LM317L 3-Terminal Adjustable Regulator General Description The LM317L is an adjustable 3-terminal positive voltage regulator capable of supplying 100mA over a 1.2V to 37V output range. It is exceptionally easy to use and requires only two external resistors to set the output voltage. Further, both line and load regulation are better than standard fixed regulators. Also, the LM317L is available packaged in a standard TO-92 transistor package which is easy to use. In addition to higher performance than fixed regulators, the LM317L offers full overload protection. Included on the chip are current limit, thermal overload protection and safe area protection. All overload protection circuitry remains fully functional even if the adjustment terminal is disconnected. Normally, no capacitors are needed unless the device is situated more than 6 inches from the input filter capacitors in which case an input bypass is needed. An optional output capacitor can be added to improve transient response. The adjustment terminal can be bypassed to achieve very high ripple rejection ratios which are difficult to achieve with standard 3-terminal regulators. Besides replacing fixed regulators, the LM317L is useful in a wide variety of other applications. Since the regulator is "floating" and sees only the input-to-output differential voltage, supplies of several hundred volts can be regulated as long as the maximum input-to-output differential is not exceeded. Also, it makes an especially simple adjustable switching regulator, a programmable output regulator, or by connecting a fixed resistor between the adjustment and output, the LM317L can be used as a precision current regulator. Supplies with electronic shutdown can be achieved by clamping the adjustment terminal to ground which programs the output to 1.2V where most loads draw little current. The LM317L is available in a standard TO-92 transistor package, the SO-8 package, and 6-Bump micro SMD package. The LM317L is rated for operation over a -25C to 125C range. Features Adjustable output down to 1.2V Guaranteed 100 mA output current Line regulation typically 0.01%V Load regulation typically 0.1% Current limit constant with temperature Eliminates the need to stock many voltages Standard 3-lead transistor package 80 dB ripple rejection Available in TO-92, SO-8, or 6-Bump micro SMD package n Output is short circuit protected n See AN-1112 for micro SMD considerations n n n n n n n n n Connection Diagrams TO-92 Plastic package 8-Pin SOIC DS009064-5 DS009064-4 Top View (c) 2000 National Semiconductor Corporation DS009064 www.national.com LM317L 3-Terminal Adjustable Regulator March 2000 LM317L Connection Diagrams (Continued) micro SMD Laser Mark 6-Bump micro SMD DS009064-50 DS009064-49 *NC = Not Internally connected. Top View (Bump Side Down) Package Part Number Package Marking Media Transport NSC Drawing TO-92 LM317LZ LM317LZ 1.8k Units per Box Z03A 8-Pin SOIC LM317LM LM317LM Rails M08A 6-Bump micro SMD * LM317LIBP - 250 Units Tape and Reel * LM317LIBPX - 3k Units Tape and Reel Note: The micro SMD package marking is a single digit manufacturing Date Code only. www.national.com 2 BPA06HPA Storage Temperature Lead Temperature (Soldering, 4 seconds) Output is Short Circuit Protected ESD rating to be determined. If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required, please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/ Distributors for availability and specifications. Power Dissipation Input-Output Voltage Differential Operating Junction Temperature Range Internally Limited 40V -55C to +150C 260C -40C to +125C Electrical Characteristics (Note 2) Typ Max Units Line Regulation Parameter TJ = 25C, 3V (VIN - VOUT) 40V, IL 20mA (Note 3) Conditions Min 0.01 0.04 %/V Load Regulation TJ = 25C, 5mA IOUT IMAX, (Note 3) 0.1 0.5 % Thermal Regulation TJ = 25C, 10ms Pulse 0.04 0.2 %/W 50 100 A 0.2 5 A 1.25 1.30 V 0.02 0.07 %/V 1.5 Adjustment Pin Current Adjustment Pin Current 5mA IL 100mA Change 3V (VIN - VOUT) 40V, P 625mW Reference Voltage 3V (VIN - VOUT) 40V, (Note 4) 1.20 5mA IOUT 100mA, P 625mW Line Regulation 3V (VIN - VOUT) 40V, IL 20mA (Note 3) Load Regulation 5mA IOUT 100mA, (Note 3) 0.3 Temperature Stability TMIN TJ TMax 0.65 Minimum Load Current (VIN - VOUT) 40V 3.5 3V (VIN - VOUT) 15V Current Limit Rms Output Noise, % of VOUT Ripple Rejection