SLUAA04A june 2020 – may 2023 BQ25150 , BQ25155 , BQ25618 , BQ25619 , TS5A12301E , TS5A3157 , TS5A3159A , TS5A6542
This device is the analog switch that is used to pass the UART communication between the earbud and case. This device can switch logic signal down to 1.2 V and has powered off protection. The powered off protection feature allows the device to protect the UART pins on the MCU while the device is in charging mode. Analog switch devices that do not have powered off protection fail for this application because when the earbud input voltage is between 3.3 V and 4.6 V it surpasses the I/O voltage rating many switches have of Vcc + 0.5 V. Without this feature, exceeding this rating can cause an overvoltage event on the MCU GPIO pin.