
TJ Junction Temperature °C
0
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50
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I q
Bias
Current
A
G007
VIN = 3.3 V
VIN Input Voltage V
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I q
Bias
Current
A
G008
TJ = 40°C
TJ = 85°C
TJ = 25°C
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SLVS886C – OCTOBER 2008 – REVISED AUGUST 2010
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)
Figure 9. Bias Current vs Junction Temperature,
Figure 10. Bias Current vs Input Voltage,
VIN = 3.3 V, VEN = 0 V (Disabled)
VEN = 0 V (Disabled)
THEORY OF OPERATION
DESCRIPTION
This device targets applications for host-side USB devices where a 5-V power rail, required for USB operation, is
unavailable. The TPS2500 integrates the functionality of a synchronous boost converter and a single USB switch
into a monolithic integrated circuit so that lower-voltage rails can be used directly to provide USB power. An
additional feature is that the auxiliary 5-V power rail is brought external to the device to power non-USB loads in
addition to the integrated USB switch.
The boost converter is highly integrated, including the switching MOSFETs (low-side N-channel, high-side
synchronous P-channel), gate-drive and analog-control circuitry, and control-loop compensation. Additional
features include high-efficiency light-load operation, overload and short-circuit protection, and controlled
monotonic soft start. The USB switch integrates all necessary functions, including back-to-back series N-channel
MOSFETs, charge-pump gate driver, and analog control circuitry. The current-limit protection is user-adjustable
by selecting the RILIM resistor from ILIM to GND.
The only external components required are the boost inductor, current-limit setting resistor, and input and output
capacitors for the boost converter.
BOOST CONVERTER
Start-Up
Input power to the TPS2500 is provided from IN to GND. The device has an undervoltage lockout (UVLO) circuit
that disables the device until the voltage on IN exceeds 2.15 V (typical). The TPS2500 goes through its normal
start-up process and attempts to regulate the AUX voltage to 5.1 V (typical).
The boost converter has a two-step start-up sequence. Step one is a constant-current mode that regulates the
current through the high-side P-channel MOSFET to ISTART (2.65 A typical). ISTART provides power to the load and
charges the output capacitance on VAUX until VAUX reaches VIN – VEXIT. The converter begins to switch once VAUX
exceeds VIN – VEXIT. The initial duty cycle of the device is limited by a closed-loop soft start that ramps the
reference voltage to the internal error amplifier to provide a controlled, monotonic start-up on VAUX. The boost
converter goes through this cycle any time the voltage on VAUX drops below VIN – VEXIT due to overload
conditions or the boost converter re-enables after normal shutdown.
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