Compact Boost Converter suits low-voltage applications.
Press Release Summary:
Supplied in 1.5 x 2 x 0.6 mm max plastic packages, SC120/SC121/SC122 step up inputs from 0.7 V to regulated output settable from 1.8-5.0 V. Products feature 1.2 MHz low-noise PWM operation, internal low-on-resistance switch, and synchronous rectifier for up to 94% efficiency. Along with automatic PSAVE mode and anti-ringing circuit, converters offer ±1.5% initial accuracy, internal/external feedback modes, and 0.1 µA real shutdown mode.
Original Press Release:
New Semtech Boost Converter Platform Offers World's Smallest Low-Vin Devices
SC120, SC121, SC122 fit in 1.5x2mm ultra-thin plastic package and step up inputs from as low as 0.7V to a regulated output settable from 1.8V to 5.0V
Camarillo, California - Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced a new boost converter platform offering the world's smallest step-up regulators for low-voltage applications. The SC120, SC121 and SC122 boost inputs from as low as 0.7V to a regulated output settable from 1.8V to 5.0V and are available in tiny 1.5x2mm ultra-thin (0.6mm max.) plastic packages. With many advanced features, these devices are ideally suited for portable applications powered by alkaline, NiMH, or 1-cell Li-ion batteries, or as point-of-load regulators in non-portable applications where a low voltage needs to be boosted to a higher voltage rail for localized use.
"The new SC120 platform sets the benchmark for its sophisticated features, performance, and ease of use within a tiny, thin, reliable, and green footprint." said Scott Brown, Semtech Vice President of Marketing for Power Management Products.
The SC120 features and performance include 1.2MHz low-noise PWM operation, an internal low-on-resistance switch and synchronous rectifier for up to 94% efficiency, automatic PSAVE mode for light-load efficiency, an anti-ringing circuit that dampens stray oscillations on the inductor terminal, ±1.5% initial accuracy, internal/external feedback modes, soft-start, thermal and current limit protection, and a 0.1µA real shutdown mode that reverses the rectifier's body-diode and actively discharges the output fully to ground.
For highly noise sensitive applications, the SC121 eliminates the PSAVE mode in favor of forced-PWM operation at all loads. And for specialized keep-alive applications, the SC122 utilizes PSAVE mode only and allows the output voltage to float high during shutdown by eliminating active discharge. The SC122 also limits the input to no more than 1.6V and the output to a fixed 3.3V.
For ease of use, the SC12x devices utilize internal loop compensation and internal soft-start to minimize external components. Grounding the feedback pin enables internally fixed 3.3V regulation mode, which requires only three small external components: two ceramic capacitors and an inductor. For setting other output voltages from 1.8V to 5.0V via external feedback, only two small resistors and a small feed-forward capacitor are added.
The SC120, SC121, and SC122 are available in a 1.5x2mm, 6-pin MLPD-UT package. The SC120 is also available in a 6-pin SOT23 package. All devices are lead-free, halogen-free, and WEEE and RoHS compliant to meet worldwide environmental and regulatory requirements.
Key Features of the SC120, SC121, and SC122
- PWM with automatic PSAVE (SC120)
- Forced-PWM at all loads (SC121)
- Forced-PSAVE (SC122)
- Active discharge to GND (SC120, SC121)
- High-Z shutdown -- VOUT can float high (SC122)
Applications
MP3 Player: External Memory Interface, Jack (SPKR), Touchpad/User Input Device, Memory, Support Function IC
Cable Modem: Companion Function Chip
Cell Phone: Bluetooth, LCD Bias, External Memory, Speaker Driver, WiFi 802.11x
Digital Camera: External Memory, Support Function IC, Video Interface
DSL Modem: WI-FI 802.11X
Notebook: Peripheral Power
Set Top Box: Boost Regulators/Controllers
Pricing and Availability
The SC120, SC121, and SC122 (Order codes: SC120ULTRT, SC121ULTRT, SC122ULTRT) are priced at $0.80 each in MLPD-UT package in 3,000-piece lots. The SC120 (Order code: SC120SKTRT) is priced at $0.71 each in SOT23 package in 3,000-piece lots. Each device is available immediately in production quantities. Evaluation boards (SC120EVB, SC121SKEVB, SC121EVB, and SC122EVB) are also available. Semtech offers comprehensive design assistance, including field- and factory-based support. Data sheets, volume pricing, and delivery quotes, as well as evaluation kits and samples, are available by contacting www.semtech.com/info.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.
