n ew products MB39A104 95 find vol.20 no.2 2002 product description fujitsu has recently developed a 2-channel dc/dc converter ic with timer latch overcurrent protection, MB39A104, which is optimal for the built-in power supply such as lcd monitors. the lcd monitor market is growing dramatically, with an expected worldwide production of approximately 30 million devices in 2003, and 50 million devices in 2005. and for these lcd monitors, there is a demand for a built-in power supply with overcurrent protection. this product is a pulse width modulation (pwm) type 2- channel dc/dc converter ic with a built-in timer latch overcurrent protection circuit (no current sense resistor is necessary), and it is optimal for down conversion. since it can operate at high frequency, the coil value can be relatively small. in addition, a soft-start circuit and a timer latch short- circuit detection circuit are built in to prevent an inrush current at power start-up or an overcurrent in the case of output short-circuit. product features b uilt-in timer latch overcurrent protection circuit (no current sense resistor is necessary) po w er supply voltage range: 7v to 19v r eference voltage: 5.0v ? 1% er r or amplifier threshold voltage: 1.24v ? 1% photo 1 external view 2 -channel dc/dc converter ic with overcurrent protection MB39A104 this 2-channel dc/dc converter ic utilizes the pulse width modulation type (pwm method) and features a built-in timer latch overcurrent protection circuit (no current sense resistor is necessary). since it is capable of operation at high frequency, the coil value can be relatively small. this converter is optimal for the built-in power supply such as lcd monitors.
n ew products MB39A104 96 find vol.20 no.2 2002 h igh frequency operation possible: 1mhz (max.) b uilt-in standby function: 1 a (typ.) b uilt-in load independent soft-start circuit b uilt-in totem-pole-type output for pch mos fet p ackage: ssop-24p circuit configuration fig. 1 shows the pin assignments, and fig. 2 shows the block diagram. the function blocks used to build this product are described below. dc/dc converter function reference voltage block (ref) the reference voltage circuit generates a temperature ? compensated reference voltage (5.0v typ.) using the voltage supplied from the power supply terminal, and this is used as the reference voltage for the ic's internal circuit. in addition, the reference voltage can be used to supply a load current of up to 1ma to an external device via the vref terminal. tr iangular wave oscillator block (osc) a triangular wave form with amplitude 1.5v to 2.5v is generated from ct terminal by connecting capacitor and resistor for timing on ct and rt terminals respectively. the triangular wave oscillation waveform is input to the pwm comparator in the ic. error amplifier block (error amp) the error amplifier detects the dc / dc converter output voltage and outputs the pwm control signal. since optional loop gain can be specified through connection of the feedback resistor and capacitor to the inverted input terminal from the output terminal of the error amplifier, a stable phase compensation against the system is ensured. connection of a capacitor for soft-start to the cs1 and cs2 terminals, the non-inverted input terminals of the error amplifier, prevents an inrush current at power start-up. performing soft-start detection with an error amplifier enables soft-start operation over a constant period of time independent of the dc/dc converter output load. pwm comparator block (pwm comp.) this voltage-pulse width modulator controls the output duty depending on the input/output voltage. the output transistor is turned on when the error amplifier output voltage and dtc voltage are higher than the triangular wave voltage. output block (drive) the output circuit is constructed in totem-pole style and is capable of driving an external pch mos fet. channel control function the on/off status of each channel is specified by voltage specification at the ctl terminal and each cs terminal. table 1 shows the on/off setting conditions. protection circuit functions timer latch short-circuit protection circuit block (scp) the short-circuit detection comparator detects the level of error amplifier output voltage. when the error amplifier output voltage on any channel exceeds the short-circuit detection voltage, the timer circuit operates and begins to charge the 5 0 1 7 * & |