SNVSC41 November 2023 LMR36500
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The soft-start feature allows the LMR3650x family of devices to gradually reach the steady state output voltage, reducing the startup stress in the system. Soft start is triggered by any of the following conditions:
After soft start is triggered, the internal reference is slowly ramped up. Assuming the output voltage is initially 0 V, the reference is ramped to 90% of the target output voltage in tSS. During the soft-start time the switching mode is set to AUTO mode. AUTO mode activates diode emulation for the low-side MOSFET, not allowing negative inductor current. This allows the output voltage to be pre-biased, voltage already present on the output, during startup without discharging the output capacitor. Figure 7-7 shows the difference between a non biased soft start and a pre-biased soft start.