SNVSCU3 October 2025 LM5137
PRODMIX
The LM5137 provides a digital spread spectrum, which reduces the EMI signature of the switching regulator over a wide frequency range. As shown in Figure 7-3, DRSS combines a low-frequency triangular modulation profile with a high frequency cycle-by-cycle random modulation profile. The low-frequency modulation improves performance in lower radio-frequency bands, while the high-frequency random modulation improves performance in higher radio-frequency bands.
Spread spectrum functions by converting a narrowband signal into a wideband signal that spreads the energy over multiple frequencies. Because industry standards require different EMI receiver resolution bandwidth (RBW) settings for different frequency bands, the RBW has an impact on the spread spectrum performance. DRSS is able to simultaneously improve the EMI performance with low and high RBWs with the low-frequency triangular and high-frequency cycle-by-cycle random modulation profiles, respectively. DRSS can reduce conducted emissions by 10dBμV in the CISPR 25 low-frequency band (150kHz to 30MHz) and 5dBμV in the high-frequency band (30MHz to 108MHz). Applying an external clock signal to PFM/SYNC disables DRSS. See Table 7-1 to configure the LM5137 using a resistor from CNFG to AGND.
Figure 7-3 DRSS Implementation| RCNFG | PRIMARY / SECONDARY | DRSS | INDEPENDENT OR INTERLEAVED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10kΩ | Primary | Disabled | Independent |
| 19.1kΩ | Primary | ±5% | Independent |
| 29.4kΩ | Primary | ±10% | Independent |
| 41.2kΩ | Primary | Disabled | Interleaved |
| 54.9kΩ | Primary | ±5% | Interleaved |
| 71.5kΩ | Primary | ±10% | Interleaved |
| 90.9kΩ | Secondary | N/A | Interleaved |