TPS2046 Datasheet, PDF (17/23 Pages) Texas Instruments – DUAL CURRENT-LIMITED POWER-DISTRIBUTION SWITCHES

TPS2046, TPS2056
DUAL CURRENT-LIMITED POWER-DISTRIBUTION SWITCHES
APPLICATION INFORMATION
SLVS183 – APRIL 1999
Universal Serial Bus (USB) applications
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface is a 12-Mb/s, or 1.5-Mb/s, multiplexed serial bus designed for
low-to-medium bandwidth PC peripherals (e.g., keyboards, printers, scanners, and mice). The four-wire USB
interface is conceived for dynamic attach-detach (hot plug-unplug) of peripherals. Two lines are provided for
differential data, and two lines are provided for 5-V power distribution.
USB data is a 3.3-V level signal, but power is distributed at 5 V to allow for voltage drops in cases where power
is distributed through more than one hub across long cables. Each function must provide its own regulated 3.3 V
from the 5-V input or its own internal power supply.
The USB specification defines the following five classes of devices, each differentiated by power-consumption
requirements:
D Hosts/self-powered hubs (SPH)
D Bus-powered hubs (BPH)
D Low-power, bus-powered functions
D High-power, bus-powered functions
D Self-powered functions
Self-powered and bus-powered hubs distribute data and power to downstream functions. The TPS2046 and
TPS2056 can provide power-distribution solutions for many of these classes of devices.
bus-powered hubs
Bus-powered hubs obtain all power from upstream ports and often contain an embedded function. The hubs
are required to power up with less than one unit load. The BPH usually has one embedded function, and power
is always available to the controller of the hub. If the embedded function and hub require more than 100 mA
on power up, the power to the embedded function may need to be kept off until enumeration is completed. This
can be accomplished by removing power or by shutting off the clock to the embedded function. Power switching
the embedded function is not necessary if the aggregate power draw for the function and controller is less than
one unit load. The total current drawn by the bus-powered device is the sum of the current to the controller, the
embedded function, and the downstream ports, and it is limited to 500 mA from an upstream port.
low-power bus-powered functions and high-power bus-powered functions
Both low-power and high-power bus-powered functions obtain all power from upstream ports; low-power
functions always draw less than 100 mA, and high-power functions must draw less than 100 mA at power up
and can draw up to 500 mA after enumeration. If the load of the function is more than the parallel combination
of 44 Ω and 10 µF at power up, the device must implement inrush current limiting (see Figure 31).
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