
Preliminary Technical Data
ADM1185
Functional Description
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The operation of the ADM1185 is explained in this section in
the context of the device in a voltage monitoring and
sequencing application (figure 4, above). In this application, the
ADM1185 will monitor four separate voltage rails, turn on
three regulators in a predefined sequence and generate a power
good signal to turn on a controller when all power supplies are
up and stable.
POWER ON SEQUENCING AND MONITORING
The main supply (in this case 3.3V) powers up the device via
the VCC pin as the voltage rises. A supply voltage of 2.7V to
5.5V is needed to power the device.
The VIN1 pin is monitoring the main 3.3V supply. An external
resistor divider will scale this voltage down for monitoring at
the VIN1 pin. The resistor ratio is chosen so that the VIN1
voltage is 0.6V when the main voltage rises to the preferred
level at start-up (some voltage below the nominal 3.3V level). In
this case, R1 is 4.6K and R2 is 1.2K so that a voltage level of
2.9V will correspond to 0.6V on the non-inverting input of the
first comparator.
TO LOGIC
CORE
ADM1185
3.3V
2.9V
0V
t
V
0.6V
2.9V supply
gives 0.6V
at VIN1 pin
1.2K
4.6K
VIN1
Figure 4.Setting the undervoltage threshold with an external resistor divider
OUT1 is an open drain active high output. In this application,
OUT1 is connected to the enable pin of a regulator. Before the
voltage on VIN1 has reached 0.6V this output is switched to
ground, disabling regulator 1. (Note that all outputs are driven
to ground as long as there is 1V on the VCC pin of the
ADM1185). When the main system voltage reaches 2.9V VIN1
will detect 0.6V and this will cause OUT1 to assert after a
190ms delay. When this occurs the open drain output will
switch high and the external pull-up resistor will pull the
voltage on the regulator 1 enable pin above its turn-on
threshold, turning on the output of regulator 1.
The assertion of OUT1 will turn on Regulator1. The 2.5V
output of this regulator will begin to rise. This will be detected
by input VIN2 (with a similar resistor divider scheme as shows
in figure 5). When VIN2 sees the 2.5V rail rise above its UV
point it will assert output OUT2, turning on Regulator2. A
capacitor can be placed on the VIN2 pin to slow the rise of the
voltage on this pin- this effectively sets a time delay between the
2.5V rail powering up and the next Regulator being enabled.
The same scheme is implemented with the other input and
output pins. Every rail that is turned on via an output pin
OUT(n) is monitored via input pin VIN(n+1).
The final comparator inside the VIN4 pin detects the final
supply turning on, which is 1.2V in this case. All of the output
pins (OUT1-OUT3) are logically ANDed together to generate a
system power good signal (PWRGD). There is an internal
190ms delay associated with the assertion of the PWRGD
output.
Table 4 below is a truth table that steps through the power on
sequence of the outputs. Any associated internal time delays are
also shown.
VOLTAGE MONITORING AFTER POWER ON
Once PWRGD is asserted the logical core latches into a
different mode of operation. During the initial power up phase
each output is directly dependant on an input (i.e. VIN3
asserting causes OUT3 to assert). When power up is complete
this function is redundant.
Once in the PWRGD state the following behavior can be
observed:
If the main 3.3V supply that is monitored via VIN1
faults in the power good state then the PWRGD
output is deasserted to warn the downstream
controller and all of the outputs OUT1-OUT3 are
immediately turned off, disabling all locally generated
supplies.
If a supply monitored by VIN2-VIN4 fails the
PWRGD output is deasserted to warn the controller
but the other outputs are not deasserted.
Table 5 and table 6 are truth tables that highlight the behavior of
the ADM1185 under various fault situations during normal
operation (i.e. in the mode of operation after PWRGD has
asserted).