SNVSCP5A April 2025 – August 2025 TPS7H3024-SP
PRODMIX
At the system level the designer knows (or selects) the VOUTx_RISE and VOUTx_FALL levels. Usually these voltages are selected as percentages of the nominal rail voltage (VOUTx) being monitored. Knowing this information, we can calculate the nominal resistive divider components values (RTOPx and RBOTTOMx) for the desired target levels. Using Equation 12 and Equation 13 we can calculate the top resistor as:
From Equation 9 we can calculate the bottom resistor as:
It's important to notice that the larger the separation between VOUTx_RISE and VOUTx_FALL (referred to as VHYS_SENSEx), the bigger the error in the falling voltage. Figure 8-8 shows a plot of the error in the VOUTx_FALL for different sense hysteresis voltages (VHYS_SENSEx = VOUTx_RISE – VOUTx_FALL). The plot is created for three different VOUTx_RISE voltages (or percentages of the nominal output voltage as 90, 95, and 97% ) and two different output voltages (0.8V and 28V). As can be observed, the output voltage has very little impact on the falling voltage error (differences cannot be easily viewed on the plot). The error (in percent) can go from approximately 1% (at VHYS_SENSEx = 3%) to around 2.6% (at VHYS_SENSEx = 80%).