When designing with the LMR43606-Q1, consider slow rise in output voltage due
to recovery from dropout and soft start as a two separate operating conditions, as shown in
Figure 7-9 and Figure 7-10. Soft start is triggered by any of the following conditions:
- Power is applied to the VIN pin of the device, releasing undervoltage lockout.
- EN is used to turn on the device.
- Recovery from shutdown due to overtemperature protection
After soft start is triggered, the IC takes the
following actions:
- The reference used by the IC to regulate output voltage is slowly ramped up.
The net result is that output voltage, if previously 0V, takes tSS to reach 90%
of the desired value.
- Operating mode is set to auto mode of operation, activating the diode emulation
mode for the low-side MOSFET. This action allows start-up without pulling the output low.
This is true even when there is a voltage already present at the output during a prebias
start-up.