ZHCS089G February 2011 – September 2017 TPS65185
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The interrupt pin (nINT) is an open drain output that is pulled low whenever one or more of the INT1 or INT2 bits are set. The nINT pin is released (returns to HiZ state) and fault bits are cleared once the register with the set bit has been read by the host. If the fault persists, the nINT pin will be pulled low again after a maximum of 32 µs.
Interrupt events can be masked by resetting the corresponding enable bit in the INT_EN1 and INT_EN2 register, that is, the user can determine which events cause the nINT pin to be pulled low. The status of the enable bits affects the nINT pin only and has no effect on any of the protection and monitoring circuits or the INT1/INT2 bits themselves.
Persisting faults such as thermal shutdown can cause the nINT pin to be pulled low for an extended period of time which can keep the host in a loop trying to resolve the interrupt. If this behavior is not desired, set the corresponding mask bit after receiving the interrupt and keep polling the INT1 and INT2 register to see when the fault condition has disappeared. After the fault is resolved, unmask the interrupt bit again.