SLUSFR0A July 2024 – August 2024 TPS51375
PRODUCTION DATA
The TPS51375 has overcurrent protection and undervoltage protection. The output overcurrent protection (OCP) is implemented using a cycle-by-cycle low-side MOSFET valley current detection. The switching current is monitored by measuring the MOSFET drain to source voltage. This voltage is proportional to the switch current. To improve accuracy, the voltage sensing is temperature compensated.
During the on-time of the low-side FET switch, this current decreases linearly. The average value of the switch current is the load current IOUT. If the monitored current is above the OCL level, the converter maintains low-side FET on and delays the creation of a new pulse, even the voltage feedback loop requires one, until the current level becomes OCL level or lower. In subsequent switching cycles, the on-time is set to a fixed value and the current is monitored in the same manner.
There are some important considerations for this type of overcurrent protection. When the load current is higher than the IOCL(VALLEY) added by one half of the peak-to-peak inductor ripple current, the OCP is triggered and the output current is being limited, the output voltage tends to drop because the load demand is higher than what the converter can support. When the output voltage falls below 60% of the target voltage, the UVP comparator detects the fall, and the device is shut off after a wait time of 200μs. This protection is a latched function. The fault latching can be reset by EN going low or VCC power cycling.