LINER LTC4258

LTC4258
Quad IEEE 802.3af
Power over Ethernet Controller
with Integrated Detection
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FEATURES
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DESCRIPTIO
The LTC®4258 is a quad –48V Hot SwapTM controller designed for use in IEEE 802.3af compliant Power
Sourcing Equipment (PSE). It consists of four independent
ports, each with output current limit, short-circuit protection, complete Powered Device (PD) detection and classification capability, and programmable PD disconnect using
DC sensing. Used with power MOSFETs and passives as
in Figure 1, the LTC4258 can implement a complete IEEE
802.3af-compliant PSE.
Controls Four Independent – 48V Powered
Ethernet Ports
Each Port Includes:
– IEEE 802®.3af Compliant PD Detection and
Classification
– Output Current Limit with Foldback
– Short-Circuit Protection with Fast Gate Pull-Down
– PD Disconnect Using DC Sensing
– Power Good Indication
Operates Autonomously or by I2CTM Control
4-Bit Programmable Digital Address Allows Control
of Up to 64 Ports
Programmable INT Pin Eliminates Software Polling
Current and Duty Cycle Limits Protect External FETs
Available in a 36-Pin SSOP Package
The LTC4258 can operate autonomously or be controlled by
an I2C serial interface. Up to 16 LTC4258s may coexist on
the same data bus, allowing up to 64 powered Ethernet ports
to be controlled with only two digital lines. Fault conditions
are optionally signaled with the INT pin to eliminate software
polling.
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APPLICATIO S
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External power MOSFETs, current sense resistors and diodes allow easy scaling of current and power dissipation
levels and provide protection against voltage and current
spikes and ESD events.
IEEE 802.3af Compliant Endpoint and Midspan
Power Sources
IP Phone Systems
DTE Power Distribution
The LTC4258 is available in a 36-pin SSOP package.
Linear Technology also provides solutions for 802.3af PD
applications with the LTC4257, LTC4257-1, and LTC4267.
, LT, LTC and LTM are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation.
Hot Swap is a registered trademark of Linear Technology Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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TYPICAL APPLICATIO
0.1µF
100V X7R
3.3V
0.1µF
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0
AD1
AD2
AD3
SHDN1 SHDN2 SHDN3 SHDN4
VDD
AUTO BYP
RESET
DETECT1
DETECT2
DETECT3
LTC4258
DETECT4
CMPD3003
×4
0.1µF 100V
×4
SMAJ58A
×4
DGND AGND VEE SENSE1 GATE1 OUT1 SENSE2 GATE2 OUT2 SENSE3 GATE3 OUT3 SENSE4 GATE4 OUT4
10k
10k
RS1
10k
10k
PORT1
–48V
Q1
0.1µF
RS2
PORT2
Q2
RS3
PORT3
Q3
RS1 TO RS4: 0.5Ω
Q1 TO Q4: IRFM120A
RS4
Q4
PORT4
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Figure 1. Complete 4-Port Powered Ethernet Power Source
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PACKAGE/ORDER I FOR ATIO
(Note 1)
Supply Voltages
VDD to DGND .......................................... – 0.3V to 5V
VEE to AGND ......................................... 0.3V to – 70V
DGND to AGND (Note 2) ................................. ±0.3V
Digital Pins
SCL, SDAIN, SDAOUT, INT, AUTO, RESET
SHDNn, ADn ................. DGND – 0.3V to DGND + 5V
Analog Pins
GATEn (Note 3) ................... VEE – 0.3V to VEE + 12V
DETECTn .................... DGND – 21V to DGND + 0.3V
SENSEn ................................. VEE – 0.3V to VEE + 1V
OUTn .................................... VEE – 70V to VEE + 70V
BYP Current ................................................. ±0.1mA
Operating Ambient Temperature Range ...... 0°C to 70°C
Junction Temperature (Note 4) ............................ 150°C
Storage Temperature Range ................ – 65°C to 150°C
Lead Temperature (Soldering, 10 sec)................. 300°C
ORDER PART
NUMBER
TOP VIEW
RESET
1
36 NC
BYP
2
35 AUTO
INT
3
34 OUT1
SCL
4
33 GATE1
SDAOUT
5
32 SENSE1
SDAIN
6
31 OUT2
AD3
7
30 GATE2
AD2
8
29 SENSE2
AD1
9
28 VEE
AD0 10
27 OUT3
DETECT1 11
26 GATE3
DETECT2 12
25 SENSE3
DETECT3 13
24 OUT4
DETECT4 14
23 GATE4
DGND 15
VDD 16
LTC4258CGW
22 SENSE4
21 AGND
SHDN1 17
20 SHDN4
SHDN2 18
19 SHDN3
GW PACKAGE
36-LEAD PLASTIC SSOP
TJMAX = 150°C, θJA = 80°C/W
Order Options Tape and Reel: Add #TR
Lead Free: Add #PBF Lead Free Tape and Reel: Add #TRPBF
Lead Free Part Marking: http://www.linear.com/leadfree/
Consult LTC Marketing for parts specified with wider operating temperature ranges.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The ● denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. AGND = DGND = 0V, VDD = 3.3V, VEE = –48V unless otherwise noted
(Note 5).
SYMBOL PARAMETER
Power Supplies
VDD
VDD Supply Voltage
VEE
VEE Supply Voltage
IDD
VDD Supply Current
IEE
VEE Supply Current
VDDMIN
VEEMINON
VEEMINOFF
Detection
IDET
VDD UVLO Voltage
VEE UVLO Voltage (Turning On)
VEE UVLO Voltage (Turning Off)
Detection Current
VDET
Detection Voltage Compliance
RDETMIN
Minimum Valid Signature Resistance
RDETMAX Maximum Valid Signature Resistance
Classification
VCLASS
Classification Voltage
ICLASS
Classification Current Compliance
CONDITIONS
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To Maintain IEEE Compliant Output (Note 6)
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MIN
TYP
MAX
UNITS
3
–47
3.3
4
–57
5
–5
100
V
V
mA
mA
mA
V
V
V
300
190
–23
19
33
µA
µA
V
kΩ
kΩ
–21
75
V
mA
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Normal Operation
Classification Into a Short (VDETECTn = 0V) (Note 8)
2.5
–2
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2.7
–31
–28
VEE – AGND
VEE – AGND
First Point, VDETECTn = –10V
Second Point, VDETECTn = –3.5V
Open Circuit, Measured at DETECTn Pin
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0mA < ICLASS < 31mA
Into Short (VDETECT = 0V)
235
145
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15.2
26.7
–16.4
55
–20
17
29
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The ● denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. AGND = DGND = 0V, VDD = 3.3V, VEE = –48V unless otherwise noted
(Note 5).
SYMBOL
ITCLASS
PARAMETER
Classification Threshold Current
Gate Driver
IGON
GATE Pin Current
IGOFF
GATE Pin Current
IGPD
GATE Pin Short-Circuit Pull-Down
∆VGATE
External Gate Voltage (VGATEn – VEE)
Output Voltage Sense
VPG
Power Good Threshold Voltage
IVOUT
Out Pin Bias Current
Current Sense
VCUT
Overcurrent Detection Sense Voltage
VLIM
Current Limit Sense Voltage
CONDITIONS
Class 0-1
Class 1-2
Class 2-3
Class 3-4
Class 4-Overcurrent
MIN
5.5
13
21
31
45
TYP
6.5
14.5
23
33
48
MAX
7.5
16
25
35
51
UNITS
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
–50
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–20
30
–70
300
µA
µA
mA
V
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Gate On, VGATEn = VEE
Gate Off, VGATEn = VEE + 5V
VGATEn = VEE + 2V
IGATEn = – 1µA (Note 3)
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10
50
13
VOUTn – VEE
0V > VOUTn > –10V
–10V > VOUTn > –30V
VOUTn = –48V
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1
2
15
3
–6
–18
V
µA
µA
µA
187.5
212.5
199
224
224
3.75
275
–50
4.97
mV
mV
mV
mV
mV
mV
µA
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–20
VSENSEn – VEE, VOUT = VEE (Note 7)
VSENSEn – VEE, VOUTn = VEE
VSENSEn – VEE, VOUTn = AGND – 30V
VSENSEn – VEE, VOUTn = AGND – 10V
VSENSEn – VEE
166
201
201
30.2
2.52
VMIN
DC Disconnect Sense Voltage
VSC
Short-Circuit Sense Voltage
ISENSE
SENSE Pin Bias Current
Digital Interface
VOLD
Digital Output Low Voltage
VSENSEn = VEE
ISDAOUT = 3mA, IINT = 3mA
ISDAOUT = 5mA, IINT = 5mA
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0.4
0.7
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V
VILD
Digital Input Low Voltage
SCL, SDAIN, RESET, SHDNn, AUTO, ADn
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0.8
V
VIHD
Digital Input High Voltage
SCL, SDAIN, RESET, SHDNn, AUTO, ADn
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RPU
Pull-Up Resistor to VDD
ADn, RESET, SHDNn
50
kΩ
AUTO
50
kΩ
RPD
Pull-Down Resistor to DGND
AC Characteristics
tDETDLY
Detection Delay
tDET
tCLSDLY
tCLASS
tPON
Detection Duration
Classification Delay
Classification Duration
Power On Delay, Auto Mode
From Detect Command or Application of PD to Port
to Detect Complete (Figure 2)
Time to Measure PD Signature Resistance (Figure 2)
From Successful Detect in Auto or Semiauto Mode
to Class Complete
From Classify Command in Manual Mode (Figure 2)
(Figure 2)
From Valid Detect to Port On in Auto Mode (Figure 2)
From Port On Command to GATE Pin Current = IGON
(Note 9)
2.4
V
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170
590
ms
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170
10.1
230
52
ms
ms
10.1
10.1
420
13
130
1
ms
ms
ms
ms
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The ● denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating
temperature range, otherwise specifications are at TA = 25°C. AGND = DGND = 0V, VDD = 3.3V, VEE = –48V unless otherwise noted
(Note 5).
SYMBOL
tSTART
PARAMETER
Maximum Current Limit Duration During
Port Start-Up
tICUT
Maximum Current Limit Duration After
Port Start-Up
DCCLMAX
tDIS
Maximum Current Limit Duty Cycle
Disconnect Delay
tVMIN
DC Disconnect Minimum Pulse
Width Sensitivity
CONDITIONS
tSTART1 = 0, tSTART0 = 0 (Figure 3)
tSTART1 = 0, tSTART0 = 1 (Figure 3)
tSTART1 = 1, tSTART0 = 0 (Figure 3)
tSTART1 = 1, tSTART0 = 1 (Figure 3)
tICUT1 = 0, tICUT0 = 0 (Figure 3)
tICUT1 = 0, tICUT0 = 1 (Figure 3)
tICUT1 = 1, tICUT0 = 0 (Figure 3)
tICUT1 = 1, tICUT0 = 1 (Figure 3)
Reg16h = 00h
tDIS1 = 0, tDIS0 = 0 (Figure 4)
tDIS1 = 0, tDIS0 = 1 (Figure 4)
tDIS1 = 1, tDIS0 = 0 (Figure 4)
tDIS1 = 1, tDIS0 = 1 (Figure 4)
VSENSEn – VEE > 5mV, VOUTn = –48V (Figure 4)
(Note 9)
Clock Frequency
Bus Free Time
Start Hold Time
SCL Low Time
SCL High Time
Data Hold Time
Data Set-Up Time
Start Set-Up Time
Stop Set-Up Time
SCL, SDAIN Rise Time
SCL, SDAIN Fall Time
Fault Present to INT Pin Low
Stop Condition to INT Pin Low
ARA to INT Pin High Time
(Note 9)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
Figure 5 (Notes 9, 10)
(Notes 9, 10, 11)
(Notes 9, 10, 11)
(Notes 9, 10)
I2C Timing
fSCLK
t1
t2
t3
t4
t5
t6
t7
t8
tr
tf
tFLTINT
tSTOPINT
tARAINT
Note 1: Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings
may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to any Absolute
Maximum Rating condition for extended periods may affect device
reliability and lifetime.
