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Buck Converters Increase Efficiency at Light Loads

Published: Apr 22,2014

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Diodes Incorporated introduced the AP6550x and AP6540x. Implementing a light load efficiency-improvement algorithm, these synchronous DC-DC buck converters achieve an efficiency as high as 96% while delivering continuous load currents of 4A and 5A, respectively. Their current mode control produces a fast transient response and simple loop stabilization, ensuring dependable line and load regulation in distributed point-of-load (POL) power management applications.

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By operating at higher fixed switching frequencies of 500kHz and 750kHz, these highly integrated converters are also able to help shrink circuit footprints by minimizing the size of external inductive and capacitive components. The 500kHz 4A-rated AP65402 and 5A-rated AP65502 provide an adjustable output voltage range of 0.925V to 16V, while the 750kHz equivalents, the AP65403 and AP65503, offer a higher range of 2.5V to 16V.

A wide operating voltage range of 4.75V to 17V means the converters are suited for both 5V and 12V bus system design and all devices tolerate a transient peak voltage of up to 7A. Component packaging is the industry-standard exposed pad SO-8EP, with pin-outs identical throughout the product family.

Features:

- Icc Less than 0.9 uA

- CPD = 6 pF (Typical at 3.3 V)

- Rejects noisy signals

- Tolerant of Slow rise/fall times

- Hysteresis typically 250 mV

- Prevents output backflow

- when Output > Vcc

- When device is unpowered,adjacent circuits

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