ZHCSE52B September 2015 – May 2019 TPS57140-EP
PRODUCTION DATA.
The voltage drops across the power MOSFET, inductor, low-side diode, and PCB resistance mainly determine the duty cycle during dropout of the regulator. During operating conditions in which the input voltage drops, the high-side MOSFET can remain on for 100% of the duty cycle to maintain output regulation until the BOOT-to-PH voltage falls below 2.1 V.
After the high side is off, the low-side diode conducts and the BOOT capacitor recharges. During this boot-capacitor recharge time, the inductor current ramps down until the high-side MOSFET turns on. The recharge time is longer than the typical high-side off-time of previous switching cycles, and thus the inductor-current ripple is larger, resulting in more ripple voltage on the output. The recharge time is a function of the input voltage, boot-capacitor value, and the impedance of the internal boot-recharge diode.
Pay attention in maximum-duty-cycle applications which experience extended time periods without a load current. When the voltage across the BOOT capacitors falls below the 2.1-V threshold in applications that have a difference in the input voltage and output voltage that is <3 V, the high-side MOSFET turns off, but there is not enough current in the inductor to pull the PH pin down to recharge the boot capacitor. The regulator does not switch because the boot capacitor is less than 2.1 V, and the output capacitor decays until the difference between the input voltage and output voltage is 2.1 V. At this time, the boot UVLO is exceeded and the device switches until reaching the desired output voltage.
Figure 26 and Figure 27 show the start and stop voltages for 3.3-V and 5-V applications. The graphs plot voltages versus the load current. The definition of start voltage is the input voltage needed to regulate within 1%. The definition of stop voltage is the input voltage at which the output drops by 5% or stops switching.