TAS5112
SLES048C JULY 2003 REVISED MARCH 2004
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THEORY OF OPERATION
POWER SUPPLIES
The power device only requires two supply voltages,
GVDD and PVDD_X.
GVDD is the gate drive supply for the device, regulated
internally down to approximately 12 V, and decoupled with
regards to board GND on the GREG pins through an
external capacitor. GREG powers both the low side and
high side via a bootstrap step-up conversion. The
bootstrap supply is charged after the first low-side turn-on
pulse. Internal digital core voltage DREG is also derived
from GVDD and regulated down by internal circuitry to
3.3 V.
The gate-driver regulator can be bypassed for reducing
idle loss in the device by shorting GREG to GVDD and
directly feeding in 12.0 V. This can be useful in an
application where thermal conduction of heat from the
device is difficult.
PVDD_X is the H-bridge power supply pin. Two power pins
exists for each half-bridge to handle the current density. It
is important that the circuitry recommendations around
the PVDD_X pins are followed carefully both topology-
and layout-wise. For topology recommendations, see the
Typical System Configuration section. Following these
recommendations is important for parameters like EMI,
reliability, and performance.
POWERING UP
RESET
GVDD
PVDD_x
PWM_xP
> 1 ms
NOTE: PVDD should not be powered up before GVDD.
During power up when RESET is asserted LOW, all
MOSFETs are turned off and the two internal half-bridges
are in the high-impedance state (Hi-Z). The bootstrap
capacitors supplying high-side gate drive are not charged
at this point. To comply with the click and pop scheme and
use of non-TI modulators it is recommended to use a 4-k
pulldown resistor on each PWM output node to ground.
This precharges the bootstrap supply capacitors and
discharges the output filter capacitor (see the Typical
TAS5112 Application Configuration section).
After GVDD has been applied, it takes approximately 800
s to fully charge the BST capacitor. Within this time,
RESET must be kept low. After approximately 1 ms, the
back-end bootstrap capacitor is charged.
RESET can now be released if the modulator is powered
up and streaming valid PWM signals to the back-end
PWM_xP. Valid means a switching PWM signal which
complies with the frequency and duty cycle ranges stated
in the Recommended Operating Conditions.
A constant HIGH dc level on the PWM_xP is not permitted,
because it would force the high-side MOSFET ON until it
eventually ran out of BST capacitor energy and might
damage the device.
An unknown state of the PWM output signals from the
modulator is illegal and should be avoided, which in
practice means that the PWM processor must be powered
up and initialized before RESET is de-asserted HIGH to
the back end.
POWERING DOWN
For power down of the back end, an opposite approach is
necessary. The RESET must be asserted LOW before the
valid PWM signal is removed.
When PWM processors are used with TI PurePath Digital
amplifiers, the correct timing control of RESET and
PWM_xP is performed by the modulator.
PRECAUTION
The TAS5112 must always start up in the high-impedance
(Hi-Z) state. In this state, the bootstrap (BST) capacitor is
precharged by a resistor on each PWM output node to
ground. See the system configuration. This ensures that
the back end is ready for receiving PWM pulses, indicating
either HIGH- or LOW-side turnon after RESET is
de-asserted to the back end.
With the following pulldown resistor and BST capacitor
size, the charge time is:
C = 33 nF, R = 4.7 k
R
× C × 5 = 775.5 s
After GVDD has been applied, it takes approximately 800
s to fully charge the BST capacitor. During this time,
RESET must be kept low. After approximately 1 ms the
back end BST is charged and ready. RESET can now be
released if the PWM modulator is ready and is streaming
valid PWM signals to the back end. Valid PWM signals are
switching PWM signals with a frequency between
350400 kHz. A constant HIGH level on the PWM+ would
force the high-side MOSFET ON until it eventually ran out
of BST capacitor energy. Putting the device in this
condition should be avoided.