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When the BP5 pin voltage crosses its lower undervoltage threshold and the power-on reset function is cleared,

the calibrated current source starts charging the soft start capacitor. The PGOOD pin is held low during the start

up. The rising voltage across the capacitor serves as a reference for the error amplifier assuring start-up in a

converter's output reaches the regulation point and further rise of the soft start voltage has no effect on the

output.

(2)

When the soft-start voltage reaches level of 1 V, the power good (PGOOD) function is cleared and reported on

the PGOOD pin. Normally, the PGOOD pin goes high at this moment. The time from when SS begins to rise to

when PGOOD is reported is:

(3)

OUTPUT VOLTAGE PROGRAMMING

The converter output voltage is programmed by the R1/R2 divider from the output of the differential amplifier. The

center point of the divider is connected to the inverting output of the error amplifier (FB), as shown in Figure 5.

(4)

CURRENT SENSE FAULT PROTECTION

Multiphase controllers with forced current sharing are inherently sensitive to failure of a current sense

component. In the event of such failure, the whole load current can be steered with catastrophic consequences

into a single channel where the fault has happened. The dedicated circuit in the TPS4009x controller prevents it

from starting up if any current sense pin is open or shorted to ground. The current-sense fault detection circuit is

active only during device initialization, and it does not provide protection should a current-sense failure happen

during normal operation.

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION

state. In this condition, the output signals from the controller to the external drivers is pulled low, causing the

drivers to force all of the upper MOSFETs to the OFF position and all the lower MOSFETs to the ON position. As

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