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Duty control

2 MHz clock

OVPCOMP

ERRORAMP

SLOPER

OLPCOMP

RESETCOMP

LOOPC

FBNCCOMP

ACTIVE

LOAD

SWITCH

OUT

VIN

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SNVS518A – JULY 2007 – REVISED MARCH 2013

Magnetic Boost DC/DC Converter

The LP3952 Boost DC/DC Converter generates a 4.0 – 5.3V voltage for the LEDs from single Li-Ion battery

(3V…4.5V). The output voltage is controlled with an 8-bit register in 9 steps. The converter is a magnetic

switching PWM mode DC/DC converter with a current limit. The converter has three options for switching

frequency, 1 MHz, 1.67 MHz and 2 MHz (default), when timing resistor RT is 82 k

Ω. Timing resistor defines the

internal oscillator frequency and thus directly affects boost frequency and all circuit's internally generated timing

(RGB patterns).

The LP3952 Boost Converter uses pulse-skipping elimination to stabilize the noise spectrum. Even with light load

or no load a minimum length current pulse is fed to the inductor. An active load is used to remove the excess

charge from the output capacitor at very light loads. At very light load and when input and output voltages are

very close to each other, the pulse skipping is not completely eliminated. Output voltage should be at least 0.5V

higher than input voltage to avoid pulse skipping. Reducing the switching frequency will also reduce the required

voltage difference.

Active load can be disabled with the en_autoload bit. Disabling will increase the efficiency at light loads, but the

downside is that pulse skipping will occur. The Boost Converter should be stopped when there is no load to

minimise the current consumption.

The topology of the magnetic boost converter is called CPM control, current programmed mode, where the

inductor current is measured and controlled with the feedback. The user can program the output voltage of the

boost converter. The output voltage control changes the resistor divider in the feedback loop.

The following figure shows the boost topology with the protection circuitry. Four different protection schemes are

implemented:

1. Over voltage protection, limits the maximum output voltage

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Keeps the output below breakdown voltage.

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Prevents boost operation if battery voltage is much higher than desired output.

2. Over current protection, limits the maximum inductor current

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Voltage over switching NMOS is monitored; too high voltages turn the switch off.

3. Feedback break protection. Prevents uncontrolled operation if FB pin gets disconnected.

4. Duty cycle limiting, done with digital control.

Figure 1. Boost Converter Topology

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