ZHCSHA3D NOVEMBER 2009 – March 2018 TPS40303 , TPS40304 , TPS40305
PRODUCTION DATA.
The soft-start time of the TPS4030x is user programmable by selecting a single capacitor. The EN/SS pin sources 10 µA to charge this capacitor. The actual output ramp-up time is the amount of time that it takes for the 10 µA to charge the capacitor through a 600-mV range. There is some initial lag due to calibration and an offset (800 mV) from the actual EN/SS pin voltage to the voltage applied to the error amplifier.
The soft-start is done in a closed-loop fashion, meaning that the error amplifier controls the output voltage at all times during the soft-start period and the feedback loop is never open as occurs in duty cycle limit soft-start schemes. The error amplifier has two non-inverting inputs, one connected to the 600-mV reference voltage, and the other connected to the offset EN/SS pin voltage. The lower of these two voltages is what the error amplifier controls the FB pin. As the voltage on the EN/SS pin ramps up past approximately 1.4 V (800-mV offset voltage plus the 600 mV reference voltage), the 600-mV reference voltage becomes the dominant input and the converter has reached its final regulation voltage.
The capacitor required for a given soft-start ramp time for the output voltage is given by Equation 1.
where