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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
Typical Application
4.5V~5.5V VIN
AIN VIN
RTON CVIN
RPOK VCC
CLDO TON
BOOT
CBOOT
GS9238 L1 VOUT
PGOOD LX
ON
RFB1
EN
OFF
Coption
PFM FB
RFB2
CVOUT
SS AGND
CSS
PGND
VIN
AIN VIN
RTON CVIN
VCC
CLDO TON
RPOK
BOOT
CBOOT
GS9238 L1 VOUT
PGOOD LX
ON
RFB1 Coption
EN
OFF
PFM FB
RFB2 CVOUT
SS AGND
CSS
PGND
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GStek series Buck Converter
1 7 21 23 20 8, 9, 22
Pre Reg
Vref=0.8V
Soft Start High Side
Bandgap
MOS
EN 2 Enable DRV
VCC UVLO LDO UVLO
LX
10,11,
TON 16~18
TON 6 Generator
Gate Control
Low Side
Logic
MOS
OVP DRV
1V Protection
Error
AMP
Logic
0.36V
UVP
OCP
Error
AMP
0.8V
Error AMP
PWM
CMP
GM
12~15,
5 4 3 19
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
Pin Configuration
SS VIN VCC BOOT PGND LX
23 22 21 20 19 18
PGOOD 1 17 LX
EN 2 16 LX
24 25
PFM 3 15 PGND
VIN LX
AGND 4 14 PGND
FB 5 13 PGND
TON 6 12 PGND
7 8 9 10 11
AIN VIN VIN LX LX
( Top view )
Figure 3 TQFN23-4x4 Package
Pin Descriptions
No. Name I/O Description
Power Good Signal Output. PGOOD is an open-drain
1 PGOOD O
output used to indicate the status of the output voltage.
Buck Enable Control Pin. EN=Low, Shutdown; EN=High,
2 EN I
Power On.
PFM Selection Input. Connect PFM pin to VCC/VIN for
3 PFM I forced PWM operation. Connect PFM to ground for PFM
operation.
4 AGND O Analog Ground
Feedback Input. Adjust the output voltage with a resistive
5 FB I
voltage-divider between the regulator’s output and AGND.
On-Time Setting Input. Connect a resistor between VIN
6 TON I
and TON to set the on time width.
7 AIN I Supply Input for internal analog circuitry.
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Supply Input. VIN is the regulator input. All VIN pins must
8, 9, 22, 24 VIN I
be connected together.
Upper Driver Floating Ground for Buck Controller. Connect
10, 11, 16, 17,18, 25 LX I/O
to an external inductor.
12,13, 14, 15, 19 PGND O Power Ground.
Bootstrap Capacitor Connection. Connect a capacitor
20 BOOT I
between BOOT and LX Pin.
21 VCC O Internal Linear Regulator Output.
Soft-Start Time Setting Pin. Connect a capacitor between
23 SS I/O
SS and AGND to set the soft-start time.
Ordering Information
GS9238TQ-R
1. Package 2. Shipping
No Item Contents
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
Electrical Characteristics
(RTON=100KOhm, VIN=VAIN=VEN=12V, TA =25°C, unless otherwise specified)
5V Pre-regulator (VVCC)
Output Voltage VVCC 5.15 V
Under voltage lock
VVCC_UVLO 4.15 V
out (Rising)
VVCC_UVLOHY
UVLO Hysteresis 0.3 V
S
Reference Voltage
FB Reference
VFB VVCC=5V 0.8 V
Voltage
Control Input
EN Logic Low
VEN_L EN Falling 0.6 V
Voltage
EN Logic High
VEN_H EN Rising 1.6 V
Voltage
PFM Logic Low
VPFM_L PFM Falling 0.6 V
Voltage
PFM Logic High
VPWM_H PFM Rising 2.5 V
Voltage
PGOOD Signal
PGOOD Low
VPG IPG=1mA 0.5 V
Voltage
PGOOD Leakage
IPG_LEAK VPG=5V 1 uA
Current
VFB>125%, VPG go to
VPG_H 125 %
Low
PGOOD Threshold
VFB>90%, VPG go to
VPG_L 90 %
High
PGOOD Fault Delay TPG PG debounce time 20 us
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Current Parameters
Quiescent Current IQ VFB =0.85V, VIN=12V 870 uA
Soft start current ISS VSS=0 10 uA
VEN =0, I(AIN) 4 uA
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GStek series Buck Converter
Typical Characteristics
On-time vs. Input Voltage Frequency vs. Input Voltage
VIN=12V,RTON=100K,Vout=1.2V VIN=12V,RTON=100K,Vout=1.2V
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GStek series Buck Converter
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GStek series Buck Converter
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GStek series Buck Converter
Application Information
The GS9238 is small size chip with a relative High Side Switch On-Time Count
constant on-time synchronous buck switching The on-time is decided by the external setting resistor,
converter suitable for applications in notebook and the input voltage. Looking at the TON pin, the input
computers and other battery operated portable voltage is converted to current which is inversely
devices. Features include wide input voltage proportional to itself by dividing the external setting
range, high efficiency and fast dynamic response. resistor. The input voltage-proportional current is used
System Clock Generator and PWM Control to charge an internal capacitor from zero volts. When
The on-time of GS9238 can be set by an external the voltage between two terminals of the capacitor
setting resistor from input voltage to TON Pin. The reaches to the internal setting voltage, on-time one-shot
converter maintains the on-time width as loop pulse is generated, and then upper power MOSFET is
feedback path exists between the GS9238 converter, turned off and lower power MOSFET is turned on.
