SLVSHP9
July 2026
TPS544A28
PRODUCTION DATA
1
1
Features
2
Applications
3
Description
4
Related Products
5
Pin Configuration and Functions
6
Specifications
6.1
Absolute Maximum Ratings
6.2
ESD Ratings
6.3
Recommended Operating Conditions
6.4
Thermal Information
6.5
Electrical Characteristics
6.6
Typical Characteristics
7
Detailed Description
7.1
Overview
7.2
Functional Block Diagram
7.3
Feature Description
7.3.1
D-CAP4 Control
7.3.2
Internal VCC LDO and Using External Bias On the VCC Pin
7.3.2.1
Powering the Device From a Single Bus
7.3.2.2
Powering the Device From a Split-Rail Configuration
7.3.3
Multifunction Select (MS1) Pin
7.3.4
Multifunction Select (MS2) Pin
7.3.5
PMBus® Address (ADR) Pin
7.3.6
Output Voltage Setting
7.3.6.1
Setting VBOOT and VOUT_SCALE_LOOP
7.3.6.2
Setting Output Voltage (Internal Feedback)
7.3.6.3
Setting Output Voltage (External Feedback)
7.3.7
Switching Frequency
7.3.8
Dynamic Voltage Slew Rate
7.3.9
Enable
7.3.10
Soft Start and Soft Stop
7.3.11
Power Good
7.3.12
Overvoltage and Undervoltage Protection
7.3.13
Remote Sense
7.3.14
Low-side MOSFET Zero-Crossing
7.3.15
Current Sense and Positive Overcurrent Protection
7.3.16
Low-side MOSFET Negative Current Limit
7.3.17
Output Voltage Discharge
7.3.18
UVLO Protection
7.3.19
Telemetry
7.3.20
Thermal Shutdown
7.4
Device Functional Modes
7.4.1
Auto-Skip (PFM) Eco-mode Light Load Operation
7.4.2
Forced Continuous-Conduction Mode
8
Programming Registers
8.1
Register Map
8.1.1
OPERATION (Address = 01h)
8.1.2
ON_OFF_CONFIG (Address = 02h)
8.1.3
CLEAR_FAULTS (Address = 03h)
8.1.4
WRITE_PROTECT (Address = 10h)
8.1.5
STORE_USER_ALL (Address = 15h)
8.1.6
RESTORE_USER_ALL (Address = 16h)
8.1.7
CAPABILITY (Address = 19h)
8.1.8
VOUT_MODE (Address = 20h)
8.1.9
VOUT_COMMAND (Address = 21h)
57
8.1.10
VOUT_MARGIN_HIGH (Address = 25h)
8.1.11
VOUT_MARGIN_LOW (Address = 26h)
8.1.12
VOUT_TRANSITION_RATE (Address = 27h)
8.1.13
61
8.1.14
VOUT_SCALE_LOOP (Address = 29h)
8.1.15
FREQUENCY_SWITCH (Address = 33h)
8.1.16
64
8.1.17
VOUT_OV_FAULT_RESPONSE (Address = 41h)
8.1.18
VOUT_UV_FAULT_RESPONSE (Address = 45h)
8.1.19
IOUT_OC_FAULT_LIMIT (Address = 46h)
68
8.1.20
TON_DELAY (Address = 60h)
8.1.21
TON_RISE (Address = 61h)
71
8.1.22
TOFF_DELAY (Address = 64h)
8.1.23
TOFF_FALL (Address = 65h)
8.1.24
STATUS_BYTE (Address = 78h)
8.1.25
STATUS_WORD (Address = 79h)
8.1.26
STATUS_CML (Address = 7Eh)
8.1.27
STATUS_MFR_SPECIFIC (Address = 80h)
8.1.28
READ_VOUT (Address = 8Bh)
8.1.29
READ_IOUT (Address = 8Ch)
8.1.30
READ_TEMP1 (Address = 8Dh)
8.1.31
PMBUS_REVISION (Address = 98h)
8.1.32
MFR_ID (Address = 99h)
8.1.33
MFR_MODEL (Address = 9Ah)
8.1.34
MFR_REVISION (Address = 9Bh)
8.1.35
IC_DEVICE_ID (Address = ADh)
8.1.36
IC_DEVICE_REV (Address = AEh)
8.1.37
SYS_CFG_USER1 (Address = D1h)
8.1.38
PASSKEY (Address = D2h)
8.1.39
COMP (Address = D4h)
90
8.1.40
VBOOT (Address = D5h)
92
8.1.41
NVM_CHECKSUM (Address = D9h)
8.1.42
FUSION_ID0 (Address = FCh)
8.1.43
FUSION_ID1 (Address = FDh)
9
Application and Implementation
9.1
Application Information
9.2
Typical Application
9.2.1
Design Requirements
9.2.2
Detailed Design Procedure
9.2.2.1
Output Voltage Setting Point
9.2.2.2
Choose the Switching Frequency
9.2.2.3
Choose the Inductor
9.2.2.4
Choose the Output Capacitor
9.2.2.5
Choose the Input Capacitors (CIN)
9.2.2.6
VCC Bypass Capacitor
9.2.2.7
BOOT Capacitor
9.2.2.8
PG Pullup Resistor
9.2.2.9
Choose the PMBus® Address and Fault Recovery Mode
9.2.3
Application Curves
9.3
Power Supply Recommendations
9.4
Layout
9.4.1
Layout Guidelines
9.4.2
Layout Example
9.4.3
Thermal Performance On TI EVM
10
Device and Documentation Support
10.1
Documentation Support
10.1.1
Related Documentation
10.2
Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
10.3
Support Resources
10.4
Trademarks
10.5
Electrostatic Discharge Caution
10.6
Glossary
11
Revision History
12
Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information
1
Features
4V to 16V input voltage range
without external bias
2.7V to 16V input voltage range with external bias
3.1V to
4.5V
external VCC bias support
8.5mΩ and 3.0mΩ MOSFETs (V
VCC
= 3.3V)
12A
continuous output current
PMBus®
1.4 compliant
Optimized 19-pin WQFN-HR package for efficiency and thermal performance
1
% output voltage accuracy with internal feedback, T
J
= –40°C to +150°C
0.4V
to 5.5V output voltage range
Differential remote sense
D-CAP4 with ultra-fast load-step response supports all ceramic output capacitors
User programmable NVM
Selectable auto-skip Eco-mode for high light-load efficiency
Programmable valley current limit
500kHz,
600kHz, 800kHz, 1.0MHz, 1.2MHz
, 1.4MHz
selectable switching frequency
Programmable soft-start time
Prebiased start-up capability
Open-drain power-good output
Overvoltage and undervoltage fault protection
3mm × 3mm (0.4mm pin pitch) and 3mm × 3.5mm (0.5 pin pitch) 19-pin QFN packages
Pin-to-pin compatible with 20A TPS544B28