LTC3569
1
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Typical applicaTion
FeaTures
applicaTions
DescripTion
Triple Buck Regulator with
1.2A and Two 600mA Outputs and
Individual Programmable References
The LTC
®
3569 contains three monolithic, synchronous
step-down DC/DC converters. Intended for medium power
applications, it operates over a 2.5V to 5.5V input voltage
range. The operating frequency is adjustable from 1MHz
to 3MHz, allowing the use of tiny, low cost capacitors and
inductors. The three output voltages are independently
programmable by toggling the EN pins up to 15 times,
lowering the 800mV FB references by 25mV per cycle. The
first buck regulator sources load currents up to 1200mA.
The other two buck regulators each provide 600mA.
The two 600mA buck regulators can also be configured
to operate as slave power stages, running in parallel with
another internal buck regulator to supply higher load
currents. When operating as parallel, slave output stages,
discrete external components are shared and available
output currents sum together.
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Efficiency vs Load Current
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Three Independent Current Mode Buck DC/DC
Regulators (1.2A and 2 × 600mA)
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Single Pin Programmable V
FB
Servo Voltages from
800mV Down to 425mV (in 25mV Steps)
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Pull V
FB
High to Make Each 600mA Buck a Slave for
Higher Current Operation
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Pulse-Skipping or Burst Mode
®
Operation
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Programmable Switching Frequency
(1MHz to 3MHz) or Fixed 2.25MHz
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Synchronizable (1.2MHz to 3MHz)
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V
IN
Range 2.5V to 5.5V
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All Regulators Internally Compensated
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PGOOD Output Flag
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Quiescent Current <100µA (All Regulators in Burst
Mode Operation)
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Zero Shutdown Current
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Overtemperature and Short-Circuit Protection
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Tiny 3mm × 3mm, 3mm × 4mm 20-Lead QFN and
Thermally Enhanced TSSOP FE-16 Packages
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Portable Applications with Multiple Supply Rails
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General Purpose Step-Down DC/DC
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Dynamic Voltage Scaling Applications
3569 TA01a
SV
IN
PV
IN
SW1
PGNDSGND
SW2
SW3
PGOOD
FB1
EN1
EN2
EN3
MODE
R
T
FB2
FB3
22µF
V
IN
2.2µH*
10µF20pF
20pF
20pF
4.7µF
2.5µH**
510k
240k
300k
240k
OUT1 = 2.5V
1200mA
OUT2 = 1.8V
600mA
4.7µF
2.5µH**
150k
300k
OUT3 = 1.2V
600mA
LTC3569
* WURTH 7440430022
** WURTH 744031002
I
LOAD
(mA)
EFFICIENCY (%)
3569 TA01b
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.01 0.1 1 1000 1000010010
V
IN
= 3V
V
IN
= 5V
Burst Mode OPERATION
PULSE-SKIPPING
OUT1 = 2.5V