low pass filter and voltage divider. For a given input We can count the on-time and switching frequency
voltage buck application, the feedback maintains the according to the equations below:
constant on-time width. Due to the constant resistor TON=(14.4p×RTON+1.44u) / (VIN-0.8)
and input voltage, the GS9238 based buck converter Then, the switching frequency is:
has the relative constant frequency. Moreover, the Fsw=VOUT/ (VIN×TON)
GS9238 can increase the duty-cycle automatically as RTON is a resistor connected from the input supply (VIN)
input voltage falls down. Because of the constant to the TON pin.
on-time in each switching period, the converter For heavy load (more than 8A) application, due to
maintains the relative frequency when the input ground bounced and the high impedance of RTON, the
voltage changes TON pin should always be bypassed to GND using a
At the beginning of each switching cycle, upper several nF-order ceramic capacitor for reliable system
power MOSFET is turned on, after typical fixed operation.
on-time, the upper MOSFET is turned off, and then EN, PFM/PWM Mode and Shutdown Soft-Discharge
lower power MOSFET is turned on after internal The EN pin enables the power supply. When EN is tied
dead time. The upper MOSFET will not be turned on to VIN and the PFM Pin is pulled low, the GS9238
at the beginning of next cycle until output voltage falls converter is enabled and diode-emulated mode (DEM,
down below the preset voltage and the dead time which is power save mode) will be also enabled. When
passes. The same events repeat the following the PFM pin is pulled high, it will force the converter into
switching cycles. To avoid the surge inductor current PWM mode.
during large load transient, a minimum Off-time is In PFM(DEM) mode, when the loads goes low, GS9238
added. Typical minimum off-time is around 440ns. starts power save mode in order to maintain the on-time
The too small on-time can affect soft-start and and decrease the system clock frequency to skip PWM
anti-noise ability, so in order to avoid the on-time too pulses for better efficiency. If DEM Mode is enabled, the
small to be eliminated; a minimum on-time is set to GS9238 zero crossing comparator will sense the
around 110ns. This should to be noted in the small inductor current and judge its value by comparing the
duty applications. LX node (LX) to PGND. Once the LX node voltage is
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
equal to the PGND node voltage, the converter will and RFB2 can be set by the equation below:
enter the DEM Mode and turn off the low side power Set RFB2,then
MOSFET. The boundary of PWM to PFM mode can
VOUT
be calculated by the output current. RFB1 RFB 2 1
0.8 VDROP
VIN VOUT 1 VOUT
IOUT(Boundary)
2L FSW VIN Current Limit
As the load current is further decreased, it takes The GS9238 uses the on-state resistance of the
longer time to discharge the output capacitor to the low-side power MOSFET as a current-sense resistor. In
level than required the next switching cycle. The this case, the GS9238 build in a current limit threshold
on-time is kept the same as that in the heavy-load at least 8A. The current sensing circuit actually
condition. regulates the inductor valley current. This means that if
If the EN pin is pulled low, the GS9238 internal logic the magnitude of the inductor valley current beyond the
will shutdown the switching clock and stop the buck current limit, the PWM is not allowed to initiate a new
converter, and FB-Discharge Module works to switching cycle. The difference between the maximum
discharge the related output voltage through the FB output current and the valley current limit is depended
pin. This will ensure that the output is in a defined on the ripple current of the inductor. It is diagramed by
state next time when it is enabled. Since this is a soft the graph below:
discharge, that there are no dangerous negative
IL
voltage excursions to be concerned about. In order to
maintain the correct function of the soft-discharge IL
Maximum
Average
IOUT
module, the chip power supply must be online.
Current
VOUT Drop Function Limit
Threshold
The GS9238 builds in a Vout voltage drop function
for CCM mode operation. The drop function will Output Over-Voltage Protection
make the Vout voltage deviate the voltage set by FB When the output voltage rises up to 125% of the preset
resistor calculated from 0.8V reference. Different Vin voltage, the internal fault-logic module delays about
and Vout voltage make different drop voltage. The 20us and turns on the low side Power MOSFET. It stays
drop voltage follows the equation below: latched on and the GS9238 is latched off until Power
VDrop Reset or EN Reset.
