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LM43603-Q1: Output voltage level before Hiccup mode operation

Part Number: LM43603-Q1

Hi team.

My customer ask to me about output voltage level before Hiccup mode operation.

Do you have data on the minimum voltage to enter hiccup mode?

And are there test datas for over current limit?

If you have the above data, please share it.

Thank you

  • Hi,

    As far as the current limit goes here are the min and max value
    CURRENT LIMIT AND HICCUP
    IHS-LIMIT Peak inductor current limit min = 4.4A max= 6.4 A
    ILS-LIMIT Inductor current valley limit min= 2.6A max = 3.3 A

    Since this is datasheet limit, the limit is already taken consideration over temperature variation.

    As far as hiccup mode, it looks at the inductor current in order to enter hiccup mode instead of a minimum voltage. After 32 cycles of LS current limit being reached then it will enter hiccup mode.
    Here is the datasheet information:

    "When the LS switch is turned on, the current going through it is also sensed and monitored. The LS switch is not
    turned OFF at the end of a switching cycle if its current is above the LS current limit ILS-LIMIT. The LS switch is
    kept ON so that inductor current keeps ramping down, until the inductor current ramps below the LS current limit.
    Then the LS switch is turned OFF, and the HS switch is turned on, after a dead time. If the current of the LS
    switch is higher than the LS current limit for 32 consecutive cycles, and the power-good flag is low, hiccup
    current protection mode is activated"

    Thanks
    -Arief