SDAA491 October   2026 TPS25751A , TPS25752A , TPS26750A

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 What is Liquid Detection and Why is It Needed?
    2. 1.2 Definitions
    3. 1.3 Liquid Detection Method Overview
  5. 2Detailed Description
    1. 2.1 Hardware Implementation and Requirements
      1. 2.1.1 GPIO Hardware Requirements
    2. 2.2 Firmware Implementation and Requirements
      1. 2.2.1 Interrupt Event/Mask/Clear for I2C1 (register 0x14/0x16/0x18)
      2. 2.2.2 GPIO Configuration (register 0x5c)
      3. 2.2.3 Liquid Detection Configuration (register 0x98)
        1. 2.2.3.1 Wait Timing
          1. 2.2.3.1.1 Wait Time in Seconds Non-Liquid [7:0]
          2. 2.2.3.1.2 Wait Time in Seconds Liquid [15:8]
        2. 2.2.3.2 Sample Timing and Retires
          1. 2.2.3.2.1 Sample Time in 10ms No Liquid [19:16]
          2. 2.2.3.2.2 Sample Time in 10ms Liquid [23:20]
          3. 2.2.3.2.3 Liquid Detection Retries Wait Time [27:24]
          4. 2.2.3.2.4 Liquid Detection Retries [31:28]
          5. 2.2.3.2.5 Number of Samples [39:32]
        3. 2.2.3.3 High and Low Threshold Measurements
          1. 2.2.3.3.1 Low Threshold ADC No Liquid [47:40]
          2. 2.2.3.3.2 High Threshold ADC No Liquid [55:48]
          3. 2.2.3.3.3 Low Threshold ADC Liquid [63:56]
          4. 2.2.3.3.4 High Threshold ADC Liquid [71:64]
        4. 2.2.3.4 Enable Liquid Detection [72]
        5. 2.2.3.5 Enable Corrosion Mitigation [73]
        6. 2.2.3.6 Monitor During Attach [74]
        7. 2.2.3.7 Monitor During Unattached [75]
        8. 2.2.3.8 Liquid Pins to Monitor [77:76]
        9. 2.2.3.9 Pulldown Threshold ADC [87:88]
  6. 3Detailed Application Procedure
    1. 3.1 Example Liquid Detection Configuration
    2. 3.2 Application Performance Plots
      1. 3.2.1 Number of Samples Waveform
      2. 3.2.2 Sample Time in No Liquid Waveform
      3. 3.2.3 Sample Time in Liquid Waveform
      4. 3.2.4 Wait Time in No Liquid Waveform
      5. 3.2.5 Wait Time in Liquid Waveform
      6. 3.2.6 Entering Liquid Detection Waveform
      7. 3.2.7 Exiting Liquid Detection Waveform
      8. 3.2.8 Corrosion Mitigation Disabled Waveform
  7. 4Summary
  8. 5References

2.2.3.9 Pulldown Threshold ADC [87:88]

During the transition from an unattached to an attached state, the PD controller performs a final sampling cycle to verify the presence of liquid. If an E-marked cable is used, an internal Ra resistor is present on the CC line. In this scenario, the liquid detection algorithm must account for this Ra resistance during the measurement window. To avoid false detections, the controller compares the measured impedance of both CC1 and CC2 to the low threshold, high thresholds and the Pulldown Threshold. If the Ra threshold is met, the PD controller will ignore the Ra measurement from the CC lines and look to the opposing CC line measurement to compare to the low and high thresholds.