SNVS983A April 2024 – August 2024 TPS7H4011-SP
PRODMIX
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The TPS7H4011 is configured for external clock mode if the mode pin, SYNCM, is connected to AVDD (AVDD is the output voltage of the LDOCAP pin). In this mode, a clock is input on SYNC1 and the TPS7H4011 switching will be synchronized with the SYNC1 input. The polarity of SYNC1 is configured by SYNC2. If SYNC2 = AVDD, the TPS7H4011 device will switch in phase with SYNC1. If SYNC2 = GND, the TPS7H4011 device will switch 180° out of phase with SYNC1.
In external clock mode, RT may be left floating as it is not required to program the switching frequency with a resistor from RT to GND. However, a resistor from RT to GND must be configured (as shown in Section 8.3.7.1) if it is desired to have a fallback default switching frequency if the input clock is not available (such as before the clock is provided to the TPS7H4011 device or during a clock fault). If RT is populated in this mode and no external clock signal is detected for tCLK_E_I (typically 2 clock cycles), the TPS7H4011 will transition to the internal clock. This is shown in Figure 8-8. If the external clock is again provided, it will switch back to the external clock in tCLK_I_E (typically 1 clock cycle). This is shown in Figure 8-9. When this configuration is utilized, program the internal clock frequency to the same nominal value as the external clock frequency.
The external clock may be provided by an oscillator, FPGA, or other suitable device. Alternatively, the external clock may be provided by another TPS7H4011 device that is configured in internal oscillator mode. This configuration is detailed in Section 8.3.7.3.