Ratio % % 5 mA 1.5 2.5 3V (VIN - VOUT) 13V 100 200 300 mA (VIN - VOUT) = 40V 25 50 150 mA TJ = 25C, 10Hz f 10kHz 0.003 VOUT = 10V, f = 120Hz, CADJ = 0 CADJ = 10F 66 % 65 dB 80 dB Long-Term Stability TJ = 125C, 1000 Hours 0.3 Thermal Resistance Z Package 0.4" Leads 180 Junction to Ambient Z Package 0.125 Leads 160 C/W SO-8 Package 165 C/W 6-Bump micro SMD 290 C/W 165 C/W Thermal Rating of SO Package 1 % C/W Note 1: "Absolute Maximum Ratings" indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur. Operating Ratings indicate conditions for which the device is functional, but do not guarantee specific performance limits. Note 2: Unless otherwise noted, these specifications apply: -25C Tj 125C for the LM317L; VIN - VOUT = 5V and IOUT = 40 mA. Although power dissipation is internally limited, these specifications are applicable for power dissipations up to 625 mW. IMAX is 100 mA. Note 3: Regulation is measured at constant junction temperature, using pulse testing with a low duty cycle. Changes in output voltage due to heating effects are covered under the specification for thermal regulation. Note 4: Thermal resistance of the TO-92 package is 180C/W junction to ambient with 0.4" leads from a PC board and 160C/W junction to ambient with 0.125" lead length to PC board. 3 www.national.com LM317L Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 1) LM317L Typical Performance Characteristics (Output capacitor = 0F unless otherwise noted.) Load Regulation Current Limit DS009064-34 Adjustment Current DS009064-35 Dropout Voltage DS009064-37 DS009064-36 Reference Voltage Temperature Stability Minimum Operating Current DS009064-39 DS009064-38 www.national.com 4 (Output capacitor = 0F unless otherwise noted.) (Continued) Ripple Rejection Ripple Rejection DS009064-41 DS009064-40 Output Impedance Line Transient Response DS009064-42 DS009064-43 Load Transient Response Thermal Regulation DS009064-44 DS009064-45 5 www.national.com LM317L Typical Performance Characteristics LM317L tween 500 pF and 5000 pF. A 1F solid tantalum (or 25F aluminum electrolytic) on the output swamps this effect and insures stability. Application Hints In operation, the LM317L develops a nominal 1.25V reference voltage, VREF, between the output and adjustment terminal. The reference voltage is impressed across program resistor R1 and, since the voltage is constant, a constant current I1 then flows through the output set resistor R2, giving an output voltage of Load Regulation The LM317L is capable of providing extremely good load regulation but a few precautions are needed to obtain maximum performance. The current set resistor connected between the adjustment terminal and the output terminal (usually 240) should be tied directly to the output of the regulator rather than near the load. This eliminates line drops from appearing effectively in series with the reference and degrading regulation. For example, a 15V regulator with 0.05 resistance between the regulator and load will have a load regulation due to line resistance of 0.05 x IL. If the set resistor is connected near the load the effective line resistance will be 0.05 (1 + R2/R1) or in this case, 11.5 times worse. Since the 100A current from the adjustment terminal represents an error term, the LM317L was designed to minimize IADJ and make it very constant with line and load changes. To do this, all quiescent operating current is returned to the output establishing a minimum load current requirement. If there is insufficient load on the output, the output will rise. Figure 2 shows the effect of resistance between the regulator and 240 set resistor. With the TO-92 package, it is easy to minimize the resistance from the case to the set resistor, by using two separate leads to the output pin. The ground of R2 can be returned near the ground of the load to provide remote ground sensing and improve load regulation. DS009064-7 FIGURE 1. External Capacitors An input bypass capacitor is recommended in case the regulator is more than 6 inches away from the usual large filter capacitor. A 0.1F disc or 1F solid tantalum on the input is suitable input bypassing for almost all applications. The device is more sensitive to the absence of input bypassing when adjustment or output capacitors are used, but the above values will eliminate the possibility of problems. The adjustment