SLDS222C October 2019 – October 2023 TPS65313-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
The BUCK2 regulator integrates a dedicated thermal sense cell with thermal warning and shutdown thresholds. Thermal warning and shutdown are built-in monitoring and self-protection mechanisms to limit junction temperature and help prevent damage due to thermal overstress.
If the junction temperature exceeds the thermal warning threshold level (TWARN_TH), the BUCK2_OT_WARN status bit is set and the ENDRV/nIRQ pin is driven low to interrupt the external MCU, if the BUCK2_OT_WARN_IRQ_EN bit is set to 1b.
If the junction temperature exceeds the thermal shut-down threshold level (TSTD_TH), the results are as follows:
After receiving an interrupt (the ENDRV/nIRQ pin is driven low), the system MCU can try to enable the BUCK2 regulator again by setting the BUCK2_EN control bit. However, the BUCK2 regulator stays disabled until the junction temperature decreases to less than the TWARN_TH – TWARN_TH_HYS threshold, while the BUCK2_EN control bit stays set.
The device error counter and its power-down threshold is a protection mechanism that protects against multiple repeats caused by a persistent failure condition.