AIC2565

23V 3A Step-Down DC/DC Converter

 FEATURES  DESCRIPTION
 3A Continuous Output Current
The AIC2565 is a high efficiency, step-down
 Programmable Soft Start DC/DC converter that builds in a high side
 100mΩ Internal Power MOSFET Switch power MOSFET. It offers continuous 3A output
 Stable with Low ESR Output Ceramic Capacitors current over a very wide input voltage range
 Up to 95% Efficiency with excellent load and line regulation.
 22µA Supply Current in Shutdown Mode Well-performed current mode operation makes
 Fixed 385KHz Frequency fast transient response and feedback loop
 Thermal Shutdown stabilization easier.
 Cycle by Cycle Over Current Protection The AIC2565 draws only 22A supply current in
 Wide 4.75 to 23V Operating Input Range shutdown mode. Current limit and thermal
 Output Adjustable from 1.22V to 16V shutdown function are also provided to prevent
 Under Voltage Lockout damage. The AIC2565 is available in an 8-pin
SOP exposed pad package.

 APPLICATIONS
 Networking Products
 Distributed Power Systems
 Battery Charger
 Pre-Regulator for Linear Regulators.

 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS CIRCUIT

* Note: C7 is needed for high ESR output capacitor

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TEL: 886-3-5772500 FAX: 886-3-5772510 www.analog.com.tw 1

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 ORDERING INFORMATION
AIC2565XXX XX PIN CONFIGURATION
PACKING TYPE SOP-8 Exposed Pad (Heat Sink)
TOP VIEW
TR: TAPE & REEL
TB: TUBE
BS 1 8 SS
PACKAGING TYPE IN 2 7 EN
R8: SOP-8 Exposed Pad (Heat
SW 3 6 COMP
Sink)
GND 4 5 FB

G: GREEN PACKAGE Note:

The exposed pad must be connected with
GND pin.

Example:
AIC2565GR8TR
 GREEN SOP-8 Exposed Pad(Heat Sink) Package
and TAPE & REEL Packing T ype

 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Input Voltage (VIN) ............................................................................................................................. 24V
SW pin Voltage (VSW) ........................................................................................................................ 25V
BS Pin Voltage ............................................................................................................................VSW+6V
All Other Pins Voltage ........................................................................................................... -0.3V to 6V
Operating Ambient Temperature Range TA .......................................................................... -40ºC~85ºC
Operating Maximum Junction Temperature TJ .............................................................................. 150ºC
Storage Temperature Range TSTG ...................................................................................... -65ºC~150ºC
Lead Temperature (Soldering 10 Sec.) ......................................................................................... 260ºC
Thermal Resistance Junction to Case SOP-8 Exposed Pad* ............................................15C/W
Thermal Resistance Junction to Ambient SOP-8 Exposed Pad* ............................................60C/W

(Assume no Ambient Airflow)

Absolute Maximum Ratings are those values beyond which the life of a device may be impaired.
*The package is place on a two layers PCB with 2 ounces copper and 2 square inch, connected by 8 vias.

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 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(VIN=12V, unless otherwise specified. Typical values are at TA=+25C) (Note1)
PARAMETER SYMBOL CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Shutdown Supply Current VEN = 0V 22 36 A

Supply Current VEN ≥ 3V, VFB= 1.4V 0.6 1.3 mA

Feedback Voltage VFB 4.75V ≦VIN ≦ 23V 1.194 1.222 1.250 V

Error Amplifier Voltage Gain AVEA 400 V/V

Erro Amplifier Transconductance GEA ΔICOMP =  10A 500 800 1120 A/V

High-Side Switch On-Resistance RDS(ON)1 100 m

Low-Side Switch On-Resistance RDS(ON)2 10 

High-Side Switch Leakage Current VEN = 0V, VSW = 0V 0 10 A

Current Limit 3.6 5.0 A

Current Sense to COMP
GCS 3.8 A/V
Transconductance
Oscillation Frequency fs 335 385 435 KHz

