Digital ICs
 

Product Selector Guide Application Notes

Digital power conversion and management ICs from Intersil's Zilker Labs enable unprecedented performance and design benefits with efficient, flexible, easy-to-use digital power IC solutions.

As electronic systems become more sophisticated and feature-rich, board-level power requirements have become increasingly complicated. Zilker Labs’ digital power devices are uniquely suited to address these complex system power challenges because they integrate highly-efficient power conversion plus complete system power management capabilities in a single package, enabling unparalleled performance and ease-of-use. Multiple devices can be easily combined and configured to address a broad range of system requirements.

Zilker Labs’ Digital Power Products Lead the Industry in:

Performance: Zilker Labs’ unique Digital DC™ architecture results in highly accurate power conversion capabilities with efficiency levels >90% across a broad range of operating requirements.

Flexibility: Zilker Labs’ digital power ICs have integrated intelligence that allows customers to leverage power management functions as needed by their systems. Additionally, as universal building blocks, Zilker Labs’ ICs can be easily combined and adapted to suit varying system requirements.

Ease of Use: Zilker Labs’ digital power ICs combine digital power conversion with power management logic in a single package, reducing required component count by up to 60%. Digital-DC ICs can be easily configured with simple pin settings, avoiding the complicated programming step required by alternative solutions.


Zilker Labs Digital Power Product Features

  • High-performance digital power conversion
  • Integrated power management
  • Easily configurable without programming
  • Operates over a wide range of conditions
  • I2C/SMBus™ serial port
  • PMBus™ compliant
  • High integration minimizes component
    count and board space requirements

 

Zilker Labs System Benefits

  • Digital-DC devices seamlessly combine to address a full range of system
    requirements
  • Simple pin settings configure the devices within the system
  • Devices communicate over SMBus to form an intelligent system
  • Sequencing order can be changed through simple PMBus commands
  • Full power management capabilities across all rails
  • Precision digital soft start/stop
    - Power good/enable
    - Voltage tracking/ sequencing/margining
    - Output voltage/current monitoring
    - Thermal monitor and shutdown


Product Selector Guide

Part #

Max
 IOUT

Integrated MOSFETs

VIN
Range
VOUT Range   Drivers Current Sharing

Max FSW 

ZL2004*
Adaptive Step-down
DC-DC Controller with Current Sharing
Device Information
ZL2004, ZL2004-01
>40 A**   4.5V to 14V 0.54 to 4.0V   Yes 1.4 MHz

ZL2005
Step-down DC-DC Controller with Drivers 
Device Information
ZL2005

>40 A   3V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V 3A   2 MHz
ZL2005P
Step-down DC-DC Controller with Drivers & POLA
Device Information
ZL2005P
>40 A   3V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V 3A   1.4 MHz

ZL2006
Adaptive Step-down DC-DC Controller with Drivers and Current Sharing
Device Information
ZL2006

>40 A   3V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V 3A Yes 1.4 MHz
ZL2008
Step-down DC-DC Controller with Drivers and Pin-Strap Current Sharing
Device Information
ZL2008
>40 A   3V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V 3A Yes 1.4 MHz

ZL2105
3A Step-down DC-DC
Converter 
Device Information
ZL2105

3 A Yes 4.5V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V Yes   2 MHz

ZL2106
6A Step-down DC-DC Converter 
Device Information
ZL2106

6 A Yes 4.5V to 14V 0.54 to 5.5V Yes   1 MHz

*Also available the ZL2004-01 with a ±0.2% output voltage accuracy
**Max IOut depends on external driver used


Synchronous MOSFET Drivers
Part #
High-side
Current (Source/Sink)
Low-side
Current (Source/Sink)
System
VIN
Range
Gate Drive
Voltage
Range VDD)
Max FSW

ZL1505
Synchronous MOSFET drivers w/ Adjustable
Gate Drive Current
Device Information
ZL1505

3A/3A 4A/5A 3V to
(30V-VDD)
4.5V to 7.5V 1.4 MHZ


Application notes
(Application notes related to specific parts are available from the links above)

AN2035 Compensation using CompZL™ Devices
AN2030 Configuring a Device via the SMBus
AN2015 Current Protection and Measurement
AN2034 Current Sharing with Digital-DC™ Devices

AN2032 NLR Configuration for DDC Products
AN2040 Power Design with Digital-DC™ Devices
AN2026 PowerNavigator™ Users Guide
AN2010 Thermal and Layout Guidelines for Digital-DC™ Products

AN2031 Writing Configuration Files
AN2033 Zilker Labs PMBus Command Set - DDC Products
AN2037 Zilker Labs System Design Check List



     
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