ZHCS155C March 2011 – November 2023 TPS40170
PRODUCTION DATA
The TPS40170 has two internal low-drop-out (LDO) linear regulators. One has a nominal output voltage of VVBP and is present at the VBP pin. This is the voltage that is mainly used for the gate-driver output. The other linear regulator has an output voltage of VVDD and is present at the VDD pin. This voltage can be used in external low-current logic circuitry. The maximum allowable current drawn from the VDD pin must not exceed 5 mA.
The TPS40170 has a dedicated device enable pin (ENABLE). This simplifies user level interface design because no multiplexed functions exist. If the ENABLE pin of the TPS40170 is higher than VEN, then the LDO regulators are enabled. To ensure that the LDO regulators are disabled, the ENABLE pin must be pulled below VDIS. By pulling the ENABLE pin below VDIS, the device is completely disabled and the current consumption is very low (nominally, 1 µA). Both LDO regulators are actively discharged when the ENABLE pin is pulled below VDIS. A functionally equivalent circuit to the enable circuitry on the TPS40170 is shown in Figure 6-1.
The ENABLE pin must not be allowed to float. If the ENABLE function is not needed for the design, then it is suggested that the ENABLE pin be pulled up to VIN by a high value resistor ensuring that the current into the ENABLE pin does not exceed 10 µA. If it is not possible to meet this clamp current requirement, then it is suggested that a resistor divider from VIN to GND be used to connect to ENABLE pin. The resistor divider must be such that the ENABLE pin must be higher than VEN and lower than 8 V.
To avoid potential erroneous behavior of the enable function, the ENABLE signal applied must have a minimum slew rate of 20 V/s.