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MAX15108

High-Efficiency, 8A, Current-Mode Synchronous Step-Down Switching Regulator

Smallest (2mm x 2.5mm), 8A, DC-DC Solution with Integrated MOSFETs in the Market

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Overview

Description

The MAX15108 high-efficiency, current-mode, synchronous step-down switching regulator with integrated power switches delivers up to 8A of output current. The regulator operates from 2.7V to 5.5V and provides an output voltage from 0.6V up to 95% of the input voltage, making the device ideal for distributed power systems, portable devices, and preregulation applications.

The IC utilizes a current-mode control architecture with a high gain transconductance error amplifier. The current-mode control architecture facilitates easy compensation design and ensures cycle-by-cycle current limit with fast response to line and load transients.

The regulator offers a selectable skip-mode functionality to reduce current consumption and achieve a higher efficiency at light output load. The low R_DS(ON) integrated switches ensure high efficiency at heavy loads while minimizing critical inductance, making the layout design a much simpler task with respect to discrete solutions. The IC's simple layout and footprint assures first-pass success in new designs.

The regulator features a 1MHz, factory-trimmed fixed-frequency PWM mode operation. The high switching frequency, along with the PWM current-mode architecture allows for a compact, all ceramic capacitor design.

The IC features a capacitor-programmable soft-start to reduce input inrush current. Internal control circuitry ensures safe-startup into a prebiased output. Power sequencing is controlled with the enable input and power-good output.

The IC is available in a 20-bump (4 x 5 array), 2.5mm x 2mm, WLP package and is fully specified over the -40°C to +85°C temperature range.

MAX15108: Typical Operating Circuit

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Key Features

Continuous 8A Output Current
Efficiency up to 96%
±1% Accuracy Over Load, Line, and Temperature
Operates from a 2.7V to 5.5V Supply
Adjustable Output from 0.6V to 0.95 x V_IN
Programmable Soft-Start
Safe Startup into Prebiased Output
External Reference Input
1MHz Switching Frequency
Stable with Low-ESR Ceramic Output Capacitors
Skip Mode or Forced PWM Mode
Enable Input and Power-Good Output for Power-Supply Sequencing
Cycle-by-Cycle Overcurrent Protection
Fully Protected Features Against Overcurrent and Overtemperature
Input Undervoltage Lockout
20-Bump (4 x 5 Array), 2.5mm x 2mm, WLP Package

Applications/Uses

Base Stations
DDR Memory
Distributed Power Systems
Notebook Power
Portable Devices
Server Power

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