EN5337QI Evaluation Board Application Note
August 2008 V1.0
Enpirion EN5337QI 3A DCDC Converter
w/Integrated Inductor Evaluation Board
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Enpirion, the source for Ultra small foot print power
converter products!
• The EN5337QI features integrated inductor, power MOSFETS, Controller,
a bulk of the compensation Network, and protection circuitry against
system faults. This level of integration delivers a substantial reduction in
footprint and part count over competing solutions. However, the evaluation
board is not optimized for minimum footprint; rather for engineering ease
of evaluation through programming options, clip leads, test points etc.
• The EN5337QI features a customer programmable output voltage by
means of a resistor divider. The resistor divider allows the user to set the
output voltage to any value within the range 0.75V to (VIN-VDROPOUT). The
evaluation board, as shipped is populated with a 4 resistor divider option.
The upper resistor is fixed (150kΩ) and has a phase lead capacitor (27pF)
in parallel. One of 4 lower resistors is selected with the jumper option for
output voltages of 1.0V, 1.2V, 1.55V and 2.5V. We recommend the user to
retain the upper resistor and capacitor values and change only the lower
resistor to program the output to the desired voltage.
• This device has no over-voltage protection feature. We strongly
recommend the customer to ensure the feedback loop is truly closed
before powering up the device especially if the load can not withstand the
input voltage.
• The input capacitor is a 10V rated 2X10uF X5R MLCC. The output filter
section is populated with 1 x 10uF and 1 x 47uF, 6.3V rated X5R MLC
capacitors to achieve the required ~50uF of output capacitance. This
combination of output caps yields very low ESR and hence low output
ripple. A single 47uF capacitor may be substituted if minimizing footprint
is important. The Soft-start capacitor is a small 10V rated 15nF X5R
MLCC.
• Pads are available to add an additional input capacitor and there are a
total of 5 pads to accommodate the output capacitor(s). This allows for
evaluation of performance over a wide range of input/output capacitor
combinations.
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• Clip on terminals are provided for ENA, SS, POK, VIN and VOUT. Other
test points are also made available.
• A jumper is provided for controlling the Enable signal. Enable may also be
controlled using an external switching source by removing the jumper and
applying the enable signal to the middle pin and ground.
• A jumper is also provided to connect a resistor load to POK pin. This
jumper is especially useful to measure the disable current and eliminates
having to subtract the current drawn by this load.
• Foot print is also provided for a SMA connector to SYNC input. The SYNC
input allows the device switching to be phase locked to an external clock
signal. This external clock synchronization allows for moving any offending
beat frequency to be moved out-of-band. A swept frequency applied to this
pin results in spread spectrum operation and reduces the peaks in the
noise spectrum of emitted EMI.
• Numerous test points are provided as well as banana plugs for input and
output connections. Input / Output ripple are best measured at test points
J12 / J11. The switching waveform may be viewed between test points
labeled SW and GND.
• The board comes with input decoupling and reverse polarity protection to
guard the device against common setup mishaps.
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Quick Start Guide
of the
Figure 1 shows a top view evaluation board.
WARNING: complete steps 1 through 4 before applying power to the
EN5337QI evaluation board.
STEP 1: Set the “ENABLE” jumper to the Disable Position.
Figure 2: Shows POK & Enable Jumpers Disable
Position
(POK jumper as shown connects pull-up resistor to VIN.
Enable jumper shown in DISABLE position.)
STEP 2: Connect Power Supply to the input power connectors, VIN (+) and
GND (-) as indicated in Figure 1 and set the supply to the desired voltage. The
device disable current may be measured in this configuration.
CAUTION: be mindful of the polarity. Even though the evaluation board
comes with reverse polarity protection diodes, it is rarely a good idea to
reverse the input polarity.
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STEP 3: Connect the load to the output connectors VOUT (+) and GND (-), as
indicated in Figure 1.
STEP 4: Select the output voltage setting jumper. You may also set the POK
jumper to include the POK load if POK signal monitoring is intended. The only
time to disable POK is when measuring the absolute Disable current.
