Features

• Silent Switcher™ Architecture:
  Ultralow EMI/EMC Emissions
• High Efficiency at High Frequency
  Up to 96% Efficiency at 1MHz
  Up to 94% Efficiency at 2MHz
• Wide Input Voltage Range: 3.4V to 42V
• Ultralow Quiescent Current Burst Mode® Operation:
  2.5μA I_Q Regulating 12V_IN to 3.3V_OUT
  Output Ripple < 10mV_P-P
• Fast Minimum Switch-On Time: 30ns
• Low Dropout Under All Conditions: 200mV at 1A
• Safely Tolerates Inductor Saturation in Overload
• Adjustable and Synchronizable: 200kHz to 3MHz
• Peak Current Mode Operation
• Accurate 1V Enable Pin Threshold
• Internal Compensation
• Output Soft-Start and Tracking
• Small 18-Lead 3mm × 4mm QFN

Typical Application

Description

The LT®8614 step-down regulator features Silent Switcher architecture designed to minimize EMI/EMC emissions while delivering high efficiency at frequencies up to 3MHz. Assembled in a 3mm × 4mm QFN, the monolithic construction with integrated power switches and inclusion of all necessary circuitry yields a solution with a minimal PCB footprint. An ultralow 2.5μA quiescent current—with the output in full regulation— enables applications requiring highest efficiency at very small load currents. Transient response remains excellent and output voltage ripple is below 10mV_P-P at any load, from zero to full current.

The LT8614 allows high V_IN to low V_OUT conversion at high frequency with a fast minimum top switch on-time of 30ns. Operation is safe in overload even with a saturated inductor.

Essential features are included and easy to use: An opendrain PG pin signals when the output is in regulation. The SYNC pin allows clock synchronization and choice of Burst Mode operation or pulse-skipping mode. Soft-start and tracking functionality is accessed via the TR/SS pin. An accurate enable threshold can be set using the EN/UV pin and a resistor at the RT pin programs switch frequency.