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low 512ms after it went high. Note that the LTC2954 does
notsampleKILLandPBuntilafterthe512msinternaltimer
has expired. The reason PB is ignored is to ensure that
the system is not forced off while powering on. Once the
system is now in its reset state where the LTC2954 is in
low power mode (6µA) and PB is monitored for a high to
low transition.
Aborted Power On Sequence
512ms timer expires (t ), the release of the PB pin is then
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debounced with an internal 32ms timer. The system has
now properly powered on and the LTC2954 monitors PB
and KILL for a turnoff command while consuming only
6µA of supply current.
The power on sequence is aborted when the KILL remains
low at the end of the 512ms blanking time. Figure 2 is a
simplified version of an aborted power on sequence. At
time t
, since KILL is still low, EN pulls low (thus
ABORT
turning off the DC/DC converter).
A high to low transition on PB (t ) starts the power off
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sequence debounce timer. In order to assert the interrupt
µP Turns Off Power During Normal Operation
output (INT), PB must stay low continuously (PB high
resets debounce timer) for 32ms (t –t ). At the comple-
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Once the system has powered on and is operating nor-
mally, the µP can turn off power by setting KILL low, as
tion of the power down debounce timer (t ), an internal
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interrupt timer keeps the interrupt output low for at least
shown in (Figure 3). At time t
, KILL is set low by the
KILL
32ms, even if PB is released between t and t . If PB is
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µP. This immediately pulls EN low, thus turning off the
low at the end of this 32ms internal timer (t ), the external
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DC/DC converter.
adjustable power down timer is started. The capacitor
placed at the PDT pin will determine the time period of
this timer. If the push button is released prior to 16 cycles
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.
of the PDT pin, the interrupt output will go high (t ). Note
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that the enable output is not directly changed by this
interrupt pulse. The function of the interrupt signal is to
initiate a software shutdown. At t , the µP has performed
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its power down functions and asserted the KILL input low.
This releases the enable output, which in turn shuts down
system power. Note that if the push button is held long
enough to count 16 cycles at the PDT pin, the enable pin
would be released immediately after the 16th cycle. The
Figure 4 shows the µP turning power off. After a low on
KILLreleasesenable, theinternal256mstimerignoresthe
PB pin. This is shown as t
in (Figure 4).
EN/EN, LOCKOUT
t
EN/EN, Lockout
PB IGNORED
POWER ON
PB
t
KILL
DC/DC
TURNS OFF
PB
EN
256ms
PB BLANKING
(INTERNAL
SIGNAL)
DC/DC
TURNS OFF
EN
µP SETS
KILL LOW
µP SETS
KILL LOW
KILL
XXX DON’T CARE
KILL
XXX DON’T CARE
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Figure 4. DC/DC Turn Off Blanking (LTC2954-1)
Figure 3. µP Turns Off Power (LTC2954-1)
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