SLVSDC9B November 2016 – November 2019 TPS54824
PRODUCTION DATA.
The TPS54824 regulates to the SS/TRK pin while its voltage is lower than the internal reference to implement soft start. A capacitor on the SS/TRK pin to ground sets the soft start time. The SS/TRK pin has an internal pull-up current source of 5 μA that charges the external soft start capacitor. Equation 4 calculates the required soft start capacitor value. The FB voltage will follow the SS/TRK pin voltage with a 25 mV offset up to 90% of the internal voltage reference. When the SS/TRK voltage is greater than 90% of the internal reference voltage the offset increases as the effective system reference transitions from the SS/TRK voltage to the internal voltage reference.
If during normal operation, VIN goes below the UVLO, EN pin pulled below 1.15 V, or a thermal shutdown event occurs, the TPS54824 stops switching and the SS/TRK pin floats. When the VIN goes above UVLO, EN goes above 1.20 V, or a thermal shutdown is exited, the SS/TRK pin is discharged to near ground before reinitiating a powering up sequence.
When the COMP pin voltage is clamped by the maximum COMP clamp in an overload condition the SS/TRK pin is discharged to near the FB voltage. When the overload condition is removed, the soft-start circuit controls the recovery from the fault output level to the nominal output regulation voltage. At the beginning of recovery a spike in the output voltage may occur while the COMP voltage transitions from the maximum clamp to the value determined by the loop.
If a nominal SS/TRK capacitance of 22 nF or greater is used, TI recommends adding a 470-kΩ to 1-MΩ resistor in parallel with the SS/TRK capacitor. With higher SS/TRK capacitance and if the EN pin voltage goes low then high quickly, the SS/TRK capacitor may not fully discharge before switching begins. Adding this resistor helps discharge the SS/TRK capacitor. For the SS capacitor to fully discharge, disable the TPS54824 for a time period equal to 3 times the RC time constant of the SS/TRK capacitor and the added resistor.