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3.6 INTEGRATED DROOP FUNCTION (Optional)
Droop function realizes dependence between the regulated voltage and the delivered current (Load Reg-
ulation). In this way, a part of the drop due to the output capacitor ESR in the load transient is recovered.
As shown in
Figure 12, the ESR drop is present in any case, but using the droop function the total devia-
tion of the output voltage is minimized.
Connecting DROOP pin and FB pin together, forces a current IDROOP, proportional to the output current,
into the feedback resistor RFB implementing the load regulation dependence. If RA_Gain is the Remote
Amplifier gain, the Output Characteristic is then given by the following relationship (when droop enabled):
with a remote amplifier gain of 1/2, the regulated output voltage results in being doubled.
The Droop current is equal to 50
A at nominal full load and 70A at the OC intervention threshold, so the
maximum output voltage deviation is equal to:
Droop function is provided only for positive load; if negative load is applied, and then IINFOx<0, no current
is sunk from the FB pin. The device regulates at the voltage programmed by the VID.
If this effect is not desired, shorting DROOP pin to SGND, the device regulates as a Voltage Mode Buck
converter.
Figure 12. Load Transient response (Left) and DROOP pin connection (Right).
3.7 MONITOR AND PROTECTIONS
The device monitors through pin VSEN the regulated voltage in order to build the PGOOD signal and man-
age the OVP / UVP conditions.
■ PGOOD. Power good output is forced low if the voltage sensed by VSEN is not within ±12% (Typ.) of
the programmed value (RA_Gain=1). It is an open drain output and it is enabled only after the soft start
is finished (2048 clock cycles after start-up). During Soft-Start this pin is forced low.
■ UVP. If the output voltage monitored by VSEN drops below the 60% of the reference voltage for more
than one clock period, the device turns off all mosfets and resets restarting operations with a new soft-
■ OVP. Enabled once VCC crosses the turn-ON threshold: when the voltage monitored by VSEN reaches
115% (min) of the programmed voltage (or the external reference) the controller permanently switches
on both the low-side mosfets and switches off both the high-side mosfets in order to protect the load.
The OSC/ FAULT pin is driven high (5V) and power supply (VCC) turn off and on is required to restart
operations.
Both Over Voltage and Under Voltage are active also during soft start (Under Voltage after than the
V
OUT
1
RA_Gain
-------------------------
VID
R
FB
I
DROOP
–
()
1
RA_Gain
-------------------------
VID
R
FB
R
SENSE
Rg
---------------------- I
OUT
–
==
V
FULL
POSITIVE
–
LOAD
–
1
RA_Gain
------------------------- R
FB
50
A
V
OC
INTERVENTION
–
1
RA_Gain
------------------------- R
FB
70
A
–
=
–
=
V
MAX
V
MIN
V
NOM
ESR DROP
DROOP PIN = GND
DROOP PIN = FB PIN
Reference
I
DROOP
REMOTE
AMPLIFIER
ERROR
AMPLIFIER
DROOP
FB
COMP
VSEN
FBG
FBR
Remote
Ground
Remote
V
OUT
R
F
C
F
R
FB
R2
R1
Short to GND if DROOP function is not
implemented (Classic Voltage Mode).