JAJSHD7 May 2019 TPS2596
ADVANCE INFORMATION for pre-production products; subject to change without notice.
The load current is monitored during start-up and normal operation. When the load current exceeds the current limit ILIM programmed by RILM resistor, the device regulates the current to the set limit ILIM within tLIM. The device exits current limiting when the load current falls below ILIM. Equation 5 can be used to find the RILM value for a desired current limit.
In the current limiting state, the output voltage drops resulting in increased power dissipation in the internal FET leading to a thermal shutdown if the condition persists for an extended period of time. In this case, the device either stays latched-off or starts an auto-retry cycle as explained in the Overtemperature Protection (OTP) section.