ADM1075 Data Sheet
Rev. A | Page 24 of 52
timing cycle. The TIMER pin is pulled up with 3 A. When the
TIMER reaches the VTIMERH threshold (1.0 V), the first portion
of the initial cycle is complete. The 100 A current source then
pulls down the TIMER pin until it reaches VTIMERL (0.05 V). The
initial cycle duration is related to CTIMER by the following
equation:
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For example, a 470 nF capacitor results in a power-up delay of
approximately 160 ms. Provided the UV and OV detectors are
inactive when the initial timing cycle terminates, the device is
ready to start a hot swap operation.
When the voltage across the sense resistor reaches the circuit
breaker trip voltage, VCB, the 60 µA timer pull-up current is
activated, and the gate begins to regulate the current at the current
limit. This initiates a ramp-up on the TIMER pin. If the sense
voltage falls below this circuit breaker trip voltage before the
TIMER pin reaches VTIMERH (1.0 V), the 60 µA pull-up is
disabled, and the 2 µA pull-down is enabled.
The circuit breaker trip voltage is not the same as the hot swap
sense voltage current limit. There is a small circuit breaker
offset, VCBOS, which means that the timer actually starts a short
time before the current reaches the defined current limit.
However, if the overcurrent condition is continuous and the
sense voltage remains above the circuit breaker trip voltage, the
60 µA pull-up remains active and the FET remains in regulation.
This allows the TIMER pin to reach VTIMERH and initiate the
GATE shutdown. The LATCH pin is pulled low immediately.
In latch-off mode, the TIMER pin is switched to the 2 µA pull-
down when it reaches the VTIMERH threshold. The LATCH pin
remains low. While the TIMER pin is being pulled down, the
hot swap controller is kept off and cannot be turned back on.
When the voltage on the TIMER pin goes below the VTIMERL
threshold, the hot swap controller can be reenabled by toggling
the UVx pin or by using the PMBus OPERATION command to
toggle the ON bit from on to off and then on again.
HOT SWAP FAULT RETRY
The ADM1075 turns off the FET after an overcurrent fault.
With the default pin configuration, the part latches off after an
overcurrent fault and LATCH goes active low. This condition
can then be reset by either a power cycling event or a low signal
to either the SHDN input or RESTART input. It can also be
reset by toggling the UVx pin, using the PMBus operation
command or the PMBus power cycle command.
If the LATCH pin is connected to the SHDN pin, the part
makes seven attempts to hot swap before latching off. In this
mode, the part uses the TIMER pin to time a delay between
each attempt. In this way, a large load capacitance can be
charged using consecutive current limit periods.
The part can also be configured to autoretry an infinite number
of times with a 10 second cooling period between each retry.
Connecting LATCH to RESTART means that the part makes
one hot swap attempt between each cooling period. Connecting
LATCH to SHDN and GPO2/ALERT2 to RESTART means
that the part makes seven hot swap attempts between each
cooling period.
The duty cycle of the automatic retry cycle is set by the ratio of
2 µA/60 µA, which approximates to being on ~4% of the time.
The value of the timer capacitor determines the on time of this
cycle, which is calculated as follows:
tON = VTIMERH × (CTIMER/60 A)
tOFF = (VTIMERH − VTIMERL) × (CTIMER/2 A)
A 470 nF capacitor on the TIMER pin gives ~8 ms of on time
(for example, to meet 10 ms SOA), and ~220 ms off time.
FAST RESPONSE TO SEVERE OVERCURRENT
The ADM1075 features a very fast detection circuit that quickly
responds to severe overcurrent events such as short circuits.
Such an event may cause catastrophic damage if not controlled
very quickly. A fast response circuit ensures that the ADM1075
detects an overcurrent event at approximately 150% of the normal
current limit (ISET) and responds and controls the current
within 1 µs in most cases. The severe overcurrent threshold
and glitch filter times are digitally programmable through the
PMBus. The threshold can be selected as 125%, 150%, 200%, or
225% of the normal current limit, and the glitch filter time can
be set to 200 ns, 900 ns, 10.7 s, or 57 s. This sets a maximum
response time of 300 ns, 950 ns, 13 s, or 60 s.
UV AND OV
The ADM1075 monitors the supply voltage for undervoltage
(UV) and overvoltage (OV) conditions. The OV pin is con-
nected to the input of an internal voltage comparator, and its
voltage level is internally compared with a 1 V voltage reference.
The user can program the value of the OV hysteresis by varying
the top resistor of the resistor divider on the pin. This
impedance in combination with the 5 A OV hysteresis current
(current turned on after OV trips) sets the OV hysteresis
voltage.
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The UV detector is split into two separate pins, UVH and UVL.
The voltage on the UVH pin is compared internally to a 1 V
reference, whereas the UVL pin is compared to a 0.9 V reference.
Therefore, if the pins are tied together, the UV hysteresis is 100 mV.
The hysteresis can be adjusted by placing a resistor between
UVL and UVH.
Figure 51 illustrates the positive voltage monitoring input
connection. An external resistor network divides the supply
voltage for monitoring. An undervoltage event is detected when