9.2.2.3 System Level Components (not shown in the schematic diagrams)
The system TVS and bulk VPWR capacitance work together to protect the PSE system from surge events which could cause VPWR to surge above 70 V. The TVS and bulk capacitors should be placed on the PCB such that all TPS2388 ports are adequately protected.
- TVS: The system TVS should have a minimum reverse standoff voltage of 58 V and a peak pulse power rating of 600 W or 1500 W depending on the total number of system ports and amount of bulk VPWR capacitance used. Together with the VPWR bulk capacitance, the TVS must prevent the VPWR rail from exceeding 70 V.
- Bulk Capacitor: The system bulk capacitor(s) should be rated for 100 V and can be of aluminum electrolytic type. Two 47-μF capacitors can be used for each TPS2388 on board.
- Distributed Capacitance:In higher port count systems, it may be necessary to distribute 1-uF, 100-V, X7R ceramic capacitors across the 48-V power bus. One capacitor per each TPS2388 pair is recommended.
- Digital I/O Pullup Resistors:RESET and A1-A4 are internally pulled up to VDD, while OSS is internally pulled down, each with a 50-kΩ (typical) resistor. A stronger pull-up/down resistor can be added externally such as a 10 kΩ, 1%, 0.063 W type in a SMT package. SCL, SDAI, SDAO, and INT require external pull-up resistors within a range of 1 kΩ to 10 kΩ depending on the total number of devices on the bus .
- Ethernet Data Transformer (per port): The Ethernet data transformer must be rated to operate within the IEEE802.3at standard in the presence of the DC port current conditions. The transformer is also chosen to be compatible with the Ethernet PHY. The transformer may also be integrated into the RJ45 connector and cable terminations.
- RJ45 Connector (per port): The majority of the RJ45 connector requirements are mechanical in nature and include tab orientation, housing type (shielded or unshielded), or highly integrated. An integrated RJ45 consists of the Ethernet data transformer and cable terminations at a minimum. The integrated type may also contain the port TVS and common mode EMI filtering.
- Cable Terminations (per port): The cable terminations typically consist of series resistor (usually 75 Ω) and capacitor (usually 10 nF) circuits from each data transformer center tap to a common node which is then bypassed to a chassis ground (or system earth ground) with a high-voltage capacitor (usually 1000 pF to 4700 pF at 2 kV).