PD70100A & PD70200
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PD70100A & PD70200
IEEE 802.3af/at PD Front End IC
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THEORY OF OPERATION
DETAIL DESCRIPTION
PD70100A/PD70200 IC provides IEEE 802.3af/at
compliant PD Front-End functions including Detection,
Physical Layer Classification, Two-Events Classification
(PD70200 only), Auxiliary Voltage Output, Power Good,
Soft-Start Current Limiting, Over-Current Protection,
and Bulk Capacitor Discharge.
DETECTION
IEEE 802.3af/at compliant detection is provided by
means of a 24.9KΩ resistor connected between VPP
and RDET pin. R
DET pin is connected to VPNIN via an
open drain MOSFET with a maximum specified RDSON
of 50Ω. Internal logic monitors VPP to VPNIN and
connects the RDET pin to VPNIN when the rising VPP to
VPNIN voltage is between 2.5V and 10.1V. When rising
VPP to VPNIN voltage exceeds 10.1V, the MOSFET is
switched off. Once above 10.1V, falling VPP to VPNIN
voltage between 2.45V and 4.85V will reconnect RDET
pin to VPNIN.
PHYSICAL LAYER CLASSIFICATION
Physical Layer (hardware) Classification per IEEE
802.3af/at is generated via a regulated reference
voltage of 1.2V, switched onto the RCLASS pin. Internal
logic monitors the VPP to VPNIN voltage and connects
the 1.2V reference to RCLASS pin at a rising VPP to VPNIN
voltage threshold between 11.1V and 13.5V. Once VPP
to VPNIN has exceeded the rising threshold, there is a
1V minimum hysteresis between the VPP rising (turn-on)
threshold and the VPP falling (turn-off) threshold.
The 1.2V reference stays connected to the RCLASS pin
until the VPP to VPNIN rising voltage exceeds the upper
turn-off threshold of 20.9V to 23.9V. The 1.2V
reference voltage is disconnected from the RCLASS pin at
VPP to VPNIN voltages above the upper threshold.
Classification current signature is provided via a
resistor connected between RCLASS pin and VPNIN. The
classification current is therefore the current drawn by
the PD70100A/PD70200 IC during the classification
phase, and is simply the 1.2V reference voltage divided
by the RCLASS resistor value. The maximum current
available at the RCLASS pin is current limited to 55mA
(typical).
TWO-EVENTS DETECTION AND AT FLAG
The PD70200 IC provides IEEE 802.3at Type 2 compliant
detection of the “Two Events Classification Signature”, and
generation of the AT flag. This feature is available on the
PD70200 IC only.
Simply put, the “Two Events Classification Signature” is a
means by which an IEEE 802.3at Type 2 Power Source can
inform a compliant Power Device (PD) that it is AT Type 2
compliant, and as such is capable of providing AT Type 2
power levels.
The Power Source communicates with a Type 2 compliant
signature by toggling the VPP to VPNIN voltage twice (2
“events”) during the Physical Layer Classification phase.
The VPP to VPNIN voltage is toggled from the Physical Layer
Classification’s voltage level (13.5V to 20.9V) down to a
voltage “Mark” level. Voltage “Mark” level is specified as a
VPP to VPNIN voltage of 4.9V to 10.1V.
PD70200 IC recognizes a VPP to VPNIN falling edge from
Classification level to Mark level as being one event of the
Two-Events Signature. If two such falling edges are
detected, PD70200 will assert AT flag by means of an open
drain MOSFET connected between AT_FLAG pin and
VPNOUT.
AT_FLAG pin is active low; a low impedance state
between AT_FLAG and VPNOUT indicates a valid Two-
Events Classification Signature was received, and the
Power Source is AT Type 2 compliant.
AT_FLAG MOSFET is capable of 5mA of current and can
be pulled up to VPP.
SOFT START AND INRUSH CURRENT PROTECTION
PD70100A/PD70200 IC contains an internal isolation
switch, that provides ground isolation between Power
Source and PD application during Detection and
Classification phases. The isolation switch is a N-channel
MOSFET, wired in a common source configuration where
the MOSFET’s Source is connected to Power Source
ground at VPNIN, and the MOSFET’s Drain is connected to
application’s primary ground at VPNOUT.