TPS61178: Time from EN going high to output turning on

Part Number: TPS61178

Tool/software:

Hi,

We are using the TPS611781RNWR in our design as per the below schematic snippet to generate 18V from a 12V rail. The EN is controlled from a GPIO. We have seen that there is a quite long delay from the EN going high to the TPS611781 starting up - about 90ms per the below measurement. 

Is the EN -> startup time a constant and known number? I could not see it in the datasheet.

EN -> Output Measurement

Yellow trace (Ch1) is VCCp18V0 rail (output of TPS61178).

Pink trace (Ch3) is EN signal

The VCCp18V0 rail sits at about 2V when EN is low. When EN goes high, the VCCp18V0 rail goes to an intermediate 5.5V level. 89ms after the EN signal goes high, the TPS611781 appears to begin it's proper startup, which takes ~3ms to complete. The VCCp18V0 rail then reaches 18V.

Schematic

  • Hi Jordan,

    82ms startup time looks like not make sense for TPS61178, please refer to the section 8.3.3 Startup for start-up scheme and Figure 28. Startup by EN for startup waveforms on our bench. Usually it should be around ~5ms.

    Can you also measure the VIN and 18v0_bus (VOUT before the Q19) waveforms?

    Regards,

    Nathan