JAJSPM1C March 2011 – November 2023 TPS40170
PRODUCTION DATA
The soft-start block also has a role to controls the fault-logic timing. If an overcurrent fault (OC_FAULT) is declared, the soft-start capacitor is discharged internally through the device by a small current ISS(sink) (1.05 µA, typ.). After the SS pin capacitor is discharged to below VSS(flt,low) (300 mV, typ.), the soft-start capacitor begins charging again. If the fault is persistent, a fault is declared which is determined by the overcurrent protection state machine. If the soft-start capacitor is below VSS(flt,high) (2.5 V, typ.), then the soft-start capacitor continues to charge until it reaches VSS(flt,high) before a discharge cycle is initiated. This ensures that the re-start time-interval is always constant. Figure 6-7 shows the restart timing.
For the feedback to be regulated to the SS_EAMP voltage, the TRK pin must be pulled up high directly or through a resistor to VDD.