Short Circuit Oscillation Frequency VFB= 0V 120 KHz

Maximum Duty Cycle DMAX VFB= 0.8V 90 %

Minimum Duty Cycle DMIN VFB = 1.5V 0 %

Shutdown Threshold 1.1 1.5 2.0 V

Enable Pull Up Current VEN = 0V 1.0 2.5 A

Under Voltage Lockout Threshold VIN Rising 3.6 4.0 4.4 V

Under Voltage Lockout Threshold

210 mV
Hysteresis
Soft Start Period Css = 0.1F 10 ms

Thermal Shutdown 160 C

Note 1: Specifications are production tested at TA=25C. Specifications over the -40C to 85C operating
temperature range are assured by design, characterization and correlation with Statistical Quality
Controls (SQC).

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 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

100
VIN=7.0V
95

90 VIN=12V

EFFICIENCY (%)
85 VIN=23V
80

75

70

65
VOUT=5.0V
60
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
OUTPUT CURRENT (A)

Fig. 1 Efficiency vs. Load Current Fig. 2 Efficiency vs. Load Current

Fig. 3 Switching Frequency vs. Input Voltage Fig. 4 Switching Frequency vs. Temperature

Fig. 5 Supply Current vs. Input Voltage Fig. 6 Supply Current vs. Temperature

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 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS (Continued)

Fig. 7 VREF vs. Temperature Fig. 8 Output Ripple Voltage

Fig. 9 Output Ripple Voltage Fig. 10 Startup

Fig. 11 Startup Fig. 12 Startup

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 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS (Continued)

Fig. 13 Startup Fig. 14 Load Transient Response

Fig. 15 Load Transient Response

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 BLOCK DIAGRAM

120 / 385KHz

0.1Ω

Functional Block Diagram of AIC2565

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 PIN DESCRIPTIONS

PIN1: BS: High Side Gate Drive Boost Input. BS voltage to regulate that voltage. Drive
supplies the drive for the high-side feedback with a resistive voltage divider
N-Channel MOSFET switch. Connect a from the output voltage.
10nF or greater capacitor from SW to
BS to power the high-side switch. PIN6: COMP: Compensation Node. COMP is used to
compensate the regulation control loop.
PIN2: IN: Power Input. IN supplies the power to Connect a series RC network form
the IC, as well as the step-down COMP to GND to compensate the
converter switches. Drive IN with a 4.75 regulation control loop. In some cases,
to 23V power source. By pass IN to an additional capacitor from COMP to
GND with a suitable large capacitor to GND is required.
eliminate noise on the input to the IC.
PIN 7: EN: Enable Input. EN is a digital input that
PIN3: SW: Power Switching Output. SW is the turns the regulator on or off. Drive EN
switching node that supplies power to high to turn on the regulator. Drive it low
the output. Connect the output LC filter to turn it off. For automatic start-up,
from switch to the output load. Note that leave EN unconnected.
a capacitor is required from SW to BS to
power the high-side switch. PIN 8: SS: Soft Star Control Input. SS controls the
soft star period. Connect a capacitor
PIN4: GND: Ground. from SS to GND to set the soft-star
period. To disable the soft-star feature,
PIN5: FB: Feedback Input. FB senses the output leave the SS pin unconnected.

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 COMPONENT SELECTION
VIN (V) VOUT (V) L1 (H) C3 (F) R3 (k) C6 (nF) R1 (k) R2 (k)
6.8 (COOPER
22 ceramic (Taiyo Yuden
12 1.8 BUSSMANN 2.2 8.2 4.75 10
EMK325BJ226MM-T)
DR125-6R8-R)
10 (COOPER
22 ceramic (Taiyo Yuden
12 2.5 BUSSMANN 3.0 6.8 11 10
EMK325BJ226MM-T)
DR1050-100-R)
15 (COOPER
22 ceramic (Taiyo Yuden
12 3.3 BUSSMANN 5.6 3.9 17 10
EMK325BJ226MM-T)
DRQ125-150-R)
15 (COOPER
22 ceramic (Taiyo Yuden
12 5.0 BUSSMANN 6.2 3.3 31 10
EMK325BJ226MM-T)
DRQ125-150-R)

