TIDUF61 May 2024
The TIDA-020069 is in a short-to-battery state when a short to the 12V battery voltage is inserted at any point within the interlock loop. This short can be inserted between HVIL-Send and the load, between any load resistors (HV connectors), or between the load and HVIL-Return. During this state, the onboard LED marked Short to Battery is turned on, as shown in the test results image. This short-to-battery state can be the result of improper wiring connections, deteriorating connectors, or problems mishandling during servicing, where the 12V battery is shorted to the interlock pins. This state represents a failure mode and the TIDA-020069 is indicating that the high-voltage battery of the HEV/EV needs to be disabled immediately.
Figure 2-17 illustrates the expected behavior of HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return during the short-to-battery failure state. The high-voltage connectors are modeled as resistors connected in series with the TIDA-020069, but a short to the 12V battery was inserted into the interlock loop.
In this failure state, both the HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return voltages are pulled high. The clamping diodes of the Section 2.3.1.3 portion of the design clamp HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return to 5V (the supply voltage regulated by TPS7B69-Q1). This prevents an overvoltage effect and protects downstream devices that can be connected to HVIL-Send and HVIL-Receive, like an MCU.
The differential voltage, VDIF, between HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return is very small in this failure mode, regardless of where the short is inserted within the interlock loop. HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return must both be greater in voltage than the Upper Threshold voltage for the TIDA-20069 state logic to work correctly. However, both HVIL-Send and HVIL-Return are higher in voltage in this state than HVIL-SendNormal Operation and HVIL-SendOpen Connection. Therefore, there are no additional design requirements for this state that are not already met by the design guidelines of Section 2.3.2.1 and Section 2.3.2.2.
The results of this state can be verified in the Test Results section.