SLVSHP9 July   2026 TPS544A28

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Related Products
  6. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  7. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Typical Characteristics
  8. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  D-CAP4 Control
      2. 7.3.2  Internal VCC LDO and Using External Bias On the VCC Pin
        1. 7.3.2.1 Powering the Device From a Single Bus
        2. 7.3.2.2 Powering the Device From a Split-Rail Configuration
      3. 7.3.3  Multifunction Select (MS1) Pin
      4. 7.3.4  Multifunction Select (MS2) Pin
      5. 7.3.5  PMBus® Address (ADR) Pin
      6. 7.3.6  Output Voltage Setting
        1. 7.3.6.1 Setting VBOOT and VOUT_SCALE_LOOP
        2. 7.3.6.2 Setting Output Voltage (Internal Feedback)
        3. 7.3.6.3 Setting Output Voltage (External Feedback)
      7. 7.3.7  Switching Frequency
      8. 7.3.8  Dynamic Voltage Slew Rate
      9. 7.3.9  Enable
      10. 7.3.10 Soft Start and Soft Stop
      11. 7.3.11 Power Good
      12. 7.3.12 Overvoltage and Undervoltage Protection
      13. 7.3.13 Remote Sense
      14. 7.3.14 Low-side MOSFET Zero-Crossing
      15. 7.3.15 Current Sense and Positive Overcurrent Protection
      16. 7.3.16 Low-side MOSFET Negative Current Limit
      17. 7.3.17 Output Voltage Discharge
      18. 7.3.18 UVLO Protection
      19. 7.3.19 Telemetry
      20. 7.3.20 Thermal Shutdown
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Auto-Skip (PFM) Eco-mode Light Load Operation
      2. 7.4.2 Forced Continuous-Conduction Mode
  9. 8 Programming Registers
    1. 8.1 Register Map
      1. 8.1.1  OPERATION (Address = 01h)
      2. 8.1.2  ON_OFF_CONFIG (Address = 02h)
      3. 8.1.3  CLEAR_FAULTS (Address = 03h)
      4. 8.1.4  WRITE_PROTECT (Address = 10h)
      5. 8.1.5  STORE_USER_ALL (Address = 15h)
      6. 8.1.6  RESTORE_USER_ALL (Address = 16h)
      7. 8.1.7  CAPABILITY (Address = 19h)
      8. 8.1.8  VOUT_MODE (Address = 20h)
      9. 8.1.9  VOUT_COMMAND (Address = 21h)
      10.      57
      11. 8.1.10 VOUT_MARGIN_HIGH (Address = 25h)
      12. 8.1.11 VOUT_MARGIN_LOW (Address = 26h)
      13. 8.1.12 VOUT_TRANSITION_RATE (Address = 27h)
      14. 8.1.13 61
      15. 8.1.14 VOUT_SCALE_LOOP (Address = 29h)
      16. 8.1.15 FREQUENCY_SWITCH (Address = 33h)
      17. 8.1.16 64
      18. 8.1.17 VOUT_OV_FAULT_RESPONSE (Address = 41h)
      19. 8.1.18 VOUT_UV_FAULT_RESPONSE (Address = 45h)
      20. 8.1.19 IOUT_OC_FAULT_LIMIT (Address = 46h)
      21.      68
      22. 8.1.20 TON_DELAY (Address = 60h)
      23. 8.1.21 TON_RISE (Address = 61h)
      24.      71
      25. 8.1.22 TOFF_DELAY (Address = 64h)
      26. 8.1.23 TOFF_FALL (Address = 65h)
      27. 8.1.24 STATUS_BYTE (Address = 78h)
      28. 8.1.25 STATUS_WORD (Address = 79h)
      29. 8.1.26 STATUS_CML (Address = 7Eh)
      30. 8.1.27 STATUS_MFR_SPECIFIC (Address = 80h)
      31. 8.1.28 READ_VOUT (Address = 8Bh)
      32. 8.1.29 READ_IOUT (Address = 8Ch)
      33. 8.1.30 READ_TEMP1 (Address = 8Dh)
      34. 8.1.31 PMBUS_REVISION (Address = 98h)
      35. 8.1.32 MFR_ID (Address = 99h)
      36. 8.1.33 MFR_MODEL (Address = 9Ah)
      37. 8.1.34 MFR_REVISION (Address = 9Bh)
      38. 8.1.35 IC_DEVICE_ID (Address = ADh)
      39. 8.1.36 IC_DEVICE_REV (Address = AEh)
      40. 8.1.37 SYS_CFG_USER1 (Address = D1h)
      41. 8.1.38 PASSKEY (Address = D2h)
      42. 8.1.39 COMP (Address = D4h)
      43.      90
      44. 8.1.40 VBOOT (Address = D5h)
      45.      92
      46. 8.1.41 NVM_CHECKSUM (Address = D9h)
      47. 8.1.42 FUSION_ID0 (Address = FCh)
      48. 8.1.43 FUSION_ID1 (Address = FDh)
  10. 9 Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
    2. 9.2 Typical Application
      1. 9.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 9.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 9.2.2.1 Output Voltage Setting Point
        2. 9.2.2.2 Choose the Switching Frequency
        3. 9.2.2.3 Choose the Inductor
        4. 9.2.2.4 Choose the Output Capacitor
        5. 9.2.2.5 Choose the Input Capacitors (CIN)
        6. 9.2.2.6 VCC Bypass Capacitor
        7. 9.2.2.7 BOOT Capacitor
        8. 9.2.2.8 PG Pullup Resistor
        9. 9.2.2.9 Choose the PMBus® Address and Fault Recovery Mode
      3. 9.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 9.3 Power Supply Recommendations
    4. 9.4 Layout
      1. 9.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 9.4.2 Layout Example
      3. 9.4.3 Thermal Performance On TI EVM
  11. 10Device and Documentation Support
    1. 10.1 Documentation Support
      1. 10.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 10.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 10.3 Support Resources
    4. 10.4 Trademarks
    5. 10.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 10.6 Glossary
  12. 11Revision History
  13. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

