SNVA966 July   2020  – MONTH  LP8864-Q1 , LP8864S-Q1 , LP8866-Q1 , LP8866S-Q1

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Fault Handling Routine
  3. 2Different Fault and Diagnostic Handling Method Recommendation
    1. 2.1 Different Fault Handling Method
      1. 2.1.1 System Brightness Derating
      2. 2.1.2 System-Level Unrecoverable Critical Fault
      3. 2.1.3 System-Level Sustainable Fault
    2. 2.2 Different Diagnostic Wrong Information Handling Method
      1. 2.2.1 System-Level Critical Wrong Diagnostic Information
      2. 2.2.2 System Level Sustainable Wrong Diagnostic Information
  4. 3Summary
  5.   A Fault-Related Functions
    1.     A.1 Protection and Fault Detections
      1.      A.1.1 Supply Faults
        1.       A.1.1.1 VIN Undervoltage Faults (VINUVLO)
        2.       16
        3.       A.1.1.2 VIN Overvoltage Faults (VINOVP)
        4.       A.1.1.3 VDD Undervoltage Faults (VDDUVLO)
        5.       A.1.1.4 VIN OCP Faults (VINOCP)
        6.       A.1.1.5 Charge Pump Faults (CPCAP, CP)
        7.       A.1.1.6 Boost Sync Clock Invalid Faults (BSTSYNC)
        8.       A.1.1.7 CRC Error Faults (CRCERR)
      2.      A.1.2 Boost Faults
        1.       A.1.2.1 Boost Overvoltage Faults (BSTOVPL, BSTOVPH)
        2.       A.1.2.2 Boost Overcurrent Faults (BSTOCP)
        3.       A.1.2.3 LEDSET Resistor Missing Faults (LEDSET)
        4.       A.1.2.4 MODE Resistor Missing Faults (MODESEL)
        5.       A.1.2.5 FSET Resistor Missing Faults (FSET)
        6.       A.1.2.6 ISET Resistor Out of Range Faults (ISET)
        7.       A.1.2.7 Thermal Shutdown Faults (TSD)
      3.      A.1.3 LED Faults
        1.       A.1.3.1 Open LED Faults (OPEN_LED)
        2.       A.1.3.2 Short LED Faults (SHORT_LED)
        3.       A.1.3.3 LED Short to GND Faults (GND_LED)
        4.       A.1.3.4 Invalid LED String Faults (INVSTRING)
        5.       A.1.3.5 I2C Timeout Faults
      4.      A.1.4 Overview of the Fault and Protection Schemes
    2.     A.2 Programming Examples
      1.      A.2.1 Clearing Fault Interrupts
      2.      A.2.2 Disabling Fault Interrupts
      3.      A.2.3 Diagnostic Registers

1 Fault Handling Routine

The LP8864-Q1, LP8864S-Q1, LP8866-Q1, and LP8866S-Q1 (hereafter, LP886XX-Q1) devices have a huge variety of fault detections and diagnostic features. The system could make use of all these features to better evaluate the current system condition, making the most suitable decision. It will help to avoid both overacting under minor faults and underacting under critical faults.

However, to fully leverage all those features, a well-organized fault handling routine is needed. The following figure is the recommended software handling routine which works with the LP886XX-Q1 devices.

GUID-20200701-SS0I-FWDK-3WRX-XXVLWC1G9WPR-low.gifFigure 1-1 Software Recommended Fault Handling Routine

When a fault is detected through the FAULT pin, the software needs to take related action.

Faults can be resolved in the following ways by the fault handling routine:

  • Automatically recovered by the internal fault recovery mechanism of the chip
  • Recovered by powering cycle the chip
  • Recovered by taking corresponding system-level action
  • A fault which cannot be recovered by the previous three methods

Higher critical level actions are taken if current level actions do not solve the issue. The details of those specific actions are described in Section 2. The corresponding system-level action to handle faults and incorrect diagnostic information will differ based on different faults detected.