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Buck-Boost DC/DC uModule Regulator Dissipates Less than 2.4W at 60WOUT without Hot Spots

28th February 2008
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Linear Technology has extended its family of DC/DC uModule regulator systems with products that can regulate an output voltage from a variable input voltage greater than, less than or equal to the output voltage. The LTM4605 is the first device in a new family of buck-boost products and operates from 4.5VIN to 20VIN, regulates an output voltage from 0.8V to16V and delivers an output power up to 150W.
The LTM4605 integrates a synchronous buck-boost DC/DC controller, four N-channel MOSFETs, input and output bypass capacitors and the compensation circuitry in a 15mm x 15mm x 2.8mm land grid array (LGA) plastic molded package. Only an inductor, feedback and sense resistors and bulk capacitors are required to implement a very low profile, compact and high efficiency design. The LTM4605 provides a compact regulator solution in applications such as networking, industrial and automotive systems and high-power battery operated devices.

With the LTM4605's on-board proprietary 4-switch synchronous MOSFET design, the product achieves up to 97.3% efficiency in boost mode and up to 97.7% efficiency in buck mode (VIN: 4.5V to 20V, VOUT: 12V, IOUT: 5A). Whereas other topologies such as SEPIC (Single Ended Primary Inductor Converter) require as many as 20 components and custom magnetics, this buck-boost uModule solution uses only eight components and an off-the-shelf inductor. In addition, the efficiency of a comparable SEPIC circuit is approximately 76% to 84%. Furthermore, to reduce undesirable frequency harmonics, the LTM4605 is phase-lockable to an external clock frequency ranging from 200kHz to 400kHz. Safety features include overvoltage and foldback current protection.

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