7.3.13 Remote Sense

The device integrates a remote sense amplifier across the VOS/FB and GOS pins. The remote sense function compensates for voltage drop on the PCB traces helping to maintain VOUT accuracy under steady state operation and load transient events.

For internal feedback, the VOS/FB and GOS pins must be connected directly the point of remote sensing. For external feedback, the top of RFB_T and GOS must be connected to the point of remote sensing. When external feedback is used, the voltage divider must be kept as close to the device as possible to minimize the trace length connected to the VOS/FB pin.

Regardless of internal or external feedback, connections from the sensing network to the remote location must be a pair of PCB traces with Kelvin sensing across a high-frequency local bypass capacitor of 0.1μF or higher. To maintain stable output voltage and minimize the ripple, the pair of remote sensing lines must stay away from any noise sources such as inductor and SW nodes, or high frequency clock lines. TI recommends to shield the pair of remote sensing lines with ground planes above and below.
Single-ended VOUT sensing is often used for local sensing. For this configuration, connect either VOS (internal) or top of RFB_T (external) to a high-frequency local bypass capacitor of 0.1μF or higher at point of local sense and short GOS to AGND.
The recommended GOS operating range (relative to the AGND pin) is –100mV to +100mV.
TPS544A28 Output Voltage Setting through Internal Feedback and Remote Sense Figure 7-9 Output Voltage Setting through Internal Feedback and Remote Sense
TPS544A28 Output Voltage Setting through External Feedback and Remote Sense Figure 7-10 Output Voltage Setting through External Feedback and Remote Sense

Some users prefer a blended sensing scheme where both local and remote sense information is fed back to the device. This topology has the added benefit of an extra layer of protection in the event the remote sense traces are damaged or disconnected. See Figure 7-10 for an example of blended remote sense.

TPS544A28 Blended Remote Sense Figure 7-11 Blended Remote Sense