Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- FEATURES
- APPLICATIONS
- DESCRIPTION
- ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
- RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS
- ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- ADC MONITORING INTERVALS AND RESPONSE TIMES
- HARDWARE FAULT DETECTION LATENCY
- PMBus/SMBus/I2C
- I2C/SMBus/PMBus Timing Characteristics
- FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW
- PMBus Interface
- Resistor Programmed PMBus Address Decode
- JTAG Interface
- Bias Supply Generator (Series Regulator Controller)
- Power On Reset
- External Reset
- Output Voltage Adjustment
- Analog Front End (AFE)
- Digital Compensator
- DPWM Engine
- Flexible Rail/Power Stage Configuration
- DPWM Phase Distribution
- DPWM Synchronization
- Phase Shedding at Light Current Load
- Phase Adding at Normal Current Load
- Output Current Measurment
- Output Current Balancing
- Overcurrent Detection
- Current Foldback Mode
- Input Voltage and Current Monitoring
- Temperature Monitoring
- Temperature Balancing
- Soft Start, Soft Stop Ramp Sequence
- Input UV Lockout
- Voltage Tracking
- Sequencing
- Fan Control
- Non-volatile Memory Error Correction Coding
- APPLICATION INFORMATION
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FEATURES
APPLICATIONS
DESCRIPTION
UCD9240
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Digital PWM System Controller
• Supported by Fusion Digital Power™
Designer, a Full Featured PC Based Design
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• Fully Configurable Multi-Output and
Tool to Simulate, Configure, and Monitor
Multi-Phase Non-Isolated DC/DC PWM
Power Supply Performance.
Controller
• Controls Up To Four Voltage Rails and Up To
Eight Phases
• Industrial/ATE
• Supports Switching Frequencies Up to 2MHz
• Networking Equipment
With 250 ps Duty-Cycle Resolution
• Telecommunications Equipment
• Up To 1mV Closed Loop Resolution
• Servers
• Hardware-Accelerated, 3-Pole/3-Zero
• Storage Systems
Compensator With Non-Linear Gain for
• FPGA, DSP and Memory Power
Improved Transient Performance
• Supports Multiple Soft-Start and Soft-Stop
Configurations Including Prebias Start-up
The UCD9240 is a multi-rail, multi-phase
• Supports Voltage Tracking, Margining and
synchronous buck digital PWM controller designed for
Sequencing
non-isolated DC/DC power applications. This device
• Supports Current and Temperature Balancing
integrates dedicated circuitry for DC/DC loop
for Multi-Phase Power Stages
management with flash memory and a serial interface
to support configurability, monitoring and
• Supports Phase Adding/Shedding for
management.
Multi-Phase Power Stages
• Sync In /Out Pins Align DPWM Clocks
The UCD9240 was designed to provide a wide
variety of desirable features for non-isolated DC/DC
Between Multiple UCD9240 Devices
converter applications while minimizing the total
• Fan Monitoring and Control
system component count by reducing external
• 12-Bit Digital Monitoring of Power Supply
circuits. The solution integrates multi-loop
Parameters Including:
management with sequencing, margining, tracking
and intelligent phase management to optimize for
– Input Current and Voltage
total system efficiency. Additionally, loop
– Output Current and Voltage
compensation and calibration are supported without
– Temperature at Each Power Stage
the need to add external components.
• Multiple Levels of Overcurrent Fault
To facilitate configuring the device, the Texas
Protection:
Instruments Fusion Digital Power™ Designer is
– External Current Fault Inputs
provided. This PC based Graphical User Interface
offers an intuitive interface to the device. This tool
– Analog Comparators Monitor Current
allows the design engineer to configure the system
Sense Voltage
operating parameters for the application, store the
– Current Continually Digitally Monitored
configuration to on-chip non-volatile memory and
• Over and Undervoltage Fault Protection
observe both frequency domain and time domain
simulations for each of the power stage outputs.
• Overtemperature Fault Protection
• Enhanced Nonvolatile Memory With Error
TI has also developed multiple complementary power
stage solutions – from discrete drives in the UCD7k
Correction Code (ECC)
family to fully tested power train modules in the PTD
• Device Operates From a Single Supply With an
family. These solutions have been developed to
Internal Regulator Controller That Allows
complement the UCD9k family of system power
Operation Over a Wide Supply Voltage Range
controllers.
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2 Fusion Digital Power, Auto-ID are trademarks of Texas Instruments.
PRODUCTION DATA information is current as of publication date.
Copyright © 2008, Texas Instruments Incorporated
Products conform to specifications per the terms of the Texas
Instruments standard warranty. Production processing does not
necessarily include testing of all parameters.