L4916

VOLTAGE REGULATOR PLUS FILTER

.. FIXED OUTPUT VOLTAGE 8.5 V
PRELIMINARY DATA

.. 250 mA OUTPUT CURRENT

HIGH RIPPLE REJECTION

.. HIGH LOAD REGULATION

HIGH LINE REGULATION

.. SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION

THERMAL SHUT DOWN WITH HYSTERESIS
DUMP PROTECTION

DESCRIPTION
This circuit combines both a filter and a voltage regu-
lator in order to provide a high ripple rejection over a POW ER MINIDIP
wider input voltage range. (4 + 4)
A supervisor low-pass loop of the element prevents
the output transistor from saturation at low input volt-
ages. ORDERING NUMBER : L4916
The non linear behaviour of this control circuitry al-
lows a fast settling of the filter.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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PIN CONNECTION (top view)

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Vi Peak Input Voltage (300 ms) 40 V
Vi DC Input Voltage 28 V
IO Output Current Internally Limited
Ptot Power Dissipation Internally Limited
Tstg, Tj Storage and Junction Temperature – 40 to 150 °C

THERMAL DATA
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
R th j-amb Thermal Resistance Junction-ambient Max 80 °C/W
R th j-pins Thermal Resistance Junction-pins Max 20 °C/W

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tamb =25 °C; Vi = 13.5 V, test circuit of fig. 1, unless otherwise specified)
Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Vi Input Voltage 20 V
VO Output Voltage Vi = 12 to 18 V 8.1 8.5 8.9 V
IO = 5 to 150 mA
∆VI/O Controlled Input-output Dropout Vi = 5 to 10 V 1.6 2.1 V
Voltage IO = 5 to 150 mA
∆VO Line Regulation Vi = 12 to 18 V 1 20 mV
IO = 10 mA
∆VO Load Regulation IO = 5 to 250 mA 50 100 mV
ton = 30 µs
toff = ≥ 1 ms
∆VO Load Regulation Vi = 8.5 V 150 250 mV
(filter mode) IO = 5 to 150 mA
ton = 30 µs
toff = ≥ 1 ms
Iq Quiescent Current IO = 5 mA 1 2 mA
∆Iq Quiescent Current Change Vi = 6 to 18 V 0.05 mA
IO = 5 to 150 mA
∆VO Output Voltage Drift IO = 10 mA 1.2 mV/°C
∆T
SVR Supply Voltage Rejection Viac = 1 Vrms
f = 100 Hz
IO = 150 mA
VIDC = 12 to 18 V 70 dB
VIDC = 6 to 11 V 35(*) dB
ISC Short Circuit Current 250 300 mA
Ton Switch On Time IO = 150 mA
Vi = 5 to 11 V 500(*) ms
Vi = 11 to 18 V 300 ms
TJ Thermal Shutdown Junction 145 °C
Temperature

(*) D epending of the C FT capacitor.

Figure 1 : Test and Application Circuit.

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Figure 2 : P.C. Board and Component Layout of Fig. 1 (1 : 1 scale).

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
During normal operation (input voltage upper than voltage goes below VMIN the drop out is kept fixed
VI MIN = VOUT NOM + ∆VI/O). The device works as a to about 1.6V. In this condition the device works as
normal voltage regulator built aroundthe OP1 of the a low pass filter in the range (2) of the OTA charac-
block diagram. teristic. The ripple rejection is externally adjustable
The series pass element use a PNP-NPN connec- acting on CFT as follows :
tion to reduce the dropout. The reference voltage of VI (jw)
SVR (jw) = =
the OP1 is derived from a REF through the OP2 and Vout (jw)
Q3, acting as an active zener diode of value VREF.
In this condition the device works in the range (1) of 10-6
1+
the characteristic of the non linear drop control unit gm R1
(see fig.3). (1 + )
jwCFT R2
The output voltage is fixed to its nominal value: Where:
VOUT NOM = VREF (1 +
R1
)= gm = 2 . 10-5 Ω-1 = OTA’S typical transconductance
R2 value on linear region
VCFT (1 + R1 ) R1
= fixed ratio
R2 R2
R1
= INTERNALLY FIXED RATIO = 2.4 CFT = value of capacitor in µF
R2 The reaction time of the supervisor loop is given by
The ripple rejection is quite high (70 dB) and inde- the transconductanceof the OTA and by CFT. When
pendent from CFT value. the value of the ripple voltage is so high and its nega-
On the usual voltage regulators, when the input vol- tive peak is fast enough to determine an istantane-
tage goes below the nominal value, the regulation ous decrease ofthe dropout till 1.2 V, the OTA works
transistors (series element) saturate bringing the in a higher transconductancecondition [range (3) of
system out of regulation making it very sensible to the characteristic] and discharge the capacitor rapi-
every variation of the input voltage. On the contrary, dously.
a control loop on the L4916 consents to avoid the If the ripple frequency is high enough the capacitor
saturation of the series element by regulating the won’t charge itself completely, and the output volt-
value of the reference voltage (pin 2). In fact, when- age reaches a small value allowing a betterripple re-
everthe input voltagedecreases below VI MIN the su- jection ; the device’s again working as a filter (fast
pervisor loop, utilizing a non linear OTA, forces the transient range).
reference voltage at pin 2 to decrease by discharg- With CFT =10 µF; f = 100 Hz a SVR of 35 is obtained.
ing CFT. So, during the static mode, when the input

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Figure 3 : Nonliner Transfer Characteristic of the Drop Control Unit.

1) Normal operating range (high ripple

rejection)
2) Drop controlled range (medium ripple
rejection)
3) Fast discharge of CFT

Figure 4 : Supply Voltage Rejection vs. Input Figure 5 : Supply voltage Rejection vs.
Voltage. Frequency.

Figure 6 : Vo vs. Supply Voltage. Figure 7 : Quiescent Current vs. Input Voltage.

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Figure 8 : Dropout vs. Load Current.

Figure 9 : Inhibit Function Realized on CFT Pin.

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MINIDIP 4+4 PACKAGE MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.

A 3.3 0.130
a1 0.7 0.028
B 1.39 1.65 0.055 0.065
B1 0.91 1.04 0.036 0.041
b 0.5 0.020
b1 0.38 0.5 0.015 0.020
D 9.8 0.386

E 8.8 0.346
e 2.54 0.100
e3 7.62 0.300
e4 7.62 0.300
F 7.1 0.280
I 4.8 0.189
L 3.3 0.130

Z 0.44 1.6 0.017 0.063

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