SLUSD66D September   2019  – February 2021 TPS92520-Q1

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and 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  Buck Converter Switching Operation
      2. 7.3.2  Switching Frequency and Adaptive On-Time Control
      3. 7.3.3  Minimum On-Time, Off-Time, and Inductor Ripple
      4. 7.3.4  LED Current Regulation and Error Amplifier
      5. 7.3.5  Start-up Sequence
      6. 7.3.6  Analog Dimming and Forced Continuous Conduction Mode
      7. 7.3.7  External PWM Dimming and Input Undervoltage Lockout (UVLO)
      8. 7.3.8  Internal PWM Dimming
      9. 7.3.9  Shunt FET Dimming or Matrix Beam Application
      10. 7.3.10 Bias Supply
      11. 7.3.11 Bootstrap Supply
      12. 7.3.12 ADC
        1. 7.3.12.1 Input Voltage Measurement: VINx
        2. 7.3.12.2 LED Voltage Measurement: CSNx
        3. 7.3.12.3 Bias Supply Measurement: V5D
        4. 7.3.12.4 External Limp-Home Input Measurement: LHI
        5. 7.3.12.5 Junction Temperature Measurement: TEMP
      13. 7.3.13 Faults and Diagnostics
      14. 7.3.14 Output Short Circuit Fault
      15. 7.3.15 Output Open Circuit Fault
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Power On Reset (POR)
      2. 7.4.2 Detect SPI Communication
      3. 7.4.3 Standalone Mode
      4. 7.4.4 Load Mode
      5. 7.4.5 Run Mode
      6. 7.4.6 Sleep Mode
      7. 7.4.7 Limp-Home Mode
    5. 7.5 Programming
      1. 7.5.1 Serial Interface
      2. 7.5.2 Command Frame
      3. 7.5.3 Response Frame
        1. 7.5.3.1 Read Response Frame Format
        2. 7.5.3.2 Write Response Frame Format
        3. 7.5.3.3 Write Error/POR Frame Format
      4. 7.5.4 SPI Error
      5. 7.5.5 SPI for Multiple Slave Devices in Parallel Configuration
      6. 7.5.6 SPI for Multiple Slave Devices in Daisy Chain Configuration
    6. 7.6 Register Maps
      1. 7.6.1 Configuration Registers
        1. 7.6.1.1 SYSCFG1 Register (address = 0x00) [reset = 0x10]
        2. 7.6.1.2 SYSCFG2 Register (address = 0x01) [reset = 0x00]
        3. 7.6.1.3 CMWTAP Register (address = 0x02) [reset = 0x08]
      2. 7.6.2 STATUS Registers
        1. 7.6.2.1 STATUS1 Register (address = 0x03)
        2. 7.6.2.2 STATUS2 Register (address = 0x04)
        3. 7.6.2.3 STATUS3 Register (address = 0x05)
      3. 7.6.3 Device Control Registers
        1. 7.6.3.1  Thermal Warning Limit (address = 0x06) [reset = 0x8A]
        2. 7.6.3.2  SLEEP Command (address = 0x07) [reset = 0x00]
        3. 7.6.3.3  CH1IADJL Control Register (address = 0x08) [reset = 0x00]
        4. 7.6.3.4  CH1IADJH Control Register (address = 0x09) [reset = 0x00]
        5. 7.6.3.5  CH2IADJL Control Register (address = 0x0A) [reset = 0x00]
        6. 7.6.3.6  CH2IADJH Control Register (address = 0x0B) [reset = 0x00]
        7. 7.6.3.7  PWMDIV Register (address = 0x0C) [reset = 0x04]
        8. 7.6.3.8  CH1PWML Register (address = 0x0D) [reset = 0x00]
        9. 7.6.3.9  CH1PWMH Register (address = 0x0E) [reset = 0x00]
        10. 7.6.3.10 CH2PWML Register (address = 0x0F) [reset = 0x00]
        11. 7.6.3.11 CH2PWMH Register (address = 0x10) [reset = 0x00]
        12. 7.6.3.12 CH1TON Register (address = 0x11) [reset = 0x07]
        13. 7.6.3.13 CH2TON Register (address = 0x12) [reset = 0x07]
      4. 7.6.4 ADC Measurements
        1. 7.6.4.1  CH1VIN Measurement (address = 0x13)
        2. 7.6.4.2  CH1VLED Measurement (address = 0x14)
        3. 7.6.4.3  CH1VLEDON Measurement (address = 0x15)
        4. 7.6.4.4  CH1VLEDOFF Measurement (address = 0x16)
        5. 7.6.4.5  CH2VIN Measurement (address = 0x17)
        6. 7.6.4.6  CH2VLED Measurement (address = 0x18)
        7. 7.6.4.7  CH2VLEDON Measurement (address = 0x19)
        8. 7.6.4.8  CH2VLEDOFF Measurement (address = 0x1A)
        9. 7.6.4.9  TEMPL Measurement (address = 0x1B)
        10. 7.6.4.10 TEMPH Measurement (address = 0x1C)
        11. 7.6.4.11 V5D Measurement (address = 0x1D)
      5. 7.6.5 Limp-Home Configuration and Command Registers
        1. 7.6.5.1  LHCFG1 Register (address = 0x1E) [reset =0x00]
        2. 7.6.5.2  LHCFG2 Register (address = 0x1F) [reset =0x00h]
        3. 7.6.5.3  LHIL Measurement (address = 0x20)
        4. 7.6.5.4  LHIH Measurement (address = 0x21)
        5. 7.6.5.5  LHIFILTL Register (address = 0x22)
        6. 7.6.5.6  LHIFILTH Register (address = 0x23)
        7. 7.6.5.7  LH1IADJL Register (address = 0x24) [reset = 0x00]
        8. 7.6.5.8  LH1IADJH Register (address = 0x25) [reset = 0x00]
        9. 7.6.5.9  LH2IADJL Register (address = 0x26) [reset = 0x00]
        10. 7.6.5.10 LH2IADJH Register (address = 0x27) [reset = 0x00]
        11. 7.6.5.11 LH1PWML Register (address = 0x28) [reset = 0x00]
        12. 7.6.5.12 LH1PWMH Register (address = 0x29) [reset = 0x00]
        13. 7.6.5.13 LH2PWML Register (address = 0x2A) [reset = 0x00]
        14. 7.6.5.14 LH2PWMH Register (address = 0x2B) [reset = 0x00]
        15. 7.6.5.15 LH1TON Register (address = 0x2C) [reset = 0x07]
        16. 7.6.5.16 LH2TON Register (address = 0x2D) [reset = 0x07]
      6. 7.6.6 RESET Register (address = 0x2E) (Write-Only)
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
      1. 8.1.1  Duty Cycle Consideration
      2. 8.1.2  Switching Frequency Selection
      3. 8.1.3  LED Current Set Point
      4. 8.1.4  Inductor Selection
      5. 8.1.5  Output Capacitor Selection
      6. 8.1.6  Input Capacitor Selection
      7. 8.1.7  Bootstrap Capacitor Selection
      8. 8.1.8  Compensation Capacitor Selection
      9. 8.1.9  Input Undervoltage Protection
      10. 8.1.10 CSN Protection Diode
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
        1. 8.2.1.1 Detailed Design Procedure
          1. 8.2.1.1.1 Calculating Duty Cycle
          2. 8.2.1.1.2 Calculating Minimum On-Time and Off-Time
          3. 8.2.1.1.3 Minimum Switching Frequency
          4. 8.2.1.1.4 LED Current Set Point
          5. 8.2.1.1.5 Inductor Selection
          6. 8.2.1.1.6 Output Capacitor Selection
          7. 8.2.1.1.7 Bootstrap Capacitor Selection
          8. 8.2.1.1.8 Compensation Capacitor Selection
          9. 8.2.1.1.9 External Channel Enable and PWM dimming
      2. 8.2.2 Application Curves
    3. 8.3 Initialization Setup
      1. 8.3.1 Initialize Device without Watchdog timer
      2. 8.3.2 Initialize Device with Watchdog Timer
      3. 8.3.3 Limp-Home Mode
  9. 9 Power Supply Recommendations
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
      1. 10.1.1 Compact Layout for EMI Reduction
        1. 10.1.1.1 Ground Plane
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
  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 Support Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
    5. 11.5 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

