JAJSH78J June 2010 – April 2019 LMZ10503EXT
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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 LMZ10503EXT 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 Rtrkb and Rtrkt is given by:
Equation 4 includes an offset voltage, of 200 mV, to ensure that the final value of the SS pin voltage exceeds the reference voltage of the LMZ10503EXT. This offset will cause the LMZ10503EXT output voltage to reach regulation slightly before the master supply. For a value of 33 kΩ, 1% is recommended for Rtrkt 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 3.3 V and the LMZ10503EXT output voltage was 1.8 V, then the value of Rtrkb needed to give the two supplies identical soft-start times would be 14.3 kΩ. Figure 19 shows an example of tracking using equal soft-start time.