LTC1438/LTC1439
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switch node voltage SW. Leaving TGS1 or TGS2 open
invokes Burst Mode operation for that controller.
BG1, BG2: High Current Gate Drive Outputs for Bottom
N-Channel MOSFETs. Voltage swing at these pins is from
ground to INTV
CC
.
SFB1: Secondary Winding Feedback Input. This input acts
only on the first controller and is normally connected to a
feedback resistive divider from the secondary winding.
Pulling this pin below 1.19V will force continuous syn-
chronous operation for the first controller. This pin should
be tied to: ground to force continuous operation; INTV
CC
in applications that don’t use a secondary winding; and a
resistive divider from the output in applications using a
secondary winding.
POR2: This output is a drain of an N-channel pull-down.
This pin sinks current when the output voltage of the
second controller drops 7.5% below its regulated voltage
and releases 65536 oscillator cycles after the output
voltage of the second controller rises to within –5% value
of its regulated value. The POR2 output is asserted when
RUN/SS1 and RUN/SS2 are both low, independant of the
V
OUT2
. This pin is not functional on the LTC1438X.
LBO: This output is a drain of an N-channel pull-down.
This pin will sink current when the LBI pin goes below
1.19V.
LBI: The (+) input of a comparator which can be used as
a low-battery voltage detector. The (–) input is connected
to the 1.19V internal reference.
PLLIN: External Synchronizing Input to Phase Detector.
This pin is internally terminated to SGND with 50kΩ. Tie
this pin to SGND in applications which do not use the
phase-locked loop.
PLL LPF: Output of Phase Detector and Control Input of
Oscillator. Normally a series RC lowpass filter network is
connected from this pin to ground. Tie this pin to SGND in
applications which do not use the phase-locked loop. Can
be driven by a 0V to 2.4V logic signal for a frequency
shifting option.
AUXFB: Feedback Input to the Auxiliary Regulator/Com-
parator. When used as a linear regulator, this input can
either be connected to an external resistive divider or
PIN FUNCTIONS
UUU
SENSE
+
1, SENSE
+
2: The (+) Input to Each Current
Comparator. Built-in offsets between SENSE
–
1 and
SENSE
+
1 pins in conjunction with R
SENSE1
set the current
trip threshold (same for second controller).
V
OSENSE1,2
: Receives the remotely sensed feedback volt-
age either from the output directly or from an external
resistive divider across the output. The V
PROG2
pin deter-
mines which point V
OSENSE2
must connect to. The V
OSENSE1
pin, only available on the LTC1438-ADJ, requires an
external resistive divider to set the output voltage.
V
PROG1
, V
PROG2
: Programs Internal Voltage Attenuators
for Output Voltage Sensing. The voltage sensing for
thefirst controller is internally connected to SENSE
–
1
while the V
OSENSE2
pin allows for remote sensing for the
second controller. For V
PROG1
, V
PROG2
< V
INTVCC
/3, the
divider is set for an output voltage of 3.3V. With V
PROG1
,
V
PROG2
> V
INTVCC
/1.5 the divider is set for an output
voltage of 5V. Leaving
V
PROG2
open (DC) allows the
output voltage of the second controller to be set by an
external resistive divider connected to V
OSENSE2
.
C
OSC
: External capacitor C
OSC
from this pin to ground sets
the operating frequency.
I
TH1
, I
TH2
: Error Amplifier Compensation Point. Each
associated current comparator threshold increases with
this control voltage.
RUN/SS1, RUN/SS2: Combination of Soft Start and Run
Control Inputs. A capacitor to ground at each of these pins
sets the ramp time to full current output. The time is
approximately 0.5s/µF. Forcing either of these pins below
1.3V causes the IC to shut down the circuitry required for
that particular controller. Forcing both of these pins below
1.3V causes the device to shut down completely. For
applications which require 5V keep-alive, refer to the
LTC1538-AUX/LTC1539.
TGL1, TGL2: High Current Gate Drives for Main Top
N-Channel MOSFET. These are the outputs of floating
drivers with a voltage swing equal to INTV
CC
superim-
posed on the switch node voltage SW1 and SW2.
TGS1, TGS2: Gate Drives for Small Top N-Channel
MOSFET. These are the outputs of floating drivers with a
voltage swing equal to INTV
CC
superimposed on the
