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LM2720 5-Bit Programmable, High Frequency Multi-phase PWM Controller
February 2000
LM2720 5-Bit Programmable, High Frequency Multi-phase PWM Controller
General Description
The LM2720 provides an attractive solution for power supplies of high power microprocessors exhibiting ultra fast load transients. Compared to a conventional single-phase supply, an LM2720 based multi-phase supply distributes the thermal and electrical loading among components in multiple phases and greatly reduces the corresponding stress in each component. The LM2720 can be programmed to control either a 3-phase converter or a 4-phase converter. Phase shift among the phases is 120˚ in the case of three phase and 90˚ with four-phase.