Overview
Features and Benefits
- Inductor-Saturation Protection
- Accurate Differential Current-Sense Inputs
- Dual Ultra-High-Efficiency Quick-PWMs with 100ns Load-Step Response
- MAX1540A
- 1.8V/1.2V Fixed or 0.7V to 5.5V Adjustable Output (OUT1)
- 2.5V/1.5V Fixed or 0.7V to 5.5V Adjustable Output (OUT2)
- Fixed 5V, 100mA Linear Regulator
- MAX1541
- External Reference Input (REFIN1)
- Dynamically Selectable Output Voltage—0.7V to 5.5V (OUT1)
- 2.5V/1.8V Fixed or 0.7V to 5.5V Adjustable Output (OUT2)
- Optional Power-Good and Fault Blanking During Transitions
- Fixed 5V or Adjustable 100mA Linear Regulator
- 1% VOUT Accuracy over Line and Load
- 2V to 28V Battery Input Range
- 170kHz to 620kHz Selectable Switching Frequency
- Overvoltage/Undervoltage-Protection Option
- 1.7ms Digital Soft-Start
- Drives Large Synchronous-Rectifier FETs
- 2V ±0.7% Reference Output
- Separate Power-Good Window Comparators
Product Details
The MAX1540A/MAX1541 dual pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers provide the high efficiency, excellent transient response, and high DC-output accuracy necessary for stepping down high-voltage batteries to generate low-voltage chipset and RAM power supplies in notebook computers.
The Maxim proprietary Quick-PWM™ controllers are free running, constant on-time with input feed forward. This configuration provides ultra-fast transient response, wide input-output (I/O) differential range, low supply current, and tight load-regulation characteristics. The controllers can accurately sense the inductor current across an external current-sense resistor in series with the output to ensure reliable overload and inductor saturation protection. Alternatively, the controllers can use the synchronous rectifier itself or lossless inductor current-sensing methods to provide overload protection with lower power dissipation.
For a single step-down PWM controller with inductor-saturation protection, external-reference input voltage, and dynamically selectable output voltages, refer to the MAX1992/MAX1993 data sheet.
Applications
- 0.7V to 5.5V Supply Rails
- Active Termination Buses (MAX1541)
- Core/IO Supplies as Low as 0.7V
- CPU/Chipset/GPU with Dynamic Voltage Cores
- DDR Memory Termination (MAX1541)
- Notebook Computers
- Supplies (MAX1541)
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Part Number | Material Declaration | Reliability Data | Pin/Package Drawing | CAD Symbols, Footprints & 3D Models |
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MAX1540AETJ+ | Material Declaration | Reliability Data | 32-LFCSP-5X5X0.75 | |
MAX1540AETJ+T | Material Declaration | Reliability Data | 32-LFCSP-5X5X0.75 | |
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