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LM5170-Q1: LM5170-Q1

Part Number: LM5170-Q1

Hallo,

we have an application where the input voltage on the LV Port is 3V and at the HV Port it should be 12V ( which is transformed to 48V on the other side of transformer where the load is positioned)

I use two phases as in Eval board; the rated current is 30 Amps on the LV Port in buck and boost mode. So that means 15Amps per channel. To get 45mV VCS we use a 3mR shunt resistor

in each phase.

The problem is as follows: the voltage at the IsetA pin is generated by a DAC. this voltage is correct at the IsetA pin for 5A Current we have 375mV exactly. that means 7,5mV Vcs.on each half.and results in a current of 2,5A / phase.

The problem is that I can measure  nearly exact 7,5mV between CSA CSB pins, but on the other pair i measure only 6,8mV. so this results in loss of about 250mA of current , which is a 5% deviation.

We have on the csa and csb Inputs 47pF to ground and a cap for Compensation of inductance of shunt with 100nF betwenn the pins.

This deviation is at 20 Amps about 800mA although there is 1,5V exactly on ISETA.

Do you have a proposal to solve this issue?

Thank You!

  • There are a few factors that affect the accuracy of current regulation: current sense resistor tolerance, its ESL, and the IC internal offset. All these reduces the accuracy at light load and DCM mode. You may consider to increase the inductor value to extend the CCM range, and compensate the ESL by following the instruction in the datasheet.
  • Hi Andreas,

    If you don't have further questions, let's close this thread here. If you still have questions, you can open it by replying.

    Thanks,
    Youhao