ADP3412
where fMAX is the maximum switching frequency of the control-
ler. The peak surge current rating should be checked in-circuit,
since this is dependent on the source impedance of the 5 V sup-
ply and the ESR of CBST.
Delay Capacitor Selection
The delay capacitor, CDLY, is used to add an additional delay
when the low side FET drive turns off and when the high side
drive starts to turn on. The delay capacitor adds 1 ns/pF of
additional time to the 20 ns of fixed delay.
If a delay capacitor is required, look for a good quality ceramic
capacitor with an NPO or COG dielectric, or for a good quality
mica capacitor. Both types of capacitors are available in the 1 pF
to 100 pF range and have excellent temperature and leakage
characteristics.
Printed Circuit Board Layout Considerations
Use the following general guidelines when designing printed
circuit boards:
1. Trace out the high current paths and use short, wide traces
to make these connections.
2. Connect the PGND Pin of the ADP3412 as close as pos-
sible to the source of the lower MOSFET.
3. The VCC bypass capacitor should be located as close as
possible to VCC and PGND Pins.
Typical Application Circuits
The circuit in Figure 3 shows how two drivers can be com-
bined with the ADP3160 to form a total power conversion
solution for VCC(CORE) generation in a high current GOA com-
puter. Figure 4 gives a CPU a similar application circuit for a
35 A processor.
VIN
12V
VIN RTN
270F ؋ 4
OS-CON 16V
C12 C13 C14 C15
R6
10⍀
C4
4.7F
RA
60.4k⍀
FROM
CPU
COC
1.4nF
RZ
1.1k⍀
RB
10k⍀
U1
ADP3160
1 VID4
VCC 16
2 VID3
REF 15
3 VID2
CS– 14
4 VID1 PWM1 13
5 VID0 PWM2 12
6 COMP CS+ 11
7 FB PWRGND 10
8 CT
C1
150pF
GND 9
C2
100pF
R1
1k⍀
R7
20⍀
C21
15nF
R8
330⍀
C23
330pF
C22
1nF
R4
4m⍀
C26
4.7F
D1
MBR052LTI
C9
1F
R5
2.4k⍀
U2
Q5
ADP3412
2N3904
Z1
ZMM5236BCT
1 BST DRVH 8
2 IN
SW 7
3 DLY PGND 6
4 VCC DRVL 5
C5
1F
C7
15pF
Q1
FDB7030L L1
600nH
Q2
FDB8030L
D2
C10
MBR052LTI
1F
U3
ADP3412
1 BST DRVH 8
2 IN
SW 7
3 DLY PGND 6
4 VCC DRVL 5
C6
C8
1F
15pF
1200F ؋ 8
OS-CON 2.5V
11m⍀ ESR (EACH)
+ +++ ++++
VCC(CORE)
1.1V – 1.85V
53.4A
C11 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
VCC(CORE)
RTN
Q3
FDB7030L
Q4
FDB8030L
L2
600nH
Figure 3. 53.4 A Intel CPU Supply Circuit
REV. A
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