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SLUSA68 – DECEMBER 2010
Overcurrent Protection
The TPS53310 continuously monitors the current flowing through the high-side and the low-side MOSFETs. If
the current through the high-side FET exceeds 4.5 A, the high-side FET turns off and the low-side FET turns on
until the next PWM cycle. An overcurrent (OC) counter starts to increment each occurrence of an overcurrent
event. The converter shuts down immediately when the OC counter reaches four. The OC counter resets if the
detected current is less 4.5 A after an OC event.
Another set of overcurrent circuitry monitors the current flowing through low-side FET. If the current through the
low-side FET exceeds 5.1 A, the overcurrent protection is enabled and immediately turns off both the high-side
and the low-side FETs and shuts down the converter . The device is fully protected against overcurrent during
both on-time and off-time.
The device attempts to restart after a hiccup delay (14.5-ms typical). If the overcurrent condition is cleared before
restart, the device starts up normally. Please refer to the TPS53311 datasheet
(SLUSA41) for information on
latch-off overcurrent protection.
Overvoltage Protection
The TPS53310 monitors the voltage divided feedback voltage to detect overvoltage and undervoltage conditions.
When the feedback voltage is greater than 117% of the reference, the high-side MOSFET turns off and the
low-side MOSFET turns on. The output voltage then drops until it reaches the undervoltage threshold. At that
point the low-side MOSFET turns off and the device enters a high-impedance state.
Undervoltage Protection
When the feedback voltage is lower than 83% of the reference voltage, the undervoltage protection timer starts.
If the feedback voltage remains lower than the undervoltage threshold voltage after 10 ms, the device turns off
both the high-side and the low-side MOSFETs and goes into a high-impedance state. The device attempts to
restart after a hiccup delay (14.5 ms typical).
Overtemperature Protection
The TPS53310 continuously monitors the die temperature. If the die temperature exceeds the threshold value
(140
C typical), the device shuts off. When the device temperature falls to 40C below the overtemperature
threshold, it restarts and returns to normal operation.
Output Discharge
When the enable pin is low, the TPS53310 discharges the output capacitors through an internal MOSFET switch
between SW and PGND while high-side and low-side MOSFETs remain off. The typical discharge switch-on
resistance is 60
Ω. This function is disabled when VIN is less than 1 V.
Master/Slave Operation and Synchronization
Two TPS53310 can operate interleaved when configured as master/slave. The SYNC pins of the two devices are
connected together for synchronization. In CCM, the master device sends the 180° out-of-phase pulse to the
slave device through the SYNC pin, which determines the leading edge of the PWM pulse. If the slave device
does not receive the SYNC pulse from the master device or if the SYNC connection is broken during operation,
the slave device continues to operate using its own internal clock.
In DE mode, the master/slave switching nodes do not synchronize to each other if either one of them is operating
in DCM. when both master and slave enters CCM, the switching nodes of master and slave synchronized to
each other.
The SYNC pin of the slave device can also connect to external clock source within ±20% of the 1.1-MHz
switching frequency. The falling edge of the SYNC triggers the rising edge of the PWM signal.
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