SLIS165G December 2014 – February 2019 TPS659037
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The step-down converters include several other features.
The SMPS sink current limitation is controlled with the SMPS_NEGATIVE_CURRENT_LIMIT_EN register. The limitation is enabled by default.
Channel 11 of the GPADC can be used to monitor the output current of SMPS12, SMPS3, SMPS123, SMPS45, SMPS457, SMPS6, or SMPS7. Load current monitoring is enabled for a given SMPS in the SMPS_ILMONITOR_EN register. SMPS output power monitoring is intended to be used during the steady state of the output voltage, and is supported in PWM mode only.
Use Equation 1 as the basic equation for the SMPS output current result.
where
Use Equation 2 to calculate the temperature compensated result.
For values of IFS0 and IOS0, see Section 4.12.
The SMPS thermal monitoring is enabled (default) and disabled with the SMPS_THERMAL_EN register. When enabled, the SMPS thermal status is available in the SMPS_THERMAL_STATUS register. SMPS12 and SMPS3 have shared thermal protection, in effect, if SMPS12 triggers the thermal protection, then SMPS3 operating in stand-alone mode is disabled. There is no dedicated thermal protection in SMPS8 or SMPS9.
Each SMPS has a detection for load current above ILIM, indicating overcurrent or shorted SMPS output. A register SMPS_SHORT_STATUS indicates any SMPS short condition. Depending on the interrupt short line mask bit register (INT2_MASK.SHORT), an interrupt is generated upon any shorted SMPS. If a short situation occurs on any enabled SMPSs, the corresponding short status bit is set in the SMPS_SHORT_STATUS register. A switch-off signal is then sent to the corresponding SMPS, and remains off until the corresponding bit in the SMPS_SHORT_STATUS register is cleared. This register is cleared on a read, or by issuing a POR. The SMPS_SHORT_STATUS register is cleared when read, or by issuing a POR. The same behavior applies to LDO shorts using the SDO_SHORT_STATUS registers. This same behavior applies to LDO shorts using the LDO_SHORT_STATUS registers.
A short must occur on any enabled SMPS or LDO for at least 155 us to 185 us for the short detection to shut off the rail. During startup of the device, there is a 2 ms counter that masks any short-circuit shutdown. This counter starts when the device is enabled and the counter is reset when any SMPSx or LDOx rail becomes ACTIVE. When no rail has been enabled for 2 ms, the counter reaches its threshold and the short-circuit shutdown is no longer masked for the enabled SMPSs and LDOs.