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UNDERVOLTAGE, OVERVOLTAGE, OVERCURRENT DETECTION AND RELEVANT TIMINGS

The IC provides on-board undervoltage and overvoltage protection for 3V3, ±5V, ±12V Main input pins and

Dmon auxiliary input pin. Overcurrent protection is available for 12V and 5V or 3.3V, digitally selectable. The

internal fault logic is illustrated in figure 21.

Figure 21. Simplified Fault logic

– Main inputs overvoltage: whenever one of main outputs (3.3V, ±5V, ±12V) is detected as going over-

voltage, MFAULT is latched high (which stops the Main PWM) and PW-OK goes low. Cycling the PS-

ON switch or reducing Vdd below its undervoltage threshold releases the latch. A delay of 6µs is imple-

mented before MFAULT latching.

The OV protection for the 12V and 5V outputs can be disabled (see "On board trimming and mode op-

erating" section).

– Main inputs undervoltage: when an undervoltage on main outputs is detected, MFAULT is latched

high (the Main PWM stops) and PW-OK goes low. The latches are released, by default, cycling the PS-

ON switch or reducing Vdd below its undervoltage threshold (latching mode); optionally, an attempt is

made to restart the supply after of 1 second (bounce mode). The choice depends on the selected mode

(see "On board trimming and mode operating" section).

Debounce logic is implemented for 3.3V and 5V so that an undervoltage condition on these signals has

to last 450µs to be recognized as valid while 6µs debounce logic is implemented for 12V and -12V input

signal. When all main undervoltages are over and ACsns is OK (see the relevant section), PW_OK goes

high after a delay of 250ms.

– Dmon input overvoltage: whenever the Dmon input pin is detected as going overvoltage, both

MFAULT and DFAULT are latched high. The latch is released by reducing Vdd below its undervoltage

threshold. Debounce logic is implemented so that MFAULT and DFAULT signals are latched only if the

overvoltage condition lasts more than 6µs.

To protect the load against overvoltage, typical solutions make use of a power crowbar (SCR) driven by

Delay 1s

In

Clock

Out

Reset

Debounce 75ms

Clock

In

Reset

Out

PS-ON

Restart Mode

Vdd

Vdd_OV

Vdd_UVL

ON

C lock

R eset

UVB 64ms

In

Out

C lock

R eset

UVB 64ms

In

Out

Dmon_UV

Dmon_OV

ACsense

Vref

Main_OC

Main_OV

Reset

Clock

In

Out

Debounce 6

µs

Reset

Clock

In

Out

Reset

Clock

In

Out

Latch

R

SQ

Clock

In

Reset

Out

Delay 250ms

Delay 2.5ms

Reset

Out

Clock

In

Vdd

PW-OK

Cout

Latch

R

SQ

Latch

R

SQ

Dfault

Vdd

Mfault

Latch

R

SQ

Vdd

Vdd

Vdd

D_UVB

Reset

Reset

Clock

In

Out

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Reset

Clock

In

Out

+/-12V_Main_UV

+3V3 +/-5V_Main_UV

Debounce 6

µs

Debounce 500

µs

Debounce 500

µs

Debounce 6

µs

+

OCP_BOUNCE