TPSM63606EVM: Hot plug in?

Part Number: TPSM63606EVM
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TPSM63606, TPS1685

Tool/software:

Hi,

I have quarried the evaluation board for TPSM63606.

I intend to use it with 30V input and 12V output. My first try was a hot-plug of 30V of input voltage. It seemed to have been destroyed from this.

I guess it is a transient response from wires and input capacitance. I acquired a new board and ramp up the input slowly and this time it worked...of course.

My question is what do you recommend to come around this issue where I cannot ramp up the input slowly:

1. Is it to use some resistance in series with the input capacitor?

2. Use a TVS on the input?

3. Have an external soft start circuit that ramps up slowly?

Or something completely different.

Thank you.