Note 2: DGND and AGND should be tied together in normal operation.
Note 3: An internal clamp limits the GATE pins to a minimum of 12V above
VEE. Driving this pin beyond the clamp may damage the part.
Note 4: This IC includes overtemperature protection that is intended to
protect the device during momentary overload conditions. Junction
temperature will exceed 125°C when overtemperature protection is active.
Continuous operation above the specified maximum operating junction
temperature may impair device reliability.
Note 5: All currents into device pins are positive; all currents out of device
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MIN
50
25
100
200
50
25
100
200
5.8
300
75
150
600
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●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
1.3
600
1.3
600
150
200
600
600
20
20
20
60
20
TYP
60
30
120
240
60
30
120
240
6.3
360
90
180
720
0.02
MAX
70
35
140
280
70
35
140
280
6.7
400
100
200
800
1
UNITS
ms
ms
ms
ms
ms
ms
ms
ms
%
ms
ms
ms
ms
ms
400
kHz
µs
ns
µs
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
300
150
150
200
300
pins are negative. All voltages are referenced to ground (AGND and DGND)
unless otherwise specified.
Note 6: The LTC4258 is designed to maintain a port voltage of –46.6V to
–57V. The VEE supply voltage range accounts for the drop across the
MOSFET and sense resistor.
Note 7: The LTC4258 implements overload current detection per IEEE
802.3af. The minimum overload current (ICUT) is dependent on port
voltage; ICUT_MIN = 15.4W/VPORT_MIN. An IEEE compliant system using the
LTC4258 should maintain port voltage above –46.6V.
Note 8: VEE supply current while classifying a short is measured indirectly
by measuring the DETECTn pin current while classifying a short.
Note 9: Guaranteed by design, not subject to test.
Note 10: Values measured at VILD and VIHD.
Note 11: If fault occurs during an I2C transaction, the INT pin will not be
pulled down until a stop condition is present on the I2C bus.
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TYPICAL PERFOR A CE CHARACTERISTICS
Power On Sequence in Auto Mode
PORT 1
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
Powering On a 180µF Load
POWER ON
PORT
VOLTAGE
20V/DIV
GND
PORT
VOLTAGE
10V/DIV
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
GND
VEE
DETECTION
DETECTION
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
CLASSIFICATION
VEE
GATE +14V
VOLTAGE
10V/DIV VEE
PORT
CURRENT 0mA
500mA/DIV
VEE
FET ON
FOLDBACK
LOAD
FULLY
CHARGED
425mA
CURRENT LIMIT
5ms/DIV
50ms/DIV
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INT and SDAOUT Pull Down
Voltage vs Load Current
450
2.0
200
400
1.8
175
350
150
300
125
250
100
200
75
150
25
100
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
TA = 25°C
0
–48
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
50
0.2
0
0
–40
–32
–24
–16
–8
VDD = 3.3V
TA = 25°C
1.6
PULL-DOWN VOLTAGE (V)
50
ILIMIT WITH RSENSE = 0.5Ω (mA)
VSENSEn (mV)
Current Limit Foldback
225
0
5
0
15
20
10
LOAD CURRENT (mA)
VOUTn-AGND (V)
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Classification Transient Response
to 40mA Load Step
VEE DC Supply Current vs
Supply Voltage
Classification Current Compliance
3.0
–18V
40mA
PORT
CURRENT
20mA/DIV
0mA
VDD = 3.3V
–2 VEE = –48V
T = 25°C
–4 A
–6
–8
–10
–12
–14
PORT VOLTAGE WITH
TYPICAL CMPD3003
–16
–18
0
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2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
DETECTn
PIN VOLTAGE
–20
50µs/DIV
2.5
SUPPLY CURRENT (mA)
PORT
VOLTAGE
1V/DIV
CLASSIFICATION VOLTAGE (V)
0
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
TA = 25°C
25
10
20
30
40
50
60
CLASSIFICATION CURRENT (mA)
70
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VDD = 3.3V
REG 12h = 00h
0
–70 –60
–50 –40 –30 –20 –10
VEE SUPPLY VOLTAGE (V)
0
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PD
INSERTED
VPORTn
0V
tDET
VCLASS
VGATEn
PORT
TURN ON
(AUTO MODE)
VT
VEE
INT
tCLSDLY
tCLASS
tDETDLY
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tPON
Figure 2. Detect, Class and Turn-On Timing in Auto or Semiauto Modes
VLIM
VCUT
VSENSEn TO VEE
VSENSEn
TO VEE
0V
VMIN
tSTART, tICUT
INT
INT
tVMIN
tDIS
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Figure 3. Current Limit Timing
Figure 4. DC Disconnect Timing
t3
tr
t4
tf
SCL
t5
t2
t6
t8
t7
SDA
t1
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Figure 5. I2C Interface Timing
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TI I G DIAGRA S
SCL
SDA
0
1
0
AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 R/W ACK A7
START BY
MASTER
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
ACK BY
SLAVE
FRAME 1
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
A1
A0 ACK D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
ACK BY
SLAVE
D1
D0 ACK
STOP BY
MASTER
ACK BY
SLAVE
FRAME 2
REGISTER ADDRESS BYTE
FRAME 3
DATA BYTE
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Figure 6. Writing to a Register
SCL
SDA
0
1
0
AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 R/W ACK A7
START BY
MASTER
FRAME 1
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
A6
ACK BY
SLAVE
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0 ACK
ACK BY
SLAVE
FRAME 2
REGISTER ADDRESS BYTE
0
1
0
AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 R/W ACK D7
REPEATED
START BY
MASTER
FRAME 1
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
D6
D5
D4
D3
ACK BY
SLAVE
D2
D1
D0 ACK
NO ACK BY
MASTER
FRAME 2
DATA BYTE
STOP BY
MASTER
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Figure 7. Reading from a Register
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TI I G DIAGRA S
SCL
SDA
0
1
0
AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 R/W ACK D7
START BY
MASTER
D6
D5
D4
D3
ACK BY
SLAVE
D2
D1
D0 ACK
NO ACK BY
MASTER
FRAME 1
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
FRAME 2
DATA BYTE
STOP BY
MASTER
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Figure 8. Reading the Interrupt Register (Short Form)
SCL
SDA
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
R/W ACK
START BY
MASTER
FRAME 1
ALERT RESPONSE ADDRESS BYTE
0
1
ACK BY
SLAVE
0
AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0
1
NO ACK BY
MASTER
FRAME 2
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
ACK
STOP BY
MASTER
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Figure 9. Reading from Alert Response Address
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RESET (Pin 1): Chip Reset, Active Low. When the RESET
pin is low, the LTC4258 is held inactive with all ports off
and all internal registers reset to their power-up states.
When RESET is pulled high, the LTC4258 begins normal
operation. RESET can be connected to an external capacitor or RC network to provide a power turn-on delay.
Internal filtering of the RESET pin prevents glitches less
than 1µs wide from resetting the LTC4258. Pull RESET
high with ≤10k or tie to VDD.
BYP (Pin 2): Bypass Output. The BYP pin is used to
connect the internally generated – 20V supply to an external 0.1µF bypass capacitor. Use a 100V rated 0.1µF, X7R
capacitor. Do not connect the BYP pin to any other external
circuitry.
INT (Pin 3): Interrupt Output, Open Drain. INT will pull low
when any one of several events occur in the LTC4258. It
will return to a high impedance state when bits 6 or 7 are
set in the Reset PB register (1Ah). The INT signal can be
used to generate an interrupt to the host processor,
eliminating the need for continuous software polling.
Individual INT events can be disabled using the Int Mask
register (01h). See Register Functions and Applications
Information for more information. The INT pin is only
updated between I2C transactions.
SCL (Pin 4): Serial Clock Input. High impedance clock
input for the I2C serial interface bus. The SCL pin should
be connected directly to the I2C SCL bus line.
SDAOUT (Pin 5): Serial Data Output, Open Drain Data
Output for the I2C Serial Interface Bus. The LTC4258 uses
two pins to implement the bidirectional SDA function to
simplify optoisolation of the I2C bus. To implement a standard bidirectional SDA pin, tie SDAOUT and SDAIN together.
See Applications Information for more information.
SDAIN (Pin 6): Serial Data Input. High impedance data input
for the I2C serial interface bus. The LTC4258 uses two pins
to implement the bidirectional SDA function to simplify
optoisolation of the I2C bus. To implement a standard
bidirectional SDA pin, tie SDAOUT and SDAIN together.
See Applications Information for more information.
AD3 (Pin 7): Address Bit 3. Tie the address pins high or low
to set the I2C serial address to which the LTC4258 responds. This address will be (010A3A2A1A0)b. Pull AD3
high or low with ≤10k or tie to VDD or DGND.
AD2 (Pin 8): Address Bit 2. See AD3.
AD1 (Pin 9): Address Bit 1. See AD3.
AD0 (Pin 10): Address Bit 0. See AD3.
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DETECT1 (Pin 11): Detect Sense, Port 1. The LTC4258
Powered Device (PD) detection and classification hardware monitors port 1 with this pin. Connect DETECT1 to
the output port via a low leakage diode (see Figure 1). If the
port is unused, the DETECT1 pin can be tied to AGND or
allowed to float.
DETECT2 (Pin 12): Detection Sense, Port 2. See DETECT1.
DETECT3 (Pin 13): Detection Sense, Port 3. See DETECT1.
DETECT4 (Pin 14): Detection Sense, Port 4. See DETECT1.
DGND (Pin 15): Digital Ground. DGND should be connected to the return from the 3.3V supply. DGND and
AGND should be tied together.
VDD (Pin 16): Logic Power Supply. Connect to a 3.3V
power supply relative to DGND. VDD must be bypassed to
DGND near the LTC4258 with at least a 0.1µF capacitor.
SHDN1 (Pin 17): Shutdown Port 1, Active Low. When
pulled low, SHDN1 shuts down port 1, regardless of the
state of the internal registers. Pulling SHDN1 low is
equivalent to setting the Reset Port 1 bit in the Reset
Pushbutton register (1Ah). Internal filtering of the SHDN1
pin prevents glitches less than 1µs wide from reseting the
LTC4258. Pull SHDN1 high with ≤10k or tie to VDD.
GATE4 (Pin 23): Port 4 Gate Drive. GATE4 should be
connected to the gate of the external MOSFET for port 4.
