SLVSHN4 December 2023 TPSI3100
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The TPSI3100 has an internal nominal voltage reference (VREF) of 0.3 V. This reference is shared by the fault and alarm comparator negative inputs. To minimize the RSHUNT resistance value and hence its associated power dissipation, a current sense amplifier is used that has a gain (GCSA) of 20 V/V.
The alarm event should be detected when the load current, ILOAD, reaches 5 A nominal. This corresponds to a voltage input to the current sense amplifier (VSENSE_ALM) of:
From this, the nominal shunt resistance, RSHUNT may be calculated:
The corresponding power prior to an over-current condition due to the shunt resistor may be calculated:
The power dissipated in the shunt resistor is below the design requirement of 0.5 W.
The fault event should be detected when the load current, ILOAD, reaches 10 A nominal. This corresponds to a voltage input to the current sense amplifier (VSENSE_FLT) of:
The resulting output of the current sense amplifier (VCSA_FLT) is:
Since the fault comparator threshold of the TPSI3100 is 0.3 V, a resistor divider is required to scale the current sense amplifier output voltage (VCSA_FLT) to the comparator input threshold (VREF). The divider ratio (DIV) required can be calculated from: