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SOLVED: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« on: June 09, 2019, 02:26:02 pm »
I've tried to build a .2A 35V supply using a TP61175 (see attached schematic) and not had any luck.

I've had to make a number of bodges... Pull Pin4 HIGH EN, and more significantly Pin 11 LOW... NC (and I thought NC would be No Connection!)
I connected the thermal pad to GND.

For some reason it just isn't oscillating... Any idea what I could try?
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2019, 02:40:12 pm »
I guess you did not read the datasheet. It says pin 4 must be high and pin 11 must be low. It also shows a Schottky diode (your schematic shows an ordinary diode) and ceramic input and output capacitors.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2019, 02:53:39 pm »
I guess you did not read the datasheet. It says pin 4 must be high and pin 11 must be low. It also shows a Schottky diode (your schematic shows an ordinary diode) and ceramic input and output capacitors.
I have Pin 4 High (was switched but now high) and Pin 11 Low (was Not Connected, bodged, per earlier schematic, to GND), My D1 is a B550C-13-F, which is "DIODE SCHOTTKY 50V 5A SMC";  C31 is 10uF EEHZA1H100R, C32   4.7uF   EEEFC1H4R7R.  I did add extra Capacitance at the input but no change.      

So my output caps are both Polymer Electrolytic... could that make a difference?  I'll go and read the datasheet again

Thanks for the interest
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2019, 04:06:58 pm »
I can't see anything clearly wrong with your setup. Could it be possible that powering the circuit while leaving the "NC" pin open could have fried the TPS61175 (before you figured it should be connected to GND?)
The datasheet states "Reserved pin. Must connect this pin to ground." I suspect it's some kind of test pin and have no clue what it does... Have you tried swapping the TPS61175 with a new one?
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2019, 04:10:28 pm »
Have you tried swapping the TPS61175 with a new one?
I did swap with a TI Sample I had and same behaviour.  It's very odd.  I have ordered some 4.7uF ceramic as I don't have any of those to hand and will try again a few days.
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2019, 04:20:52 pm »
I suppose you have taken a look at the output with an oscilloscope? Is it at least trying to start and then stops or is nothing at all happening?
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2019, 04:36:10 pm »
I suppose you have taken a look at the output with an oscilloscope? Is it at least trying to start and then stops or is nothing at all happening?
I'm not seeing any oscillation on my scope but haven't looked very closely at start-up.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2019, 04:38:10 pm »
Might be interesting to make a single-shot capture upon powering it up.

 
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2019, 08:55:46 pm »
Might be interesting to make a single-shot capture upon powering it up.
I have ordered some 4.7uF Ceramic... will report back once they arrive.  Thanks all.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2019, 08:31:26 pm »
Just for the ROFLs I took a few measurements whilst I wait...

Firstly at the SS pin...  increases to around 1.8V in a time of a few 10's of ms.

[According to datasheet... Once the capacitor reaches 1.8 V, the soft start cycle is completed and the soft-start voltage no longer clamps the error amplifier output... sounds plausible!]

CH1 Input Voltage 5V... CH2 SS
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2019, 08:33:45 pm »
And it does seem to try for at least one attempt before giving up...

CH1 Input voltage 5V.... CH2 output side of D1
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2019, 08:36:42 pm »
Finally during the one blip I captured what was going on at SW...
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2019, 09:09:01 pm »
Just a thought after seeing your captures and reading the datasheet more carefully (see 7.4.1): have you tried your circuit without any output load? What you see may be due to the TPS61175 entering the "pulse skipping" mode (looks like it from the last capture) due to the extremely light load if you haven't added any additional load (basically just the feedback network + output capacitor). You could try adding a small resistive load to the output and see what happens.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2019, 09:24:46 pm »
You could try adding a small resistive load to the output and see what happens.
I have a 300 Ohm resistor across the output.  It's meant to get to 35V... so it should really be trying harder.  The Output is currently a 4.7uF electrolyic and a 10uF electrolytic and to be honest the PCB layout is not optimal for the output caps (although the other layout is IMHO not too shabby).
I'm hoping adding a strategically placed 4.7uF ceramic will change the game... should arrive tomorrow.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2019, 09:43:29 pm »
How did you build your prototype, on a perfboard, or a breadboard, or pcb? The layout guidelines are pretty detailed. For a reason, I would think.

