SLUSAO7C September 2011 – July 2024 UCC28063
PRODUCTION DATA
FailSafe OVP prevents any single failure from allowing the output to boost above safe levels. Redundant paths for output voltage sensing provide additional protection against output over-voltage. Over-voltage protection is implemented through two independent paths: VSENSE and HVSEN. The converter shuts down if either input senses a severe over-voltage condition. The output voltage can still remain below a safe limit if either sense path fails. The device is re-enabled when both sense inputs fall back into their normal ranges. At that time, the gate drive outputs will resume switching under PWM control. A low-level over-voltage on VSENSE does not trigger soft-start, but the COMP pin is discharged by an internal 2-kΩ resistance until the output voltage falls below the 2% hysteresis OV-clear threshold. A higher-level over-voltage on VSENSE additionally shuts off the gate-drive outputs until the OV clears, but still does not trigger a soft-start. However, an overvoltage detected on HVSEN does trigger a full soft-start and the COMP pin is fully discharged to 20 mV before the soft-start can begin.