terminal can be bypassed to ground on the LM317L to improve ripple rejection and noise. This bypass capacitor prevents ripple and noise from being amplified as the output voltage is increased. With a 10F bypass capacitor 80 dB ripple rejection is obtainable at any output level. Increases over 10F do not appreciably improve the ripple rejection at frequencies above 120Hz. If the bypass capacitor is used, it is sometimes necessary to include protection diodes to prevent the capacitor from discharging through internal low current paths and damaging the device. In general, the best type of capacitors to use is solid tantalum. Solid tantalum capacitors have low impedance even at high frequencies. Depending upon capacitor construction, it takes about 25F in aluminum electrolytic to equal 1F solid tantalum at high frequencies. Ceramic capacitors are also good at high frequencies; but some types have a large decrease in capacitance at frequencies around 0.5MHz. For this reason, a 0.01F disc may seem to work better than a 0.1F disc as a bypass. Although the LM317L is stable with no output capacitors, like any feedback circuit, certain values of external capacitance can cause excessive ringing. This occurs with values be- www.national.com DS009064-8 FIGURE 2. Regulator with Line Resistance in Output Lead Thermal Regulation When power is dissipated in an IC, a temperature gradient occurs across the IC chip affecting the individual IC circuit components. With an IC regulator, this gradient can be especially severe since power dissipation is large. Thermal regulation is the effect of these temperature gradients on output voltage (in percentage output change) per watt of power change in a specified time. Thermal regulation error is independent of electrical regulation or temperature coefficient, and occurs within 5ms to 50ms after a change in power dissipation. Thermal regulation depends on IC layout as well as electrical design. The thermal regulation of a voltage regulator is defined as the percentage change of VOUT, per watt, within the first 10ms after a step of power is applied. The LM317L specification is 0.2%/W, maximum. In the Thermal Regulation curve at the bottom of the Typical Performance Characteristics page, a typical LM317L's output changes only 7mV (or 0.07% of VOUT = -10V) when a 1W pulse is applied for 10 ms. This performance is thus well inside the specification limit of 0.2%/W x 1W = 0.2% maximum. When the 1W pulse is ended, the thermal regulation again shows a 7 mV change as the gradients across the LM317L chip die out. Note that the load regulation error of about 14 mV (0.14%) is additional to the thermal regulation error. 6 charge path is through a large junction that is able to sustain a 2A surge with no problem. This is not true of other types of positive regulators. For output capacitors of 25 F or less, the LM317L's ballast resistors and output structure limit the peak current to a low enough level so that there is no need to use a protection diode. (Continued) Protection Diodes When external capacitors are used with any IC regulator it is sometimes necessary to add protection diodes to prevent the capacitors from discharging through low current points into the regulator. Most 10F capacitors have low enough internal series resistance to deliver 20A spikes when shorted. Although the surge is short, there is enough energy to damage parts of the IC. When an output capacitor is connected to a regulator and the input is shorted, the output capacitor will discharge into the output of the regulator. The discharge current depends on the value of the capacitor, the output voltage of the regulator, and the rate of decrease of VIN. In the LM317L, this dis- The bypass capacitor on the adjustment terminal can discharge through a low current junction. Discharge occurs when either the input or output is shorted. Internal to the LM317L is a 50 resistor which limits the peak discharge current. No protection is needed for output voltages of 25V or less and 10F capacitance. Figure 3 shows an LM317L with protection diodes included for use with outputs greater than 25V and high values of output capacitance. DS009064-9 D1 protects against C1 D2 protects against C2 FIGURE 3. Regulator with Protection Diodes LM317L micro SMD Light Sensitivity Exposing the LM317L micro SMD package to bright sunlight may cause the VREF to drop. In a normal office environment of fluorescent lighting the output is not affected. The LM317 micro SMD does not sustain permanent damage from light exposure. Removing the light source will cause LM317L's VREF to recover to the proper value. 