JAJSNG4B January 2015 – January 2022 TPS65251-1 , TPS65251-2 , TPS65251-3
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The soft-start capacitor determines the minimum amount of time it will take for the output voltage to reach its nominal programmed value during power-up. This is useful if the output capacitance is very large and would require large amounts of current to quickly charge the capacitor to the output voltage level.
The soft-start capacitor value can be calculated using Equation 23. In this example, the converter’s soft-start time is 0.8 ms. In TPS65251-x, Iss is 5 µA and Vref is 0.8 V. From Equation 23, the soft-start capacitance is 5 nF. A standard 4.7-nF ceramic capacitor is chosen in this design. In this example, C16 is 4.7 nF