B3800
HOW TO SET THE TIME CONSTANT FOR SOFT
START AND SHORT CIRCUIT DETECTION
Soft Start
At power on, the capacitor CPE connected to the SCP pin
starts charging. The PWM comparator compares the soft start
setting voltage as a proportion of the voltage at the SCP pin
with the sawtooth waveform. The comparison controls the ON
duty of the OUT pin, causing the soft start operation. On
completion of soft start operation, the voltage at the SCP pin
stays low, the soft start setting voltage stays high, and the
circuit enters the output short circuit detection wait state. Soft
start time (The time until the output ON duty reaches
approximately 50%) tS [s] @ 0.35 ´ CPE [mF]
Short Circuit Protection
If the switching regulator output suddenly drops due to
load effect, the error amplifier output (FB pin) is fixed at
VOM + and capacitor CPE starts charging. When the
voltage at the SCP pin reaches approximately 0.8V, the
output pin is set low and the SCP pin stays low. Once the
protection circuit operates, the circuit can be restored by
resetting the power supply. • Short circuit detection time
TPE [s] @ 0.8 ´ CPE [mF]
APPLICATION DIAGRAM
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