SWCS128A March 2015 – December 2015
PRODUCTION DATA.
This device is designed to work with several different input voltages. The minimum voltage on the VSYS pin is 5.6 V for the device to start up; however, this is a low power rail. The input to the FETs must be between 4.5 V to 21 V as long as the proper BOM choices are made. Input to the converters must be 5 V. For the device to output maximum power, the input power must be sufficient. For the controllers, VIN must be able to supply sufficient input current for the application's output power. For the converters, PVINx must be able to supply 2 A typically.
A best practice here is to determine power usage by the system and back-calculate the necessary power input based on expected efficiency values.