Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 Slide 25 Product List
Powering FPGAs with SIMPLE SWITCHER LMZ3 Power Modules Slide 4

The LMZ3 power modules have exceptional voltage reference tolerance of 1%. Check the device datasheet for more details, as usually the front page of the datasheet shows the initial accuracy, which is room temperature performance. To get a better idea of the full temperature accuracy performance, the specification table of the datasheet will reveal the information. The example shown here shows that the 0.6 V reference is 1% accurate over the entire input voltage range and temperature range. The 1% full temperature reference accuracy indicates very good performance, comparatively speaking. A more accurate reference will help the power solution to meet the total regulation accuracy requirement. Choosing a tighter tolerance resistor dividers will also help improve the accuracy of the regulator. The 0.1% resistors will cost more than 1% resistors. Resistor networks have even higher accuracy by trimming and matching temperature characteristics, but may require a special order. Improvement in voltage accuracy may bring peace of mind and the cost delta is low compared to the total cost of the DC/DC converter solution.

PTM Published on: 2014-11-17