When the MOSFET is turned on, a 50µA pull-up current
source is connected to the pin. The gate voltage is clamped
to 13V (typ) above VEE. During a current limit condition,
the voltage at GATE4 will be reduced to maintain constant
current through the external MOSFET. If the fault timer
expires, GATE4 is pulled down with 50µA, turning the
MOSFET off and recording a tICUT or tSTART event. If the
port is unused, float the GATE4 pin or tie it to VEE.
OUT4 (Pin 24): Port 4 Output Voltage Monitor. OUT4
should be connected to the output port through a 10k
series resistor. A current limit foldback circuit limits the
power dissipation in the external MOSFET by reducing the
current limit threshold when the port voltage is within 18V
of AGND. The port 4 Power Good bit is set when the voltage
from OUT4 to VEE drops below 2V (typ). A 2.5MΩ resistor
is connected internally from OUT4 to AGND. If the port is
unused, the OUT4 pin can be tied to AGND or allowed to
float.
SENSE3 (Pin 25): Port 3 Current Sense Input. See SENSE4.
GATE3 (Pin 26): Port 3 Gate Drive. See GATE4.
OUT3 (Pin 27): Port 3 Output Voltage Monitor. See OUT4.
SHDN2 (Pin 18): Shutdown Port 2, Active Low. See
SHDN1.
VEE (Pin 28): – 48V Supply Input. Connect to a – 48V to
– 57V supply, relative to AGND.
SHDN3 (Pin 19): Shutdown Port 3, Active Low. See
SHDN1.
SENSE2 (Pin 29): Port 2 Current Sense Input. See SENSE4.
SHDN4 (Pin 20): Shutdown Port 4, Active Low. See
SHDN1.
OUT2 (Pin 31): Port 2 Output Voltage Monitor. See OUT4.
AGND (Pin 21): Analog Ground. AGND should be connected to the return from the – 48V supply. AGND and
DGND should be tied together.
GATE1 (Pin 33): Port 1 Gate Drive. See GATE 4.
SENSE4 (Pin 22): Port 4 Current Sense Input. SENSE4
monitors the external MOSFET current via a 0.5Ω sense
resistor between SENSE4 and VEE. Whenever the voltage
across the sense resistor exceeds the overcurrent detection threshold VCUT, the current limit fault timer counts up.
If the voltage across the sense resistor reaches the current
limit threshold VLIM (typically 25mV/50mA higher), the
GATE4 pin voltage is lowered to maintain constant current
in the external MOSFET. See Applications Information for
further details. If the port is unused, the SENSE4 pin must
be tied to VEE.
GATE2 (Pin 30): Port 2 Gate Drive. See GATE4.
SENSE1 (Pin 32): Port 1 Current Sense Input. See SENSE4.
OUT1 (Pin 34): Port 1 Output Voltage Monitor. See OUT4.
AUTO (Pin 35): Auto Mode Input. Auto mode allows the
LTC4258 to detect and power up a PD even if there is no
host controller present on the I2C bus. The voltage of the
AUTO pin determines the state of the internal registers
when the LTC4258 is reset or comes out of VDD UVLO (see
the Register map in Table 1). The states of these register
bits can subsequently be changed via the I2C interface.
The real-time state of the AUTO pin is read at bit 0 in the
Pin Status register (11h). Pull AUTO high or low with ≤10k
or tie to VDD or DGND.
NC (Pin 36): No Internal Connection.
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CoR
RO
CoR
07h Fault Event CoR
08h tSTART Event
09h tSTART Event CoR
0Ah Supply Event
0Bh Supply Event CoR
Change 1
Change 2
Change 3
Change 4
Change 1
Change 2
Change 3
0000,0000
0000,0000
0000,0000
00A3A2,A1A001
0000,0000
0000,0000
0000,0000
00A3A2,A1A000
Detect Status 0
Detect Status 0
Power Enable 1
Auto Pin Status
Detect Status 1
Detect Status 1
Power Enable 2
Reserved
Detect Status 2
Detect Status 2
Power Enable 3
AD0 Pin Status
Reserved
Reserved
Power Enable 4
AD1 Pin Status
Class Status 0
Class Status 0
Power Good 1
AD2 Pin Status
Class Status 1
Class Status 1
Power Good 2
AD3 Pin Status
Class Status 2
Class Status 2
Power Good 3
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Power Good 4
Reserved
3
4
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RO
RO
RO
RO
0Eh Port 3 Status
0Fh Port 4 Status
10h Power Status
11h Pin Status
0000,0000
1000,0000
0000,0000
1000,0000
tDIS0
Reserved
tDIS1
Reserved
tICUT0
Reserved
tICUT1
Reserved
tSTART0
Reserved
tSTART1
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Interrupt Pin
Enable
Global
R/W
17h Misc Config
Power Off, Detection and Class Off
Will Not Advance Between States
Detect and Class But Wait to Turn On Power
Detect, Class and Power Automatically
Key:
RO = Read Only
R/W = Read/Write
CoR = Clear on Read
WO = Write Only
* The start-up state of the VEE UVLO
bit depends on the order in which the
VDD and VEE supplies are brought up.
VDD UVLO is not set by RESET pin or
reset all pushbutton.
0000,0000
Reset Port 1
Reset Port 2
Reset Port 3
Reset Port 4
Reset All
Reserved
Clear Interrupt Pin
Clear All
Interrupts
Global
WO
1Ah Reset PB
MODE BIT ENCODING
Shutdown
00
Manual
01
Semiauto
10
Auto
11
0000,0000
0000,0000
0000,0000
Power On 1
Power On 2
Power On 3
Power On 4
Power Off 1
Power Off 2
Power Off 3
Power Off 4
WO
19h Power Enable PB
Encoding
DETECT STATUS
CLASS STATUS
Detect Status Unknown
000
000 Class Status Unknown
Short Circuit (<1V)
001
001 Class 1
Reserved
010
010 Class 2
RLOW
011
011 Class 3
Detect Good
100
100 Class 4
RHIGH
101 Undefined—Read as Class 0 101
Open Circuit
110
110 Class 0
Reserved
111
111 Overcurrent
0000,0000
0000,0000
Restart Detect 1
Restart Detect 2
Restart Detect 3
Restart Detect 4
Restart Class 1
Restart Class 2
Restart Class 3
Restart Class 4
4321
4321
WO
18h Det/Class Restart PB
Pushbuttons
0000,0000
0000,0000
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Global
R/W
R/W
0000,0000
Detect Enable 1
Detect Enable 2
Detect Enable 3
Detect Enable 4
Class Enable 1
Class Enable 2
Class Enable 3
Class Enable 4
4321
R/W
14h Detect/Class Enable
16h Timing Config
0000,1111
1111,1111
0000,0000
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
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R/W
13h Disconnect Enable
15h Reserved
1111,1111
0000,0000
Port 1 Mode 0
DC Discon En 1
Port 1 Mode 1
DC Discon En 2
Port 2 Mode 0
DC Discon En 3
Port 2 Mode 1
DC Discon En 4
Port 3 Mode 0
Port 3 Mode 1
Port 4 Mode 0
Port 4 Mode 1
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Configuration
0000,0000
0000,0000
0000,0000
0000,0000
Detect Status 0
Detect Status 0
Detect Status 1
Detect Status 1
Detect Status 2
Detect Status 2
Reserved
Reserved
Class Status 0
Class Status 0
Class Status 1
0011,0000*
0000,0000
0000,0000
Class Status 1
0011,0000*
0000,0000
0000,0000
Class Status 2
Reserved
tSTART Fault 1
tICUT Fault 1
Class Status 2
Reserved
tSTART Fault 2
tICUT Fault 2
Reserved
Reserved
tSTART Fault 3
tICUT Fault 3
Reserved
Reserved
tSTART Fault 4
tICUT Fault 4
1
VEE UVLO
Reserved
Disconnect 1
2
VDD UVLO
Reserved
Disconnect 2
RO
Reserved
Reserved
Disconnect 3
0000,0000
0000,0000
RO
Over Temp
Reserved
Disconnect 4
0000,0000
0000,0000
0Ch Port 1 Status
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Pwr Enable
Pwr Enable
Pwr Enable
Pwr Enable
Pwr Good
Pwr Good
Pwr Good
0Dh Port 2 Status
Status
RO
CoR
06h Fault Event
RO
CoR
05h Detect Event CoR
03h Power Event CoR
04h Detect Event
RO
CoR
02h Power Event
Change 4
1110,0100
Events
Pwr Good
1000,0000
1000,0000
Mask 0
Mask 1
Mask 2
Mask 3
Mask 4
Mask 5
Mask 6
Mask 7
Global
R/W
01h Int Mask
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1000,0000
Pwr Enable Event
RESET STATE
RESET STATE
Pwr Good Event
BIT 0
Disconnect
BIT 1
Detect Complete
BIT 2
Class Complete
BIT 3
tICUT Fault
BIT 4
tSTART Fault
BIT 5
Supply Event
BIT 6
Global
BIT 7
RO
PORT
00h Interrupt
R/W
Auto Pin Low
Interrupts
TABLE 1. REGISTER
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Interrupt Registers
Interrupt (Address 00h): Interrupt Register, Read Only. A
transition to logical 1 of any bit in this register will assert
the INT pin (Pin 3) if the corresponding bit in the Int Mask
register is set. Each bit is the logical OR of the corresponding bits in the Event registers. The Interrupt register is Read
Only and its bits cannot be cleared directly. To clear a bit
in the Interrupt register, clear the corresponding bits in the
appropriate Status or Event registers or set bit 7 in the Reset
Pushbutton register (1Ah).
Int Mask (Address 01h): Interrupt Mask, Read/Write. A logic
1 in any bit of the Int Mask register allows the corresponding Interrupt register bit to assert the INT pin if it is set. A
logic 0 in any bit of the Int Mask register prevents the corresponding Interrupt bit from affecting the INT pin. The
actual Interrupt register bits are unaffected by the state of
the Int Mask register.
Event Registers
Power Event (Address 02h): Power Event Register, Read
Only. The lower four bits in this register indicate that the
corresponding port Power Enable status bit has changed;
the logical OR of these four bits appears in the Interrupt
register as the Pwr Enable Event bit. The upper four bits
indicate that the corresponding port Power Good status bit
has changed; the logical OR of these four bits appears in
the Interrupt register as the Pwr Good Event bit. The Power
Event bits latch high and will remain high until cleared by
reading from address 03h.
Power Event CoR (Address 03h): Power Event Register,
Clear on Read. Read this address to clear the Power Event
register. Address 03h returns the same data as address 02h
and reading address 03h clears all bits at both addresses.
Detect Event (Address 04h): Detect Event Register, Read
Only. The lower four bits in this register indicate that at least
one detection cycle for the corresponding port has completed; the logical OR of these four bits appears in the Interrupt register as the Detect Complete bit. The upper four
bits indicate that at least one classification cycle for the
corresponding port has completed; the logical OR of these
four bits appears in the Interrupt register as the Class Complete bit. In Manual mode, this register indicates that the
requested detection/classification cycle has completed and
the LTC4258 is awaiting further instructions. In Semiauto
or Auto modes, these bits indicate that the Detect Status
and Class Status bits in the Port Status registers are valid.
The Detect Event bits latch high and will remain high until
cleared by reading from address 05h.
Detect Event CoR (Address 05h): Detect Event Register,
Clear on Read. Read this address to clear the Detect Event
register. Address 05h returns the same data as address 04h,
and reading address 05h clears all bits at both addresses.
