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TPS7A63-Q1: W_FLT Pin responds

Part Number: TPS7A63-Q1

Hi Experts,

While using the TPS7A63-Q1, after the device power on,

  1. nWD_EN Pin keeps LOW, WD Pin keeps LOW as well, how should WD_FLT Pin responds under this condition?
  2. nWD_EN Pin is HIGH at first(turn to LOW 2s after power on), WD Pin keeps LOW all the time, how should WD_FLT Pin responds under this condition?

During the real test, the WD_FLT are always HIGH under these two conditions. I would like to learn how should it act?

BR

Frank

  • Hi Frank,

    1. nWD_EN Pin keeps LOW, WD Pin keeps LOW as well, how should WD_FLT Pin responds under this condition?
      1. Assuming you Enable the watchdog and don't service it the WD_FLT pin should remain at the voltage it is pulled up to until the Open window time expires once this time expires the WD_FLT should go low.
    2. nWD_EN Pin is HIGH at first(turn to LOW 2s after power on), WD Pin keeps LOW all the time, how should WD_FLT Pin responds under this condition?

      1. The FLT pin should stay pulled up high until the open watchdog period expires which wild be 2s +8*twd. Once this expires the FLT pin should pull low.

    The other thing to keep in mind here is that there is also some dependency on the nRST pin, so you will need to provide the conditions of that pin as well. My answers above all assume the NRST pin has gone high already.

    Regards,

    Mark

  • Mark.

    Thanks for your reply.

    Rosc=10k, so we got the tWD=10e-2 s.

    Below is the osc waveform we catched. 

    Blue=nRST,

    Yellow=nWD_EN,

    Green=WD,

    Pink=WD_FLT.

    As far as we think, the WD_FLT should be pull LOW. Bur we see it is always HIGH from the waveform. Do you have any idea so we can figure out the problem?

    BR

    Frank

  • Hi Frank,

    Can you share the schematic for TPS7A63-Q1?

    Thanks!

    Mark

  • Mark,

    Please refer the attached sch.

    BR

    Frank

  • Thanks Frank!

    I don't see anything wrong with this right now. I will take a look at this on the bench tomorrow. Can you have them try to swap the part to make sure that this is an issue with more than one LDO?

    Regards,

    Mark

  • Hi Frank,

    I put your setup on the bench today and it worked as expected where without pulsing the WD pin the WDFLT would be pulled low at the specified intervals. One thing that may be happening in your system is that the time which the pin gets pulled low is very small only 2us. You may not be sampling with your scope fast enough to see what is happening here. Can you try setting a trigger on the WDFLT pin and then making the time division smaller? you may find that the part is actually working as intended but just the scope is not sampling fast enough.

    Regards,

    Mark