AN99-12
TWO CHIP SOLUTION FOR
MOBILE CPUs
2000 SEMTECH CORP.
652 MITCHELL ROAD NEWBURY PARK CA 91320
January 5, 2000
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PIN DESCRIPTION
Pin
Pin Name Pin Function
1
HYS
Core comparator hysteresis settling.
2
CLSET
Current limit setting pin.
3
VCOUT
Voltage clamp output.
4
VCIN
Voltage clamp input.
5
VCBYP
Voltage clamp bypass pin. Needs to have a 1500pF cap from this pin to ground to ensure proper
operation.
6
VID4
VID most significant bit main controller voltage programming DAC input.
7
VID3
VID input
8
VID2
VID input
9
VID1
VID input
10
VID0
VID least significant bit main controller voltage programming DAC input.
11
BASE25
2.5V Linear regulator drive.
12
FB25
2.5V Linear regulator output feedback.
13
BASE15
1.5V Linear regulator drive.
14
FB15
1.5V Linear regulator output feedback.
15
EN
Enable. SC1406A is enabled when this signal is High. This is capable of accepting 5.0V signal
level. When used with the SC1405 driver, this pin can be connected to the PWRDY pin of the
SC1405 to include UVLO feature on the V_5 (Intel Smart Driver’s V
CC
).
Power Good. When the main converter output approaches and stays within ±12% of the VID
DAC setting, and both soft-start circuits periods for the main core controller and linear regulator
controllers have been terminated, this signal is driven high to VCC level. During UVLO, this
signal is undefined.
16
PWRGD
17
LBIN
Low battery input. This pin is used to set the minimum voltage to the converter through an
external resistor divider. When the input to this pin is less than 1.225V, typical, Tamky is held in
an Under-Voltage-Lock-Out mode regardless of the status of EN.
18
SSLR
Linear regulators soft start. During power-up with EN high and not in UVLO, the external soft
start capacitor (1200pF, typ) is charged by an internal 1μA current source to set the ramp up
time of the linear regulator outputs, 1.5V and 2.5V. This ramp up time is typically 2ms, 6ms max.
This is discharged through an internal switch when BIASEN is low, EN low or enter UVLO
region. Enabling internal bias and soft start requires the pin voltage to drop below a threshold of
150mV typical (200mV max). Linear regulator soft start current tolerance tracks the core soft
start current within 10%.
19
SSCORE
Main controller CORE output soft start. During power-up with EN high and not in UVLO, the
external soft start capacitor (1800pF, typ) is charged by an internal 1μA current source to set the
ramp up time of the main converter output. This ramp up time is typically 3ms, 6ms max. This is
discharged by an internal switch when BIASEN is low, EN pin is low or in UVLO. Enabling
internal bias and soft start requires the pin voltage to drop below a threshold of 150mV typical
(200mV max). Core soft start current tolerance tracks the LDO soft start current to within 10%.