Fault Event (Address 06h): Fault Event Register, Read Only.
The lower four bits in this register indicate that a
tICUT fault has occurred at the corresponding port; the logical OR of these four bits appears in the Interrupt register
as the tICUT Fault bit. The upper four bits indicate that a Disconnect event has occurred at the corresponding port; the
logical OR of these four bits appears in the Interrupt register as the Disconnect bit. The Fault Event bits latch high
and will remain high until cleared by reading from address
07h.
Fault Event CoR (Address 07h): Fault Event Register, Clear
on Read. Read this address to clear the Fault Event register. Address 07h returns the same data as address 06h and
reading address 07h clears all bits at both addresses.
tSTART Event (Address 08h): tSTART Event Register, Read
Only. The lower four bits in this register indicate that a tSTART
fault has occurred at the corresponding port; the logical OR
of these four bits appears in the Interrupt register as the
tSTART Fault bit. The tSTART Event bits latch high and will
remain high until cleared by reading from address 09h. The
upper four bits in this register are reserved and will always
read as 0.
tSTART Event CoR (Address 09h): tSTART Event Register,
Clear on Read. Read this address to clear the Fault Event
register. Address 09h returns the same data as address 08h
and reading address 09h clears all bits at both addresses.
Supply Event (Address 0Ah): Supply Event Register, Read
Only. Bit 4 indicates that VEE has dropped below the VEE
UVLO level (typically –28V). Bit 5 signals that the VDD supply
has dropped below the VDD UVLO threshold. Bit 7 indicates
that the LTC4258 die temperature has exceeded its thermal
shutdown limit (see Note 4 under Electrical Characteristics). The logical OR of bits 4, 5 and 7 appears in the Interrupt register as the Supply Fault bit. The remaining bits in
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the register are reserved and will always read as 0. The
Supply Event bits latch high and will remain high until
cleared by reading from address 0Bh.
Supply Event CoR (Address 0Bh): Supply Event Register,
Clear on Read. Read this address to clear the Fault Event
register. Address 0Bh returns the same data as address 0Ah,
and reading address 0Bh clears all bits at both addresses.
Status Registers
Port 1 Status (Address 0Ch): Port 1 Status Register, Read
Only. This register reports the most recent detection and
classification results for port 1. Bits 0-2 report the status
of the most recent detection attempt at the port and bits 4-6
report the status of the most recent classification attempt
at the port. If power is on, these bits report the detection/
classification status present just before power was turned
on. If power is turned off at the port for any reason, all bits
in this register will be cleared. See Table 1 for detection and
classification status bit encoding.
Port 2 Status (Address 0Dh): Port 2 Status Register, Read
Only. See Port 1 Status.
Port 3 Status (Address 0Eh): Port 3 Status Register, Read
Only. See Port 1 Status.
Port 4 Status (Address 0Fh): Port 4 Status Register, Read
Only. See Port 1 Status.
Power Status (Address 10h): Power Status Register, Read
Only. The lower four bits in this register report the switch
on/off state for the corresponding ports. The upper four
bits (the power good bits) indicate that the drop across the
power switch and sense resistor for the corresponding ports
is less than 2V (typ) and power start-up is complete. The
power good bits are latched high and are only cleared when
a port is turned off or the LTC4258 is reset.
Pin Status (Address 11h): External Pin Status, Read Only.
This register reports the real time status of the AUTO
(Pin 35) and AD0-AD3 (Pins 7-10) digital input pins. The
logic state of the AUTO pin appears at bit 0 and the AD0-AD3
pins at bits 2-5. The remaining bits are reserved and will
read as 0. AUTO affects the initial states of some of the
LTC4258 configuration registers at start-up but has no
effect after start-up and can be used as a general purpose
input if desired, as long as it is guaranteed to be in the
appropriate state at start-up.
Configuration Registers
Operating Mode (Address 12h): Operating Mode Configuration, Read/Write. This register contains the mode bits for
each of the four ports in the LTC4258. See Table 1 for mode
bit encoding. At power-up, all bits in this register will be set
to the logic state of the AUTO pin (Pin 35). See Operating
Modes in the Applications Information section.
Disconnect Enable (Address 13h): Disconnect Enable
Register, Read/Write. The lower four bits of this register
enable or disable DC disconnect detection circuitry at the
corresponding port. If the DC Discon Enable bit is set the
port circuitry will turn off power if the current draw at the
port falls below IMIN for more than tDIS. IMIN is equal to VMIN/
RS, where RS is the sense resistor and should be 0.5Ω for
IEEE 802.3af compliance. If the bit is clear the port will not
remove power due to low current.
Detect/Class Enable (Address 14h): Detection and Classification Enable, Read/Write. The lower four bits of this register enable the detection circuitry at the corresponding port
if that port is in Auto or Semiauto mode. The upper four bits
enable the classification circuitry at the corresponding port
if that port is in Auto or Semiauto mode. In manual mode,
setting a bit in this register will cause the LTC4258 to perform one classification or detection cycle on the corresponding port. Writing to the Detect/Class Restart PB (18h)
has the same effect without disturbing the Detect/Class
Enable bits for other ports.
Timing Config (Address 16h): Global Timing Configuration,
Read/Write. Bits 0-1 program tDIS, the time duration before
a port is automatically tuned off after the PD is removed.
Bits 2-3 program tICUT, the time during which a port’s
current can exceed ICUT without it being turned off. If the
current is still above ICUT after tICUT, the LTC4258 will indicate a tICUT fault and turn the port off. Bits 4-5 program
tSTART, the time duration before an overcurrent condition
during port power-on is considered a tSTART fault and the
port is turned off. Note that using the tICUT and tSTART times
other than the default is not compliant with IEEE 802.3af
and may double or quadruple the energy dissipated by the
external MOSFETs during fault conditions. Bits 6-7 are reserved and should be read/written as 0. See Electrical Characteristics for timer bit encoding. Also see the Applications
Information for descriptions of tSTART, tICUT and DC disconnect timing.
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Misc Config (Address 17h): Miscellaneous Configuration,
Read/Write. Setting bit 7 enables the INT pin. If this bit is
reset, the LTC4258 will not pull down the INT pin in any
condition nor will it respond to the Alert Response Address.
This bit is set by default.
Pushbutton Registers
Note Regarding Pushbutton Registers: “Pushbutton” registers are specialized registers that trigger an event when
a 1 is written to a bit; writing a 0 to a bit will do nothing. Unlike
a standard read/write register, where setting a single bit
involves reading the register to determine its status, setting the appropriate bit in software and writing back the
entire register, a pushbutton register allows a single bit to
be written without knowing or affecting the status of the
other bits in the register. Pushbutton registers are writeonly and will return 00h if read.
Det/Class Restart PB (Address 18h): Detection/Classification Restart Pushbutton Register, Write Only. Writing a
1 to any bit in this register will start or restart a single
detection or classification cycle at the corresponding port
in Manual mode. It can also be used to set the corresponding bits in the Detect/Class Enable register (address 14h)
for ports in auto or semiauto mode. The lower 4 bits affect
detection on each port while the upper 4 bits affect
classification.
Power Enable PB (Address 19h): Power Enable Pushbutton
Register, Write Only. The lower four bits of this register set
the Power Enable bit in the corresponding Port Status register; the upper four bits clear the corresponding Power
Enable bit. Setting or clearing the Power Enable bits via this
register will turn on or off the power in any mode except
shutdown, regardless of the state of detection or classification. Note that tICUT, tSTART and disconnect events (if
enabled) will still turn off power if they occur.
The Power Enable bit cannot be set if the port has turned
off due to a tICUT or tSTART fault and the tICUT timer has not
yet counted back to zero. See Applications Information for
more information on tICUT timing.
Clearing the Power Enable bits with this register also
clears the detect and fault event bits, the Port Status
register, and the Detection and Classification Enable bits
for the affected port(s).
Reset PB (Address 1Ah): Reset Pushbutton, Write Only.
Bits 0-3 reset the corresponding port by clearing the power
enable bit, the detect and fault event bits, the status register and the detection and classification enable bits for that
port. Bit 4 returns the entire LTC4258 to the power-on
reset state; all ports are turned off, the AUTO pin is reread
and all registers are returned to their power-on defaults,
except VDD UVLO, which remains cleared. Bit 5 is reserved;
setting it has no effect. Setting bit 6 releases the Interrupt
pin if it is asserted without affecting the Event registers or
the Interrupt register. When the INT pin is released in this
way, the condition causing the LTC4258 to pull the INT pin
down must be removed before the LTC4258 will be able to
pull INT down again. This can be done by reading and
clearing the event registers or by writing a 1 into bit 7 of
this register. Setting bit 7 releases the Interrupt pin, clears
all the Event registers and clears all the bits in the Interrupt
register.
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OVERVIEW
Over the years, twisted-pair Ethernet has become the most
commonly used method for local area networking. The
IEEE 802.3 group, the originator of the Ethernet standard,
has defined an extension to the standard, known as
802.3af, which allows DC power to be delivered simultaneously over the same cable used for data communication. This promises a whole new class of Ethernet devices,
including IP telephones, wireless access points, and PDA
charging stations, which do not require additional AC
wiring or external power transformers, a.k.a. “wall warts.”
With about 13W of power available, small data devices can
be powered by their Ethernet connections, free from AC
wall outlets. Sophisticated detection and power monitoring techniques prevent damage to legacy data-only devices, while still supplying power to newer, Ethernetpowered devices over the twisted-pair cable.
A device that supplies power is called Power Sourcing
Equipment (PSE); a device that draws power from the
wire is called a Powered Device (PD). A PSE is typically an
Ethernet switch, router, hub, or other network switching
PSE
RJ45
4
CAT 5
20Ω MAX
ROUNDTRIP
0.05µF MAX
5
0.1µF
100V
DGND BYP
I2C
A PSE is required to provide a nominal 48V DC between
either the signal pairs or the spare pairs (but not both) as
shown in Figure 10. The power is applied as a voltage
between two of the pairs, typically by powering the centertaps of the isolation transformers used to couple the
differential data signals to the wire. Since Ethernet data is
transformer coupled at both ends and is sent differentially,
a voltage difference between the transmit pairs and the
receive pairs does not affect the data. A 10base-T/
100base-TX Ethernet connection only uses 2 of the 4 pairs
in the cable. The unused or spare pairs can be powered
directly, as shown in Figure 10, without affecting the data.
However, 1000base-T uses all 4 pairs and power must
be connected to the transformer center taps for
compatibility.
PD
RJ45
4
5
1N4002
×4
SPARE PAIR
GND
3.3V
INTERRUPT
equipment that is commonly found in the wiring closets
where cables converge. PDs can take many forms: digital
IP telephones, wireless network access points, PDA or
notebook computer docking stations, cell phone chargers, and HVAC thermostats are examples of devices that
can draw power from the network.
