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dc1928af
DEMO MANUAL DC1928A
DESCRIPTION
LTC3867EUF
High Efficiency Synchronous
Buck Converter
Demonstration circuit 1928A is a single output synchronous
buck converter featuring the
LTC
®
3867EUF
in a 24-lead
4mm x 4mm QFN package.
The DC1928A is configured with a sense resistor. Inductor
DCR sensing circuit is optional. Using the inductor’s DCR
as the sense element instead of the onboard sense resistor
saves cost, board space while improving efficiency. Using
a sense resistor provides more accurate current limit.
The board has a lot of features including an internal 5V
linear regulator for bias, output voltage remote-sense,
programmable nonlinear control to improve load tran-
sient performance, programmable thermal shutdown, an
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
optional temperature compensated DCR sense circuit,
and selectable continuous, pulse-skipping or Burst Mode
®
operation. Synchronization to an external clock is also
possible.
The input voltage range is from 18V to 36V. The LTC3867
data sheet gives a complete description of the part, opera-
tion and application information and must be read in con-
junction with this demo manual for DC1928A.
Design files for this circuit board are available at
http://www.linear.com/demo
Specifications are at T
A
= 25°C
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS / NOTES
VALUE
Input Voltage Range
18V ~ 36V
Output Voltage, V
OUT
V
IN
= 18V ~ 36V, I
OUT
= 0A ~ 12A, JP3: CCM
12V ±2% (11.76V ~ 12.24V)
Default Operating Frequency (Typical)
250kHz
External Clock Sync. Frequency Range
200kHz to 780kHz
Typical Full Load Efficiency (See Figure 3)
V
IN
= 24V, V
OUT
= 12V, I
OUT1
= 12A, f
SW
= 250kHz 97.6%
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