JAJSH63C JULY 2012 – April 2019 TPS53015
PRODUCTION DATA.
The TPS53015 operates with an internally set, 1.4-ms soft-start time. When the EN pin becomes high and the VREG5 voltage is above the UVLO threshold, an internal DAC ramps up the reference voltage to the PWM comparator. Smooth control of the output voltage is maintained during start up.
The device contains a unique circuit to prevent current from being pulled from the output during startup if the output is pre-biased. When the soft-start commands a voltage higher than the pre-bias level (internal soft-start time becomes greater than internal feedback voltage VFB), the controller slowly activates synchronous rectification by starting the first low side FET gate driver pulses with a narrow on-time. It then increments that on-time on a cycle-by-cycle basis until it coincides with the time dictated by (1-D), where D is the duty cycle of the converter. This scheme prevents the initial sinking of the pre-biased output, and ensures that the output voltage (VOUT) starts and ramps up smoothly into regulation from pre-biased startup to normal mode operation.