SLVSFZ4A December   2020  – February 2021 TPS929121-Q1

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Device Comparison Table
  6. 6 Pin Configuration and Functions
  7. 7 Specifications
    1. 7.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 7.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 7.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 7.4 Thermal Information
    5. 7.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 7.6 Timing Requirements
    7. 7.7 Typical Characteristics
  8. 8 Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 8.3 Feature Description
      1. 8.3.1 Device Bias and Power
        1. 8.3.1.1 Power Supply (SUPPLY)
        2. 8.3.1.2 5-V Low-Drop-Out Linear Regulator (VLDO)
        3. 8.3.1.3 Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO) and Power-On-Reset (POR)
        4. 8.3.1.4 Programmable Low Supply Warning
      2. 8.3.2 Constant Current Output
        1. 8.3.2.1 Reference Current With External Resistor (REF)
        2. 8.3.2.2 64-Step Programmable High-Side Constant-Current Output
      3. 8.3.3 PWM Dimming
        1. 8.3.3.1 PWM Dimming Frequency
        2. 8.3.3.2 PWM Generator
        3. 8.3.3.3 Linear Brightness Control
        4. 8.3.3.4 Exponential Brightness Control
        5. 8.3.3.5 External Clock Input for PWM Generator (CLK)
        6. 8.3.3.6 External PWM Input ( PWM0 and PWM1)
      4. 8.3.4 On-chip 8-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
      5. 8.3.5 Diagnostic and Protection in Normal State
        1. 8.3.5.1  Fault Masking
        2. 8.3.5.2  Supply Undervoltage Lockout Diagnostics in Normal State
        3. 8.3.5.3  Low-Supply Warning Diagnostics in Normal State
        4. 8.3.5.4  Reference Diagnostics in Normal State
        5. 8.3.5.5  Pre-Thermal Warning and Overtemperature Protection in Normal State
        6. 8.3.5.6  Communication Loss Diagnostic in Normal State
        7. 8.3.5.7  LED Open-Circuit Diagnostics in Normal State
        8. 8.3.5.8  LED Short-Circuit Diagnostics in Normal State
        9. 8.3.5.9  On-Demand Off-State Invisible Diagnostics
        10. 8.3.5.10 On-Demand Off-State Single-LED Short-Circuit (SS) Diagnostics
        11. 8.3.5.11 Automatic Single-LED Short-Circuit (AutoSS) Detection in Normal State
        12. 8.3.5.12 EEPROM CRC Error in Normal State
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      6. 8.3.6 Diagnostic and Protection in Fail-Safe States
        1. 8.3.6.1 Fault Masking
        2. 8.3.6.2 Supply UVLO Diagnostics in Fail-Safe States
        3. 8.3.6.3 Low-supply Warning Diagnostics in Fail-Safe states
        4. 8.3.6.4 Reference Diagnostics at Fail-Safe States
        5. 8.3.6.5 Overtemperature Protection in Fail-Safe State
        6. 8.3.6.6 LED Open-circuit Diagnostics in Fail-Safe State
        7. 8.3.6.7 LED Short-circuit Diagnostics in Fail-Safe State
        8. 8.3.6.8 EEPROM CRC Error in Fail-safe State
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    4. 8.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 8.4.1 POR State
      2. 8.4.2 Initialization State
      3. 8.4.3 Normal State
      4. 8.4.4 Fail-Safe States
      5. 8.4.5 Program State
      6. 8.4.6 Programmable Output Failure State
      7. 8.4.7 ERR Output
      8. 8.4.8 Register Default Data
    5. 8.5 Programming
      1. 8.5.1 FlexWire Protocol
        1. 8.5.1.1 Protocol Overview
        2. 8.5.1.2 UART Interface Address Setting
        3. 8.5.1.3 Status Response
        4. 8.5.1.4 Synchronization Byte
        5. 8.5.1.5 Device Address Byte
        6. 8.5.1.6 Register Address Byte
        7. 8.5.1.7 Data Frame
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        9. 8.5.1.8 CRC Frame
        10. 8.5.1.9 Burst Mode
      2. 8.5.2 Registers Lock
      3. 8.5.3 All Registers CRC Check
      4. 8.5.4 EEPROM Programming
        1. 8.5.4.1 Chip Selection by Pulling REF Pin High
        2. 8.5.4.2 Chip Selection by ADDR Pins configuration
        3. 8.5.4.3 EEPROM Register Access and Burn
        4. 8.5.4.4 EEPROM Program State Exit
        5. 8.5.4.5 Reading Back EEPROM
    6. 8.6 Register Maps
      1. 8.6.1 FullMap Registers
  9. 9 Application and Implementation
    1. 9.1 Application Information
    2. 9.2 Typical Application
      1. 9.2.1 Smart Rear Lamp With Distributed LED drivers
      2. 9.2.2 Design Requirements
      3. 9.2.3 Detailed Design Procedure
      4. 9.2.4 Application Curves
  10. 10Power Supply Recommendations
  11. 11Layout
    1. 11.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 11.2 Layout Example
  12. 12Device and Documentation Support
    1. 12.1 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    2. 12.2 Support Resources
    3. 12.3 Trademarks
    4. 12.4 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    5. 12.5 Glossary
  13. 13Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

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8.3.5.5 Pre-Thermal Warning and Overtemperature Protection in Normal State

The TPS929121-Q1 has pre-thermal warning at typical 135°C and overtemperature shutdown at typical 175°C.

When the junction temperature T(J) of TPS929121-Q1 rises above pre-thermal warning threshold, the device reports pre-thermal warning, pull ERR pin with pulsed current sink for 50 µs and sets the flag registers including FLAG_PRETSD to 1. The master controller must write 1 to CLR_FAULT register to clear FLAG_PRETSD.

When device junction temperature T(J) further rises above overtemperature protection threshold, the device shuts down all output drivers, pulls the ERR pin low with constant current sink, and sets the flag registers including FLAG_TSD and FLAG_ERR to 1. When junction temperature falls below T(TSD) – T(TSD_HYS), the device resumes all outputs and releases ERR pin pulldown. The FLAG_TSD still must be cleared by writing CLR_FAULT to 1.

If the T(J) rises too high above 180oC typically, the TPS929121-Q1 turns off the internal linear regulator to shutdown all the analog and digital circuit. When the T(J) drops below T(TSD) - T(TSD_HYS), the TPS929121-Q1 restarts from POR state with all the registers cleared to default value.

When more accurate thermal measurement on LED unit is required, one current output channel can be sacrificed to provide current bias to external thermal resistor such as PTC or NTC. The voltage of external thermal resistor can be measured by integrated ADC to acquire the temperature information of thermal resistor located area. The master controller can determine actions based on the acquired temperature information to turn off or reduce current output.