JAJS194E January 2007 – June 2019 TPS40077
PRODUCTION DATA.
The regulator that supplies power for the drivers on the TPS40077 requires a limited rising slew rate on VDD for proper operation if the input voltage is above 10 V. If the slew rate is too great, this regulator can overshoot and damage to the part can occur. To ensure that the part operates properly, limit the slew rate to no more than 0.12 V/μs as the voltage at VDD crosses 8 V. If necessary, an R-C filter can be used on the VDD pin of the device. Connect the resistor from the VDD pin to the input supply of the converter. Connect the capacitor from the VDD pin to PGND. There should not be excessive (more than a 200-mV) voltage drop across the resistor in normal operation. This places some constraints on the R-C values that can be used. Figure 22 is a schematic fragment that shows the connection of the R-C slew rate limit circuit. Equation 1 and Equation 2 give values for R and C that limit the slew rate in the worst-case condition.
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