TIDUBY9 December 2021
The TPS22917 device is a small, single-channel load switch utilizing a low leakage P-channel MOSFET for minimum power loss. The switch ON state is controlled by a digital switch control input that can interface directly with low-voltage control signals. The device has an input voltage range of 1 V to 5.5 V and has a 10-nA current consumption when it is in its OFF state. The switch control input is active high. If a high voltage is applied to the switch control input, the load switch is in the ON state and the VOUT pin is connected to the VIN pin of the device. On the other hand, if a low voltage is applied to the switch control input, the load switch is in the OFF state and the VOUT pin is disconnected from the VIN pin of the device.
In this design, the TPS22917 is used to disconnect the power supply of the board (connected to VIN of the TPS22917) from the VCC pin of the DRV5056 (connected to VOUT of the TPS22917). When the system is in sleep mode, the TPS22917 disconnects VCC from the DRV5056, thereby reducing system current consumption. The TPS22917 was selected because of its cost and its low OFF-state current consumption. The active-high TPS22917 and the SN75AUP1G00 can be replaced with one active-low TPS22916.