SBVS285 February 2017 TPS3852-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
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The watchdog is often needed to be disabled during startup to allow for an initialization period. When the initialization period is over, the watchdog timer is turned back on to allow the microcontroller to be monitored by the TPS3852-Q1. To achieve this setup, SET1 must start at GND. In this design, SET1 is controlled by a TPS3890-Q1 supervisor. In this application, the TPS3890-Q1 was chosen to monitor VDD as well, meaning that RESET on the TPS3890-Q1 stays low until VDD rises above VITN. When VDD comes up, the delay time can be adjusted through the CT capacitor on the TPS3890-Q1. With this approach, the RESET delay can be adjusted from a minimum of 25 µs to a maximum of 30 seconds. For this design, a minimum delay of 7 seconds is needed until the watchdog timer is enabled. The CT capacitor calculation (see the TPS3890-Q1 data sheet) yields an ideal capacitance of 6.59 µF, giving a closest standard ceramic capacitor value of 6.8 µF. When connecting a 6.8-µF capacitor from CT to GND, the typical delay time is 7.21 seconds. Figure 22 illustrates the typical startup waveform for this circuit when the watchdog input is off. Figure 22 illustrates that when the watchdog is disabled, the WDO output remains high. See the TPS3890-Q1 data sheet for detailed information on the TPS3890-Q1.