UCD9248
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SLVSA33A –JANUARY 2010–REVISED AUGUST 2012
Digital PWM System Controller
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FEATURES
APPLICATIONS
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• Fully Configurable Multi-Output and Multi-
• Industrial/ATE
Phase Non-Isolated DC/DC PWM Controller
• Networking Equipment
• Controls Up to 4 Voltage Rails and Up to 8
• Telecommunications Equipment
Phases
• Servers
• Supports Switching Frequencies Up to 2MHz
• Storage Systems
with 250 ps Duty-Cycle Resolution
• FPGA, DSP and Memory Power
• Up To 1mV Closed Loop Resolution
• Hardware-Accelerated, 3-Pole/3-Zero
DESCRIPTION
Compensator with Non-Linear Gain for
The UCD9248 is a multi-rail, multi-phase
Improved Transient Performance
synchronous buck digital PWM controller designed for
non-isolated DC/DC power applications. This device
• Supports Multiple Soft-Start and Soft-Stop
integrates dedicated circuitry for DC/DC loop
Configurations Including Prebias Start-up
management with flash memory and a serial interface
• Supports Voltage Tracking, Margining and
to support configurability, monitoring and
Sequencing
management.
• Supports Current and Temperature Balancing
The UCD9248 was designed to provide a wide
for Multi-Phase Power Stages
variety of desirable features for non-isolated DC/DC
• Supports Phase Adding/Shedding for Multi-
converter applications while minimizing the total
Phase Power Stages
system component count by reducing external
circuits. The solution integrates multi-loop
• Sync In/Out Pins Align DPWM Clocks Between
management with sequencing, margining, tracking
Multiple UCD92xx Devices
and intelligent phase management to optimize for
• 12-Bit Digital Monitoring of Power Supply
total system efficiency. Additionally, loop
Parameters Including:
compensation and calibration are supported without
– Input/Output Current and Voltage
the need to add external components.
– Temperature at Each Power Stage
To facilitate configuring the device, the Texas
• Multiple Levels of Over-current Fault
Instruments Fusion Digital Power™ Designer is
provided. This PC based Graphical User Interface
Protection:
offers an intuitive interface to the device. This tool
– External Current Fault Inputs
allows the design engineer to configure the system
– Analog Comparators Monitor Current
operating parameters for the application, store the
Sense Voltage
configuration to on-chip non-volatile memory and
observe both frequency domain and time domain
– Current Continually Digitally Monitored
simulations for each of the power stage outputs.
• Over- and Under-voltage Fault Protection
TI has also developed multiple complementary power
• Over-temperature Fault Protection
stage solutions – from discrete drivers in the UCD7k
• Enhanced Nonvolatile Memory with Error
family to fully tested power train modules in the PTD
Correction Code (ECC)
family. These solutions have been developed to
• Device Operates From a Single Supply with an
complement the UCD9k family of system power
Internal Regulator Controller That Allows
controllers.
Operation Over a Wide Supply Voltage Range
• Supported by Fusion Digital Power™
Designer, a Full Featured PC Based Design
Tool to Simulate, Configure, and Monitor
Power Supply Performance
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