SLVSB97E July 2012 – January 2018 TPS23751 , TPS23752
PRODUCTION DATA.
The TPS23751 and TPS23752 internally compares modified voltages at the SRT and CTL pins to determine the operating mode. The designer should consider the light load operating point (considering the value of VCTL) where synchronous rectifier (M2 in Figure 31) gate drive and switching losses nearly match conduction losses of the rectifier diode (DOUT in Figure 31). Typically, the designer characterizes circuit efficiency, output load, and control pin (VCTL) voltage and then select the transition point. Both VFO → PWM (occurs at higher load current due to natural hysteresis) and PWM → VFO (occurs at slightly lower load current) transitions should be considered when choosing the VSRT setpoint. As an example: