Super Sequencer with Margining Control
and Nonvolatile Fault Recording
ADM1169
Data Sheet
FEATURES
APPLICATIONS
Complete supervisory and sequencing solution for up to
8 supplies
Central office systems
Servers/routers
16-event deep black box nonvolatile fault recording
8 supply fault detectors enable supervision of supplies to
<0.5% accuracy at all voltages at 25°C
<1.0% accuracy across all voltages and temperatures
4 selectable input attenuators allow supervision of supplies to
14.4 V on VH
Multivoltage system line cards
DSP/FPGA supply sequencing
In-circuit testing of margined supplies
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
REFIN REFOUT REFGND
SDA SCL A1
A0
6 V on VP1 to VP3 (VPx)
ADM1169
SMBus
VREF
INTERFACE
4 dual-function inputs, VX1 to VX4 (VXx)
High impedance input to supply fault detector with
thresholds between 0.573 V and 1.375 V
General-purpose logic input
12-BIT
SAR ADC
FAULT
RECORDING
EEPROM
CLOSED-LOOP
MARGINING SYSTEM
8 programmable driver outputs, PDO1 to PDO8 (PDOx)
Open-collector with external pull-up
Push/pull output, driven to VDDCAP or VPx
Open-collector with weak pull-up to VDDCAP or VPx
Internally charge-pumped high drive for use with external
NFET (PDO1 to PDO6 only)
PDO1
PDO2
PDO3
PDO4
PDO5
PDO6
CONFIGURABLE
OUTPUT
DRIVERS
DUAL-
FUNCTION
INPUTS
VX1
VX2
VX3
VX4
(LOGIC INPUTS
OR
(HV CAPABLE OF
DRIVING GATES
OF NFET)
SFDs)
SEQUENCING
ENGINE
VP1
VP2
VP3
VH
CONFIGURABLE
OUTPUT
DRIVERS
PROGRAMMABLE
RESET
GENERATORS
Sequencing engine (SE) implements state machine control of
PDO outputs
PDO7
PDO8
(LV CAPABLE
OF DRIVING
LOGIC SIGNALS)
(SFDs)
State changes conditional on input events
Enables complex control of boards
Power-up and power-down sequence control
Fault event handling
AGND
PDOGND
VDDCAP
VDD
ARBITRATOR
VOUT VOUT VOUT VOUT
DAC
DAC
DAC
DAC
Interrupt generation on warnings
DAC1 DAC2 DAC3 DAC4
VCCP
GND
Watchdog function can be integrated in SE
Program software control of sequencing through SMBus
Complete voltage margining solution for 4 voltage rails
4 voltage output 8-bit DACs (0.300 V to 1.551 V) allow voltage
adjustment via dc-to-dc converter trim/feedback node
12-bit ADC for readback of all supervised voltages
Reference input (REFIN) has 2 input options
Driven directly from 2.048 V ( 0.25%) REFOUT pin
More accurate external reference for improved ADC
performance
Figure 1.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ADM1169 Super Sequencer® is a configurable supervisory/
sequencing device that offers a single-chip solution for supply
monitoring and sequencing in multiple supply systems. In addition
to these functions, the ADM1169 integrates a 12-bit ADC and
four 8-bit voltage output DACs. These circuits can be used to
implement a closed-loop margining system that enables supply
adjustment by altering either the feedback node or reference of
a dc-to-dc converter using the DAC outputs.
Device powered by the highest of VPx, VH for improved
redundancy
Supply margining can be performed with a minimum of external
components. The margining loop can be used for in-circuit
testing of a board during production (for example, to verify
board functionality at −5% of nominal supplies), or it can be
used dynamically to accurately control the output voltage of
a dc-to-dc converter.
User EEPROM: 256 bytes
Industry-standard 2-wire bus interface (SMBus)
Guaranteed PDO low with VH, VPx = 1.2 V
Available in 32-lead, 7 mm × 7 mm LQFP and 40-lead,
6 mm × 6 mm LFCSP packages
For more information about the ADM1169 register map, refer
to the AN-721 Application Note.
Rev. A
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