SLUSBO6C JANUARY 2014 – October 2018 TPS40425
PRODUCTION DATA.
The TPS40425 device monitors the voltage on the FB pin to provide undervoltage (UV) and overvoltage (OV) protection.
The UV protection scheme is the same as OC protection scheme. When UV fault is triggered, both the high-side and low-side MOSFETs are turned off. The IOUT_OC_FAULT_RESPONSE setting determines the controller response to UV fault. For example, if the IOUT_OC_FAULT_RESPONSE is set to restart the controller after OC fault, then the controller is internally also programmed to restart after a UV fault.
When an OV fault is triggered, the high-side MOSFET is turned off and the low-side MOSFET remains on to discharge the output. When the output returns to the regulation (PGOOD) window, the TPS40425 device begins a hard startup. This behavior is intended to protect the output against overvoltage. The response to output voltage OV fault is not programmable.
The UV and OV fault threshold values can be set by PMBus command MFR_SPECIFIC_07(PCT_VOUT_FAULT_PG_LIMIT).
When operating in dual-output mode, only the FB pin of master channel is detected for output voltage UV and OV fault. Therefore all channels take action together during a fault. Output voltage related faults are not detected on any channel configured as a slave.