The REGN LDO regulator provides a regulated
bias supply for the IC and external pull up. Additionally, REGN voltage is also used to
drive the buck-boost switching FETs. The pull-up rail of CELL_BATPRES pin and ILIM_HIZ pin
can be connected to REGN as well. When there is no valid external 5V voltage source
available on the system then REGN LDO will be powered from either the VBUS pin or VSYS pin.
REGN power selector selects the lower of VBUS and VSYS if both greater than 6V; should
select the higher of VBUS and VSYS is they're both lower than 6V; and should select the one
higher than 6V if there is only one higher than 6V. Both REGN_A and REGN_B pins are
connected to REGN LDO internally, no external connections between REGN_A and REGN_B are
needed, however 2.2uF local decoupling capacitance are needed for both REGN_A and REGN_B
pins.
When there is a qualified 5V supply in the
system, it can be leveraged as a REGN source. This can reduce power loss from the internal
LDO, especially when both VBUS and VSYS are much higher than 5V. The LDO can be configured
to be over-driven by external 5V source. Then REGN pin will change from an analog output pin
to an analog input pin. REGN_EXT bit is employed to configure in the following method.
- When there is no qualified external 5V
source, host should configure REGN_EXT=0b(default status), then the internal REGN LDO
regulation output voltage is 5V to normally support internal bias and switching MOSFET
gate drive. There is an internal current limit to prevent LDO from over load. The current
limit level is IREGN_LIM_CHARGING and it is marked as current limit 1.
- When there is dedicated qualified
external 5V source(above 4.8V and below VREGN_OV_RISE) and REGN is the only
load on external source, host should configure REGN_EXT=1b to reduce internal REGN LDO
regulation output voltage to be VREGN_REG_EXT(4.5V), then external 5V regulator
can over drive internal LDO. Maximum500mA current limit is needed for external power
supply to prevent over current damaging on internal bootstrap diode. Application diagram
is referring to Figure 7-1.
- When the external 5V source (above 4.8V
and below VREGN_OV_RISE) is also supporting other loads besides REGN, a
dedicated blocking circuit is needed to prevent REGN current from sourcing into external
loads before external 5V buck converter ramp up shown in Figure 7-2. Before external 5V regulator power good(PG) is active, the
QBLK serves to block external loading impact on REGN_A pin. After external 5V
ramps up, external 5V regulation PG is active and QBLK is turned on to
distribute 5V to REGN_A pin. Host should configure REGN_EXT=1b to reduce internal REGN LDO
regulation output voltage to be VREGN_REG_EXT(4.5V), then external 5V regulator
can over drive to internal LDO automatically.
- When external 5V source is above VREGN_OV_RISE, the charger should stop
switching, pull down CHRG_OK pin and trigger FAULT_REGN status bit referring to Section 7.3.26.11.
The power dissipation for driving the gates
via the REGN LDO is: PREGN = (VAC - VREGN)
QG(TOT)*fSW, where QG(TOT) is
the sum of the total gate charge for all practical switching FETs (1A,1B,2A,2B,3 and 4) and
fSW is the programmed switching frequency.
Under battery only condition, it is flexible
to configure REGN on and off through below method:
- When charger is configured in low power
mode(EN_LWPWR=1b), REGN by default is turned off(EN_REGN_LWPWR=0b). If customer needs REGN
voltage to supply circuit, the charger enables REGN by setting EN_REGN_LWPWR=1b. In order
to save quiescent current under low power mode, REGN current capability is scaled down to
5 mA typical and 3 mA minimum. When it receives host command to start up converter, like
OTG or VAP mode is enabled, then REGN should automatically recover to full scale to
support large gate drive current demand even with EN_LWPWR=1b.
- When charger is configured in performance
mode(EN_LWPWR=0b), REGN should be turned on with full scale capability neglecting
EN_REGN_LWPWR configuration. This is needed to support OTG, VAP, PSYS, IBAT, PROCHOT, and
ADC features.