Datasheet
UCD9244
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SLVSAL6A –NOVEMBER 2010–REVISED FEBRUARY 2011
Digital PWM System Controller with 4-bit, 6-bit, or 8-bit VID Support
Check for Samples: UCD9244
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FEATURES
APPLICATIONS
• Networking Equipment
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• Fully Configurable Four-Output Non-Isolated
DC/DC PWM Controller with support for
• Telecommunications Equipment
TMS320C6670™ and TMS320C6678™ DSP VID
• FPGA, DSP, and Memory Power
interface
DESCRIPTION
• Supports Switching Frequencies Up to 2MHz
With 250 ps Duty-Cycle Resolution
The UCD9244 is a four-rail synchronous buck digital
• Up To 1mV Closed Loop Resolution
PWM controller designed for non-isolated DC/DC
power applications. This device integrates dedicated
• Hardware-Accelerated, 3-Pole/3-Zero
circuitry for DC/DC loop management with support for
Compensator with Non-Linear Gain for
up to four VID interfaces. Additionally, the UCD9244
Improved Transient Performance
has flash memory and a serial interface to support
• Supports Multiple Soft-Start and Soft-Stop
configurability, monitoring and management.
Configurations Including Prebias Start-up
Several Voltage Identification (VID) modes are
• Supports Voltage Margining and Sequencing
supported, including a 4-bit parallel interface, a 6-bit
• Sync In Pin Aligns DPWM Clocks Between
interface and an 8-bit serial interface.
Multiple UCD92xx Devices
The UCD9244 was designed to provide a wide
• 12-Bit Digital Monitoring of Power Supply
variety of desirable features for non-isolated DC/DC
Parameters Including:
converter applications while minimizing the total
system component count by reducing external
– Input Current and Voltage
circuits. The solution integrates multi-loop
– Output Current and Voltage
management with sequencing, margining and
– Temperature at Each Power Stage
tracking to optimize for total system efficiency.
Additionally, loop compensation and calibration are
– Auxiliary ADC Inputs
supported without the need to add external
• Multiple Levels of Over-current Fault
components.
Protection:
To facilitate configuring the device, the Texas
– External Current Fault Inputs
Instruments Fusion Digital Power™ Designer is
– Analog Comparators Monitor Current
provided. This PC based Graphical User Interface
Sense Voltage
offers an intuitive interface to the device. This tool
– Current Continually Digitally Monitored
allows the design engineer to configure the system
operating parameters for the application, store the
• Over and Under-voltage Fault Protection
configuration to on-chip non-volatile memory and
• Over-temperature Fault Protection
observe both frequency domain and time domain
• Enhanced Nonvolatile Memory With Error
simulations for each of the power stage outputs.
Correction Code (ECC)
TI has also developed multiple complementary power
• Device Operates From a Single Supply With an
stage solutions – from discrete drivers in the UCD7k
Internal Regulator Controller That Allows
family to fully tested power train modules in the PTD
Operation Over a Wide Supply Voltage Range
family. These solutions have been developed to
complement the UCD92xx family of system power
• Supported by Fusion Digital Power™
controllers.
Designer, a Full Featured PC Based Design
Tool to Simulate, Configure, and Monitor
Power Supply Performance.
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