SLVSER7 October 2020 TPS23731
PRODUCTION DATA
The soft-stop feature is provided by the TPS23731 to minimizes stress on switching power components caused by power shutdown, allowing FET BOM cost reduction. Soft-stop action consists in discharging in a controlled way the output capacitor of the converter, sending back the energy to the input bulk capacitor.
Once the LINEUV input detects that the input power source has been removed (while APD is also low), the SST capacitor is discharged with a constant current, ramping down the switching MOSFET peak current. The SST discharge current (ISSD_SP) is defined with RI_STP according to:
To accelerate the impact of the soft-stop, the internal peak current limit threshold is also immediately stepped down to approximately 50 mV at beginning of soft-stop.