TPIC44L01, TPIC44L02, TPIC44L03

4-CHANNEL SERIAL AND PARALLEL LOW-SIDE PRE-FET DRIVER

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PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

serial data operation (continued)

Data is shifted out of SDO on the falling edge of SCLK. The MSB of fault data is available after CS is transitioned

low. The remaining 3 bits of fault data are shifted out in the following three clock cycles. Fault data is latched

into the serial register when CS is transitioned low. A fault must be present on the high to low transition of CS

to be captured by the device. The CS input must be transitioned to a high state after the last bit of serial data

has been clocked into the device. The rising edge of CS inhibits SDI, puts SDO into a high-impedance state,

latches the 4 bits of serial data into the output control register, and clears and re-enable the serial fault registers

(see Figure 13). When a shorted-load condition occurs with the TPIC44L01 or TPIC44L03, then the controller

must disable and re-enable the channel to clear the fault register and FLT. The TPIC44L02 automatically retries

the output and the fault clears after the fault condition has been corrected.

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4

3-State

FLT3

FLT2

FLT1

FLT0

IN3

3-State

SCLK

CS

SDO

Figure 13

parallel input data operation

In addition to the serial interface, the TPIC44L01, TPIC44L02, and TPIC44L03 also provides a parallel interface

to the microcontroller. The output turns on when either the parallel or the serial interface commands it to turn

on. The parallel data terminals are real-time control inputs for the output drivers. SCLK and CS are not required

to transfer parallel input data to the output buffer. Fault data must be read over the serial data bus as described

in the serial data operation section of this data sheet. The parallel input must be transitioned low and then high

to clear and re-enable a gate output after it has been disabled due to a shorted-load fault condition.