Texas Instruments TPS2151 manual

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                March 2002 PMP Portable Power User ’ s G uide SL VU067[...]

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    IMPORT ANT NOTICE T exas Instruments Incorporated and its subsidiaries (TI) reserve the right to make corrections, modifications, enhancements, improvements, and other changes to its products and services at any time and to discontinue any product or service without notice. Customers should obtain the latest relevant information before placing orde[...]

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    EVM IMPORT ANT NOTICE T exas Instruments (TI) provides the enclosed product(s) under the following conditions: This evaluation kit being sold by TI is intended for use for ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OR EV ALUA TION PURPOSES ONL Y and is not considered by TI to be fit for commercial use. As such, the goods being provided may not be complete in terms of[...]

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    EVM W ARNINGS AND RESTRICTIONS It is important to operate this EVM within the specified input and output ranges described in the EVM User ’ s Guide. Exceeding the specified input range may cause unexpected operation and/or irreversible damage to the EVM. If there are questions concerning the input range, please contact a TI field representative p[...]

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    How to Use This Manual v Preface  About This Manual The TPS2151 is one of the four devices in the USB peripheral power management family TPS2140/41/50/51, which integrates both an adjustable linear low-drop voltage regulator (LDO) and a dual-current-limited power switch. The dual-current-limit power swit[...]

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    Information About Cautions and Warnings vi Information About Cautions and Warnings This book may contain cautions and warnings. This is an example of a caution statement. A caution statement describes a situation that could potentially damage your software or equipment. This is an example of a warning statement. A warning statement describes a situ[...]

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    Contents vii  1 Introduction 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Schematic, Bill of Materials, Layout, and Setup 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Schematic of the EVM 2-2 [...]

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    Contents viii[...]

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    1-1 Introduction  Each device in TPS2140/41/50/51 family integrates a dual-current-limiting power switch and an adjustable low dropout regulator (LDO). Both the switch and LDO limit inrush current by controlling the turnon slew rate and are compatible with USB 1.0 and 2.0 Specifications. The power switch has a un[...]

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    2-1 Schematic, Bill of Materials, Layout, and Setup        This chapter contains schematics, bill of materials, board layout, and setup of EVM. T opic Page 2.1 Schematic of the EVM 2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Schematic of the EVM 2-2 2.1 Schematic of the EVM Figure 2 – 1 shows the schematic of the EVM. Figure 2 – 1. Schematic of the TPS2151 Evaluation Module (EVM) + + + +[...]

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    Schematic of the EVM 2-3 Schematic, Bill of Materials, Layout, and Setup Only C2, C4, C5, C6, C8, R2, and R3 are essential for the TPS2151 to function properly . The rest of the components on the EVM are used for dif ferent evaluations of the device. T o evaluate the power switch inrush current, a large capacitor C9 can be added on the EVM. In orde[...]

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    Bill of Materials 2-4 W arning Users must not activate the load on SW_OUT before the SW_PG rises to high, if the load current is higher than 50 mA. Otherwise, the power switch output could not be charged up to SW_IN rail. 2.2 Bill of Materials The bill of materials (BOM) for the EVM is shown in T able 2 – 1. T able 2 – 1. Bill of Materials of t[...]

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    Layout of the EVM 2-5 Schematic, Bill of Materials, Layout, and Setup 2.3 Layout of the EVM Figure 2 – 2 illustrates the placement of the components on the top-layer of the TPS2151 EVM. All the components are placed on the top layer only . The bottom layer is mainly a ground plane except for a few short traces. The center rectangle box includes a[...]

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    Layout of the EVM 2-6 2.4 Setup of the EVM Fo r proper operation of the EVM, please follow these steps for any evaluation: 1) V erify that the power supply voltages are in the required ranges: less than 5.5 V but higher than 4.1 V . Make sure the supplies have the capability to supply the current that the loads need. T urn off the supplies. 2) In o[...]

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    3-1 Changeable Components and T est Points       C1, C2, C3, C4 — input capacitors, at least 0.047 µ F total on each input. C5 , C6, C8, C9 — load capacitors, vary according to loads, but C5 plus C6 must be at least 4.7 µ F. R2 — top resistor [...]

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