1.2 Features and Electrical Performance

• Tightly-regulated output voltage of 5 V with better than ±1% setpoint accuracy
• Wide input voltage operating range of 8 V to 18 V (with transients from 6 V to 36 V)
• Single--output configurations
  • Single output, four-phase solution provides 30 A
• Switching frequency of 2.1 MHz externally synchronizable up or down by 20%
• Ultra-high power conversion efficiency across wide load current ranges
  • Half-load efficiency of 92.3% at V_IN = 12 V
  • Full-load efficiency of 91.75% at V_IN = 12 V
• Input π-stage EMI filter with electrolytic capacitor for parallel damping
  • Two-stage differential-mode EMI filter
  • Meets CISPR 25 and UNECE Reg 10 EMI standards
• Peak current-mode control architecture provides fast line and load transient response
  • Integrated slope compensation adaptive with switching frequency
  • Forced PWM (FPWM) or diode emulation mode (DEM) operation
• Integrated high-side and low-side power MOSFET gate drivers
  • 3.25-A and 4.25-A sink/source gate drive current capability
  • Independent source and sink gate driver pins for adjustable switch (SW) voltage slew rate
  • 14-ns adaptive dead-time control reduces power dissipation and MOSFET temperature rise
• Overcurrent protection (OCP) with shunt or inductor DCR current sensing
• Monotonic prebias output voltage startup
• User-adjustable soft-start time set to 3 ms by 100-nF capacitors connected between SS pins and AGND
• SYNCOUT signal 90° out-of-phase with internal clock
• Power Good indicator with 100-kΩ pullup resistors to VCC
• Fully assembled, tested, and proven PCB layout with 105-mm × 75-mm total footprint