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AOZ3013PI
AOZ3013PI
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adjustable down to 0.8 V.
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External soft start
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The AOZ3013PI comes in an exposed pad SO-8 Output voltage adjustable to 0.8 V
package and is rated over a -40 °C to +85 °C operating
3 A continuous output current
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ambient temperature range.
500 kHz PWM operation
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Cycle-by-cycle current limit
Replacement Parts: Pre-bias start-up
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AOZ6663DI Short-circuit protection
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Exposed pad SO-8 package
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Point of load DC/DC converters
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Typical Application
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C1 CSS
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VIN SS
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EN VOUT
AOZ3013PI LX
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COMP R1
C2, C3
RC FB 22µF
CC AGND PGND R2
Ordering Information
Part Number Ambient Temperature Range Package Environmental
AOZ3013PI -40 °C to +85 °C EPAD SO-8 Green Product
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Pin Configuration
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PGND 1 8 LX
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VIN 2 7 SS
PAD
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AGND 3 6 EN
FB 4 5 COMP
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Exposed Pad SO-8
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Pin Description
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2 VIN Supply voltage input. When VIN rises above the UVLO threshold and EN is logic high,
the device starts up.
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3 AGND Analog ground. AGND is the reference point for controller section. AGND needs to be
electrically connected to PGND.
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4 FB Feedback input. The FB pin is used to set the output voltage via a resistive voltage divider
between the output and AGND.
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5 COMP External loop compensation pin. Connect a RC network between COMP and AGND to
compensate the control loop.
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6 EN Enable pin. Pull EN to logic high to enable the device. Pull EN to logic low to disable the
device. If on/off control in not needed, connect EN to VIN and do not leave it open.
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Exposed pad LX Switching node. LX is the drain of the internal PFET. LX is used as the thermal pad of the
power stage.
Block Diagram
VIN
Reference ISen
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Softstart –
& Bias
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Q1
ILimit
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SS
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5µA
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+ PWM Level
0.8V PWM Shifter
EAmp – Control
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FB – Comp +
Logic
+ FET LX
Driver
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Q2
COMP
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Over-Voltage
Protection
500kHz
Comparator
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0.96V –
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AGND PGND
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Exceeding the Absolute Maximum Ratings may damage the The device is not guaranteed to operate beyond the Maximum
device. Recommended Operating Conditions.
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Electrical Characteristics
TA = 25 °C, VIN = VEN = 12 V, VOUT = 3.3 V unless otherwise specified(2)
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Load Regulation 0.5 %
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Line Regulation 1 %
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IFB Feedback Voltage Input Current 200 nA
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VEN EN Input Threshold Off Threshold 0.6
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On Threshold 2
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VHYS EN Input Hysteresis 200 mV
EN Leakage Current µA
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SS Time CSS = 16 nF 2 ms
MODULATOR
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fO Frequency 400 500 600 kHz
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TMIN Controllable Minimum On Time 150 ns
Current Sense Transconductance 8 A/ V
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PROTECTION
ILIM Current Limit 3.5 4.5 A
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OUTPUT STAGE
High-Side Switch On-Resistance VIN = 12 V 65
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mΩ
VIN = 5 V 110
Low-Side Switch On-Resistance VIN = 12 V 36
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VIN = 5 V 50
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Note:
2. Specification in BOLD indicate an ambient temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C. These specifications are guaranteed by design.
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Vo ripple Vo ripple
0.2V/div 0.2V/div
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VLX VLX
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Efficiency
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Efficiency (%)
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5V OUTPUT
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1.8V OUTPUT
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1.2V OUTPUT
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Load Current (A)
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Detailed Description
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with an integrated high-side PMOS switch and a low-side Under heavy load steady-state conditions, the converter
NMOS switch. The AOZ3013PI operates from a 4.5 V to operates in fixed frequency and Continuous-Conduction
18 V input voltage range and supplies up to 3 A of load Mode (CCM).
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protection, external soft-start and thermal shut down. high-side switch. Inductor current is sensed by amplifying
the voltage drop across the drain to source of the high
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The AOZ3013PI is available in an exposed pad SO-8 side power MOSFET. Output voltage is divided down by
package. the external voltage divider at the FB pin. The difference
of the FB pin voltage and reference voltage is amplified
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in-rush current and ensure the output voltage ramps up compared against the current signal, which is the sum of
smoothly to regulation voltage. The soft start process inductor current signal and ramp compensation signal, at
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begins when the input voltage rises to 4.1 V and voltage the PWM comparator input. If the current signal is less
on the EN pin is HIGH. In the soft start process, the than the error voltage, the internal high-side switch is on.
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FB voltage is ramped to follow the voltage of the soft start The inductor current flows from the input through the
pin until it reaches 0.8 V. The voltage of the soft-start pin inductor to the output. When the current signal exceeds
is charged by an internal 5 µA current. the error voltage, the high-side switch is off. The inductor
current is freewheeling through the internal low-side
The EN pin of the AOZ3013PI is active high. Connect the N-MOSFET switch to output. The internal adaptive FET
EN pin to VIN if the enable function is not used. Pulling driver guarantees no turn on overlap of both the
EN to ground will disable the AOZ3013PI. Do not leave high-side and the low-side switch.