Figure 3: Output Voltage selection jumpers
Jumper shown selects 1.2V output
(Jumper positions from left are: 2.5V, 1.55V, 1.0V and 1.2V)
STEP 5: Apply VIN to the board and move the ENABLE jumper to the enabled
position. The EN5337QI is now powered up! Various measurements such as
efficiency, line and load regulation, input / output ripple, load transient, drop-out
voltage measurements may be made at this point. The over current trip level,
short circuit protection, under voltage lock out thresholds, temperature coefficient
of the output voltage may also be measured in this configuration.
STEP 5A: Power Up/Down Behavior – Remove ENA jumper and connect a
pulse generator (output disabled) signal to the middle pin of ENA and Ground.
Set the pulse amplitude to swing from 0 to 2.5 volts. Set the pulse period to
10msec. and duty cycle to 50%. Hook up oscilloscope probes to ENA, SS, POK
and VOUT with clean ground returns. Apply power to evaluation board. Enable
pulse generator output. Observe the SS capacitor and VOUT voltage ramps as
ENA goes high and again as ENA goes low. The device when powered down
ramps down the output voltage in a controlled manner before fully shutting down.
The output voltage level when POK is asserted /de-asserted as the device is
powered up / down may be observed as well as the clean output voltage ramp
and POK signals.
GND
Ext. Enable
Figure 4: Means to Pulse Enable
STEP 6: External Clock Synchronization / Spread Spectrum Modes: In order
to activate this mode, it may be necessary to a solder a SMA connector at J8.
Alternately the input clock signal leads may be directly soldered to the through
holes of J8 as shown below.
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GND
Ext. Clock
Figure 4: SMA Connector for External Clock Input
Power down the device. Move ENA into disable position. Connect the clock
signal as just indicated. The clock signal should be clean and have a frequency in
the range of 4.5 to 5.5MHz; amplitude 0 to 2.5 volts with a duty cycle between 20
and 80%.
With SYNC signal disabled, power up the device and move ENA jumper to
Enabled position. The device is now powered up and outputting the desired
voltage. The device is switching at its free running frequency. The switching
waveform may be observed between test points SW and GND. Now enabling the
SYNC signal will automatically phase lock the internal switching frequency to the
externally applied frequency as long as the external clock parameters are within
the specified range. To observe phase-lock connect oscilloscope probes to the
input clock as well as to the SW test point. Phase lock range can be determined
by sweeping the external clock frequency up / down until the device just goes out
of lock at the two extremes of its range.
For spread spectrum operation the input clock frequency may be swept between
two frequencies that are within the lock range. The sweep (jitter) frequency
should be limited to 10kHz. The radiated EMI spectrum may be now measured in
various states – free running, phase locked to a fixed frequency and spread
spectrum.
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R2
C10
TP4
1
C11
J1
1
2
3
J10
1
2
3
R4
TP5
0805
TP3
TP2
J11
1
2
J12
1
2
C9
C12
0402
TP17
TP18
TP17 & TP18 are
used for special
testing. They are
not labeled on PCB.
PVIN FB1
R3
GND OUT GND IN
C13
TP12
R6
TP15
J2
1
2
J3
1
2
TP6TP7
TP13
TP14
J9
1
3
5
2
4
6
87
POK
AVIN
ENA
TP8
TP9TP10
TP11
TP16
POK
ENA
SS
VOUT
VIN
U2 D1
+
C1
PVIN
VOUT
Add short across R6
when all other
routing is completed
C16 J13
1
2
C17
J14
1
2
R1
R5
R7
J4
C6
C7
XFB
EAOUT
XFB EAOUT
U1
EN5337Q
NC(SW)
1
NC(SW)
2
NC3
3
NC4
4
VOUT
5
VOUT
6
VOUT
7
VOUT
8
VOUT
9
VOUT
10
VOUT
11
NC(SW)
12
PGND
13
PGND
14
PGND
15
PGND
16
PGND
17
PGND
18
VIN
19
PGND 25
VDDB 24
BTMP 23
PG 22
VIN 21
VIN 20
NC(SW) 38
NC(SW) 37
NC(SW) 36
NC(SW) 35
NC(SW) 34
AVIN 33
AGND 32
XFB 31
SS 30
EAOUT 29
POK 28
ENA 27
SYNC 26
C5
R8 C14
J6
C15
C4
SW
0805
0805
0805
0805
0805
0805
0805
0805
0805
J5
1206/0805
J7
0805
1206/0805
1206
1206
C2
C3
C8
SYNC
1206/0805
1206/0805
1206/0805
TP1
0402
J8
Figure 5: EN5337 Evaluation Board Schematic
Output Voltage Select
Programming the Output Voltage.
