JAJSOP7A June 2011 – July 2022 TPS54325-Q1
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The TPS54325-Q1 has an adjustable soft start. When the EN pin becomes high, 2.0-μA current begins charging the capacitor, which is connected from the SS pin to GND. Smooth control of the output voltage is maintained during start-up. Use the following equation to find the slow-start time. VFB voltage is 0.765 V and SS pin source current is 2 μA.
The TPS54325-Q1 contains a unique circuit to prevent current from being pulled from the output during start-up in the condition the output is prebiased. When the soft start commands a voltage higher than the prebias level (internal soft start becomes greater than feedback voltage (VFB)), the controller slowly activates synchronous rectification by starting the first low-side FET gate driver pulses with a narrow on time. The device 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 prebias output, and ensures that the out voltage (VO) starts and ramps up smoothly into regulation and the control loop is given time to transition from prebiased start-up to normal mode operation.