0.1µF
AGND
CMPD3003
VDD
DETECT
INT
1/4
SCL
LTC4258
SDAIN
SDAOUT
VEE
1
10k
–48V
IRFM120A
DATA PAIR
3
2
3
Rx
0.1µF
Tx
6
DATA PAIR
5µF
MIN
SMAJ58A
58V
Rx
2
SENSE GATE OUT
0.5Ω
1
Tx
6
1N4002
×4
GND
RCLASS
SMAJ58A
58V
PWRGD
LTC4257
7
7
8
8
–48VIN –48VOUT
DC/DC
CONVERTER
+
VOUT
–
SPARE PAIR
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The LTC4258 provides a complete solution for detection
and powering of PD devices in an IEEE 802.3af compliant
system. The LTC4258 consists of four independent ports,
each with the ability to detect, classify, and provide isolated –48V power to a PD device connected to it. The
LTC4258 senses removal of a PD with IEEE 802.3af
compliant DC method and turns off –48V power when the
PD is removed. An internal control circuit takes care of
system configuration and timing, and uses an I2C interface
to communicate with the host system.
Regardless of which mode it is in, the LTC4258 will
remove power automatically from any port that generates
a tSTART or tICUT overcurrent fault event (see tICUT Timing
and tSTART Timing sections). It will also automatically
remove power from any port that generates a disconnect
event if the appropriate Disconnect Enable bit is set in the
Disconnect Enable register. The host controller may also
remove power at any time by setting the appropriate
Power Off bit in the Power Enable PB register.
Power-On RESET
OPERATING MODES
Each LTC4258 port can operate in one of four modes:
Manual, Semiauto, Auto or Shutdown. The operating
mode for a port is set by the appropriate bits in the
Operating Mode register. The LTC4258 will power up with
all ports in Shutdown mode if the external AUTO pin is tied
low; if AUTO is high, all ports will wake up in Auto mode.
The operating mode can be changed at any time via the I2C
interface, regardless of the state of the AUTO pin.
• In Manual mode, a port will wait for instructions from
the host system before taking any action. It will run
single detection or classification cycles when commanded, and will report results in the Port Status
registers. When the host system decides it is time to
turn on or off power to a port, it can do so by setting
the appropriate Power On/Off bits in the Power Enable
PB register regardless of the current status of detection or classification.
• In Semiauto mode, the port will repeatedly attempt to
detect and classify a PD device attached to the link. It
will report this information in its Port Status register,
and wait for the host system to set the appropriate
Power On bit in the Power Enable PB register before
applying power to the port.
• In Auto mode, the port will detect and classify a PD
device connected to it, then immediately turn on the
power if detection was successful regardless of the
result of classification.
• In Shutdown mode, the port is disabled and will not detect
or power a PD. Also, the detect and fault event bits, status
bits and enable bits for the port are reset to zero.
At turn-on or any time the LTC4258 is reset (either by
pulling the RESET pin low or writing to the global Reset All
bit), all the ports turn off and all internal registers go to a
predefined state, shown in Table 1.
Several of the registers assume different states based on
the state of the AUTO pin at reset. The default states with
AUTO high allow the LTC4258 to detect and power up a PD
in Automatic mode, even if nothing is connected to the I2C
interface.
SIGNATURE DETECTION
The IEEE defines a specific pair-to-pair PD signature
resistance that identifies a device that can accept
Power over Ethernet in accordance with the 802.3af
specification. When the port voltage is below 10V, an
802.3af compliant PD will have a 25k signature resistance.
Figure 11 illustrates the relationship between the PD
signature resistance (white box from 23.75k to 26.25k)
and required resistance ranges the PSE must accept
(white box) and reject (gray boxes). According to the
802.3af specification, the PSE may or may not accept
resistances in the two ranges of 15k to 19k and 26.5k to
33k. Note that the black box in Figure 11 represents the
150Ω pair-to-pair termination used in legacy 802.3 devices like a computer’s network interface card (NIC) that
cannot accept power.
RESISTANCE 0Ω
PD
PSE
20k
10k
150Ω (NIC)
15k
30k
23.75k
26.25k
19k
26.5k
33k
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Figure 11. IEEE 802.3af Signature Resistance Ranges
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The LTC4258 checks for the signature resistance by
forcing two test currents on the port (via the DETECTn
pins) in sequence and measuring the resulting voltages. It
then subtracts the two V-I points to determine the resistive
slope while removing voltage offset caused by any series
diodes or current offset caused by leakage at the port (see
Figure 12). The LTC4258 will typically accept any PD
resistance between 17k and 29k as a valid PD and report
Detect Good (100 binary) in the Detect Status bits (bits 2
through 0) of the corresponding Port Status register.
Values outside this range, including open and short circuits, are also reported in the Detect Status bits. Refer to
Table 1 for a complete decoding of the Detect Status bits.
The first test point is taken by forcing a test current into
the port, waiting a short time to allow the line to settle and
measuring the resulting voltage. This result is stored
and the second current is applied to the port, allowed to
settle and the voltage measured. Each point takes about
100ms to measure, and an entire detection cycle takes
230ms (max).
The port’s operating mode controls if and when the
LTC4258 runs a detection cycle. In manual mode, the port
will sit idle until a Restart Detection (register 18h) command is received. It will then run a complete 200ms
detection cycle on the selected port, report the results in
the Detect Status bits in the corresponding Port Status
register and return to idle until another command is
received. In Semiauto mode, the LTC4258 autonomously
tests valid PDs connected to the ports but it will not apply
power until instructed to do so by the host controller. It
repeatedly queries the port every 320ms and updates the
Detect Status bits at the end of each cycle. If a Detect Good
is reported, it will advance to the classification phase and
report that result in the Port Status register. Until instructed to do otherwise, the LTC4258 will continue to
repeat detection on the port. Behavior in Auto mode is
similar to Semiauto; however, after a Detect Good is
reported, the LTC4258 performs the classification phase
and then powers up the port without further intervention.
The signature detection circuitry is disabled when the port
is in Shutdown mode, powered up or the corresponding
Detect Enable bit is cleared.
275
CURRENT (µA)
The LTC4258 will not report Detect Good if the PD has
more than 5µF in parallel with its signature resistor.
25kΩ SLOPE
165
VALID PD
0V-2V
OFFSET
FIRST
DETECTION
POINT
CLASSIFICATION
SECOND
DETECTION
POINT
A PD has the option of presenting a “classification signature” to the PSE to indicate how much power it will draw
when powered up. This signature consists of a specific
constant current draw when the PSE port voltage is between
15.5V and 20.5V, with the current level indicating the power
class to which the PD belongs. Per the IEEE 802.3af specification, the LTC4258 identifies the five classes of PD listed
in Table 2. During classification, the LTC4258 controls and
VOLTAGE
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Figure 12. PD Detection
Table 2. IEEE 802.3af Powered Device Classes
IEEE 802.3af
CLASS
CLASSIFICATION
CURRENT AT PSE
MAXIMUM
PD POWER
MINIMUM PSE
OUTPUT POWER
0
0mA to 5mA
12.95W
15.4W
1
8mA to 13mA
3.84W
4W
Low Power PD
Medium Power PD
CLASS DESCRIPTION
PD Does Not Implement Classification, Unknown Power
2
16mA to 21mA
6.49W
7W
3
25mA to 31mA
12.95W
15.4W
High or Full Power PD
4
35mA to 45mA
12.95W
15.4W
Reserved, Power as Class O
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measures the port voltage through the DETECTn pin. Note
that class 4 is presently specified by the IEEE as reserved
for future use. Figure 13 shows a PD load line, starting with
the shallow slope of the 25k signature resistor below 10V,
then drawing the classification current (in this case, class 3)
between 14.5V and 20.5V. The LTC4258’s load line for classification is also shown in Figure 13. It has low impedance
until current limit is reached at 55mA (min).
The LTC4258 will classify a port immediately after a
successful detection cycle in Semiauto or Auto modes, or
when commanded to in Manual mode. It measures the PD
classification signature current by applying 18V (typ) to
the port and measuring the resulting current. It reports the
detected class in the Class Status bits in the corresponding Port Status register. Note that in Auto mode, the port
will power up regardless of which class is detected.
The classification circuitry is disabled when the port is in
Shutdown mode, powered up, or the corresponding Class
Enable bit is cleared.
60
PSE LOAD LINE
OVER
CURRENT
50
CURRENT (mA)
48mA
40
CLASS 4
30
CLASS 3
20
TYPICAL
CLASS 3
PD LOAD
LINE
10
0
0
5
No External Capacitors
No external capacitors are required on the GATE pins for
active current limit stability, lowering part count and cost.
This also allows the fastest possible turn-off under severe
overcurrent conditions, providing maximum safety and
protection for the MOSFETs, load devices and board traces.
Connecting capacitors to the external MOSFET gates can
adversely affect the LTC4258’s ability to respond to a
shorted port.
Inrush Control
23mA
The 802.3af standard lists two separate maximum current
limits, ILIM and IINRUSH. Because they have identical values, the LTC4258 implements both as a single current
limit using VLIM (described below). Their functions are
differentiated through the use of tICUT and tSTART, respectively (see tICUT Timing and tSTART Timing sections). To
maintain consistency with the standard, the IINRUSH term
is used when referring to an initial tSTART power-up event.
14.5mA
CLASS 1
10
15
VOLTAGE (VCLASS)
Once the decision has been made to turn on power to a
port, the LTC4258 uses a 50µA current source to pull up
on the GATE pin. Under normal power-up circumstances,
the MOSFET gate will charge up rapidly to VT (the MOSFET
threshold voltage), the MOSFET current will rise quickly to
the current limit level and the GATE pin will be servoed to
maintain the proper IINRUSH charging current. When output charging is complete, the MOSFET current will fall and
the GATE pin will be allowed to continue rising to fully
enhance the MOSFET and minimize its on resistance. The
final VGS is nominally 13V. When a port is turned off, a
50µA current source pulls down on the GATE pin, turning
the MOSFET off in a controlled manner.
33mA
CLASS 2
CLASS 0
Gate Currents
6.5mA
25
20
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Figure 13. PD Classification
POWER CONTROL
The primary function of the LTC4258 is to control the
delivery of power to the PSE port. It does this by controlling the gate drive voltage of an external power MOSFET
while monitoring the current via a sense resistor and the
output voltage at the OUT pin. This circuitry serves to
couple the raw isolated –48V input supply to the port in a
controlled manner that satisfies the PD’s power needs
while minimizing disturbances on the –48V backplane.
When the LTC4258 turns on a port, it turns on the MOSFET
by pulling up on the gate. The LTC4258 is designed to
power up the port in current limit, limiting the inrush
current to IINRUSH.
The port voltage will quickly rise to the point where the PD
reaches its input turn-on threshold and begins to draw
current to charge its bypass capacitance, slowing the rate
of port voltage increase.
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Dual-Level Current Limit
A PD is permitted to draw up to 15.4W continuously and
up to 400mA for 50ms. The LTC4258 has two corresponding current limit thresholds, ICUT (375mA typ) and ILIM
(425mA typ). These are given by the equations:
ICUT = VCUT/RS, ILIM = VLIM/RS
RS is the sense resistor and should be 0.5Ω for IEEE
802.3af compliance. While the LTC4258 allows the port
current to exceed ICUT for a limited time period (see tICUT
timing below), it does not allow the current to exceed I LIM.
The current limit circuit monitors the port current by
monitoring the voltage across the sense resistor and reduces the MOSFET gate voltage as needed to keep the
current at or below ILIM. When the current drops below
ILIM, the gate voltage is restored to the full value to keep
the MOSFET resistance to a minimum.
tICUT Timing
Whenever more than ICUT = VCUT/RS flows through a port,
the port’s sense voltage is above VCUT and the tICUT timer
counts up. If the sense voltage is still above VCUT when the
tICUT timer expires, the LTC4258 will turn off the power to
the port immediately and set the appropriate tICUT Fault bit
in register 06h/07h. The tICUT timer duration can be programmed via register 16h, bits 3 and 2 (Table 1).
