JAJSOG3 December 2023 UCC28750
PRODUCTION DATA
The UCC28750 includes a soft start feature to lower the peak current during the start-up phase. At the beginning of a normal startup operation the output voltage of the system is zero, and the capacitors at the output are discharged. In this scenario the FB pin is pulled up to the internal VREF value. In a controller without a soft start feature, the controller switches at the highest power mode. The soft-start feature limits the stresses on the system and switching devices by clamping the internal FB voltage during the start-up phase to a stepping ramp. Now, the output voltage can rise in a controlled manner.
The internal soft-start ramp is compared to the FB pin voltage, and as long as the internal ramp is lower than the FB pin voltage, the internal ramp is in control of the power delivery level. As the output voltage increases to the programmed level, the FB pin decreases and takes control instead of the internal soft start ramp. The full ramp time of soft start is fixed internally to 4.3ms, tss.