Hi,
1.Does the VDD need to also exhibit this timing upon power up?
>>>The VDD power supply just provides power for the I/O cell, there is not requirement to the VDD timing during power-up.
2. Can the VBAT_DCDC voltage come on later than the VDD power?
>>>>Generally, you can connect the VBAT_DCDC and VDD and VDDA together, if you power VDD separately, I suppose that the VBAT_DCDC voltage should be early than VDD.
3. For the VBAT_DCDC, does this need to be a true ramp, or can it just have a time delay, then have a faster rising on point?
>>>>>The VBAT_DCDC requires a true ramp based on ambient temperature
Hope it can help you
BR
XiangJun Rong