LTC4266A/LTC4266C
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Port Output Cap
Each port requires a 0.22μF cap across its outputs to keep
the LTC4266A/LTC4266C stable while in current limit
during startup or overload. Common ceramic capacitors
often have significant voltage coefficients; this means the
capacitance is reduced as the applied voltage increases.
To minimize this problem, X7R ceramic capacitors rated
for at least 100V are recommended.
Surge Protection
Ethernet ports can be subject to significant cable surge
events. To keep PoE voltages below a safe level and protect
the application against damage, protection components, as
shown in Figure 17, are required at the main supply, at the
LTC4266A/LTC4266C pins, and at each port.
Bulk transient voltage suppression (TVS
BULK
) and bulk ca-
pacitance (C
BULK
) are required across the main PoE supply
and should be sized to accommodate system level surge
requirements. A large capacitance of 10μF or greater (C3)
is required across the +3.3V supply if V
DD
is above AGND.
Each LTC4266A/LTC4266C requires a 10Ω, 0805 resistor
(R1) in series from supply AGND to the LTC4266A/LTC4266C
AGND pin. Across the LTC4266A/LTC4266C AGND pin and
V
EE
pin are an SMAJ58A, 58V TVS (D1) and a 1μF, 100V
bypass capacitor (C1). These components must be placed
close to the LTC4266A/LTC4266C pins.
If the V
DD
supply is above AGND, each LTC4266A/LTC4266C
requires a 10Ω, 0805 resistor (R2) in series from the +3.3V
supply positive rail to the LTC4266A/LTC4266C V
DD
pin.
Across the LTC4266A/LTC4266C V
DD
pin and DGND pin are
an SMAJ5.0A, 5.0V TVS (D2) and a 0.1μF capacitor (C2).
These components must be placed close to the LTC4266A/
LTC4266C pins. DGND is tied directly to the protected AGND
pin. Pull-ups at the logic pins should be to the protected side
of the 10Ω resistors at the V
DD
pin. Pull-downs at the logic
pins should be to the protected side of the 10Ω resistors
at the tied AGND and DGND pins.
Finally, each port requires a pair of S1B clamp diodes,
one from OUTn to supply AGND (D3) and one from OUTn
to supply V
EE
(D4). The diodes at the ports steer harmful
surges into the supply rails where they are absorbed by the
surge suppressors and the V
EE
bypass capacitance. The
layout of these paths must be low impedance
.
Further considerations include LTC4266A/LTC4266C appli-
cations with off-board connections, such as a daughter card
to a mother board or headers to an external supply or host
control board. Additional protection may be required at the
LTC4266A/LTC4266C pins to these off-board connections.
LAYOUT GUIDELINES
Strict adherence to board layout, parts placement and
routing guidelines is critical for optimal current reading
accuracy, IEEE compliance, system robustness, and
thermal dissipation.
Power delivery above 25.5W imposes additional compo-
nent and layout restraints. Specifically MOSFET, sense
resistor and transformer selection is crucial to safe and
reliable system operation.
Contact LTC Applications to obtain a full set of layout
guidelines, example layouts and BOMs.
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
Figure 17. LTC4274 Surge Protection
D4 S1B
C
OUT
0.22μF
100V
X7R
C1
1µF
100V
X7R
V
EE
SENSE GATE OUT
V
DD
AUTO
SCL
SDAIN
DGND
AGND
R
S
Q1
1/4
LTC4266
–54V
4266AC F17
D3
S1B
OUTn
C2
0.1µF
D2
SMAJ5.0A
R2
10Ω
C3
10µF
C
BULK
TVS
BULK
+3.3V
D1
SMAJ58A
R1
10Ω
