The UVLO circuit ensures that the device
stays disabled before its input supply reaches the minimum operational voltage range, and
ensures that the device shuts down when the input supply collapses. Figure 7-2 shows the UVLO circuit response to various input voltage events. The diagram can be
separated into the following parts:
- Region A: The device does not start
until the input reaches the UVLO rising threshold.
- Region B: Normal operation, regulating
device.
- Region C: Brownout event above the UVLO
falling threshold (UVLO rising threshold – UVLO hysteresis). The output may fall out of
regulation but the device remains enabled.
- Region D: Normal operation, regulating
device.
- Region E: Brownout event below the UVLO
falling threshold. The device is disabled in most cases and the output falls because of
the load and active discharge circuit. The device is reenabled when the UVLO rising
threshold is reached by the input voltage and a normal start-up follows.
- Region F: Normal operation followed by
the input falling to the UVLO falling threshold.
- Region G: The device is disabled when
the input voltage falls below the UVLO falling threshold to 0 V. The output falls
because of the load and active discharge circuit.