The tICUT timer is an up/down counter that is designed to
protect the external MOSFET from thermal stress caused
by repeatedly operating in current limit. The counter
counts up whenever the current is above ICUT and counts
down at 1/16th the rate when it is not. The counter will
bottom out at zero to prevent underflow. Full count indicates that the tICUT timer has expired and the port will be
turned off.
This count up/count down behavior implements duty cycle
protection, preventing intermittent current limit faults from
causing cumulative thermal stress in the MOSFET. If the port
enters current limit but then exits before the timer expires,
the count will decrease slowly, giving the ICUT timer the
ability to turn off sooner in the case of a repetitive fault. If
the overcurrent duty cycle is less than 6.3% the tICUT timer
will be fully reset.
If the tICUT timer expires and causes the port to shut off, the
timer will continue to run, counting down at the slow
1/16th rate and preventing the port from being repowered
until the count returns to zero. This protects the MOSFET
from damage due to a faulty PD that may still have a valid
signature, or from errant software that repeatedly writes to
the Power On bit.
The port will not repower until after the tICUT counter
returns to zero. In manual and semiauto modes the power
enable command must be received after the tICUT counter
reaches zero. In auto mode the LTC4258 must complete a
valid detection cycle after the tICUT counter reaches zero.
tSTART Timing
To distinguish between normal turn-on current limit behavior and current limit faults which occur after power-up
is complete, the LTC4258 starts a timer (the tSTART timer)
whenever a power-up sequence begins.
The tSTART timer serves three functions. First and foremost, it allows the user to specify a different current limit
timeout (tSTART instead of tICUT) during turn-on (current
limit duty cycle protection remains functional). Second,
the DC disconnect timer is disabled during this period and
can only begin counting up after the tSTART timer has
expired. Together, these two features let the PD draw the
maximum current IINRUSH to charge its input capacitance,
boot up and begin drawing power without triggering a
tSTART fault. Finally, if the device is in current limit for the
entire tSTART period, a tSTART fault will be generated
instead of a tICUT fault. This can be useful for tracking down
the cause of a current fault.
As long as the PD draws less than ICUT at the end of tSTART
and begins drawing the minimum current within tDIS after
tSTART expires (if DC disconnect is enabled), no faults will
be indicated.
The tSTART timer also implements the duty cycle protection described under tICUT timing and its duration can be
programmed via register 16h, bits 5 and 4 (Table 1).
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Foldback
Foldback is designed to limit power dissipation in the
MOSFET during power-up and momentary short-circuit
conditions. At low port output voltages, the voltage across
the MOSFET is high, and power dissipation will be large if
significant current is flowing. Foldback monitors the port
output voltage and reduces the VLIM current limit level
linearly from its full value (212.5mV typ) at a port voltage
of 18V to approximately 1/7th of the full value (30mV typ)
at a port voltage of 0V. With 0.5Ω sense resistors, this
limits the short-circuit current to 60mA (typ) instead of the
full 425mA (typ) current limit. When the LTC4258 is in
foldback, the tICUT timer is active.
spike above ground is again due to inductance. It then
ramps the MOSFET gate up, similar to applying power
after a PD is detected, bringing the port into a controlled
425mA (typ) ILIM current limit. When the short is removed,
the port current no longer needs to be limited and LTC4258
ramps up its GATE pin to fully enhance the MOSFET.
Short-circuit protection quickly stops excessive current
and limits the energy delivered to a short or faulty PD. Yet
the LTC4258 only stops current briefly, so momentary
faults typically do not cause the PD to lose power and PDs
receive at least 50ms of 400mA to 450mA peak current as
required by the 802.3af standard.
GND
Short-Circuit Protection
If a port is suddenly shorted out, the MOSFET power
dissipation can rise to very high levels, jeopardizing the
MOSFET even before the normal current limit circuit can
respond. A separate short-circuit current limit circuit
watches for significant overcurrent events (VSENSE
>275mV, >550mA with a 0.5Ω sense resistor) and pulls
the GATE pin down immediately if such an event occurs,
shutting off the MOSFET in less than 1µs (with no external
capacitor on GATE). Approximately 100µs later, GATE is
allowed to rise back up and the normal current limit circuit
will take over, allowing ILIM current to flow and causing the
tICUT timer to count up. During a short circuit, ILIM will be
reduced by the foldback feature to 1/7th of the nominal
value.
Figures 14 and 15 show the LTC4258 controlling port
current during short circuits. In Figure 14, the MOSFET is
turned off 0.5µs after the port is shorted with 1Ω. The
spike in port voltage and current at the moment the
MOSFET turns off is the response of inductance in the
system, such as the magnetics and the Ethernet cable; see
Surge Suppressors and Circuit Protection for further
details. The 0.1µF port bypass cap (see Figure 1) provides
some port current for 0.25µs after the MOSFET is off. In
Figure 15, the LTC4258 quickly turns the port off and the
PORT
VOLTAGE
20V/DIV
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
VEE
VEE
GATE +15V
VOLTAGE
10V/DIV
VEE
PORT
CURRENT 0mA
20A/DIV
FAST PULL-DOWN
ACTIVATED
FET OFF
SHORT APPLIED
250ns/DIV
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Figure 14. Rapid Response to 1Ω Short
VDD = 3.3V
VEE = –48V
GND
PORT
VOLTAGE
20V/DIV
VEE
GATE
VOLTAGE
10V/DIV
VEE
+15V
VEE
PORT
CURRENT 0mA
500mA/DIV
CURRENT LIMIT
FAST PULL-DOWN
SHORT REMOVED
SHORT APPLIED
100µs/DIV
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Figure 15. Rapid Response to Momentary 100Ω Short
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Choosing External MOSFETs
Power delivery to the ports is regulated with external
power MOSFETs. These MOSFETs are controlled as previously described to meet the IEEE 802.3af specification.
Under normal operation, once the port is powered and the
PD’s bypass capacitor is charged to the port voltage, the
external MOSFET dissipates very little power. This suggests that a small MOSFET is adequate for the job. Unfortunately, other requirements of the IEEE 802.3af mandate
a MOSFET capable of dissipating significant power. When
the port is being powered up, the port voltage must reach
30V or more before the PD turns on. The port voltage can
then drop to 0V as the PD’s bypass capacitor is charged.
According to the IEEE, the PD can directly connect a 180µF
capacitor to the port and the PSE must charge that
capacitor with a current limit of 400mA to 450mA for at
least 50ms.
An even more extreme example is a noncompliant PD that
provides the proper signature during detection but then
behaves like a low valued resistor, say 50Ω, in parallel with
a 1µF capacitor. When the PSE has charged this
noncompliant PD up to 20V, the 50Ω resistor will draw
400mA (the minimum IEEE prescribed ILIM current limit)
keeping the port voltage at 20V for the remainder of tSTART.
The external MOSFET sees 24V to 37V VDS at 400mA to
450mA, dissipating 9.6W to 16.7W for 60ms (typ).
The LTC4258 implements foldback to reduce the current
limit when the MOSFET VDS is high; see the Foldback
section. Without foldback, the MOSFET could see as much
as 25.7W for 60ms (typ) when powering a shorted or a
noncompliant PD with only a few ohms of resistance. With
foldback, the MOSFET sees a maximum of 18W for the
duration of tSTART.
The LTC4258’s duty cycle protection enforces 15 times
longer off time than on time, preventing successive attempts to power a defective PD from damaging the MOSFET. System software can enforce even longer wait times.
When the LTC4258 is operated in semiauto or manual
mode—described in more detail under Operating Modes—
it will not power on a port until commanded to do so by the
host controller. By keeping track of tSTART and tICUT faults,
the host controller can delay turning on the port again after
one of these faults even if the LTC4258 reports a Detect
Good. In this way the host controller implements a MOSFET cooling off period which may be programmed to
protect smaller MOSFETs from repeated thermal cycling.
The LTC4258 has built-in duty cycle protection for tICUT
and tSTART (see tICUT Timing and tSTART Timing sections)
that is sufficient to protect the MOSFETs shown in
Figure 1.
Before designing a MOSFET into your system, carefully
compare its safe operating area (SOA) with the worst case
conditions (like powering up a defective PD) the device will
face. Using transient suppressors, polyfuses and extended wait times after disconnecting a PD are effective
strategies to reduce the extremes applied to the external
MOSFETs.
Surge Suppressors and Circuit Protection
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet is a challenging Hot Swap
application because it must survive the (probably unintentional) abuse of everyone in the building. While hot
swapping boards in a networking or telecom card cage is
done by a trained technician or network administrator,
anyone in the building can plug a device into the network.
Moreover, in a card cage the physical domain being powered is confined to the card cage. With Power over Ethernet, the PSE supplies power to devices up to 100 meters
away. Ethernet cables could potentially be cut, shorted
together, and so on by all kinds of events from a contractor cutting into walls to someone carelessly sticking a
screwdriver where it doesn’t belong. Consequently, the
Power over Ethernet power source (PSE) must be designed
to handle these events.
The most dramatic of these is shorting a powered port.
What the PSE sees depends on how much CAT-5 cable is
between it and the short. If the short occurs on the far end
of a long cable, the cable inductance will prevent the
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current in the cable from increasing too quickly and the
LTC4258’s built-in short-circuit protection will take control of the situation and turn off the port. Some energy is
stored in the cable, but the transient suppressor on the
port clamps the port voltage when the cable inductance
causes the voltage to fly back after the MOSFET is turned
off. Because the cable only had 600mA or so going through
it, an SMAJ58A or equivalent device can easily control the
port voltage during flyback. With no cable connected at all,
a powered port shorted at the PSE’s RJ-45 connector can
reach high current levels before the port is shut down. There
is no cable inductance to store energy so once the port is
shut down the situation is under control.
A short—hence low inductance—piece of CAT-5 will not
limit the rapid increase of current when the port is shorted.
Even though the LTC4258 short-circuit shutdown is fast,
the cable may have many amps flowing through it before
the MOSFET can be turned off. Due to the high current,
this short piece of cable flies back with significant energy
behind it and must be controlled by the transient suppressor. Choosing a surge suppressor that will not develop
more than a few volts of forward voltage while passing
more than 10A is important. A positive port voltage may
forward bias the detect diode (D DETn), bringing the
LTC4258’s DETECTn pin positive as well and engaging
the DETECTn clamps. This will generally not damage the
LTC4258 but extreme cases can cause the LTC4258 to
reset. When it resets, the LTC4258 signals an interrupt,
alerting the host controller which can then return the
LTC4258 to normal operating mode.
A substantial transient surge suppressor can typically
protect the LTC4258 and the rest of the PSE from these
faults. Placing a polyfuse between the RJ-45 connector
and the LTC4258 and its associated circuitry can provide
additional protection. To meet safety requirements, place
the polyfuse in the ground leg of the PSE’s output.
DC DISCONNECT
DC disconnect monitors the sense resistor voltage whenever the power is on to make sure that the PD is drawing
the minimum specified current. The disconnect timer
counts up whenever port current is below 7.5mA (typ). If
the tDIS timer runs out, the corresponding port will be
turned off and the disconnect bit in the fault register will be
set. If the undercurrent condition goes away before the
tDIS timer runs out, the timer will reset. The timer will start
counting from the beginning if the undercurrent condition
occurs again. The undercurrent circuit includes a glitch
filter to filter out noise.
