TPS54260
SLVSA86 –MARCH 2010
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION (continued)
Slow Start/Tracking Pin (SS/TR)
The TPS54260 effectively uses the lower voltage of the internal voltage reference or the SS/TR pin voltage as
the power-supply's reference voltage and regulates the output accordingly. A capacitor on the SS/TR pin to
ground implements a slow start time. The TPS54260 has an internal pull-up current source of 2mA that charges
the external slow start capacitor. The calculations for the slow start time (10% to 90%) are shown in Equation 6.
The voltage reference (VREF) is 0.8 V and the slow start current (ISS) is 2mA. The slow start capacitor should
remain lower than 0.47mF and greater than 0.47nF.
Tss(ms) ´ Iss(mA)
Css(nF) =
Vref (V) ´ 0.8
(6)
At power up, the TPS54260 will not start switching until the slow start pin is discharged to less than 40 mV to
ensure a proper power up, see Figure 29.
Also, during normal operation, the TPS54260 will stop switching and the SS/TR must be discharged to 40 mV,
when the VIN UVLO is exceeded, EN pin pulled below 1.25V, or a thermal shutdown event occurs.
The VSENSE voltage will follow the SS/TR pin voltage with a 45mV offset up to 85% of the internal voltage
reference. When the SS/TR voltage is greater than 85% on the internal reference voltage the offset increases as
the effective system reference transitions from the SS/TR voltage to the internal voltage reference (see
Figure 23). The SS/TR voltage will ramp linearly until clamped at 1.7V.
EN
SS/TR
V
SENSE
VOUT
Figure 29. Operation of SS/TR Pin when Starting
Overload Recovery Circuit
The TPS54260 has an overload recovery (OLR) circuit. The OLR circuit will slow start the output from the
overload voltage to the nominal regulation voltage once the fault condition is removed. The OLR circuit will
discharge the SS/TR pin to a voltage slightly greater than the VSENSE pin voltage using an internal pull down of
382mA when the error amplifier is changed to a high voltage from a fault condition. When the fault condition is
removed, the output will slow start from the fault voltage to nominal output voltage.
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