Board Mountable  
					DC-DC Converters  
					IMX 35 Series  
					Thermal Considerations  
					Connection in Series  
					If a converter, mounted on a PCB, is located in free, quasi-  
					stationary air (convection cooling) at the indicated maxi-  
					mum ambient temperature TA max (see table: Temperature  
					specifications) and is operated at its nominal input voltage  
					and output power, the case temperature TC measured at  
					the Measuring point of case temperature TC (see: Mechani-  
					cal Data) will approach the indicated value TC max after the  
					warm-up phase. However, the relationship between TA and  
					TC depends heavily on the conditions of operation and inte-  
					gration into a system. The thermal conditions are influ-  
					enced by input voltage, output current, airflow, temperature  
					of surrounding components and the surfaces and proper-  
					ties of the printed circuit board. TA max is therefore only an  
					indicative value and under practical operating conditions,  
					the ambient temperature TA may be higher or lower than  
					this value.  
					The outputs of one or several single or double output power  
					trains may be connected in series without any precautions.  
					Connection in Parallel  
					Several outputs of the same converter with equal output  
					voltage (e.g. 5V / 5V) can be put in parallel and will share  
					their output currents almost equally.  
					Parallel operation of double outputs of several converters  
					with the same output voltage may cause start-up problems  
					at initial start-up. This is only advisable in applications where  
					one converter is able to deliver the full load current as e.g.  
					required in true redundant systems.  
					The first outputs (5.1V or 3.3 V) of triple output units should  
					not be paralleled, except in true redundant systems using  
					decoupling diodes  
					Output Overvoltage Protection  
					Caution: The case temperature TC measured at the:  
					Measuring point of case temperature TC (see: Mechani-  
					cal Data) may under no circumstances exceed the  
					specified maximum value. The installer must ensure that  
					under all operating conditions TC remains within the lim-  
					its stated in the table: Temperature specifications.  
					The outputs of the converter are protected against overvolt-  
					ages by a second control loop. In the event of an overvolt-  
					age on one of the outputs the unit will shut down and  
					attempt to restart in short intervals. The main purpose of  
					this feature is to protect against possible overvoltages  
					which could occur due to a failure in the feedback control  
					circuit. The overvoltage protection is not designed to with-  
					stand externally applied overvoltages.  
					Temperature Range  
					Full output power from –40...71°C. Above 71°C the output  
					power derating below should be observed. The modules  
					will provide the specified output power with free air convec-  
					tion cooling.  
					Typical Performance Curves  
					General conditions:  
					– TA = 25°C, unless TC is specified.  
					– Shut down pin left open circuit.  
					– Trim input not connected.  
					Po/Po max  
					11047  
					1.2  
					1.0  
					0.8  
					0.6  
					Uo [V]  
					05019  
					5.5  
					5.0  
					4.5  
					4.0  
					3.5  
					3.0  
					0.4  
					0.2  
					0
					–40  
					TA [°C]  
					–20  
					0
					80  
					20  
					40  
					60  
					Fig. 8  
					Maximum allowed output power versus ambient tempera-  
					ture.  
					0
					2
					3
					4
					5
					Io [A]  
					1
					Fig. 9 a  
					Short Circuit Behaviour  
					Uo versus Io (typ) of units with Uo = 5.1 V.  
					(40 IMX 35-05D12-8).  
					The current limit characteristic shuts down the converter  
					whenever a short circuit is applied to an output. It acts self-  
					protecting and automatically recovers after removal of the  
					overload condition (hiccup mode).  
					Overtemperature Protection  
					The converter is protected against possible overheating by  
					means of an internal temperature monitoring circuit. It shuts  
					down the unit above the internal temperature limit and at-  
					tempts to automatically restart. This feature prevents from  
					excessive internal temperature which could occur under  
					heavy overload conditions.  
					Edition 5/08.2001 R1  
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