7.1 Overview

The TPS92520-Q1 is a dual synchronous buck LED driver with a 4.5-V to 65-V input voltage range. It can deliver up to 1.6 A of continuous current per channel and power two independent strings of one to 16 series-connected LEDs. The device implements an adaptive on-time current regulation control technique to achieve fast transient response. This architecture uses a comparator and a one-shot on-timer that varies inversely with input and output voltage to maintain a near-constant frequency. The integrated low offset rail-to-rail error amplifier enables closed-loop regulation of LED current and ensures better than 4% accuracy over a wide input, output, and temperature range.

The LED current reference is set by the 10-bit IADJ DAC and is programmed by the CHxIADJ register to achieve over a 16:1 linear analog dimming range. Pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming of the LED current is achieved by either programming the internal PWM generator or by modulating the duty cycle of external voltage signal at UDIMx input. When enabled, the internal PWM generator sets the LED current duty cycle based on the 10-bit CHxPWM command. The external UDIMx input acts as an enable and directly controls the LED current. This device optimizes the inductor current response and is capable of achieving over a 1000:1 PWM dimming ratio.

The device incorporates an enhanced programmable fault feature including the following:

  • Cycle-by-cycle switch overcurrent limit
  • Input undervoltage protection
  • Boot undervoltage protection
  • Comp overvoltage warning
  • Thermal warning
  • LED short circuit indication

In addition, thermal shutdown (TSD) protection is implemented to limit the junction temperature at 175°C (typical). For each fault, there is an associated fault read-bit in the status registers that can be easily accessed via SPI read commands.

The TPS92520-Q1 includes a communication watchdog timer that enables standalone and limp-home (LH) function. When enabled, the watchdog timer monitors the SPI communication during start-up and normal operation. Communication failure at start-up forces the device in stand-alone mode operation. In this mode, the operation of each channel is controlled by UDIMx and LHI inputs while the SPI communication is disabled. Limp-home (LH) mode is activated on detection of communication failure during normal operation. In LH mode, the device operation is controlled by the limp-home registers that are initialized and loaded during the device start-up sequence.