JAJSRI9A October 2023 – March 2024 LM51772
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The LM51772 features four internal logic-level nMOS gate drivers. The drivers maintain the high frequency switching of both half bridges needed for a buck-boost operation. If the device is in boost or buck mode, the other half bridge high-side switch needs to be permanent on. The internal gate drivers support this by sharing the current from the other half bridge, which is switching. Therefore, a minimum of quiescent current can be provided as no additional char pump is needed. Due to the high drive current, the LM51772 can support a wide range of external power FETs as well as a parallel operation of them.
The LO and HO outputs are protected with a shoot-through protection, which allows both outputs are not turned on at the same time. If the PWM modulation logic of the buck-boost turns the LOx pin off, the HOx pin is not turned on until the following are true:
The high-side supply voltage for the gate driver are monitored by an additional bootstrap UVLO comparator. This comparator monitors the differential voltage between SWx and HBx. If the voltage drops below the threshold the buck-boost converter operation turns off. The device restarts automatically once the positive going threshold is reached with the soft-start scheme.
Additionally, the LM51772 monitors the upper voltage between SWx and HBx. If this voltage exceeds the threshold voltage of the clamping circuit, the LM51772 activates a internal current source to pull the voltage down.
The minimum observed internal transition (dead) -time can be selected by the registers SEL_SCALE_DT, SEL_MIN_DEADTIME_GDR. The SEL_SCALE_DT can also be selected via the CFG-PIN in case the I2C interface is not used in the application. Additionally there is a optional frequency dependency of the transition (dead) -time between high and low side. This addresses the usual differences of the silicon MOSFET Qg in high power applications with low switching frequencies and lower power application with higher switching frequencies. The frequency dependency can be enabled/disable be the register EN_CONST_TDEAD