 APPLICATION INFORMATION
resistor, and amplifies it. While the sensed voltage
 Operation
gets higher than reference voltage, the current
The AIC2565 is a fixed-frequency and high
limitation function is activated. While the current
efficiency step-down DC/DC converter with
limitation function is activated, the duty cycle will
current-mode PWM control architecture. By
be reduced to limit the output power to protect the
selecting appropriate circuit components, it can
internal power switches.
achieve fast transient response. During normal
operation, the AIC2565 can regulate its output  Short Circuit Protection
voltage through a feedback control circuit, which is While the output is shorted to ground, the
composed of an error amplifier; a current switching frequency of AIC2565 will be reduced to
comparator and several control signal generators. one third of the normal switching frequency. This
By comparing the feedback voltage to the lower switching frequency ensures the inductor
reference voltage of 1.222V, the error amplifier current has more time to discharge, thereby
varies the voltage at COMP pin. The voltage at preventing inductor current runaway. The
COMP pin is compared with the summing signal of switching frequency will automatically return to its
current sensing signal and slope compensation designed value while short circuit condition is
signal to determine the duty cycle of internal power released.
switch.
 Soft-Start
 Current Limitation The AIC2565 provides the soft-start function.
The AIC2565 provides current limit function by Initially, the voltage at SS pin is 0V. Then an
using an internal sensing resistor. When the internal current source of 6A (typ.) charges an
internal power switch turns on, current follows external soft-start capacitor. During the soft-start
through the internal sensing resistor. And current period, the voltage at SS pin will limit the feedback
amplifier senses the voltage, which crosses the threshold voltage at FB pin. When the voltage at

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SS pin is higher than 1.222V, the feedback Diode

threshold voltage at FB pin reaches the desired A Schottky diode with low forward drop voltage
value. The soft-start time can be calculated in and fast reverse recovery is the ideal choice for
accordance with the following equation. better efficiency. The forward drop voltage of a
1.222V Schottky diode will result in the conduction losses
t SS  C 5 
6A in the diode, and the diode capacitance (CT or CD)
The soft-start capacitor is discharged to GND will cause the switching losses. Therefore, it is
when the EN pin is connected to GND. necessary to consider both forward voltage drop
 Shutdown and diode capacitance for diode selection. In
By connecting the EN pin to GND, the AIC2565 addition, the rating of selected Schottky diode
can be shut down to reduce the supply current to should be able to handle the input voltage and the
22A (typ.). At this operation mode, the output maximum peak diode current.
voltage of step-down converter is equal to 0V. For
Input Capacitor and Output Capacitor
automatic startup, leave EN pin unconnected.
To prevent the high input voltage ripple and noise
 Components Selection resulted from high frequency switching, the use of

Inductor low ESR ceramic capacitor for the maximum

The inductor selection depends on the current RMS current is recommended. The approximated

ripple of inductor, the input voltage and the output RMS current of the input capacitor can be

voltage. calculated according to the following equation.

VOUT  VOUT 
L 1   VOUT VIN  VOUT  I 2L
f S  I L  VIN  ICINRMS  IOUT
2
( MAX)  
2 12
VIN
Accepting a large current ripple of inductor allows
the use of a smaller inductance. However, higher
The selection of output capacitor depends on the
current ripple of inductor can cause higher output
required output voltage ripple. The output voltage
ripple voltage and large core loss. By setting an
ripple can be expressed as:
acceptable current ripple of inductor, a suitable
I L
inductance can be obtained from above equation. VOUT   ESR  I L
8  f S  C OUT
In addition, it is important to ensure the inductor For lower output voltage ripple, the use of low
saturation current exceeds the peak value of ESR ceramic capacitor is recommended.
inductor current in application to prevent core
When choosing the input and output ceramic
saturation. The peak value of inductor current can
capacitors, X5R and X7R types are
be calculated according to the following equation.
recommended because they retain their
VOUT  VOUT 
I PEAK  I OUT max   1   capacitance over wider ranges of voltage and
2  f S  L  VIN 
temperature than other types.

