JAJSBM7C September 2011 – October 2017 TPS54623
PRODUCTION DATA.
The TPS54623 operates in pulse skip mode (see Figure 28) at light load currents to improve efficiency by reducing switching and gate drive losses. The TPS54623 is designed so that if the output voltage is within regulation and the peak switch current at the end of any switching cycle is below the pulse skipping current threshold, the device enters pulse skip mode. This current threshold is the current level corresponding to a nominal COMP voltage of 250 mV.
When in pulse skip mode, the COMP pin voltage is clamped and the high side MOSFET is inhibited. Further decreases in load current or in output voltage can not drive the COMP pin below this clamp voltage level.
Since the device is not switching, the output voltage begins to decay. As the voltage control loop compensates for the falling output voltage, the COMP pin voltage begins to rise. At this time, the high side MOSFET is enabled and a switching pulse initiates on the next switching cycle. The peak current is set by the COMP pin voltage. The output voltage re-charges the regulated value, then the peak switch current starts to decrease, and eventually falls below the pulse skip mode threshold at which time the device again enters pulse skip mode.