TIDUF06 August 2022
To minimize form factor, a PMIC is selected to provide the power, supervision, and sequencing requirements for the system. A power topology consisting of three buck regulators and one LDO provides a balance between power efficiency and noise performance. A 2.2-MHz operating frequency is beneficial for two reasons: it avoids the especially sensitive frequencies of image sensor circuits (typically 1 MHz or less) and it avoids interfering in the AM radio band for automotive applications. The low noise, and high PSRR LDO of the PMIC can provide up to 300 mA of current with a tight output voltage tolerance (±1%) appropriate for the analog voltage rail requirements in ADAS camera applications. The PMIC offers programmable output voltages and sequencing, allowing the same power and serializer design to be reused with a variety of imagers depending on the vision application.