LT1118/ LT1118-2.5
LT1118-2.85/ LT1118-5
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PIN FUNCTIONS
OUT:RegulatedOutputVoltage. Outputcansourceorsink
current. Current limit for sourcing and sinking current is
provided to protect the device from fault conditons. The
output must have a low ESR output filter capacitor. COUT
≥ 0.22µF to guarantee stability. A 0.1µF ceramic capacitor
may be needed in parallel with COUT if the ESR of the main
COUT is too high.
IN: Input Supply Pin. This pin should be decoupled with a
1µF or larger low ESR capacitor. The two IN pins on the
SO-8 package must be directly connected on the printed
circuit board to prevent voltage drops between the two
inputs. When used as a SCSI active termination, IN con-
nects to term power. When used as a supply splitter, IN is
also the positive supply output.
FB: FeedbackPin. Thefeedbackpinis usedtoprogramthe
output voltage of the adjustable S8 part. The output
voltage is determined by the selection of feedback resis-
tors defined by the following formula:
GND: Ground Pin. The multiple GND pins on the SO-8
package are internally connected, but lowest load regula-
tion errors will result if these pins are tightly connected on
the printed circuit board. This will also aid heat dissipation
at high power levels.
VOUT = V (1 + R1/R2) + IFBR1
FB
EN: TTL/CMOS Logic Input. A high level allows normal
operation. A low level reduces supply current to zero. This
LT1118 Adjustable
pin is internally connected to V on 3-lead ST packaged
devices.
IN
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V
IN
OUT
FB
V
OUT
= V 1 +
+ I
R
IN
FB
FB 1
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1µF
1µF
LT1118
GND
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EN
R
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OPERATIO
Output Capacitor
Worst case transient response of the LT1118 regulators
occurs atzerooutputcurrent. Inordertoobtainthefastest
transient settling performance, the regulator output may
be preloaded with a small current. The preload current
reduces the regulator output impedance, reducing output
voltage settling time.
The LT1118 family of voltage regulators require an output
capacitor for stability. The regulators are stable with
output capacitors larger than 0.2µF. Load transient re-
sponse is very sensitive to output capacitor value and
dielectricchoice. LowESRceramiccapacitors arethebest
choice for fast settling to load transients. Output capaci-
tors between 0.2µF and 1µF give good performance in
mostapplications. Largertantalumoutputcapacitors may
be used to reduce load transient amplitudes. Larger ca-
pacitors should be paralleled with a 0.1µF ceramic capaci-
tor to maintain quick settling time performance and to
insure stability of the regulator control loop. Capacitors
larger than 10µF may be safely used with the regulators,
but little transient settling performance improvement re-
sults from their use.
Thermal Considerations
The LT1118 regulators are packaged in plastic SOT-223
and fused lead S8 packages. These small footprint pack-
ages are unable to convectively dissipate the heat gener-
ated when the regulator is operating at high current levels.
In order to control die operating temperatures, the PC
board layout should allow for maximum possible copper
area at the ground pins of the LT1118. The ground pins
and the tab on the SOT-223 package are electrically and
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