UDG-13052

R1

VREF

REFIN

REFIN 2

TPS51362

R2

0.1 mF

Either

TPS51362

SLUSBB6A – FEBRUARY 2013 – REVISED JUNE 2013

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APPLICATION INFORMATION

Functional Overview

The TPS51362 is a 10-A, integrated FET synchronous step-down converter with differential voltage feedback

support.

It uses adaptive on-time D-CAP2 for compensation-less stable loop operation in POSCAP, POSCAP/MLCCs and

all MLCCs output capacitor configurations.

TPS51362 automatically operates in discontinuous mode to optimize light-load efficiency. An 800-kHz switching

frequency enables optimization of the power train for cost, size and efficiency performance of the design. The

key feature of the TPS51362 is its ULQ™ mode to enable low-bias current (100 µA in low power mode, enabled

by LP#). This feature is extremely beneficial for long battery life in system standby mode.

VREF, REFIN, REFIN2 and Output Voltage

This device provides a 2.0-V, accurate voltage reference from the VREF pin. This output has a 300-uA sourcing

current capability to drive voltage setpoint reference through a voltage divider circuit as shown in Figure 19. To

ensure higher overall system voltage accuracy, the sum of the total resistance from VREF to GND should be

designed to be more than 67kohm. A MLCC capacitor with a value of 0.1uF or larger should be attached close to

the VREF pin. The voltage setpoint range supported by this device is between 0.6 V and 2.0 V.

This device also supports resistor-less fixed voltage operation by the use of both REFIN and REFIN2 pins.

Table 1 lists all the possible fixed voltage configurations by the REFIN and REFIN2 pin. The TPS51362 detects

the state of both REFIN and REFIN2 during the initial startup and decides the output voltage setpoint for the

operation.

Table 1. REFIN and REFIN2 Pin Settings

VOLTAGE (V)

REFIN PIN

REFIN2 PIN

VOLTAGE (V)

GND

GND

1.05

Float

GND

1.2

GND

Float

1.5

Float

Float

1.35

Either GND or

Resistor dividers

Adjustable from 0.6 to 2.0

Float

Figure 19. Setting the Output Voltage

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