The DC disconnect feature can be disabled by clearing the
corresponding DC Discon Enable bits in the Disconnect
register (13h). The tDIS timer duration can be programmed
by bits 1 and 0 of register 16h.
The LTC4258 implements a variety of current sense and
limit thresholds to control current flowing through the
port. Figure 16 is a graphical representation of these
thresholds and the action the LTC4258 takes when
currrent crosses the thresholds.
300mV
600mA
250mV
500mA
200mV
400mA
150mV
300mA
100mV
200mA
50mV
100mA
0mV
SENSEn
VOLTAGE
0mA
CURRENT DC DISCUT
RS = 0.5Ω CONNECT (ICUT)
CURRENT LIMIT
IN 1µs
PORT OFF IN tICUT
OR tSTART
CURRENT
LIMIT
NORMAL
OPERATION
PORT OFF IN tDIS
LIMIT
(ILIM)
SHORT
CIRCUIT
EFFECT
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Figure 16. LTC4258 Current Sense and Limits
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SERIAL DIGITAL INTERFACE
The LTC4258 communicates with a host (master) using
the standard 2-wire interface as described in the SMBus
Specification Version 2.0 (available at http://smbus.org).
The SMBus is an extension of the I2C bus, and the
LTC4258 is also compatible with the I2C bus standard. The
Timing Diagrams (Figures 5 through 9) show the timing
relationship of the signals on the bus. The two bus lines,
SDA and SCL, must be high when the bus is not in use.
External pull-up resistors or current sources, such as the
LTC1694 SMBus accelerator, are required on these lines.
If the SDA and SCL pull-ups are absent, not connected to
the same positive supply as the LTC4258’s VDD pin, or are
not activated when the power is applied to the LTC4258, it
is possible for the LTC4258 to see a START condition on
the I2C bus. The interrupt pin (INT) is only updated
between I2C transactions. Therefore if the LTC4258 sees
a START condition when it powers up because the SCL and
SDA lines were left floating, it will not assert an interrupt
(pull INT low) until it sees a STOP condition on the bus. In
a typical application the I2C bus will immediately have
traffic and the LTC4258 will see a STOP so soon after
power up that this momentary condition will go unnoticed.
Isolating the Serial Digital Interface
IEEE 802.3af requires that network segments be electrically isolated from the chassis ground of each network
interface device. However, the network segments are not
required to be isolated from each other provided that the
segments are connected to devices residing within a
single building on a single power distribution system.
For simple devices such as small powered Ethernet
switches, the requirement can be met by using an isolated power supply to power the entire device. This
implementation can only be used if the device has no
electrically conducting ports other than twisted-pair
Ethernet. In this case, the SDAIN and SDAOUT pins of the
LTC4258 can be connected together to act as a standard
I2C/SMBus SDA pin.
If the device is part of a larger system, contains serial
ports, or must be referenced to protective ground for
some other reason, the Power over Ethernet subsystem
including the LTC4258s must be electrically isolated
from the rest of the system. The LTC4258 includes
separate pins (SDAIN and SDAOUT) for the input and
output functions of the bidirectional data line. This eases
the use of optocouplers to isolate the data path between
the LTC4258s and the system controller. Figure 17
shows one possible implementation of an isolated interface. The SDAOUT pin of the LTC4258 is designed to
drive the inputs of an optocoupler directly, but a standard
I2C device typically cannot. U1 is used to buffer I2C
signals into the optocouplers from the system controller
side. Schmitt triggers must be used to prevent extra
edges on transitions of SDA and SCL.
Bus Addresses and Protocols
The LTC4258 is a read-write slave device. The master can
communicate with the LTC4258 using the Write Byte,
Read Byte and Receive Byte protocols. The LTC4258’s
primary serial bus address is (010A3A2A1A0)b, as designated by pins AD3-AD0. All LTC4258s also respond to the
address (0110000)b, allowing the host to write the same
command into all of the LTC4258s on a bus in a single
transaction. If the LTC4258 is asserting (pulling low) the
INT pin, it will also acknowledge the Alert Response
Address (0001100)b using the receive byte protocol.
The START and STOP Conditions
When the bus is idle, both SCL and SDA must be high. A
bus master (typically the host controller) signals the
beginning of communication with a slave device (like the
LTC4258) by transmitting a START condition. A START
condition is generated by transitioning SDA from high to
low while SCL is high. A REPEATED START condition is
functionally the same as a START condition, but used to
extend the protocol for a change in data transmission
direction. A STOP condition is not used to set up a
REPEATED START condition, for this would clear any data
already latched in. When the master has finished communicating with the slave, it issues a STOP condition. A STOP
condition is generated by transitioning SDA from low to
high while SCL is high. The bus is then free for communication with another SMBus or I2C device.
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0.1µF
VDD
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0 LTC4258
AD1
AD2
AD3
DGND
AGND BYP
0.1µF
0.1µF
VDD CPU
U1
SCL
2k
200Ω
0100000
0.1µF
VDD
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0 LTC4258
AD1
AD2
AD3
DGND
AGND BYP
2k
U2
200Ω
I2C ADDRESS
0100001
0.1µF
SDA
0.1µF
HCPL-063L
TO
CONTROLLER
U3
VDD
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0 LTC4258
AD1
AD2
AD3
DGND
AGND
BYP
200Ω
200Ω
SMBALERT
0.1µF
0.1µF
GND CPU
U1: FAIRCHILD NC7WZ17
U2, U3: AGILENT HCPL-063L
0.1µF
HCPL-063L
0100010
•
•
•
VDD
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0 LTC4258
AD1
AD2
AD3
DGND
AGND
BYP
0101110
0.1µF
0.1µF
ISOLATED
3.3V
+
10µF
ISOLATED
GND
VDD
INT
SCL
SDAIN
SDAOUT
AD0 LTC4258
AD1
AD2
AD3
DGND
AGND
BYP
0.1µF
0101111
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Figure 17. Optoisolating the I2C Bus
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Acknowledge
The Acknowledge signal is used for handshaking between
the master and the slave. An Acknowledge (active LOW)
generated by the slave lets the master know that the latest
byte of information was received. The corresponding SCL
clock pulse is always generated by the master. The master
releases the SDA line (HIGH) during the Acknowledge
clock pulse. The slave must pull down the SDA line during
the Acknowledge clock pulse so that it remains a stable
LOW during the HIGH period of this clock pulse. When the
master is reading from a slave device, it is the master’s
responsibility to acknowledge receipt of the data byte in
the bit that follows unless the transaction is complete. In
that case the master will decline to acknowledge and issue
the STOP condition to terminate the communication.
Write Byte Protocol
The master initiates communication to the LTC4258 with
a START condition and a 7-bit bus address followed by the
Write Bit (Wr) = 0. If the LTC4258 recognizes its own
address, it acknowledges and the master delivers the command byte, signifying to which internal LTC4258 register
the master wishes to write. The LTC4258 acknowledges
and latches the lower five bits of the command byte into its
Register Address register. Only the lower five bits of the
command byte are checked by the LTC4258; the upper
three bits are ignored. The master then delivers the data
byte. The LTC4258 acknowledges once more and latches
the data into the appropriate control register. Finally, the
master terminates the communication with a STOP condition. Upon reception of the STOP condition, the Register
Address register is cleared (see Figure 6).
Read Byte Protocol
The master initiates communication from the LTC4258
with a START condition and the same 7-bit bus address
followed by the Write Bit (Wr) = 0. If the LTC4258
recognizes its own address, it acknowledges and the
master delivers the command byte, signifying which
internal LTC4258 register it wishes to read from. The
LTC4258 acknowledges and latches the lower five bits of
the command byte into its Register Address register. At
this time the master sends a REPEATED START condition
and the same 7-bit bus address followed by the Read Bit
(Rd) = 1. The LTC4258 acknowledges and sends the
contents of the requested register. Finally, the master
declines to acknowledge and terminates communication
with a STOP condition. Upon reception of the STOP
condition, the Register Address register is cleared (see
Figure 7).
Receive Byte Protocol
Since the LTC4258 clears the Register Address register on
each STOP condition, the interrupt register (register 0)
may be read with the Receive Byte Protocol as well as with
the Read Byte Protocol. In this protocol, the master
initiates communication with the LTC4258 with a START
condition and a 7-bit bus address followed by the Read Bit
(Rd) = 1. The LTC4258 acknowledges and sends the
contents of the interrupt register. The master then declines to acknowledge and terminates communication
with a STOP condition (see Figure 8).
Alert Response Address and the INT Pin
In a system where several LTC4258s share a common INT
line, the master can use the Alert Response Address (ARA)
to determine which LTC4258 initiated the interrupt.
The master initiates the ARA procedure with a START
condition and the 7-bit ARA bus address (0001100)b
followed by the Read Bit (Rd) = 1. If an LTC4258 is
asserting the INT pin, it acknowledges and sends its 7-bit
bus address (010A3A2A1A0)b and a 1 (see Figure 9). While
it is sending its address, it monitors the SDAIN pin to see
if another device is sending an address at the same time
using standard I2C bus arbitration. If the LTC4258 is
sending a 1 and reads a 0 on the SDAIN pin on the rising
edge of SCL, it assumes another device with a lower
address is sending and the LTC4258 immediately aborts
its transfer and waits for the next ARA cycle to try again.
If transfer is successfully completed, the LTC4258 will
stop pulling down the INT pin. When the INT pin is released
in this way or if a 1 is written into the Clear Interrupt pin bit
(bit 6 of register 1Ah), the condition causing the LTC4258
to pull the INT pin down must be removed before the
LTC4258 will be able to pull INT down again. This can be
done by reading and clearing the event registers or by
writing a 1 into the Clear All Interrupts bit (bit 7 of register
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1Ah). The state of the INT pin can only change between I2C
transactions, so an interrupt is cleared or new interrupts
are generated after a transaction completes and before
new I2C bus communication commences. Periodic polling
of the alert response address can be used instead of the
INT pin if desired. If any device acknowledges the alert
response address, then the INT line, if connected, would
have been low.
System Software Strategy
Control of the LTC4258 hinges on one decision, the
LTC4258’s operating mode. The three choices are described under Operating Modes. In Auto mode the LTC4258
can operate autonomously without direction from a host
controller. Because LTC4258s running in Auto mode will
power every valid PD connected to them, the PSE must
have 15.4W/port available. To reduce the power requirements of the –48V supply, PSE systems can track power
usage, only turning on ports when sufficient power is
available. The IEEE describes this as a power allocation
algorithm and places two limitations: the PSE shall not
power a PD unless it can supply the guaranteed power for
that PD’s class (see Table 2) and power allocation may not
be based solely on a history of each PD’s power consumption. In order for a PSE to implement power allocation, the
PSE’s processor/controller must control whether ports
are powered—the LTC4258 cannot be allowed to operate
in Auto mode. Semiauto mode fits the bill as the LTC4258
automatically detects and classifies PDs, then makes this
information available to the host controller, which decides to apply power or not. Operating the LTC4258 in
Manual mode also lets the controller decide whether to
power the ports but the controller must also control
detection and classification. If the host controller operates near the limit of its computing resources, it may not
be able to guide a Manual mode LTC4258 through detect,
classification and port turn-on in less than the IEEE
mandated maximum of 950ms.