The EN5337QI output voltage is programmed using a simple resistor divider
network. Figure 6 shows a schematic view of the resistor divider configuration.
The EN5337QI output voltage is determined by the voltage presented at the XFB
pin. The voltage is set by way of a resistor divider between VOUT and AGND with
the midpoint going to XFB. A phase lead capacitor is also required across the
upper resistor – the one between VOUT and XFB.
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XFB
CSS
VOUT
POK
PGNDAGND
SS
PVIN
AVIN
VOUT
VIN
22µF~50uF
RB
RA
CA
Figure 6: VOUT resistor divider network and Phase lead Details.
RA =150kΩ, CA = 27pF
)75.0( *75.0 VVOUT RAV
RB −
=
Test Recommendations
Recommendations
To guarantee measurement accuracy, the following precautions should be
observed:
1. Make all input and output voltage measurements at the board using the
test points provided. This will eliminate voltage drop across the line and
load cables that can produce false readings.
2. Measure input and output current with series ammeters or accurate
shunt resistors. This is especially important when measuring efficiency.
3. Use a balanced impedance probe tip to measure switching signals to
avoid noise coupling into the probe ground lead. Output ripple and load
transient deviation are best measured at J11.
4. The board includes a 5.6k pull-up for the POK signal and ready to
monitor the power OK status. The POK signal may be viewed at clip
lead marked POK.
5. A 15nF soft-start capacitor is populated on the board for ~1msec soft-
start time.
6. The over-current protection circuit typically limits the maximum load
current to approximately 1.5X the rated value – viz. 4.5A.
7. DERATING: The evaluation board may not be operated with maximum
power dissipation (input power – output power) beyond a certain
temperature (see derating graph.) for extended periods of time. The
device will shut down when the internal junction temperature exceeds
~150°C.
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Input and Output Capacitors
The input capacitance requirement is 2X10uF for the EN5337QI. Enpirion
recommends that a low ESR MLC capacitor be used. The voltage rating should
rated high enough to provide adequate margin for your application. There is a
pre-tinned pad for one additional 1210 capacitor to experiment with input filter
performance.
The output capacitance requirement is approximately 50uF of capacitance. The
EN5337QI-E evaluation board comes populated with 1 x 10uF 0805 and 1 x
47uF 1206, 6.3V MLC capacitors. The 2 parallel capacitors provide reduced ESR
and hence lower output ripple voltage. If a minimum footprint configuration is
desired, a single 47uF MLC capacitor can be used.
NOTE: Capacitors must be X5R or X7R dielectric formulations.
NOTE: Please refer to product datasheet for specific recommendations.
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Contact Information
Enpirion, Inc.
685 Route 202/206
Suite 305
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone: 908-575-7550
Fax: 908-575-0775
Enpirion reserves the right to make changes in circuit design and/or
specifications at any time without notice. Information furnished by Enpirion is
believed to be accurate and reliable. Enpirion assumes no responsibility for its
use or for infringement of patents or other third party rights, which may result
from its use. Enpirion products are not authorized for use in nuclear control
systems, as critical components in life support systems or equipment used in
hazardous environment without the express written authority from Enpirion.
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