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MAX16929

Automotive TFT-LCD Power Supply with Boost

Converter and Gate Voltage Regulators

The external p-channel FET controlled by GATE protects

the output during fault conditions and provides True

Shutdown of the converter. Connect a pullup resistor

between GATE and INA (see the Boost Converter section

to select the value for the pullup resistor). Under normal

operation, GATE turns on the p-channel FET, connecting

the supply to the boost input. During a fault condition or

in shutdown, GATE is off and the pullup resistor turns off

the p-channel FET, disconnecting the supply from the

boost input.

Spread-Spectrum Modulation

The high-frequency 2.2MHz operation of the boost con-

verter keeps switching noise outside of the AM band. The

device achieves enhanced EMI performance by modu-

lating the switching frequency by Q4%. The modulating

signal is pseudorandom and changes each switching

Startup

Immediately after power-up, coming out of shutdown,

or going into autoretry, the boost converter performs a

short-circuit detection test on the output by connecting

the input (INA) to the switching node (LXP) through an

internal 50I resistor.

If the resulting voltage on LXP exceeds 1.2V, the device

turns on the external pMOS switch by pulling GATE low.

The boost output ramps to its final value in 15ms.

An overloaded or shorted output is detected if the result-

ing voltage on LXP is below 1.2V. The external pMOS

switch remains off and the converter does not switch.

After the fault blanking period of 238ms, the device pulls

PGOOD low and starts the autoretry timer.

The short-circuit detection feature places a lower limit

on the output load of approximately 46I when the input

voltage is 3V.

Fault Conditions and PGOOD

PGOOD signals whether all the regulators and the boost

converter are operating normally. PGOOD is an open-

drain output that pulls low if any of the following faults

occur:

1) The boost output voltage falls below 85% of its set

value.

below 85% of its set value.

below 85% of its set value.

4) The LXP voltage is greater than 21V (typ).

than 30.5V (typ).

6) The 1.8V/3.3V regulator output voltage falls below

85% of its nominal value.

7) The buck output voltage falls below 92% of its nominal

value.

If any of the first three fault conditions persists for longer

than the 238ms fault blanking period, the device pulls

PGOOD low, turns off all outputs, and starts the autoretry

timer.

If either condition 4 or 5 occurs, the device pulls PGOOD

low and turns off all outputs immediately. The device initi-

ates startup only after the fault has cleared.

If condition 6 occurs, the device pulls PGOOD low, but

does not turn off any of the outputs.

During startup, PGOOD is masked and goes high as

soon as the 1.8V/3.3V regulator controller turns on. This

undervoltage lockout threshold.

Autoretry

When the autoretry counter finishes incrementing after

1.9s, the device attempts to turn on the boost converter

and gate voltage regulators in the order shown in

Table 1. The device continues to autoretry as long as the

fault condition persists. A fault on the 1.8V/3.3V regulator

output causes PGOOD to go low, but does not result in

the device shutting down and going into autoretry.

Current Limit

The effective current limit of the boost converter is

reduced by the internally injected slope compensation by

an amount dependent on the duty cycle of the converter.

The effective current limit is given by:

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LIM(EFF)

LIM_DC_0

COMPI

D

I

=192 10

I

C

×

×

×

1.1A or 2.2A depending on the boost converter current-

limit option, D is the duty cycle of the boost converter,

input. Estimate the duty cycle of the converter using the

formulas shown in the Design Procedure section.