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MIC2937A/29371/29372
750mA Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator
Pin Configuration
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3
INPUT GROUND OUTPUT
TO-263 Package TO-263-5 Package
(MIC2937A-xxBU/WU) (MIC29371/29372BU/WU)
Ordering Information
Part Number
Voltage Junction Temp. Range Package
Standard RoHS Compliant*
MIC2937A-3.3BU MIC2937A-3.3WU 3.3V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-3
MIC2937A-3.3BT MIC2937A-3.3WT 3.3V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-3
MIC2937A-5.0BU MIC2937A-5.0WU 5.0V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-3
MIC2937A-5.0BT MIC2937A-5.0WT 5.0V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-3
MIC2937A-12BU MIC2937A-12WU 12V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-3
MIC2937A-12BT MIC2937A-12WT 12V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-3
MIC29371-3.3BU MIC29371-3.3WU 3.3V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-5
MIC29371-3.3BT MIC29371-3.3WT 3.3V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-5
MIC29371-5.0BU MIC29371-5.0WU 5.0V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-5
MIC29371-5.0BT MIC29371-5.0WT 5.0V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-5
MIC29371-12BU MIC29371-12WU 12V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-5
MIC29371-12BT MIC29371-12WT 12V –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-5
MIC29372BU MIC29372WU ADJ –40ºC to +125ºC TO-263-5
MIC29372BT MIC29372WT ADJ –40ºC to +125ºC TO-220-5
* RoHS compliant with ‘high-melting solder’ exemption.
Electrical Characteristics
Limits in standard typeface are for TJ = 25°C and limits in boldface apply over the full operating temperature range. Unless other-
wise specified, VIN = VOUT + 1V, IL = 5mA, CL = 10µF. The MIC29372 are programmed for a 5V output voltage, and VSHUTDOWN ≤ 0.6V
(MIC29371-xx and MIC29372 only).
Adjust Pin 20 40 nA
Bias Current 60
Hysteresis (Note 9) 15 mV
Schematic Diagram
IN FEEDBACK
R18
Q15A 20 kΩ
Q15B
Q24
Q26
Q25
OUT
Q9
Q3 R11 Q4 Q7
18 SENSE
kΩ Q8 R27
Q5 R17
C1 R11 Q14 12 kΩ
Q6 20 20.6 Q16 Q17
pF kΩ V TAP
Q1 R28
10 Q2
R1 Q20
20 kΩ R10 Q22
Q42 R8
31.4 k Ω 150
kΩ Q21
Q23
C2
R2 40 pF
50 kΩ R15
R5 R6 R9 100 k Ω
180 140 27.8 k Ω
kΩ kΩ R12 R13 R14
110 100 350
kΩ kΩ kΩ R16
Q40 Q13 Q12 30 kΩ R17
Q41 Q11 10Ω
Q29
R30 Q18 Q19
30 Q28
kΩ R3 R4
50 kΩ 13 kΩ
R21 8 Ω
50 kΩ Q31
Q30 SHDN
R23 60 k Ω
Q37 Q36 R22 R24
150 k Ω 50 kΩ
10 kΩ
ERROR
Q38 Q34
GND
Q39
Typical Characteristics
600 5
0 0 0
0 200 400 600 800 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
OUTPUT CURRENT (mA) TEMPERATURE °C)
( INPUT VOLTAGE (V)
10 25
150
20
100 15
1
FIXED 5V VERSION 10
50 ILOAD = 5mA FIXED 5V
5 ILOAD = 750mA
0.1 0 0
1 10 100 1000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 2 4 6 8 10
OUTPUT CURRENT (mA) SUPPLY VOLTAGE (V) INPUT VOLTAGE (V)
0.20 1.6 25
1.4 20
0.15 1.2 ILOAD = 100mA
1.0 15
0.10 0.8
0.6 10
ILOAD = 5mA
0.05 0.4 5
0.2
0.00 0.0 0
-60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150
TEMPERATURE °C)
( TEMPERATURE °C) ( TEMPERATURE °C)
(
Fixed 3.3V Output Voltage Short Circuit and Maximum Ground Current
vs. Temperature Current vs. Temperature vs. Input Voltage
3.40 1.4 500
3.38 VOUT = VNOMINAL – 0.5V RLOAD = 100Ω
1.2
GROUND CURRENT (µA)
400
OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V)
3.36
3.34 1.0
CURRENT (A)
300
3.32 0.8
3.30 VOUT = 0V 200
3.28 0.6
3.26 100
0.4
3.24 FIXED 5V
0.2 0
3.22 VERSION
3.20 0.0 -100
-60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
TEMPERATURE °C)
( TEMPERATURE °C)
( INPUT VOLTAGE (V)
100
0 0
VEN = 5V
75 -150 -100
-300
1000 -200
1000
50 750 750
VEN = 2V 500 500
5mA 5mA
25 250 250
0 0
0 -250 -250
-60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -5 0 5 10 -5 0 5 10
TEMPERATURE °C)
( TIME (ms) TIME (ms)
∆ OUTPUT (mV)
COUT = 10 µF
COUT = 100 µF
ADJUST PIN CURRENT (nA)
20
40 IL = 5mA 10 IL = 5mA
0
0
30 -20
-40
10 -10
10
20
INPUT (V)
INPUT (V)
8 8
10 ILOAD = 1mA
6 6
0 4 4
-60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4
TEMPERATURE °C)
( TIME (ms) TIME (ms)
Output Impedance
vs. Frequency
10
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE (Ω)
0.1
ILOAD = 10mA
0.01
1x100
10x100
100x100
1x103
10x103
100x103
1x106
FREQUENCY (Hz)
Applications Information
External Capacitors
A 10µF (or greater) capacitor is required between the MIC2937A The error comparator has an NPN open-collector output which
output and ground to prevent oscillations due to instability. Most requires an external pull-up resistor. Depending on system
types of tantalum or aluminum electrolytics will be adequate; requirements, this resistor may be returned to the 5V output
film types will work, but are costly and therefore not recom- or some other supply voltage. In determining a value for this
mended. Many aluminum electrolytics have electrolytes that resistor, note that while the output is rated to sink 250µA, this
freeze at about –30°C, so solid tantalums are recommended sink current adds to battery drain in a low battery condition.
