8.3.1 VDD and Under Voltage Lockout

The UCC27712 has an internal under voltage-lockout (UVLO) protection feature on the supply circuit blocks between VDD and VSS pins, as well as between HB and HS pins. When VDD bias voltage is lower than the V_VDD(on) threshold at device start-up or lower than V_VDD(off) after start-up, the VDD UVLO feature holds both the LO and HO outputs low, regardless of the status of the HI and LI inputs. On the other hand, if HB-HS bias supply voltage is lower than the V_VHB(on) threshold at start-up or V_VHB(off) after start-up, the HB-HS UVLO feature only holds HO to low, regardless of the status of the HI. The LO output status is not affected by the HB-HS UVLO feature (see Table 1 and Table 2). This allows the LO output to turn-on and re-charge the HB-HS capacitor using the boot-strap circuit and thus allows HB-HS bias voltage to surpass the V_VHB(on) threshold.

Both the VDD and VHB UVLO protection functions are provided with a hysteresis feature. This hysteresis prevents chatter when there is ground noise from the power supply. Also this allows the device to accept a small drop in the bias voltage which is bound to happen when the device starts switching and quiescent current consumption increases instantaneously, as well as when the boot-strap circuit charges the HB-HS capacitor during the first instance of LO turn-on causing a drop in VDD voltage.

The UVLO circuit of VDD-VSS and HB-HS in UCC27712 generate internal signals to enable/disable the outputs after UVLO_ON/UVLO_OFF thresholds are crossed respectively (please refer to Figure 30). Design considerations indicate that the UVLO propagation delay before the outputs are enabled and disabled can vary from 20 μs to 50 μs.

Figure 30. Power-Up Driver