SBVS360A February 2020 – November 2020 TPS7B85-Q1
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Another feature that is often desired is the ability to monitor the output voltage for overvoltage (OV) or undervoltage (UV) events. Because the integrated power-good pin only detects undervoltage events, a separate solution must be implemented to monitor for overvoltage issues. This monitoring can be done by using the integrated SI pin and connecting this pin to the output through a resistor divider. Then place the rising threshold of the SI pin where the output voltage is going to be flagged as overvoltage. Equation 7 depicts how to calculate the resistor divider for this application based on the desired overvoltage threshold. If this method is used for creating an overvoltage detection, the output of the overvoltage signal has inverted logic. Figure 8-8 shows the typical configuration for using the device as an overvotlage monitor.