7 www.national.com LM317L Application Hints DS009064-10 LM317L Schematic Diagram www.national.com 8 LM317L Typical Applications Digitally Selected Outputs High Gain Amplifier DS009064-12 DS009064-11 *Sets maximum VOUT Adjustable Current Limiter Precision Current Limiter DS009064-13 12 R1 240 DS009064-14 Slow Turn-On 15V Regulator Adjustable Regulator with Improved Ripple Rejection DS009064-15 DS009064-16 Solid tantalum *Discharges C1 if output is shorted to ground 9 www.national.com LM317L Typical Applications (Continued) High Stability 10V Regulator Adjustable Regulator with Current Limiter DS009064-17 DS009064-18 Short circuit current is approximately 600 mV/R3, or 60mA (compared to LM317LZ's 200mA current limit). At 25mA output only 3/4V of drop occurs in R3 and R4. 0V-30V Regulator Regulator With 15mA Short Circuit Current Power Follower DS009064-20 DS009064-19 DS009064-21 Full output current not available at high input-output voltages Adjusting Multiple On-Card Regulators with Single Control* DS009064-22 *All outputs within 100mV Minimum load -5mA www.national.com 10 LM317L Typical Applications (Continued) 100mA Current Regulator 1.2V-12V Regulator with Minimum Program Current 50mA Constant Current Battery Charger for Nickel-Cadmium Batteries DS009064-25 DS009064-23 DS009064-24 *Minimum load current 2 mA 5V Logic Regulator with Electronic Shutdown* Current Limited 6V Charger DS009064-26 *Minimum output 1.2V DS009064-27 *Sets peak current, IPEAK = 0.6V/R1 **1000F is recommended to filter out any input transients. 11 www.national.com LM317L Typical Applications (Continued) Short Circuit Protected 80V Supply DS009064-28 Basic High Voltage Regulator DS009064-29 Q1, Q2: NSD134 or similar C1, C2: 1F, 200V mylar** *Heat sink www.national.com 12 LM317L Typical Applications (Continued) Precision High Voltage Regulator DS009064-30 Q1, Q2: NSD134 or similar C1, C2: 1F, 200V mylar** *Heat sink **Mylar is a registered trademark of DuPont Co. Tracking Regulator Regulator With Trimmable Output Voltage DS009064-32 Trim Procedure: -- If VOUT is 23.08V or higher, cut out R3 (if lower, don't cut it out). -- Then if VOUT is 22.47V or higher, cut out R4 (if lower, don't). -- Then if VOUT is 22.16V or higher, cut out R5 (if lower, don't). This will trim the output to well within 1% of 22.00 VDC, without any of the expense or uncertainty of a trim pot (see LB-46). Of course, this technique can be used at any output voltage level. DS009064-31 A1 = LM301A, LM307, or LF13741 only R1, R2 = matched resistors with good TC tracking 13 www.national.com LM317L Typical Applications (Continued) Precision Reference with Short-Circuit Proof Output DS009064-33 *R1-R4 from thin-film network, Beckman 694-3-R2K-D or similar 1.2V-25 Adjustable Regulator Fully Protected (Bulletproof) Lamp Driver Lamp Flasher DS009064-2 DS009064-1 Full output current not available at high input-output voltages Optional -- improves transient response *Needed if device is more than 6 inches from filter capacitors www.national.com DS009064-3 Output rate -- 4 flashes per second at 10% duty cycle 14 LM317L Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted SO-8 Molded Package NS Package Number M08A TO-92 Plastic Package (Z) NS Package Number Z03A 15 www.national.com LM317L Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted (Continued) NOTE: UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. 1. EPOXY COATING 2. 63Sn/37Pb EUTECTIC BUMP. 3. RECOMMEND NON-SOLDER MASK DEFINED LANDING PAD. 4. PIN 1 IS ESTABLISHED BY LOWER LEFT CORNER WITH RESPECT TO TEXT ORIENTATION PINS ARE NUMBERED COUNTERCLOCKWISE. 5. XXX IN DRAWING NUMBER REPRESENTS PACKAGE SIZE VARIATION WHERE X1 IS PACKAGE WIDTH, X2 IS PACKAGE LENGTH AND X3 IS PACKAGE HEIGHT. 6. REFERENCE JEDEC REGISTRATION MO-211, VARIATION BC. 6-Bump micro SMD NS Package Number BPA06HPA X1 = 0.955 X2 = 1.615 X3 =0.700 www.national.com 16 LM317L 3-Terminal Adjustable Regulator Notes LIFE SUPPORT POLICY NATIONAL'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein: 1. 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