AME, Inc.
AT9173
Bus Termination Regulator
n Thermal issue
AT9173 has a internal thermal protection to protect the device at any overload conditions. For safety reason
the operation junction temperature should not exceed 125 ℃. The dissipation of the device is
PD = (VIN − VOUT ) xI OUT
And also the maximum power dissipation is
PD,MAX = (T J ,MAX − T A ) / θ JA
Where Tj,max is the maximum operation junction 125 degree C, Ta is the ambient temperature and the is θ JA
the junction to ambient thermal resistance. The junction to ambient thermal resistance is 70 ℃/W for exposed
pad SOP-8 package. It can be dramatically reduced by placing a large area PCB trace under exposed pad to
emit heat generated by the die attached to the exposed pad.
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Rev. C.04