ZHCS155C March 2011 – November 2023 TPS40170
PRODUCTION DATA
Figure 6-8 shows the overtemperature protection scheme. If the junction temperature of the device reaches the thermal shutdown limit of tSD(set) (165°C, typical) and SS charging is completed, an overtemperature FAULT is declared. The soft-start capacitor begins to be discharged. During soft-start discharging period, the PWM switching is terminated; therefore, both HDRV and LDRV are driven low, turning off both MOSFETs.
The soft-start capacitor begins to charge and overtemperature fault is reset whenever the soft-start capacitor is discharged below VSS(flt,low) (300 mV, typical). During each restart cycle, PWM switching is turned on. When SS is fully charged, PWM switching is terminated. These restarts repeat until the temperature of the device has fallen below the thermal reset level, tSD(reset) (135°C typical). PWM switching continues and system returns to normal regulation.
The soft-start timing during overtemperature fault is the same as the soft-start timing during overcurrent fault. See the Equations for Soft Start and Restart Time section.