SNVSBZ2E March 2021 – December 2023 TPS3704
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The TPS3704x maximum accuracy (1%) allows for adjustable voltage thresholds using external resistors without adding major inaccuracies to the device. In case that the desired monitored voltage is not available, external resistor dividers can be used to set the desired voltage thresholds. Figure 8-2 illustrates an example of how to adjust the voltage threshold with external resistor dividers. For assistance in calulating the external resistors access the TPS3704 adjustable threshold voltage resistor calculator in the Design Tools and Simulation section of the TPS3704 product page. The resistors can be calculated depending on the desired voltage threshold and device part number. TI recommends using an adjustable voltage threshold device variant because of the bypass mode of internal resistor ladder.
For example, consider a 2.0 V rail being monitored
(VMON) using the TPS3704 0.8 V adjustable variant. Using Equation 2, R1 = 15 kΩ given that R2 = 10 kΩ, VMON = 2 V, and VSENSE1
= 0.8 V. This device is typically meant to monitor a 0.8 V rail with ±4% voltage
thresholds. This means that the device undervoltage threshold (VIT-(UV))
and overvoltage threshold (VIT+(OV)) is 0.768 V and 0.832 V respectively.
Using Equation 2, VMON = 1.92 V when VSENSE1 = VIT-(UV). This can
be denoted as VMON-, the monitored undervoltage threshold where the
device will assert a reset signal. Using Equation 2 again, the monitored overvoltage threshold (VMON+) = 2.08 V when
VSENSE1 = VIT+(OV). If a wider tolerance or UV only
threshold is desired, use a device variant shown on
Table 9-3 to determine what device part number matches your application.
There are inaccuracies that must be taken into
consideration while adjusting voltage thresholds. Aside from the tolerance of the
resistor divider, there is an internal resistance of the SENSE1 pin that may affect
the accuracy of the resistor divider. Although expected to be very high impedance,
users are recommended to calculate the values for design specifications. The
internal sense resistance RSENSE1 can be calculated by the sense voltage
VSENSE1 divided by the sense current ISENSE1 as shown in
Equation 4. VSENSE1 can be calculated using
Equation 2 depending on the resistor divider and monitored voltage. ISENSE1 can
be calculated using Equation 3.