LT3472 UUWUAPPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO and larger capacitance, which can cause significant switch- In order to maintain accuracy, high precision resistors are ing losses at 1.1MHz switching frequency. Some recom- preferred (1% is recommended). mended Schottky diodes are listed in Table 4. Soft-StartTable 4. Recommended Schottky Diodes The LT3472 has independent soft-start control for each ForwardForwardDiode channel. As shown in Figure 1, the SSP and SSN pins have CurrentVoltageCapacitancePart No.(mA)Drop (V)(pF)Manufacturer an internal resistor of 50k pulling up to 1.25V, respec- CMDSH-3 100 0.58 @100mA 7 @ 10V Central Semiconductor tively. By connecting a capacitor from the SSP or SSN pin CMDSH2-3 200 0.49 @ 200mA 15 @ 10V (631) 435-1110 to ground, the ramp of each output can be programmed www.centralsemi.com individually. If SSP or SSN is open or pull higher than 1.25V, the corresponding output will ramp up quickly. The Setting the Output Voltages waveforms with and without soft-start for the Boost channel are shown in Figure 4. The LT3472 has an accurate feedback resistor of 50k for each channel. Only one resistor is needed to set the output The waveforms with and without soft-start for the negative voltage for each channel. The output voltage can be set channel are shown in Figure 5. according to the following formulas: Start Sequencing ⎛ R1 ⎞ The LT3472 has internal sequencing circuitry that inhibits VPOS = 1 2 . 5 • ⎜1+ ⎟ ⎝ k 50 ⎠ the negative channel from operating until feedback voltage of the step-up channel reaches about 1.1V, ensuring that ⎛ R2 ⎞ VNEG = 1 – 2 . 5 • ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ k 50 ⎠ V V SSP SSP 1V/DIV 2V/DIV V V POS POS 5V/DIV 5V/DIV I I IN IN 100mA/DIV 200mA/DIV 1ms/DIV 3472 FO4a 100µs/DIV 3472 FO4b Figure 4a. VSSP, VPOS, IIN with 100nF on SSPFigure 4b. VSSP, VPOS, IIN with SSP Open VSSN VSSN 1V/DIV 2V/DIV VNEG 5V/DIV VNEG 5V/DIV IIN IIN 100mA/DIV 200mA/DIV 500µs/DIV 3472 FO5a 100µs/DIV 3472 FO5b Figure 5a. VSSN, VNEG, IIN with 100nF on SSNFigure 5b. VSSN, VNEG, IIN with SSN Open 3472f 8