LTC2950-1/LTC2950-2
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Figure 4 shows the µP turning power off. After a low on
KILL releases enable, the internal 256ms timer ignores
the PB pin. This is shown as t
EN/EN
, LOCKOUT in Figure 4.
LTC2950-1, LTC2950-2 VERSIONS
The LTC2950-1 (high true EN) and LTC2950-2 (low true
EN) differ only by the polarity of the EN/EN pin. Both ver-
sions allow the user to extend the amount of time that the
PB must be held low in order to begin a valid power on/
off sequence. An external capacitor placed on the ONT
pin adds additional time to the turn on time. An external
capacitor placed on the OFFT pin adds additional time to
the turn off time. If no capacitor is placed on the ONT
(OFFT) pin, then the turn on (off) duration is given by an
internally fixed 32ms timer.
The LTC2950 fixes the KILL turn off delay time (t
KILL, OFF
DELAY
) at 1024ms. This means that the EN/EN pin will be
switched low/high a maximum of 1024ms after initiating
a valid turn off sequence. Note that in a typical application,
a µP or µC would set KILL low prior to the 1024ms timer
period (t
7
in Figure 1).
Figure 3. µP Turns Off Power (LTC2950-1)
t
KILL
PB
EN
DC/DC
TURNS OFF
2950 F03
KILL
XXX DON’T CARE
µP SETS
KILL LOW
PB
PB IGNORED
EN
KILL
PB BLANKING
XXX DON’T CARE
256ms
POWER ON
2950 F04
DC/DC
TURNS OFF
µP SETS
KILL LOW
t
EN/EN, LOCKOUT
Figure 4. DC/DC Turn Off Blanking (LTC2950-1)
Aborted Power On Sequence
The power on sequence is aborted when the KILL remains
low after the end of the 512ms blanking time. Figure 2 is
a simplified version of an aborted power on sequence.
At time t
ABORT,
since KILL is still low, EN pulls low (thus
turning off the DC/DC converter).
µP Turns Off Power During Normal Operation
Once the system has powered on and is operating nor-
mally, the µP can turn off power by setting KILL low, as
shown in Figure 3. At time t
KILL
, KILL is set low by the µP.
This immediately pulls EN low, thus turning off the DC/
DC converter.
DC/DC Turn Off Blanking
When the DC/DC converter is turned off, it can take a sig-
nificant amount of time for its output to decay to ground. It
is desirable to wait until the output of the DC/DC converter
is near ground before allowing the user (via PB) to restart
the converter. This condition guarantees that the µP has
always powered down completely before it is restarted.
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