SLVSE78D March   2020  – July 2021 TPS548A29

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. Features
  2. Applications
  3. Description
  4. Revision History
  5. Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Typical Characteristics
  7. Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Internal VCC LDO And Using External Bias On VCC Pin
      2. 7.3.2  Enable
      3. 7.3.3  Output Voltage Setting
        1. 7.3.3.1 Remote Sense
      4. 7.3.4  Internal Fixed Soft Start and External Adjustable Soft Start
      5. 7.3.5  External REFIN For Output Voltage Tracking
      6. 7.3.6  Frequency and Operation Mode Selection
      7. 7.3.7  D-CAP3 Control
      8. 7.3.8  Low-side FET Zero-Crossing
      9. 7.3.9  Current Sense and Positive Overcurrent Protection
      10. 7.3.10 Low-side FET Negative Current Limit
      11. 7.3.11 Power Good
      12. 7.3.12 Overvoltage and Undervoltage Protection
      13. 7.3.13 Out-Of-Bounds (OOB) Operation
      14. 7.3.14 Output Voltage Discharge
      15. 7.3.15 UVLO Protection
      16. 7.3.16 Thermal Shutdown
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Auto-Skip Eco-mode Light Load Operation
      2. 7.4.2 Forced Continuous-Conduction Mode
      3. 7.4.3 Powering The Device From A 12-V Bus
      4. 7.4.4 Powering The Device From A 3.3-V Bus
      5. 7.4.5 Powering The Device From A Split-rail Configuration
  8. Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1  Output Voltage Setting Point
        2. 8.2.2.2  Choose the Switching Frequency and the Operation Mode
        3. 8.2.2.3  Choose the Inductor
        4. 8.2.2.4  Set the Current Limit (TRIP)
        5. 8.2.2.5  Choose the Output Capacitor
        6. 8.2.2.6  Choose the Input Capacitors (CIN)
        7. 8.2.2.7  Soft Start Capacitor (SS/REFIN Pin)
        8. 8.2.2.8  EN Pin Resistor Divider
        9. 8.2.2.9  VCC Bypass Capacitor
        10. 8.2.2.10 BOOT Capacitor
        11. 8.2.2.11 PGOOD Pullup Resistor
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
  9. Power Supply Recommendations
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
      1. 10.2.1 Thermal Performance On TI EVM
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 11.3 Support Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
    5. 11.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 11.6 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
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Orderable Information

Enable

When the EN pin voltage rises above the enable threshold voltage (typically 1.22 V) and VIN rises above the VIN UVLO rising threshold, the device enters its internal power-up sequence. The EN to first switching delay is specified in the Start-up section of the Electrical Characteristics.

When using the internal VCC LDO, the internal power-up sequence includes three sequential steps. During the first period, the VCC voltage is charged up on a VCC bypass capacitor by an 11-mA current source. The length of this VCC LDO start-up time varies with the capacitance on the VCC pin. However, if the VIN voltage ramps up very slowly, the VCC LDO output voltage will be limited by the VIN voltage level, thus the VCC LDO start-up time can be extended longer. Since the VCC LDO start-up time is relatively long, the internal VINTREF build-up happens and finishes during this period. Once the VCC voltage crosses above the VCC UVLO rising threshold (typically 2.87 V), the device moves to the second step, power-on delay. The MODE pin setting detection, SS/REFIN pin detection, and control loop initialization are finished within this 285-μs delay. A soft-start ramp starts when the 285-μs power-on delay finishes. During the soft-start ramp power stage, switching does not happen until the SS/REFIN pin voltage reaches 50 mV. This introduced a SS delay which varies with the external capacitance on the SS/REFIN pin.

Figure 7-1 shows an example where the VIN UVLO rising threshold is satisfied earlier than the EN rising threshold. In this scenario, the VCC UVLO rising threshold becomes the gating signal to start the internal power-up sequence, and the sequence between VIN and EN does not matter.

When using an external bias on the VCC pin, the internal power-up sequence still includes three sequential steps. The first period is much shorter since VCC voltage is built up already. A 100-µs period allows the internal references to start up and reach regulation points. This 100-µs period includes not only the 0.6-V VINTREF, but also all of the other reference voltages for various functions. The device then moves to the second step, power-on delay. The MODE pin setting detection, SS/REFIN pin detection, and control loop initialization are finished within this 285-μs delay. A soft-start ramp starts when the 285-μs power-on delay finishes. During the soft-start ramp power stage, switching does not happen until the SS/REFIN pin voltage reaches 50 mV. This introduced a SS delay which varies with the external capacitance on SS/REFIN pin.

Figure 7-2 shows an example where both the VIN UVLO rising threshold and EN rising threshold are satisfied later than the VCC UVLO rising threshold. In this scenario, the VIN UVLO rising threshold or EN rising threshold, whichever is satisfied later, becomes the gating signal to start the internal power-up sequence.

GUID-721E684D-257C-4966-AFFE-6EAFA7AE8492-low.gifFigure 7-1 Internal Power-up Sequence Using Internal LDO
GUID-5EFD49FE-946D-4B80-A97B-590E873C5BF3-low.gifFigure 7-2 Internal Power-up Sequence Using External Bias

The EN pin has an internal filter to avoid unexpected ON or OFF due to small glitches. The time constant of this RC filter is 5 µs. For example, when applying a 3.3-V voltage source on the EN pin, which jumps from 0 V to 3.3 V with ideal rising edge, the internal EN signal will reach 2.086 V after 5 µs, which is 63.2% of applied 3.3-V voltage level.

A internal pulldown resistor is implemented between the EN pin and AGND pin. To avoid impact to the EN rising/falling threshold, this internal pulldown resistor is set to 6.5 MΩ. With this pulldown resistor, floating the EN pin before start-up keeps the TPS548A29 device under disabled state. During nominal operation when the power stage switches, this large internal pulldown resistor may not have enough noise immunity to hold EN pin low.

The recommended operating condition for EN pin is maximum 5.5 V. Do not connect the EN pin to the VIN pin directly.