Figure 1. Standard Application Circuit
On-Time One-Shot (TON)
The heart of the PWM core is the one-shot that sets the
high-side switch on-time for both controllers. This fast,
low-jitter, adjustable one-shot includes circuitry that
varies the on-time in response to battery and output
voltage. The high-side switch on-time is inversely pro-
portional to the battery voltage as measured by the V+
input, and proportional to the output voltage. This algo-
rithm results in a nearly constant switching frequency
despite the lack of a fixed-frequency clock generator.
The benefits of a constant switching frequency are
twofold: First, the frequency can be selected to avoid
noise-sensitive regions such as the 455kHz IF band;
second, the inductor ripple-current operating point
remains relatively constant, resulting in easy design
methodology and predictable output voltage ripple.
The on-times for side 1 are set 35% higher than the on-
times for side 2. This is done to prevent audio-frequen-
cy “beating” between the two sides, which switch asyn-
chronously for each side. The on-time is given by:
On-Time = K (V
OUT
+ 0.075V) / V
IN
where K is set by the TON pin-strap connection (Table
4), and 0.075V is an approximation to accommodate
for the expected drop across the low-side MOSFET
switch. One-shot timing error increases for the shorter
on-time settings due to fixed propagation delays; it is
approximately ±12.5% at higher frequencies and ±10%
at lower frequencies. This translates to reduced switch-
ing-frequency accuracy at higher frequencies (Table
4). Switching frequency increases as a function of load
current due to the increasing drop across the low-side
MOSFET, which causes a faster inductor-current dis-
charge ramp. The on-times guaranteed in the Electrical
Characteristics tables are influenced by switching
delays in the external high-side power MOSFET.
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