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LT1681

1681f

TYPICAL PERFOR A CE CHARACTERISTICS

Soft-Start Output Current

vs Soft-Start Pin Voltage

Current Sense Amplifier

Bandwidth vs Temperature

SOFT-START PIN VOLTAGE (V)

0

20

40

60

1

02

3

4

1681 G13

5

TEMPERATURE (

°C)

–55

2

3

5

6

7

–15

25

45

125

1681 G14

4

–35

5

65

85 105

8

SHDN (Pin 1): Shutdown Pin. Pin voltages exceeding

positive-going threshold of 1.25V enables the LT1681.

150mV of input hysteresis resists mode switching insta-

bility.

The SHDN pin can be controlled by either a logic-level

input or with an analog signal. This shutdown feature is

typically used for input supply undervoltage protection. A

resistor divider from the converter input supply to the

SHDN pin monitors that supply for control of system

power-up sequencing, etc. All internal functions are dis-

abled during shutdown.

OVLO (Pin 2): Overvoltage Shutdown Sense. Typically

connected to input supply through a resistor divider. If pin

voltage exceeds 1.25V, the LT1681 switching function is

disabled to protect boosted circuitry from exceeding ab-

solute maximum voltage. 40mV of input hysteresis resists

mode switching instability. Exceeding the OVLO threshold

also triggers soft-start reset, resulting in a graceful recov-

ery from an input transient event.

THERM (Pin 3): System Thermal Shutdown. Auxiliary

shutdown pin that is typically used for system thermal

protection. If pin voltage exceeds 1.25V, the LT1681

switching function is disabled. 40mV of input hysteresis

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resists mode switching instability. Exceeding the THERM

threshold also triggers soft-start reset, resulting in a

graceful recovery.

SGND (Pin 4): Signal Ground Reference. Careful board

layout techniques must be used to prevent corruption of

the signal ground reference. High current switching paths

must be oriented on the converter ground plane such that

currents to/from the switches do not affect the integrity of

the LT1681 signal ground reference.

external loads up to 20mA DC. Typically bypassed with

1

µF ceramic capacitor to SGND. Reference output is

current limit protected to a typical value of 45mA. If the

load on the 5V reference exceeds the current limit value,

LT1681 switching function is disabled and the soft-start

function is reset.

FSET (Pin 6): Oscillator Timing Pin. Connect a resistor

The LT1681 oscillator operates by monitoring the voltage

FSET pin reaches 2.5V, the oscillator rapidly discharges

the capacitor with an average current of 0.8mA. Once the