensing to monitor the operating junction temperature of the IC. Once the die temperature rises to approximately +160°C, the thermal

protection feature gets activated. The internal thermal sense circuitry turns the IC off thus preventing the power switch from damage.

A hysteresis in the thermal sense circuit allows the device to cool down to approximately +120°C before the IC is enabled again through soft

start. This thermal hysteresis feature prevents undesirable oscillations of the thermal protection circuit.

Setting the Output Voltage

The output voltage can be adjusted from 2.5V to 12V using an external resistor divider. Table 1 shows a list of resistor selection for common

output voltages. Resistor R1 is selected based on a design tradeoff between efficiency and output voltage accuracy. For high values of R1 there

is less current consumption in the feedback network. However the trade off is output voltage accuracy due to the bias current in the error

amplifier. R1 can be determined by the following equation:

⎟

⎠

⎞

⎜

⎝

⎛

−

⋅

=

1

0.8

V

R

R

OUT

2

1

Figure 3. Feedback Divider Network

Table 1. Resistor Selection for Common Output Voltages

R1 (k

Ω)

R2 (k

Ω)

2.5

21.5

10

3.3

31.6

10

5

52.3

10

12

140

10