The buck converter cores can be enabled when the device is in STANDBY or ACTIVE state. There are two ways to enable and disable the buck converter cores:

• Using BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx register bit (when BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_CTRLx register bit is 0).
• Using EN1/2 control pins (BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx register bit is 1 and BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_CTRLx register bit is 1).

If the EN1/2 control pins are used for enable and disable, the delay from the control signal rising edge to start-up is set by BUCKx_DELAY.BUCKx_STARTUP_DELAY[3:0] bits and the delay from control signal falling edge to shutdown is set by BUCKx_DELAY.BUCKx_SHUTDOWN_DELAY[3:0] bits. The delays are valid only for EN1/2 signal and not for control with BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx bit. The delay time implemented by EN1/2 has overall ±10% timing accuracy.

The control of the converter cores (with 0 ms delays) is shown in Table 7-1.

The following buck configuration bit settings allows the device to enable or disable the corresponding buck using the ENx pin:

• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx = 1
• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_CTRLx = 1
• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_ROOF_FLOORx = 0
• BUCKx_VOUT.BUCKx_VSET[7:0] = Required voltage when the ENx pin is high
• The enable pin for control is selected with BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_SELECTx

When the ENx pin is low, Table 7-1 row 3 (or 5) is valid, and the converter core is disabled. By setting ENx pin high, Table 7-1 row 4 (or 6) is valid, and the converter core is enabled with required voltage.

If a converter core is enabled all the time, and the ENx pin controls selection between the two voltage levels, then the following configuration is used:

• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx = 1
• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_CTRLx = 1
• BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_ROOF_FLOORx = 1
• BUCKx_VOUT.BUCKx_VSET[7:0] = Required voltage when the ENx pin is high
• The enable pin for control is selected with BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_SELECTx

When the ENx pin is low, Table 7-1 row 7 (or 9) is valid, and the core is enabled with a voltage defined by BUCKx_FLOOR_VOUT.BUCKx_FLOOR_VSET[7:0] bits. Setting the ENx pin high, Table 7-1 row 8 (or 10) is valid, and the core is enabled with a voltage defined by BUCKx_VOUT.BUCKx_VSET[7:0] bits.

If the core is controlled by I²C writings, the BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_PIN_CTRLx bit is set to 0. The enable or disable is controlled by the BUCKx_CTRL1.EN_BUCKx bit, and when the regulator is enabled, the output voltage is defined by the BUCKx_VOUT.BUCKx_VSET[7:0] bits. The Table 7-1 rows 1 and 2 are valid for I²C controlled operation (ENx pins are ignored).

The buck converter core is enabled by the ENx pin or by I²C writing as shown in Figure 7-4. The soft-start circuit limits the in-rush current during start-up. Output voltage increase rate is around 5 mV/μsec during soft-start. When the output voltage rises to approximately 0.3 V, the output voltage becomes slew-rate controlled. If there is a short circuit at the output, and the output voltage does not increase above a 0.35-V level in 1 ms, the converter core is disabled, and interrupt is set. When the output voltage reaches the powergood threshold level the INT_BUCK_x.BUCKx_PG_INT interrupt flag is set. The powergood interrupt flag can be masked using BUCK_x_MASK.BUCKx_PG_MASK bit.

The ENx input pins have integrated pull-down resistors. The pull-down resistors are enabled by default and host can disable those with CONFIG.ENx_PD bits.

Figure 7-4 Converter Core Enable and Disable