SLUAA69 July   2020  – MONTH  TPS548D22

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 LED Driver Methods
    2. 1.2 Power Supply Solutions for Common-Cathode LED Display
  3. 2Principle of Synchronous Buck with Sinking Current Application
  4. 3 Design Considerations and Analysis
    1. 3.1 Choose an IC with Sufficient Current Sinking
    2. 3.2 Choose IC Supporting Negative OCP
    3. 3.3 Choose an IC Supporting Pre-Bias Startup
    4. 3.4 Analysis of System Startup
  5. 4 TI Devices and Functionalities
    1. 4.1 Negative OCP Functionality
    2. 4.2 Hiccup Mode and Latch-off Mode
    3. 4.3 UVP and OVP Functionality
  6. 5 TI Solution
  7. 6 Bench Test and Result
    1. 6.1 Bench Test Configuration
    2. 6.2 Startup Waveforms and Behaviors Analysis Overview
    3. 6.3 Startup Waveforms and Behaviors Analysis at the First OVP
    4. 6.4 Startup Waveforms and Behaviors Analysis after the First OVP
    5. 6.5 Waveforms and Behaviors Analysis of Startup Solution with Lazy Loading
  8. 7 Conclusion
  9. 8References

7 Conclusion

This application report discusses a common-anode power supply circuit implementation of synchronous buck converter with sinking current based on TI device TPS548D22 for common-cathode LED display driving. The principle of the buck topology with sinking current is analyzed and concluded to have the same power stage (except for the input capacitor), design methods and formulas as buck with sourcing current use, for the same input and output conditions. Then, this report presents design considerations and analyses to help select the devices which are most suitable for a sinking current application. In addition it offers a detailed analysis of the startup stuck issue of sinking current circuit. In conclusion, it proposes a solution of lazy loading to solve the startup stuck issue which works well.