ZHCS547K January 2010 – February 2018 LM27402
PRODUCTION DATA.
Adding a soft-start capacitor reduces inrush currents and provides a monotonic start-up. The soft-start capacitance is calculated by Equation 10:
As shown, the CSS capacitance is set by the desired soft-start time tss, the soft-start current Iss (3 µA) and the nominal feedback (FB) voltage level of 0.6 V. If VVIN and VVDD are above their UVLO voltage levels (2.9 V) and EN is above the precision enable threshold (1.17 V), the soft-start sequence begins. The LM27402 defaults to a minimum start-up time of 1.28 ms when a soft-start capacitor is not connected. In other words, the LM27402 will not start-up faster than 1.28 ms. The soft-start capacitor is discharged when enable is cycled, during UVLO, OTP, or when the LM27402 enters hiccup mode from an overcurrent event.
There is a delay between EN transitioning above 1.17 V and the beginning of the soft-start sequence. The delay allows the LM27402 to initialize its internal circuitry. Once the output has charged to 94% of the nominal output voltage and SS/TRACK has exceeded 564 mV, the PGOOD indicator transitions high as illustrated in Figure 29.