JAJS014V September 2003 – September 2024 TPS736
PRODUCTION DATA
The NMOS pass transistor of the TPS736 provides inherent protection against current flow from the output of the regulator to the input when the gate of the pass transistor is pulled low. To ensure that all charge is removed from the gate of the pass transistor, the EN pin must be driven low before the input voltage is removed. If this is not done, the pass transistor may be left on due to stored charge on the gate.
After the EN pin is driven low, no bias voltage is needed on any pin for reverse current blocking. Reverse current is specified as the current flowing out of the IN pin due to voltage applied on the OUT pin. There is additional current flowing into the OUT pin due to the 80-kΩ internal resistor divider to ground (see Figure 6-1 and Figure 6-2).
For the TPS73601, reverse current may flow when VFB is more than 1.0 V above VIN.