In a typical PSE, the LTC4258s will operate in Semiauto
mode as this allows the controller to decide to power a
port without unduly burdening the controller. With an
interrupt mask of F4h, the LTC4258 will signal to the host
after it has successfully detected and classified a PD, at
which point the host can decide whether enough power is
available and command the LTC4258 to turn that port on.
Similarly, the LTC4258 will generate interrupts when a
port’s power is turned off. By reading the LTC4258’s
interrupt register, the host can determine if a port was
turned off due to overcurrent (tSTART or tICUT faults) or
because the PD was removed (Disconnect event). The
host then updates the amount of available power to reflect
the power no longer consumed by the disconnected PD.
Setting the MSB of the interrupt mask causes the LTC4258
to communicate fault conditions caused by failures within
the PSE, so the host does not need to poll to check that the
LTC4258s are operating properly. This interrupt driven
system architecture provides the controller with the final
say on powering ports at the same time, minimizing the
controller’s computation requirements because interrupts are only generated when a PD is detected or on a
fault condition.
The LTC4258 can also be used to power older powered
Ethernet devices that are not 802.3af compliant and may
be detected with other methods. Although the LTC4258
does not implement these older detection methods automatically, if software or external circuitry can detect the
noncompliant devices, the host controller may command
the LTC4258 to power the port, bypassing IEEE compliant
detection and classification and sending power to the
noncompliant device.
LOGIC LEVEL SUPPLY
In additon to the 48V used to source power to each port,
a logic level supply is required to power the digital portion
of the LTC4258. To simplify design and meet voltage
isolation requirements, the logic level supply can be
generated from the isolated – 48V supply. Figure 18
shows an example method using an LTC3803 to control
a –48V to 3.3V current mode supply. This boost converter topology uses the LTC3803 current mode controller and a current mirror which reflects the 3.3V output
voltage to the –48V rail, improving the regulation tolerance over the more traditional large resistor voltage
divider. This approach achieves high accuracy with a
transformerless design.
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IEEE 802.3af COMPLIANCE AND EXTERNAL
COMPONENT SELECTION
LTC4258 must measure is small. Each port may be drawing up to 450mA with this current flowing through the
sense resistor and associated circuit board traces. To
prevent parasitic resistance on the circuit board from
obscuring the voltage drop across the sense resistor, the
LTC4258 must Kelvin sense the resistor voltage. One way
to achieve Kelvin sensing is “star grounding,” shown
pictorially in Figure 1. Another option is to use a – 48V
power plane to connect the sense resistor and the LTC4258
VEE pin. Either of these strategies will prevent voltages
developed across parasitic circuit board resistances from
affecting the LTC4258 current measurement accuracy.
The precision of the sense resistor directly affects the
measurement of the IEEE parameters IINRUSH, ILIM, ICUT
and IMIN. Therefore, to maintain IEEE compliance, use a
resistor with 0.5% or better accuracy.
The LTC4258 is designed to control power delivery in IEEE
802.3af compliant Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE).
Because proper operation of the LTC4258 may depend on
external signals and power sources, like the –48V supply
(VEE), external components such as the sense resistors
(RS), and possibly software running on an external microprocessor, using the LTC4258 in a PSE does not guarantee
802.3af compliance. Using an LTC4258 does get you most
of the way there. This section discusses the rest of the
elements that go along with the LTC4258 to make an
802.3af complaint PSE. Each paragraph below addresses
a component which is critical for PSE compliance as well
as possible pitfalls that can cause a PSE to be noncompliant.
For further assistance please contact Linear Technology’s
Applications department.
Power MOSFETs
Sense Resistors
The LTC4258 controls power MOSFETs in order to regulate current flow through the Ethernet ports. Under certain
conditions these MOSFETs have to dissipate significant
power. See the Choosing External MOSFETs section for a
detailed discussion of the requirements these devices
must meet.
The LTC4258 is designed to use a 0.5Ω sense resistor, RS,
to monitor the current through each port. The value of the
sense resistor has been minimized in order to reduce
power loss and as a consequence, the voltage which the
B1100
100µH
ISOLATED
GND
10µF
63V
+
0.22µF
100V
10µF
16V
10k
0.22µF
100V
100µF
6.3V
VCC
6
ITH/RUN NGATE
LTC3803
3
4
VFB
SENSE
GND
56k
VEE
VDD
3.3V
400mA
10µF
6.3V
3.32k
1%
ISOLATED
GND
5
FMMT723
FMMT723
FDC2512
1
ISOLATED
–48V
10µH
1k
2
0.100Ω
1%
806
1%
47.5k
1%
2200pF
5
4258 F16
Figure 18. –48V to 3.3V Boost Converter
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Common Mode Chokes
Power Supplies
Both nonpowered and powered Ethernet connections
achieve best performance (for data transfer, power transfer and EMI) when a common mode choke is used on each
port. In the name of cost reduction, some designs share a
common mode choke between two adjacent ports. Even
for nonpowered Ethernet, sharing a choke is not recommended. With two ports passing through the choke, it
cannot limit the common mode current of either port.
Instead, the choke only controls the sum of both ports’
common mode current. Because cabling from the ports
generally connects to different devices up to 200m apart,
a current loop can form. In such a loop, common mode
current flows in one port and out the other, and the choke
will not prevent this because the sum of the currents is
zero. Another way to view this interaction between the
paired ports is that the choke acts as a transformer
coupling the ports’ common modes together. In
nonpowered Ethernet, common mode current results
from nonidealities like ground loops; it is not part of
normal operation. However, Power over Ethernet sends
power and hence significant current through the ports;
common mode current is a byproduct of normal operation. As described in the Choosing External MOSFETs
section and under the Power Supplies heading below,
large transients can occur when a port’s power is turned
on or off. When a powered port is shorted (see Surge
Suppressors and Circuit Protection), a port’s common
mode current may be excessive. Sharing a common mode
choke between two ports couples start-up, disconnect
and fault transients from one port to the other. The end
result can range from momentary noncompliance with
802.3af to intermittent behavior and even to excessive
voltages that may damage circuitry (in both the PSE and
PD) connected to the ports.
The LTC4258 must be supplied with 3.3V (VDD) and
–48V (VEE). Poor regulation on either of these supplies
can lead to noncompliance. The IEEE requires a PSE
output voltage between 44V and 57V. When the LTC4258
begins powering an Ethernet port, it controls the current
through the port to minimize disturbances on VEE. However, if the VEE supply is underdamped or otherwise
unstable, its voltage could go outside of the IEEE specified
limits, causing all ports in the PSE to be noncompliant.
This scenario can be even worse when a PD is unplugged
because the current can drop immediately to zero. In both
cases the port voltage must always stay between –44V
and –57V. In addition, the 802.3af specification places
specific ripple, noise and load regulation requirements on
the PSE. Among other things, disturbances on either VDD
or VEE can adversely affect detection and classification
sensing. Proper bypassing and stability of the VDD and VEE
supplies is important.
Detect Pin Diodes
During detection and classification, the LTC4258 senses
the port voltage through the detect diodes DDET. Excessive
voltage drop across DDET will corrupt the LTC4258’s
detect and classification results. Select a diode for DDET
that will have less than 0.7V of forward drop at 0.4mA and
less than 0.9V of forward drop at 50mA.
Another problem that can affect the VEE supply is insufficient power, leading to the supply voltage drooping out of
the specified range. The 802.3af specification states that
if a PSE powers a PD it must be able to provide the
maximum power level requested by the PD based on the
PD’s classification. The specification does allow a PSE to
choose not to power a port because the PD requires more
power than the PSE has left to deliver. If a PSE is built with
a VEE supply capable of less than 15.4W • (number of
PSE’s Ethernet ports), it must implement a power allocation algorithm that prevents ports from being powered
when there is insufficient power. Because the specification also requires the PSE to supply 400mA at up to a 5%
duty cycle, the VEE supply capability should be at least a
few percent more than the maximum total power the PSE
will supply to PDs. Finally, the LTC4258s draw current
from VEE. If the VDD supply is generated from VEE, that
power divided by the switcher efficiency must also be
added to the VEE supply’s capability.
Fast VEE transients can damage the LTC4258. Limit the
VEE slew rate to 50mV/µs. In most applications, existing
VEE bypass capacitors will cause the VEE supply to slew
much slower than 50mV/µs.
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GW Package
36-Lead Plastic SSOP (Wide .300 Inch)
(Reference LTC DWG # 05-08-1642)
1.143 ±0.127
10.668 MIN
15.290 – 15.544*
(.602 – .612)
36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19
7.416 – 7.747
10.160 – 10.414
(.400 – .410)
0.520 ±0.0635
0.800 TYP
RECOMMENDED SOLDER PAD LAYOUT
7.417 – 7.595**
(.292 – .299)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
2.286 – 2.387
(.090 – .094)
2.463 – 2.641
(.097 – .104)
0.254 – 0.406 × 45°
(.010 – .016)
0° – 8° TYP
0.231 – 0.3175
(.0091 – .0125)
0.610 – 1.016
(.024 – .040)
NOTE:
1. CONTROLLING DIMENSION: MILLIMETERS
MILLIMETERS
2. DIMENSIONS ARE IN
(INCHES)
0.800
(.0315)
BSC
0.304 – 0.431
(.012 – .017)
*DIMENSION DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD FLASH. MOLD FLASH
SHALL NOT EXCEED 0.152mm (0.006") PER SIDE
**DIMENSION DOES NOT INCLUDE INTERLEAD FLASH. INTERLEAD
FLASH SHALL NOT EXCEED 0.254mm (0.010") PER SIDE
0.127 – 0.305
(.005 – .0115)
GW36 SSOP 0502
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ISOLATED
3.3V
ISOLATED
GND
0.1µF
DGND AGND
2k
U2
200Ω
VDD
0.1µF
BYP
DETECT
SCL
1/4
SDAIN LTC4258
SDAOUT
INT
VDD CPU
U1
SCL
2k
200Ω
VEE
L1
SENSE GATE OUT
0.1µF
RS
0.5Ω
TO
CONTROLLER
0.1µF
100V
X7R
SDA
HCPL-063L
–48V
ISOLATED
U3
DDET
CMPD3003
DTSS
58V
SMAJ58A
10k
Q1
IRFM120A
RJ45
CONNECTOR
1/2 PULSE
H2009
200Ω
0.01µF
200V
75Ω
0.01µF
200V
75Ω
0.01µF
200V
75Ω
75Ω
200Ω
SMBALERT
PHY
0.1µF
GND CPU
HCPL-063L
(NETWORK
PHYSICAL
LAYER
CHIP)
DDET: CENTRAL SEMI CMPD3003
DTSS: DIODES INC SMAJ58A
L1: PULSE ENG PO473
Q1: FAIRCHILD IRFM120A
RS: VISHAY WSL2010 0.5Ω 0.5%
T1: PULSE ENG H2009
U1: FAIRCHILD NC7WZ17
U2, U3: AGILENT HCPL-063L
T1A
1:1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0.01µF
200V
4258 F17
T1B
1:1
1000pF
2000V
Figure 19. One Complete Isolated Powered Ethernet Port
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