SC900
POWER MANAGEMENT
Applications Information
General Description
LDO RESET Control Register:
ARST Pin
There are two functions that can be programmed, defin-
ing the ARST pin action:
Each of the five low-dropout linear regulators (LDOs) can
be independently enabled or disabled and their output
voltages can each be set by an independent DAC. These
controls can be accessed through the I2C serial port.
There are five 8-bit volatile registers in the SC900; one
for each LDO (registers A,B,C,D,E). In addition there is
one common reset and power good control register and
one on/off control register. The active shutdown circuitry
can be accessed through each LDO register (refer to the
section “Active Shutdown” on page 11 for more informa-
tion).
• Set the polarity of the reset signal
• Set the reset clear delay time in milliseconds
As soon as the LDOA output voltage falls below its pro-
grammed value, the ARST pin is asserted. The polarity
of the ARST pin can be set to active high or active low
during a reset condition, by bit 6 of the LDO Reset Con-
trol Register. Once the error condition is resolved (out-
put rises to the programmed value), a delay is initiated
before the ARST pin is cleared. The delay is program-
mable by bits 0-1 of the LDO Reset Control Register. The
Default delay time is 100ms, and the delay can be pro-
grammed for 0, 50, 100, or 150ms.
At power-up, the register contents are reset to their de-
fault values and the ARST for LDO A has a default start-
up delay of 100ms. At any time the part can be put into
it’s lowest power state (shutdown) by pulling the EN pin
low. Whenever the EN pin is forced low, the previous
settings are lost and the part requires reprogramming to
return to the desired state. When EN is pulled high, the
device starts up in the default state. A detailed descrip-
tion of the protocol used to load the registers with data
is described in the section entitled “Using the I2C Inter-
face” on page 13.
LDOPGD Pin
There are three functions that can be programmed to
define the LDOPGD pin action:
• Set which LDOs are to be monitored for power-good
• Set the polarity of the power-good signal
• Set the power-good delay time in milliseconds
VIN and Enable Pin
The VIN supply must be ≥ 2.7V before the EN pin can be
asserted. This means that the EN pin should not be tied
to VIN so that it does not reach a logic high level before
the input supply reaches 2.7V.
Bits 4 and 5 of the LDO Reset Control Register select
which LDO or LDOs are monitored. LDO C, D and E can
be monitored independently or LDOs A, C, D, & E can be
monitored collectively. The polarity of the LDOPGD pin
can be set to active high or active low by bit 7 of the LDO
Reset Control Register. As soon as any of the selected
LDO output voltages which are monitored falls within spec,
the LDO power-good (LDOPGD) pin is asserted. Once the
LDO output power is stable (output rises to the pro-
grammed value), a delay is initiated before the LDOPGD
pin is set. The delay is programmable by bits 2 and 3 of
the LDO Reset Control Register. The default delay is
100ms, and this delay can be programmed to 0, 50,
100, or 150ms.
LDOA (Core Supply)
LDOA is intended to be used as the MSM core supply. It
has an output current capability of 200mA and a dedi-
cated reset signal ARST. INA is the dedicated input sup-
ply for this regulator.
LDOB (Digital I/O Supply)
INB supplies power for the internal I2C interface and other
digital I/O functions, while LDOB supplies power for ARST
and LDOPGD output ports (see block diagram). There-
fore it is imperative that LDOB be operational to make
use of ARST and LDOPGD. If LDOB is turned off by the
on/off control register, these output ports will not func-
tion.
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