for operation below –25°C. The important parameters of the Suggested values range from 100k to 1MΩ. The resistor is
capacitor are an effective series resistance of about 5Ω or not required if this output is unused.
less and a resonant frequency above 500kHz. The value of
this capacitor may be increased without limit. Programming the Output Voltage (MIC29372)
At lower values of output current, less output capacitance is The MIC29372 may programmed for any output voltage be-
required for output stability. The capacitor can be reduced to tween its 1.235V reference and its 26V maximum rating. An
0.5µF for current below 10mA or 0.15µF for currents below external pair of resistors is required, as shown in Figure 3.
1 mA. Adjusting the MIC29372 to voltages below 5V runs the
The complete equation for the output voltage is
error amplifier at lower gains so that more output capacitance
is needed. For the worst-case situation of a 750mA load at VOUT = VREF x { 1 + R1/R2 } – |IFB| R1
1.23V output (Output shorted to Adjust) a 22µF (or greater)
capacitor should be used. where VREF is the nominal 1.235 reference voltage and IFB is
the Adjust pin bias current, nominally 20nA. The minimum rec-
The MIC2937A/29371 will remain in regulation with a minimum ommended load current of 1µA forces an upper limit of 1.2MΩ
load of 5mA. When setting the output voltage of the MIC29372 on the value of R2, if the regulator must work with no load (a
version with external resistors, the current through these resis- condition often found in CMOS in standby), IFB will produce
tors may be included as a portion of the minimum load. a –2% typical error in VOUT which may be eliminated at room
A 0.1µF capacitor should be placed from the input to ground temperature by trimming R1. For better accuracy, choosing
if there is more than 10 inches of wire between the input and R2 = 100k reduces this error to 0.17% while increasing the
the AC filter capacitor or if a battery is used as the input. resistor program current to 12µA. Since the MIC29372 typically
draws 100µA at no load with SHUTDOWN open-circuited,
Error Detection Comparator Output (MIC29371) this is a negligible addition.
A logic low output will be produced by the comparator when- Reducing Output Noise
ever the MIC29371 output falls out of regulation by more than
approximately 5%. This figure is the comparator’s built-in In reference applications it may be advantageous to reduce
offset of about 75mV divided by the 1.235V reference volt- the AC noise present at the output. One method is to reduce
age. (Refer to the block diagram on Page 1). This trip level the regulator bandwidth by increasing the size of the output
remains “5% below normal” regardless of the programmed capacitor. This is relatively inefficient, as increasing the capaci-
output voltage of the MIC29371. For example, the error flag tor from 1µF to 220µF only decreases the noise from 430µV
trip level is typically 4.75V for a 5V output or 11.4V for a 12V to 160µVRMS for a 100kHz bandwidth at 5V output. Noise can
output. The out of regulation condition may be due either to be reduced by a factor of four with the adjustable regulators
low input voltage,extremely high input voltage, current limit-
ing, or thermal limiting.
Figure 1 is a timing diagram depicting the ERROR signal 4.75V
OUTPUT
and the regulated output voltage as the MIC29371 input is VOLTAGE
ramped up and down. The ERROR signal becomes valid (low)
at about 1.3V input. It goes high at about 5V input (the input
voltage at which VOUT = 4.75). Since the MIC29371’s dropout ERROR NOT* NOT*
VALID VALID
voltage is load-dependent (see curve in Typical Performance
Characteristics), the input voltage trip point (about 5V) will
vary with the load current. The output voltage trip point (ap- INPUT 5V
VOLTAGE
proximately 4.75V) does not vary with load. 1.3V
Typical Applications
+5V to +7V
+VIN
+V IN V CC OUT
VIN VOUT
SHUTDOWN
VOUT ≈ VIN INPUT
SHUTDOWN
VOUT OFF +
300k Ω 10µF
ON 100pF
GND ADJUST 1%
3.3V 2N2222
Input Output
0 3.3V
1 5.0V
*MINIMUM INPUT-OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGES FROM 40mV TO 400mV, SHUTDOWN PIN LOW= ENABLE OUTPUT. Q1 ON = 3.3V, Q1 OFF = 5.0V.
DEPENDING ON LOAD CURRENT.
Figure 4. MIC29372 Wide Input Voltage Range Current Limiter Figure 5. MIC29372 5.0V or 3.3V Selectable Regulator with
Shutdown.
Package Information
θ4
θ1
θ2
θ1
θ3 θ1
θ2
θ3
θ4
θ1
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Authorized Distributor
Micrel:
MIC2937A-5.0WU TR MIC29371-5.0WU TR MIC29371-3.3WU TR MIC2937A-3.3WU TR MIC29372WU TR
Microchip:
MIC2937A-3.3WU MIC29372WU MIC2937A-5.0WU MIC29371-3.3WU MIC29371-5.0WU MIC2937A-12WU
MIC2937A-5.0WT MIC2937A-3.3WT MIC29371-3.3WT MIC29371-5.0WT MIC29372WT MIC2937A-12WT
MIC29371-12WT MIC29371-12WU MIC2937A-3.3WU-TR MIC29371-12WU-TR MIC29372WU-TR MIC2937A-12WU-
TR MIC2937A-5.0WU-TR MIC29371-3.3WU-TR MIC29371-5.0WU-TR