官方说明书LINEAR LTC3855 说明书.pdf

6mm × 6mm DC/DC Controller for High Current DCR Sensing Applications Eric Gu, Theo Phillips, Mike Shriver and Kerry Holliday The LTC3855 is a versatile 2-phase synchronous buck controller IC with on-chip drivers, remote output voltage sensing and inductor temperature sensing. These features are ideal for high current applications where cycle-by-cycle current is measured across the inductor (DCR sensing). Either channel is suitable for inputs up to 38V and outputs up to 12.5V, further increasing the controller’s versatility. The LTC3855 is based on the popular LTC3850, described in the October 2007 issue of Linear Technology. MONITORING THE TEMPERATURE “lossless” method is less accurate than is used, the current limit for the LTC3855 When current is sensed at the inductor, using a sense resistor, in large part because is determined by the peak sense voltage as either a sense resistor is placed in series as the inductor heats up, its resistance measured across the inductor’s DCR. The with the inductor, or an R-C network increases with a temperature coeffi- LTC3855 includes a temperature sensing across the inductor is used to infer the cient of resistivity (TCR) of 3930ppm/ C. scheme designed to compensate for the ° current information across the induc- Therefore as the temperature rises, the TCR of copper by effectively raising the tor’s DC resistance (DCR sensing). This current limit decreases. When DCR sensing peak sense voltage at high temperature. Figure 1. A 1.2V, 50A, 2-phase converter. The two channels op