SLUSG35 August   2026 TPS12S24F-Q1

ADVANCE INFORMATION  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 5 Specifications
    1. 5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 5.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 5.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 5.4 Thermal Information
    5. 5.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 5.6 Switching Characteristics
    7. 5.7 SPI Timing Requirements
  7. 6 Parameter Measurement Information
  8. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1 Power Supply Input
      2. 7.3.2 Charge Pump and Gate Driver Output (VS, GATEx, BSTx, SRCx)
      3. 7.3.3 Driving Capacitive, Resistive and Inductive Loads
        1. 7.3.3.1 Capacitive Load Driving
          1. 7.3.3.1.1 Using SCP Based Auto-Retry Method (GATEx):
          2. 7.3.3.1.2 Using Main Path Gate Slew Rate Control Method (GATEx, SRCx):
          3. 7.3.3.1.3 Using PWM Control Method (GATEx):
        2. 7.3.3.2 Resistive or Inductive Load Driving
      4. 7.3.4 Protection Mechanisms
        1. 7.3.4.1 I2T Based Overcurrent and Short-Circuit Protection
        2. 7.3.4.2 NTC-Based External FET Over-Temperature Protection
        3. 7.3.4.3 Device Junction Overtemperature Warning
        4. 7.3.4.4 Input Undervoltage and Overvoltage Protection
        5. 7.3.4.5 External FET Drain to Source Voltage (VDS) Overvoltage Protection
        6. 7.3.4.6 Bi-VDS Based Short-Circuit Protection
        7. 7.3.4.7 Reverse Polarity Protection
        8. 7.3.4.8 Loss of Ground
      5. 7.3.5 Diagnostic Mechanisms
        1. 7.3.5.1 ADC Sense Signals
        2. 7.3.5.2 Analog and Digital Current Monitor (VIMONx)
        3. 7.3.5.3 Input Supply Voltage Measurement
        4. 7.3.5.4 Output Voltage Measurement
        5. 7.3.5.5 External FET Temperature Measurement
        6. 7.3.5.6 External FET Bi-Directional Drain to Source (Bi-VDS) Measurement
        7. 7.3.5.7 Controller Temperature Measurement
        8. 7.3.5.8 VOUT Short-to-Battery or FET Short and Open-Load Detection
          1. 7.3.5.8.1 Measurement With Main FET (GATEx) Enabled
          2. 7.3.5.8.2 Detection With Main FET (GATEx) Disabled
        9. 7.3.5.9 VOUT Short-to-Battery or FET Short Detection For Power At All Times (PAAT) Loads
      6. 7.3.6 Fault Indication (FLT / WAKE)
      7. 7.3.7 Output Disable (OUT_DISx) Function
      8. 7.3.8 Brief Supply Interruptions Behaviour
      9. 7.3.9 SPI Mode Operation
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 State Diagram
      2. 7.4.2 Power Down
      3. 7.4.3 Sleep Mode
      4. 7.4.4 Config or Active Mode (AM)
      5. 7.4.5 Low Power Mode (LPM)
      6. 7.4.6 Limphome Mode
    5. 7.5 TPS12S24F-Q1 Pre-Production Silicon Limitations
      1. 7.5.1 SDO Pin Tristate Discrete Workaround (Only for parallel SPI configuration not for daisy chain)
  9. 8 Register Maps
    1. 8.1 TPS12S24F-Q1 Registers
    2. 8.2 EEPROM (NVM) Overview
  10. 9 Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
    2. 9.2 Typical Application
      1. 9.2.1 Driving Power at All Times (PAAT) Loads With Automatic Load Wakeup and Output Bulk Capacitor Charging
        1. 9.2.1.1 Design Requirements
        2. 9.2.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        3. 9.2.1.3 Application Curves
    3. 9.3 System Examples
      1. 9.3.1 TPS12S24F-Q1 System Level Configurations
    4. 9.4 Power Supply Recommendations
      1. 9.4.1 Transient and EMI/EMC Recommendations
    5. 9.5 Layout
      1. 9.5.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 9.5.2 Layout Example
  11. 10Device and Documentation Support
    1. 10.1 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    2. 10.2 Support Resources
    3. 10.3 Trademarks
    4. 10.4 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    5. 10.5 Glossary
  12. 11Revision History
  13. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
    1. 12.1 Tape and Reel Information
    2. 12.2 Mechanical Data

7.3.5.2 Analog and Digital Current Monitor (VIMONx)

The device features integrated current sense amplifier which is used for monitoring the voltage drop across the external shunt resistor as a sensor for the load current in forward as well as reverse direction. The bi-directional current sense circuit provide a voltage signal that is proportional to the output current of the switch – a voltage signal that is sampled at the input of the integrated ADC is desired and the direction of current information is stored in ISNS_POLARITY_CHx bit in ADC_RESULT_CHx_I register. The voltage-based conversion enables a common-sense voltage for other signals (CSx+/SRCx/TSNSx/TCONT/VDSx) that are converted by the ADC.

Note that the current sense resistor and GAIN setting needs to be chosen by the customer appropriately to get the voltage to ADC input to within the ADC range.

The 10-bit digital current sense output can be read from the ADC_RESULT_CHx_I register. The ISNS_RDY_CHx bit is set if the ADC conversion result is updated in the register from the last time the register was read.

The following factors should be considered when selecting the RSNS value:

  • Current sense amplifier gain (GAIN)

  • Largest and smallest diagnosable load current required for application operation

  • Full-scale voltage of the ADC

  • Tolerance of the RSNS resistor used

The differential gain of the current sense amplifier is configurable by the configuration bits ISNS_GAIN_CHx in DIAG_CONFIG_CHx register.

Table 7-4 ISNS Amplifier GAIN Settings
ISNS_GAIN_CHx CURRENT SENSE AMPLIFIER GAIN (V/V)

0x0

15

0x1

30

0x2

50

0x3

65

0x4

85

0x5

100

0x6

120

0x7

135
Note: The current sense information can be read on VIMONx pin and ADC_RESULT_CHx_I register whether the main FET (GATEx) is ON or OFF as current sense information is independent of main FET (GATEx) status.

The ADC conversion equation for current sense is shown below in Equation 5

Equation 5. ADC_RESULT_CHx_I = 1023VADC_REF × VCHx(ISNS_GAINx) × ICHx(LOAD)× RSNSx