JAJSHS0C March 2019 – March 2021 TPS92682-Q1
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The soft start feature helps the regulator gradually reach the steady-state operating point, thus reducing start-up stresses and current surges. The device clamps the COMPx pin to the output of the SSDAC plus the threshold voltage of a P-FET, until the LED current or the output voltage approaches the regulation threshold. The soft start is controlled with an 8-bit DAC which ramps from 0 V to 2.8 V during start-up of an associated channel. The rate of the soft-start ramp (or the ramp time) can be controlled by programming the clock of the internal digital ramp counter. The clock of the digital ramp counter is related to the associated channel clock (switching frequency fSW) by:
The SSxDIV is a division factor provided in the SOFTSTART Register. For example, if the channel switching frequency is set to 400 kHz, the soft-start ramp time can be programmed between 1.3 ms and 64 ms. It is important to note that the ramp time is the time for the SSDAC output to ramp from 0 V to 2.8 V (digital ramp counter to count from 0 to 255), but the controller can reach the regulation point before the ramp is completed.
When programming the soft-start ramp, It is essential to ensure that the soft-start ramp time is longer than the time required to charge the output capacitor.
To initiate the soft-start ramp, the PWM signal (internal or external) must be set high. If PWM dimming occurs during the soft-start period, the digital ramp counter holds the ramp value when PWM = LOW, and re-starts the ramp from the last ramp value when PWM = HIGH. Figure 7-12 shows an example of this feature.