ZHCS155C March 2011 – November 2023 TPS40170
PRODUCTION DATA
The soft-start time (tSS) is defined as the time taken for the internal SS_EAMP node to go from 0 V to the 0.6 V, VREF voltage. The SS_EAMP starts rising as the SS pin goes beyond 0.65 V. The offset voltage between the SS and the SS_EAMP starts increasing as the SS pin voltage starts rising. Soft-Start Waveforms, shows that the SS time can be defined as the time taken for the SS pin voltage to change by 1.05 V (see Equation 10).
The restart time (tRS) is defined in Equation 11 as the time taken for the soft-start capacitor (CSS) to discharge from 2.5 V to 0.3 V and to then recharge up to 2.5 V.
where
During soft-start (VSS < 2.5 V), the overcurrent protection limit is 1.5 times normal overcurrent protection limit. This allows higher output capacitance to fully charge without activating overcurrent protection.