L6986 datasheet(29/68 Pages) STMICROELECTRONICS

Part #	L6986

Description	38 V, 2 A synchronous step-down switching regulator with 30 A quiescent current

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L6986

Functional description

Figure 18. Valley current sense operation in overcurrent condition

Figure 18 shows the switching frequency reduction during the valley current sense

operation in case of extremely low duty cycle (VIN = 38 V, fSW = 500 kHz short-circuit

condition).

In worst case scenario (like Figure 18) of the overcurrent protection the switch current is

limited to:

Equation 15

where IVALLEY_TH is the current threshold of the valley sensing circuitry (see Table 5:

Electrical characteristics on page 8) and TMASK_HS is the masking time of the high-side

switch 100 nsec. typ.).

In most of the overcurrent conditions the conduction time of the high-side switch is higher

than the masking time and so the peak current protection limits the switch current.

Equation 16

IMAX = IPEAK_TH

IMAX

IVALLEYTH

VIN VOUT

–

------------------------------ TMASKHS

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