JAJSAY1E March 2008 – October 2017 LM2854
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One way to use the tracking feature is to design the tracking resistor divider so that the master supply output voltage, VOUT1, and the LM2854 output voltage, VOUT2, both rise together and reach their target values at the same time. This is termed ratiometric start-up. For this case, the equation governing the values of tracking divider resistors RT1 and RT2 is given in Equation 7.
The above equation includes an offset voltage to ensure that the final value of the SS pin voltage exceeds the reference voltage of the LM2854. This offset will cause the LM2854 output voltage to reach regulation slightly before the master supply. A value of 33 kΩ 1% is recommended for RT2 as a compromise between high precision and low quiescent current through the divider while minimizing the effect of the 2 µA soft-start current source.
For example, If the master supply voltage VOUT1 is 3.3V and the LM2854 output voltage was 1.8V, then the value of RT1 needed to give the two supplies identical soft-start times would be 14.3 kΩ. A timing diagram for this example, the equal soft-start time case, is shown in Figure 17.