SLVSGS9E March 2023 – June 2024 TPS61299
PRODUCTION DATA
During the start-up, when the input voltage is higher than the output voltage, the TPS61299x/xA works at the down mode to keep the switching. In the Down Mode, the behavior of the rectifying PMOS by pulling its gate to input voltage instead of to ground. In this way, the voltage drop across the PMOS is increasing as high as to regulate the output voltage. The high side PMOS works under saturation area, thus the effciency is much lower than boost mode. The power loss also increases in this mode, which needs to be taken into account for thermal consideration. Moreover, the current limit decreases as well under down mode, with TPS612994 decreasing by 50% and TPS61299 decreasing by 20%.