Datasheet

SS/TR

SENSE

VOUT

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SS SS

REF

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TPS54160

SLVS795E –OCTOBER 2008–REVISED SEPTEMBER 2013

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION (continued)

Slow Start and Tracking Pin (SS/TR)

The TPS54160 effectively uses the lower voltage of the internal voltage reference or the SS/TR pin voltage as

the power-supply's reference voltage and regulates the output accordingly. A capacitor on the SS/TR pin to

ground implements a slow start time. The TPS54160 has an internal pull-up current source of 2μA that charges

the external slow start capacitor. The calculations for the slow start time (10% to 90%) are shown in Equation 6.

The voltage reference (V

REF

) is 0.8 V and the slow start current (I

) is 2μA. The slow start capacitor should

remain lower than 0.47μF and greater than 0.47nF.

(6)

At power up, the TPS54160 does not start switching until the slow start pin is discharged to less than 40 mV to

ensure a proper power up, see Figure 31.

Also, during normal operation, the TPS54160 stops switching and the SS/TR must be discharged to 40 mV when

the voltage at the VIN pin is below the VIN UVLO, EN pin pulled below 1.25 V, or a thermal shutdown event

occurs.

The VSENSE voltage follows the SS/TR pin voltage with a 45 mV offset up to 85% of the internal voltage

reference. When the SS/TR voltage is greater than 85% on the internal reference voltage the offset increases as

the effective system reference transitions from the SS/TR voltage to the internal voltage reference (see

Figure 23). The SS/TR voltage ramps linearly until clamped at 1.7 V.

Figure 31. Operation of SS/TR Pin when Starting

Overload Recovery Circuit

The TPS54160 has an overload recovery (OLR) circuit. The OLR circuit slow starts the output from the overload

voltage to the nominal regulation voltage once the fault condition is removed. The OLR circuit discharges the

SS/TR pin to a voltage slightly greater than the VSENSE pin voltage using an internal pull down of 100 μA when

the error amplifier is changed to a high voltage from a fault condition. When the fault condition is removed, the

output slow-starts from the fault voltage to nominal output voltage.

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