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2019, 11:44:08 pm »
I have a 300 Ohm resistor across the output.  It's meant to get to 35V... so it should really be trying harder.

Alright. Then conversely, you could try with a much lighter load (if you haven't already) and see if it wants to start. If so, the inductor could also be the culprit (getting into saturation)

I'm hoping adding a strategically placed 4.7uF ceramic will change the game... should arrive tomorrow.

I would expect excessive noise or ripple because of that, possibly reduced efficiency, but not starting at all? Of course we haven't seen your actual implementation so maybe it's a real mess... What kind of capacitors were you using? Anyway, keep us posted. But consider the inductor as well.


 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2019, 07:16:17 am »
My Output Caps are currently...  C31 is 10uF EEHZA1H100R, C32   4.7uF   EEEFC1H4R7R

My Inductor is SRR1210A-270M which is interesting as I meant to order SRP6540-270M but I can't see why that would be a problem as my selection seems overrated if anything.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2019, 07:30:00 am »
How did you build your prototype, on a perfboard, or a breadboard, or pcb?
PCB.  Most of the layout is OK IMHO... For the next revision I will improve some aspects.  I think I am probably close enough to the guidelines that it should work.  I did misinterpret NC as Not Connected but otherwise I was OK.

 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2019, 07:33:23 am »
I would expect excessive noise or ripple because of that, possibly reduced efficiency, but not starting at all?
Exactly my thoughts.
Of course we haven't seen your actual implementation so maybe it's a real mess...
Hard to believe  ;)
What kind of capacitors were you using?
Panasonic Cylindrical Polymer Electrolytic (details above)
But consider the inductor as well.
I did desolder and measure the inductance and it came out OK but maybe I should try another at some point.
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2019, 09:12:37 am »
What about the inductor, what is the saturation current? Did you account for ripple current when choosing it?

You went for a switching frequency of around 1MHz, I think. If I use the values from your schematic:

Vin=9V, Vout=35V, fsw=1Mhz, L=27µH, VD assumed 0.3V

Using equation (6) from the datasheet I calculate a ripple current of around 0.24A.

EDIT: I just saw that you posted the inductor type above, 4.2A is of course plenty.
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2019, 10:19:52 am »
BTW I ran your data through TIs power design workbench and while it comes up with pretty much the same values you have in your design, the output cap is suggested as combination of 1 10µF electrolytic and TWO 4.7µF ceramic caps, due to the heavy derating that applies to ceramic caps under DC. Also, Cin is suggested as  THREE 10µF ceramic caps.
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2019, 10:54:08 am »
... TWO 4.7µF ceramic caps, ..., Cin is suggested as  THREE 10µF ceramic caps.
That's more than I have... and sounds rather expensive!  The 4.7uF should arrive soon and I'll stack a couple and see if it makes a difference.
 

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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2019, 11:41:39 am »
That's kind of weird... You could also try and play with the soft-start capacitor's value to see if there is a link with that, also check whether your input voltage source can provide enough current...

I've seen a couple threads about the TPS61175 on TI's forums, but nothing really helpful...
 
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2019, 12:43:49 pm »
...also check whether your input voltage source can provide enough current...
Currently attached to bench supply with 500mA current limit.  I think the scope pics suggest the supply is holding up.  And I'm feeling the SS is also about right as the blip occurs after most things have stabilised.
If I had to bet... I would say 4.7uF MLCC on the output will fix it.
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Re: My first TPS61175 Design... no gain...
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2019, 09:03:30 pm »
Firstly, thank you to those who have kept me company on this thread, particularly Silicon Wizard, it's a lonely business trying to solve something in your little electronics lab when nothing makes sense...

Anyway so I added 4.7uF MLCC to the output side... no change....  added 4.7uF MLCC to input side no change!! Curious!

I looked REALLY hard at the component selection but despite the Vf of my diode being 700mV.... and having doubts... I then decided I must be fundamentally on the right track and there must be a gremlin...

R31 and R34 form the feedback divider...  (Now this is the top layer... so no imaginative silk screen mirroring going on but...) (See PCB Layout below)

Swapped the two components on the board and...

[Spoiler: The R34 label is next to R31 and vice versa, must have got mixed up in layout ]

OMG... two days (on and off )... of my life!   :)



 
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