EN open. The voltage on the EN pin must be above 2 V
to enable the AOZ3013PI. When the EN pin voltage falls
below 0.6 V, the AOZ3013PI is disabled.
Compared with regulators using freewheeling Schottky Since the switch duty cycle can be as high as 100 %, the
diodes, the AOZ3013PI uses a freewheeling NMOSFET maximum output voltage can be set as high as the input
to realize synchronous rectification. This greatly voltage minus the voltage drop on the upper PMOS and
improves the converter efficiency and reduces power the inductor.
loss in the low-side switch.
Protection Features
The AOZ3013PI uses a P-Channel MOSFET as the
high-side switch. This saves the bootstrap capacitor The AOZ3013PI has multiple protection features to
normally seen in a circuit using an NMOS switch. It also prevent system circuit damage under abnormal
allows 100 % turn-on of the high-side switch to achieve conditions.
linear regulation mode of operation. The minimum
Over Current Protection (OCP)
voltage drop from VIN to VO is the load current times DC
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resistance of the MOSFET plus DC resistance of the The sensed inductor current signal is also used for over
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buck inductor. It can be calculated by equation below: current protection. Since the AOZ3013PI employs peak
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current mode control, the COMP pin voltage is
V O_MAX = V IN – I O R DS ON proportional to the peak inductor current. The COMP pin
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voltage is limited to be between 0.4 V and 2.5 V internally.
where; The peak inductor current is automatically limited
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VO_MAX is the maximum output voltage, cycle-by-cycle.
VIN is the input voltage from 4.5 V to 18 V,
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When the output is shorted to ground under fault
IO is the output current from 0 A to 3 A, and
conditions, the inductor current slowly decays during a
RDS(ON) is the on resistance of the internal MOSFET. switching cycle because the output voltage is 0 V.
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To prevent catastrophic failure, a secondary current limit
Output Voltage Programming
is designed inside the AOZ3013PI. The measured
Output voltage can be set by feeding back the output to rinductor current is compared against a preset voltage
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the FB pin using a resistor divider network as shown in which represents the current limit, between 3.5 A and 5.0
Figure 1. The resistor divider network includes R1 and A. When the output current is greater than the current
R2. Usually, a design is started by picking a fixed R2 limit, the high side switch will be turned off. The converter
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value and calculating the required R1 with the equation will initiate a soft start once the over-current condition is
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below: resolved.
R 1
V O = 0.8 1 + ------- Power-On Reset (POR)
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Some standard value of R1 and R2 for the most common operation. When input voltage falls below 3.7 V, the
converter will be shut down.
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exceeds 150 ºC. The regulator will restart automatically
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under the control of the soft-start circuit when the junction
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Application Information For reliable operation and best performance, the input
capacitors must have a current rating higher than
The basic AOZ3013PI application circuit is show in
ICIN_RMS at the worst operating conditions. Ceramic
Figure 1. Component selection is explained below.
capacitors are preferred for input capacitors because of
Input Capacitor their low ESR and high current rating. Depending on the
application circuits, other low ESR tantalum capacitors
The input capacitor must be connected to the VIN pin and
may be used. When selecting ceramic capacitors, X5R or
the PGND pin of AOZ3013PI to maintain steady input
X7R type dielectric ceramic capacitors should be used
voltage and filter out the pulsing input current. The
for their better temperature and voltage characteristics.
voltage rating of input capacitor must be greater than
maximum input voltage plus ripple voltage. Note that the ripple current rating from capacitor
manufactures are based on a certain operating life time.
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The input ripple voltage can be approximated by
Further de-rating may need to be considered for long
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equation below:
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IO VO VO
V IN = ----------------- 1 – --------- --------- Inductor
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f C IN V IN V IN The inductor is used to supply constant current to output
when it is driven by a switching voltage. For a given input
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Since the input current is discontinuous in a buck and output voltage, inductance and switching frequency
converter, the current stress on the input capacitor is together decide the inductor ripple current, which is:
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another concern when selecting the capacitor. For a buck
circuit, the RMS value of input capacitor current can be VO VO
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calculated by: fL V IN
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VO VO
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The peak inductor current is:
V IN V IN
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if we let m equal the conversion ratio: I Lpeak = I O + --------
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V IN
requires larger size inductor to avoid saturation. Low
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half of VIN, CIN is under the worst current stress. The 20 % to 40 % of output current.
worst current stress on CIN is 0.5 x IO.
When selecting the inductor, confirm it is able to handle
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Surface mount inductors in different shape and styles are
0.1 available from Coilcraft, Elytone and Murata. Shielded
inductors are small and radiate less EMI noise. However,
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0 0.5 1 depends on EMI requirement, price and size.
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Output Capacitor Usually, the ripple current rating of the output capacitor is
The output capacitor is selected based on the DC output a smaller issue because of the low current stress. When
voltage rating, output ripple voltage specification and the buck inductor is selected to be very small and
ripple current rating. inductor ripple current is high, the output capacitor could
be overstressed.
