TIDUEZ4 May 2021
The TPS63900 device is a four-switch synchronous buck-boost converter with a maximum output current of 400 mA. It has a single-mode operation that allows the device to regulate the output voltage to a level above, below, or equal to the input voltage without displaying the mode-switching transients and unpredictable inductor current ripple from which many other buck-boost devices suffer. The switching frequency of the TPS63900 device varies with the operating conditions: it is lowest when IO is low and increases smoothly as IO increases.
Since the buck-boost converter powers the reference design subsystem's always-on power rails, efficiency is key both at light loads as well heavy loads. TPS63900 offers > 90% efficiency at light loads (10 µA load current) as well as max loads, 75 nA quiescent current and 60 nA shutdown current making it ideal for this reference design.