SLUSC25A February 2015 – August 2017 TPS2388
PRODUCTION DATA.
Hardware classification (class) is performed by supplying a voltage and sampling the resulting current. To eliminate the high power of a classification event from occurring in the power controller chip, the TPS2388 makes use of the external power FET for classification.
During classification, the voltage on the gate node of the external MOSFET is part of a linear control loop. The control loop applies the appropriate MOSFET drive to maintain a differential voltage between VPWR and DRAIN of 17.5 V. During classification the voltage across the sense resistor in the source of the MOSFET is measured and converted to a class level within the TPS2388. If a load short occurs during classification, the MOSFET gate voltage is quickly reduced to a linearly controlled, short-circuit value for the duration of the class event.
Classification results may be read through the I2C Detection Event and Port n Status Registers. The TPS2388 also supports two-event classification for type 2 PDs, using the IEEE Power Enable register.