SLUSCD1C June   2017  – November 2018 TPS2373

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
    1.     Device Images
      1.      Simplified Schematic
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1.     Pin Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4 Thermal Information
    5. 6.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 6.6 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  APD Auxiliary Power Detect
      2. 7.3.2  PG Power Good (Converter Enable) Pin Interface
      3. 7.3.3  CLSA and CLSB Classification
      4. 7.3.4  DEN Detection and Enable
      5. 7.3.5  Internal Pass MOSFET
      6. 7.3.6  TPH, TPL and BT PSE Type Indicators
      7. 7.3.7  VC_IN, VC_OUT, UVLO_SEL, and Advanced PWM Startup
      8. 7.3.8  AMPS_CTL, MPS_DUTY and Automatic MPS
      9. 7.3.9  VDD Supply Voltage
      10. 7.3.10 VSS
      11. 7.3.11 Exposed Thermal PAD
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1  PoE Overview
      2. 7.4.2  Threshold Voltages
      3. 7.4.3  PoE Startup Sequence
      4. 7.4.4  Detection
      5. 7.4.5  Hardware Classification
      6. 7.4.6  Inrush and Startup
      7. 7.4.7  Maintain Power Signature
      8. 7.4.8  Advanced Startup and Converter Operation
      9. 7.4.9  PD Hotswap Operation
      10. 7.4.10 Startup and Power Management, PG and TPH, TPL, BT
      11. 7.4.11 Adapter ORing
      12. 7.4.12 Using DEN to Disable PoE
      13. 7.4.13 ORing Challenges
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Requirements
        1. 8.2.2.1  Input Bridges and Schottky Diodes
        2. 8.2.2.2  Protection, D1
        3. 8.2.2.3  Capacitor, C1
        4. 8.2.2.4  Detection Resistor, RDEN
        5. 8.2.2.5  Classification Resistors, RCLSA and RCLSB
        6. 8.2.2.6  APD Pin Divider Network RAPD1, RAPD2
        7. 8.2.2.7  Opto-isolators for TPH, TPL and BT
        8. 8.2.2.8  VC Input and Output, CVCIN and CVCOUT
        9. 8.2.2.9  UVLO Select, UVLO_SEL
        10. 8.2.2.10 Automatic MPS and MPS Duty Cycle, RMPS and RMPS_DUTY
        11. 8.2.2.11 Internal Voltage Reference, RREF
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
  9. 9 Power Supply Recommendations
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
    3. 10.3 EMI Containment
    4. 10.4 Thermal Considerations and OTSD
    5. 10.5 ESD
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 11.3 Community Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
    5. 11.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 11.6 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

7.4.13 ORing Challenges

Preference of one power source presents a number of challenges. Combinations of adapter output voltage (nominal and tolerance), power insertion point, and which source is preferred determine solution complexity. Several factors adding to the complexity are the natural high-voltage selection of diode ORing (the simplest method of combining sources), the current limit implicit in the PSE, and PD inrush and protection circuits (necessary for operation and reliability). Creating simple and seamless solutions is difficult, if not impossible, for many of the combinations. However, the TPS2373 offers several built-in features that simplify some combinations.

Several examples demonstrate the limitations inherent in ORing solutions. Diode ORing a 48-V adapter with PoE (option 1) presents the problem that either source may have the higher voltage. A blocking switch would be required to assure that one source dominates. A second example combines a 12-V adapter with PoE using option 2. The converter draws approximately four times the current at 12 V from the adapter than it does from PoE at 48 V. Transition from PoE power to adapter may demand more current than can be supplied by the PSE. The converter must be turned off while the CBULK capacitance charges, with a subsequent converter restart at the higher voltage and lower input current.