SLVT216 July   2024 TPS546C25 , TPS546E25

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2General
    1. 2.1 No Immediate Disable From Soft Start
    2. 2.2 Power Stage Over Temperature Protect
    3. 2.3 Negative Current Limit
    4. 2.4 Programmable Reference DAC gain low
  6. 3Security
    1. 3.1 Standard Write Protection Does Not Work on Secondary Device
    2. 3.2 Device Does Not NACK Incorrect Passkey Per PMBus 1.5
    3. 3.3 Device Does Not Alternate Between Lock and Unlock When Passkey is Written Multiple Times
  7. 4Stacking Interface and Operation of P2_PLUS_Commands
    1. 4.1 Inconsistent P2_PLUS_(various) NACKing by Secondary Device
    2. 4.2 IOUT_OC_FAULT_LIMIT Not Readable on Secondary Device Via P2_PLUS_READ
    3. 4.3 STACK_CONFIG Writable When Should be Read Only
    4. 4.4 Secondary Device ACK's Write to Some Read-Only Registers
    5. 4.5 Secondary Device NACKs All P2_PLUS_WRITE Commands With PHASE = 0xFF
    6. 4.6 Secondary Asserts IVD for P2_PLUS_READ of ALERT_MASK_(various) With PHASE = 0xFF
    7. 4.7 Secondary Device NACKing P2_PLUS_(various) With Valid PHASE
    8. 4.8 Invalid PAGE is ACKed for P2_PLUS_READ Command
  8. 5PMBUS
    1. 5.1 READ_IOUT Data Format is Not Correct
    2. 5.2 OPERATION Not changing VOUT_SOURCE When OFF = b’1
    3. 5.3 PIN_DETECT_OVERRIDE Power-On Source Control Inverted
    4. 5.4 PIN_DETECT_OVERRIDE Bit 15 OVRD_STACK is Not Working Correctly
    5. 5.5 STATUS_OTHER FRST_2_ALRT Does Not Assert STATUS_BYTE or STATUS_WORD Other Bit 0
    6. 5.6 Clamping VOUT by VREF Range Not setting VOUT_MAX_MIN in STATUS_VOUT
  9. 6Summary
  10. 7References

Abstract

This memo documents issues found with TPS546E25 and TPS546C25 advanced product silicon, which differ from the respective data sheets as mentioned in the errata items below. Each issue has a description, a system impact, a mitigation, and a disposition. The devices are 4V to 18V input, 50A and 35A step-down converters with PMBus® and telemetry, available in a 5x6mm or 4x5mm package. The preliminary data sheets are downloaded by clicking the following links.

  • TPS546E25: 4V to 18V input, 50A step-down converter in 5x6mm QFN package

  • TPS546C25: 4V to 18V input, 35A step-down converter in 4x5mm QFN package

Evaluation modules are available to aid in the development of the design and are orderable in the product folder of each device.