MP38875 – 15A, 16V, 800kHz STEP-DOWN WITH SYNCHRONOUS GATE DRIVER

MP38875 Rev. 0.9

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11/20/2009

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Two Phase Operation

The MP38875 can be configured as a two-phase interleaving regulator to provide up to 30A load

current. The current balance is automatically achieved by connecting the two COMP pins together. See

Figure 7 for detail configurations.

MP38875

MP38875

R5

6.8k

R10

51

R13

51

R1

6.19k

R2

12.7k

R4

10

R8

100k

R3

100k

VIN

TRACK

C7

2.2nF

C8

150pF

C6

150pF

C9

10nF

PG

GND

VOUT

+

+

EN

U1

GND

FB

COMP

BG

SW

PG

BST

SW

SW

SW

SW

SW

SW

SYNCIN

SYNCOUT

CSS/TRK

VIN

VIN

VCC

M1

Si7336A

N-CH 30V 27A

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17

4

1

10

18

319

7

9

8

6

20

2

5

16

15

14

13

12

11

R19

10

M2

Si7336A

N-CH 30V 27A

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VIN

VIN

VCC

U2

EN

SYNCIN

SYNCOUT

CSS/TRK

GND

FB

COMP

BG

SW

BST

PG

SW

SW

SW

SW

SW

SW

18

8

9

17

16

15

14

13

12

11

19

7

6

10

1

4

3

2

5

20

+

Figure 7—Two Phase Operation