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Soft-Start Capacitor in this data sheet yield a stable control loop for the
given output voltage and capacitor. If different
The soft-start of AIC2565 begins from VSS=0V and
conversions and output capacitors are requires,
ends while VSS reaches 1.222V. During the
some values of the compensation components
soft-start period, an internal current source of 6A
may need to be adjusted to ensure stability.
(typ.) charges the soft-start capacitor. Hence, the
soft-start capacitor should be large enough to Layout Consideration
ensure that the output voltage has reached the In order to ensure a proper operation of AIC2565,
regulation value before the soft-start function has the following points should be managed
finished. comprehensively.
Output Voltage Programming
1. The input capacitor and VIN should be
By connecting a resistive divider R1 and R2, the placed as close as possible to each other to
output voltage of AIC2565 step-down converter reduce the input voltage ripple and noise.
can be set. VOUT can be calculated as: 2. The output loop, which is consisted of the
 R 
VOUT  1.222  1  1  inductor, the internal power switch, the
 R2  Schottky diode and the output capacitor,
The resistive divider should sit as close to FB pin should be kept as small as possible.
as possible. 3. The routes with large current should be kept

Loop Compensation short and wide.

4. Logically the large current on the converter
In order to avoid the poor output voltage ripple and
should flow at the same direction.
low efficiency caused by instability, AIC2565
5. In order to prevent the effect from noise, the
requires a proper external compensation network
IC’s GND pin should be placed close to the
to compensate its feedback loop. In this external
compensation network, the compensation resistor, ground of the input bypass capacitor and

R3, and the compensation capacitor, C6, are used should be away from the ground of the

to set the high-frequency integrator gain and the Schottky diode.

integrator zero. C7 is used to cancel the zero 6. The FB pin should be connected to the
caused by the output capacitor and its ESR. While feedback resistors directly and the route
using the ceramic capacitor as the output capacitor, should be away from the noise sources.
C7 can be omitted due to the small ESR. Fig. 16 to 19 shows the layout diagrams of
The values of the compensation components given AIC2565.

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Fig. 16 Top Layer Fig. 17 Bottom Layer

Fig. 18 Top Over Layer Fig. 19 Bottom Over Layer

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 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS (unit: mm)

• SOP-8 Exposed Pad (Heat Sink)
D

D1

EXPOSED THERMAL PAD(Heat Sink)

(BOTTOM CENTER OF PACKAGE) E1

H
E

h X 45°
A A SEE VIEW B
e
A

S SOP-8 Exposed Pad(Heat Sink)

Y
B M
B
MILLIMETERS
A1

O
MIN. MAX.
WITH PLATING L

A 1.35 1.75
C

A1 0.00 0.15
BASE METAL
B 0.31 0.51
SECTION A-A
C 0.17 0.25
0.25

D 4.80 5.00
D1 1.50 3.50
GAUGE PLANE
E 3.80 4.00
SEATING PLANE
L E1 1.0 2.55

VIEW B e


1.27 BSC
H 5.80 6.20
Note : 1. Refer to JEDEC MS-012E. h 0.25 0.50
2. Dimension "D" does not include mold flash, protrusions L 0.40 1.27
or gate burrs. Mold flash, protrusion or gate burrs shall not
θ 0° 8°
exceed 6 mil per side .
3. Dimension "E" does not include inter-lead flash or protrusions.
4. Controlling dimension is millimeter, converted inch
dimensions are not necessarily exact.

Note:
Information provided by AIC is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, we cannot assume responsibility for use of any circuitry
other than circuitry entirely embodied in an AIC product; nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties that may result
from its use. We reserve the right to change the circuitry and specifications without notice.

Life Support Policy: AIC does not authorize any AIC product for use in life support devices and/or systems. Life support devices or
systems are devices or systems which, (I) are intended for surgical implant into the body or (ii) support or sustain life, and whose failure
to perform, when properly used in accordance with instructions for use provided in the labeling, can be reasonably expected to result in
a significant injury to the user.

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