JAJSLM0 March 2021 TPS62865 , TPS62867
PRODUCTION DATA
The switch current limit prevents the device from high inductor current and from drawing excessive current from the battery or input voltage rail. Excessive current might occur with a shorted or saturated inductor or a heavy load or shorted output circuit condition. If the inductor current reaches the threshold ILIM, cycle by cycle, the high-side MOSFET is turned off and the low-side MOSFET is turned on, while the inductor current ramps down to the low-side MOSFET current limit.
When the high-side MOSFET current limit is triggered 32 times, the device stops switching. The device then automatically re-starts with an internal soft start-up after a typical delay time of 128 µs has passed. This is named HICCUP short-circuit protection. The device repeats this mode until the high load condition disappears.