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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8.3.6 Diagnostic and Protection in Fail-Safe States

In fail-safe state, the TPS929121-Q1 also detects all failures and reports the status out by ERR or FLAG registers. The summary of the fault detection criteria and the device behavior after fault detected is listed in Table 8-4. Basically the TPS929121-Q1 actively takes the action to turn off the failed output channels, retry on the failed channels, or restart the device to keep device operating without controlled by master. The EEPROM register EEP_OFAF can be used to set the fault behavior for LED short-circuit and LED open-circuit. The one-fails-all-fail behavior is selected when the register EEP_OFAF is burnt to 1; otherwise the one-fails-others-on behavior is chosen. The TPS929121-Q1 turns off all output channels when any one type of LED fault is detected on any one of output channels for one-fails-all-fail behavior. On the other hand, the TPS929121-Q1 only turns off the failed channel and keep all other normal channels on.

In fail-safe state, the fault flag registers of TPS929121-Q1 still can be accessed through FlexWire interface for master controller to identify the fault.