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Detailed Description
The ICL7663S is a CMOS in tegrated cir cuit incorporatin g all
the functions of a voltage regulator plus protection circuitry
on a singl e m onolit hic chip. Referri ng to the Funct ional
Diagram, the main blocks are a bandgap-t ype voltage
referen ce, an error amplifier, a nd an output driver with bot h
PMOS and NPN pass transistors.
The bandgap output volt age, trimmed to 1.29V ±15mV for
the ICL7663SA, and the input volt age at the VSET terminal
are compared in amplifi er A. Error amplifier A drives a
P-channel pass transistor which is sufficient for lo w (under
about 5mA) currents. The high current output is passed by
an NPN bipolar transistor connected as a follower. This
confi guration gives more gain and lower output impedance.
Logic-c ontrolled shutdown is impl em ented via a N-Channel
MOS transistor. Current -sensing is achieved with
com parator C, which functions with the VOUT2 terminal. The
ICL7663S has an output (VTC) from a buffer ampl ifier (B),
which can be used in combination wit h am plifier A to
generate programma ble-tem perature-coef ficient output
voltages.
The am plif ier, reference and comp arator circu it ry all operat e
at bi as l evels wel l below 1µA to achieve extremely low
quiescent current. This does limit the dynamic response of
the circuits, however, and transients are best dealt with
outside the r egulator loop.
Basic Operation
The ICL 7663S is desi gne d to reg ulate batter y volt ages i n t he
5V to 15V region at maximum l oad currents of about 5mA to
30mA. Although intended as low power devices, power
dissip ation limits m ust be obs erved. For example, the power
dissip ation in t he case of a 10V supply regulated down to 2 V
with a load current of 30mA clearly exceeds the power
dissip ation ra ti ng of the Mini-DIP:
(10 - 2) (30) (10-3) = 240mW
The circuit of Figu re 8 illustrates proper use of t he device.
CMOS devices generally r equir e two precautions: every
input pin mus t go somewhere, and maximum values of
applied voltages and current limits must be rigorously
observed. Neglecting these precau ti ons m ay lead to, at the
least , incorrect or nonoperation, and at worst, destructiv e
device failur e. To avoid the problem of latch up, do not apply
inputs to any pins before supply vol tage is applied.
Input Voltages - The ICL7663S accepts working input s of
1.5V to 16V. W hen power is applied, the r ate-of-rise of the
input may be hundreds of volts per microsecond. This is
potentially harmful to the regulators, where internal
operating curren ts ar e in the nanoampere ra nge. The
0.047µF capacitor on the devi ce side of the swi tch will lim it
inputs to a safe level arou nd 2V/µs. Use of this capacitor is
suggested in all applications. I n severe rate-of- ri se ca ses, it
may be adv isable to use an RC network on the SHutDowN
pin to delay output turn-on. Batter y char ging surges,
transients, and assort ed noise signal s should be kept from
the regula tor s by RC fi lt ering, zener pro tection, or even
fusing.
Output Vol tages - The resistor divid er R2/R1 is used to
scale the reference voltage, VSET, to the desired output
using the formula VOUT = (1 + R2/R1) VSET. Suitable
arrangements of these resi stors, using a potentiometer,
enables exact values for VOUT to be obtained. In most
appli cations the potentiom eter may be eliminat ed by using
the ICL7663SA. T he ICL7663SA has VSET vol tage
guaranteed to be 1.29V ±15mV and when used with ±1%
tolerance res istors for R1 and R2 the ini tial ou tput voltage
will be within ±2.7% of ideal.
The low l eakage curren t of the VSET terminal allows R1 and
R2 to be tens of m egohms for mi nimum a dditional quiescent
drain current. However, som e load current is r equire d for
proper operati on, so fo r extremel y low-d rain appl icat ions it is
necessary to draw at le ast 1µA. This can inc lude th e current
for R2 and R1.
Output volt ages u p to near ly th e VIN suppl y may b e obt ained
at low load currents, while t he low l imi t i s the r eference
voltage. The minimum input-output differential in each
regulator is obtained using the VOUT1, termin al . Th e in put-
output differenti al inc reases to 1.5V when using VOUT2.
Output Cu rrents - Low ou tpu t curr ents of less t han 5mA ar e
obtai ned with the least input-output diff erential from the
VOUT1 terminal (connect VOUT2 to VOUT1). Where higher
currents are needed, use VOUT2 (VOUT1, should be left
open in this case).
SHDN
VOUT2
VOUT1
VTC
VSET
SENSE
GND
1µA MIN
+
-
IQ
S2S1
RCL
R2
RLCL
R1
(7663 ONLY)
VOUT
ON
OFF
S3
1MΩ1.4V < VSHDN < V+IN
0.047µF
+
-M
NOTES:
7. S1 when closed disables output current limiting.
8. Cl os e S 2 fo r VOUT1, open S2 for VOUT2.
9. IQ quiescent currents measured at GND pin by meter M.
10. S3 when ON, p er mit s nor mal ope rat i on, whe n OF F, sh uts do w n
both VOUT1 and VOUT2.
FIGURE 7. ICL7663S TEST CIRCUIT
ICL7663S