ZHCS826C January 2012 – November 2023 TPS40170-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA
The TPS40170-Q1 device contains a circuit to prevent current from being pulled out of the output during startup, in case the output is pre-biased. When the soft-start commands a voltage higher than the pre-bias level (internal soft-start becomes greater than feedback voltage [VVFB]), the controller slowly activates synchronous rectification by starting the first LDRV pulses with a narrow on-time (see Figure 6-16), where:
LDRV pulses then increments the on-time on a cycle-by-cycle basis until it coincides with the time dictated by (1 – D), where D is the duty cycle of the converter. This scheme prevents the initial sinking of the pre-bias output, and ensures that the output voltage (VOUT) starts and ramps up smoothly into regulation and the control loop is given time to transition from pre-biased startup to normal mode operation with minimal disturbance to the output voltage. The time from the start of switching until the low-side MOSFET is turned on for the full (1 – D) interval is between approximately 20 and 40 clock cycles.