The selected output capacitor must have a higher rated
voltage specification than the maximum desired output Loop Compensation
voltage including ripple. De-rating needs to be The AOZ3013PI employs peak current mode control for
considered for long term reliability. ease of use and fast transient response. Peak current
mode control eliminates the double pole effect of the
Output ripple voltage specification is another important output L&C filter. It also greatly simplifies the
factor for selecting the output capacitor. In a buck compensation loop design.
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converter circuit, output ripple voltage is determined by
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inductor value, switching frequency, output capacitor With peak current mode control, the buck power stage
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value and ESR. It can be calculated by the equation can be simplified to be a one-pole and one-zero system
below: in frequency domain. The pole is dominant pole can be
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calculated by:
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V O = I L ESR CO + -------------------------
8fC
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2 C O R L
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where,
CO is output capacitor value, and The zero is a ESR zero due to the output capacitor and
ESRCO is the equivalent series resistance of the output its ESR. It is can be calculated by:
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capacitor.
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When a low ESR ceramic capacitor is used as the output 2 C O ESR CO
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capacitor, the impedance of the capacitor at the switching
where;
frequency dominates. Output ripple is mainly caused by
capacitor value and inductor ripple current. The output CO is the output filter capacitor,
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ripple voltage calculation can be simplified to: RL is load resistor value, and
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For lower output ripple voltage across the entire and the output of the internal error amplifier. A series
operating temperature range, X5R or X7R dielectric type R and C compensation network connected to COMP
of ceramic, or other low ESR tantalum capacitors are provides one pole and one zero. The pole is:
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The zero given by the external compensation network, Thermal Management and Layout
capacitor CC and resistor RC, is located at: Considerations
1 In the AOZ3013PI buck regulator circuit, high pulsing
f Z2 = ----------------------------------- current flows through two circuit loops. The first loop
2 C C R C
starts from the input capacitors, to the VIN pin, to the
LX pad, to the filter inductor, to the output capacitor and
To design the compensation circuit, a target crossover
load, and then returns to the input capacitor through
frequency fC to close the loop must be selected. The
ground. Current flows in the first loop when the high side
system crossover frequency is where the control loop
switch is on. The second loop starts from the inductor,
has unity gain. The crossover is the also called the
to the output capacitors and load, to the low side
converter bandwidth. Generally a higher bandwidth
NMOSFET. Current flows in the second loop when the
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means faster response to load transients. However, the
low side NMOSFET is on.
bandwidth should not be too high because of system
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stability concern. When designing the compensation
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In PCB layout, minimizing the area of the two loops will
loop, converter stability under all line and load condition reduce the noise of the circuit and improves efficiency.
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must be considered. A ground plane is strongly recommended to connect the
input capacitor, the output capacitor, and the PGND pin
Usually, it is recommended to set the bandwidth to be
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of the AOZ3013PI.
equal or less than 1/10 of the switching frequency.
In the AOZ3013PI buck regulator circuit, the major power
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The strategy for choosing RC and CC is to set the cross
dissipating components are the AOZ3013PI and the
over frequency with RC and set the compensator zero
output inductor. The total power dissipation of converter
with CC. Using selected crossover frequency, fC, to
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circuit can be measured by input power minus output
calculate RC:
power:
VO 2 C C r P total_loss = V IN I IN – V O I O
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R C = f C ---------- -----------------------------
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V G G
FB EA CS
The power dissipation of the inductor can be
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VFB is 0.8V,
GEA is the error amplifier transconductance, which is The actual junction temperature can be calculated by the
200 x 10-6 A/V, and
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8 A/V
T junction = P total_loss – P inductor_loss JA
The compensation capacitor CC and resistor RC together
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make a zero. This zero is put somewhere close to the The maximum junction temperature of the AOZ3013PI is
dominate pole fp1 but lower than 1/5 of the selected 150 ºC, which limits the maximum load current capability.
crossover frequency. CC can is selected by: Please see the thermal de-rating curves for maximum
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The thermal performance of the AOZ3013PI is strongly
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The above equation can be simplified to: affected by the PCB layout. Care should be taken during
the design process to ensure that the IC will operate
CO RL under the recommended environmental conditions.
C C = ---------------------
RC
Layout Considerations
The AOZ3013PI is an exposed pad SO-8 package.
Several layout tips are listed for the best electric and
thermal performance.
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dissipation.
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3. The input capacitor should be connected as close as
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possible to the VIN pin and the PGND pin.
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4. A ground plane is preferred. If a ground plane is not
used, separate PGND from AGND and only connect
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them at one point to avoid the PGND pin noise
coupling to the AGND pin.
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5. Make the current trace from the LX pad to L to Co to
the PGND as short as possible.
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6. Pour copper plane on all unused board area and
connect it to stable DC nodes, like VIN, GND or
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7. Keep sensitive signal trace away from the LX pad.
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Part Marking
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the body or (b) support or sustain life, and (c) whose be reasonably expected to cause the failure of the life
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