NCV8856: Synchronous Buck Controller for Automotive

The NCV8856 is an adjustable output, synchronous buck controller, which drives dual N−channel MOSFETs, ideal for high power applications. Average current mode control is employed for very fast transient response and tight regulation over wide input voltage and output load ranges. The IC incorporates an internal fixed 6.0 V low−dropout linear regulator (LDO), which supplies charge to the switch mode power supply’s (SMPS) bottom gate driver, limiting the power lost to excess gate drive. The IC is designed for operation over an input voltage range of 4.5 V to 36 V and is capable of 10 to 1 voltage conversion at 500 kHz. Additional controller features include undervoltage lockout, overvoltage shutdown, internal soft−start, low quiescent current sleep mode, programmable frequency, SYNC function, average current limiting, cycle−by−cycle overcurrent protection and thermal shutdown.

Features
  • Average current mode control
  • 0.8 V ±2% reference voltage
  • Wide input voltage range of 4.5 V to 38 V
  • 6.0 V low-dropout linear regulator (LDO)
  • Input UVLO (Undervoltage Lockout)
  • Internal soft-start
  • 1.0 µA maximum quiescent current in sleep mode
  • Adaptive non-overlap circuitry
  • Programmable fixed frequency 170 kHz to 500 kHz
  • External clock synchronization up to 600 kHz
  • Average current limiting (ACL)
  • Cycle-by-cycle overcurrent protection (OCP)
  • Thermal shutdown (TSD)
Benefits
  • Fast transient response and simple compensator design
  • Tight tolerance on programmable output voltage
  • Allows for direct regulation from car battery through load dump conditions
  • Supplies internal supply for gate drivers
  • Disables start-up in undervoltage conditions
  • Lowers inrush current and avoids output overshoot during start-up
  • Very low sleep current
  • Protects against switch cross-conduction (shoot-through)
  • Allows for design flexibility
  • Allows for frequency synchronization and spread spectrum operation
  • Limits current to protect devices
  • Protects components in case of a short-circuit and recovers
  • Thermally protects IC
Applications
  • Systems requiring high current
  • Pre-regulated supply for low-voltage SMPSs and LDOs
End Products
  • Automotive
Simulation Models (1)
Document TitleDocument ID/SizeRevisionRevision Date
NCV8856 average PSPICE model for AC simulations for loop stability (Bode plot)NCV8856AC_PSPICE (467kB)0Oct, 2016
Package Drawings (1)
Document TitleDocument ID/SizeRevision
TSSOP-20 WB948E-02 (39.7kB)D
Data Sheets (1)
Document TitleDocument ID/SizeRevisionRevision Date
Automotive Grade Synchronous Buck ControllerNCV8856/D (174kB)1Oct, 2016
Evaluation Board Documents (1)
Document TitleDocument ID/SizeRevisionRevision Date
NCV8856 Automotive Grade Synchronous Buck Controller Evaluation Board User's ManualEVBUM2490/D (668kB)0Oct, 2016
Evaluation/Development Tool Information
ProductStatusComplianceShort Description
NCV8856GEVBActivePb-freeSynchronous Buck Controller Evaluation Board
Order Information
ProductStatusCompliancePackageMSL*ContainerBudgetary Price/Unit
NCV8856DBR2GActiveAEC Qualified PPAP Capable Pb-free Halide freeTSSOP-20948E-023Tape and Reel2500Contact BDTIC
Specifications
ProductTopologyPhasesControl ModeVCC Min (V)VCC Max (V)fSW Typ (kHz)tres Typ (ns)
NCV8856DBR2G
Automotive Grade Synchronous Buck Controller (174kB) NCV8856
NCV8856 average PSPICE model for AC simulations for loop stability (Bode plot) NCV8856
EVBUM2490/D - 668 KB NCV8856GEVB
TSSOP-20 WB NLSX3018