8 V VOUT 1.2 VIN 1.2 Output Under-Voltage Protection
30mV 1 IN
9 VIN 1.2 VOUT 10.8 When the output voltage falls down to 45% of the preset
5 mV voltage, the internal fault-logic module will delay about
Output Voltage Selection 20us and turns off both the high side and low side
The output voltage is set by the feedback resistors Power MOSFETs. Both switches stay latched off and
RFB1 and RFB2 of Figure1a and Figure1b. Because of the GS9238 is latched off until Power Reset or EN
the Vout Drop Function, the direct reference should Reset. During soft-start, the UVP will be blanked, until
plus the VDrop. So, the calculation of RFB1 should soft-start procedure finished. The blank time depended
considerate the VDrop voltage. Therefore the RFB1 on the value of the capacitor connected to SS Pin. But if
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GStek series Buck Converter
the output voltage rises up above the UVP threshold is finished, the PGOOD is pulled high by external
tolerance during the counter period, the UVP counter resistor. In normal operation, the PGOOD window is
is released immediately. from 90% to 125% of the converter reference voltage.
UVLO and Soft-Start When the output voltage has to stay within this window,
An internal under voltage lockout (UVLO) module is PGOOD signal will become high. When the output
used to sense the VCC power supply. The PWM voltage outruns 90% or 125 % of the target voltage,
converter is forbidden by the under voltage lockout PGOOD signal will be pulled low after about 20us delay.
module. When VCC rises about 4.15V, the GS9238 This delay prevent false PGOOD drop.
will initial the control logic circuitries and soft-start External Devices Selection
ramping generator, and then allows switching to For loop stability, the 0 dB frequency (f0), defined in the
occur. When VCC falls down to about 3.85V, the follow equation:
PWM converter is forbidden again. 1 f
f0 SW
When VAIN rises about 5.5V, the LDO output voltage 2 RESR COUT 4
(VCC) of GS9238 enables and regulates a 5.15V The loop stability is determined by the output capacitor.
voltage. After VAIN falls down to 5.3V the LDO (VCC) Specialty polymer capacitors have COUT in the order of
will turn off. several 100uF and RESR in range of 10mohm is
After soft-start module starting, the GS9238 recommended. However, ceramic capacitors have f0 at
converter will release the current limit threshold more than 700 KHz, which is not recommended.
followed the soft-start ramp. After UVP blanking time, In order for the right regulate manner, the ripple voltage
the output under voltage protection and power good at the feedback pin (FB), should be approximately
indicator is enabled. 15mV. This generates Vripple= (VOUT/0.8) ×15mV at the
FB Short Protection output node. The output capacitor RESR should meet
Because the UVP protection is blanked during the this equation.
soft-start period, if FB pin short to GND, the output The external device selection is list below:
voltage will increase continuously without OVP Choose Feedback Voltage Divider Resistor
protection. It is a very dangerous condition. The Set RFB2=1K~20K ohm
GS9238 build in a safety protection scheme to avoid
VOUT
this situation. When soft-start procedure begins, the RFB1 RFB 2 1
0.8 VDROP
GS9238 monitors the SS Pin and FB Pin both, if the
voltage of SS Pin is higher than 240mV and at the Choose RTON
same time the voltage of FB Pin is lower than 80mV, 1 VOUT
TON ( Max )
after a few micro seconds delay, the fault logic will fSW VIN( Min )
stop the switching cycle and latch on. Only Power on
RTON ( MAX ) (VIN 0.8 ) 750K 100K
Reset and EN Reset can release this latch condition.
Power Good Indicator Choose Inductor
PGOOD is actively held low in shut down and Set the ripple current approximately 1/4 to 1/2 of the
soft-start status. During the soft-start process, the maximum output current. 1/3 is recommended. The
PGOOD is an open-drain status. When the soft -start recommended inductor can be calculated from the
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
1 VOUT
RESR 0.015
I ripple 0.8
3 VOUT
0.015
IOUT (max) 0.8
VOUT
RESR 75( mohm)
IOUT (max)
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
D1
D2
k
E
E3
D1
D3
E2
L1
pin 1 dot 2 1 L
L1 e b
D
A
A3
A1
(Side view)
Dimensions in
Symbol Millimeters
Min. Max.
A 0.70 0.80
A1 0.00 0.05
A3 0.203 REF.
b 0.20 0.30
D 3.90 4.10
D1 0.65 0.85
D2 0.85 1.05
D3 1.24 1.44
E 3.90 4.10
E1 2.95 3.15
E2 2.60 2.70
E3 2.95 3.15
L 0.35 0.45
L1 0.57 0.67
L2 0.23 0.33
e 0.50 REF.
k 0.33 0.37
Note
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NIKO-SEM High Performance Single Synchronous GS9238
GStek series Buck Converter
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