UCD90160A

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16-Rail PMBus Power Supply Sequencer and System Manager with ACPI Support

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Supply voltage (min) (V) 3 Number of supplies monitored 16 Supply voltage (max) (V) 3.6 Iq (typ) (mA) 50 Number of sequenced outputs 16 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125
Supply voltage (min) (V) 3 Number of supplies monitored 16 Supply voltage (max) (V) 3.6 Iq (typ) (mA) 50 Number of sequenced outputs 16 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125
VQFN (RGC) 64 81 mm² 9 x 9
  • Monitor and sequence 16 voltage rails
    • All rails sampled every 400 µs
    • 12-Bit ADC with 2.5-V, 0.5% internal VREF
    • Sequence based on time, rail and pin dependencies
    • Four programmable undervoltage and overvoltage thresholds per monitor
  • Nonvolatile error and peak-value logging per monitor (up to 12 fault detail entries)
  • Closed-loop margining for 10 rails
    • Margin output adjusts rail voltage to match user-defined margin thresholds
  • Programmable watchdog timer and system reset
  • Easily cascade multiple power sequencers and take coordinated fault responses
  • Pin selected rail states for ACPI support
  • Flexible digital I/O configuration
  • Cascading multiple devices
  • Response and monitor to GPI-triggered fault
  • Multi-phase PWM clock generator
    • Clock frequencies from 15.259 kHz to 125 MHz
    • Capability to configure independent clock outputs for synchronizing switch-mode power supplies
  • JTAG and I2C/SMBus/PMBus™ interfaces
  • Monitor and sequence 16 voltage rails
    • All rails sampled every 400 µs
    • 12-Bit ADC with 2.5-V, 0.5% internal VREF
    • Sequence based on time, rail and pin dependencies
    • Four programmable undervoltage and overvoltage thresholds per monitor
  • Nonvolatile error and peak-value logging per monitor (up to 12 fault detail entries)
  • Closed-loop margining for 10 rails
    • Margin output adjusts rail voltage to match user-defined margin thresholds
  • Programmable watchdog timer and system reset
  • Easily cascade multiple power sequencers and take coordinated fault responses
  • Pin selected rail states for ACPI support
  • Flexible digital I/O configuration
  • Cascading multiple devices
  • Response and monitor to GPI-triggered fault
  • Multi-phase PWM clock generator
    • Clock frequencies from 15.259 kHz to 125 MHz
    • Capability to configure independent clock outputs for synchronizing switch-mode power supplies
  • JTAG and I2C/SMBus/PMBus™ interfaces

The UCD90160A is a 16-rail PMBus/I2C addressable power supply sequencer  and monitor.  The device integrates a 12-bit ADC for monitoring up to 16 power supply voltage inputs. Twenty-six GPIO pins can be used for power supply enables, power-on reset signals, external interrupts, cascading, or other system functions. Twelve of these pins offer PWM functionality. Using these pins, the UCD90160A offers support for margining, and general-purpose PWM functions.

Specific power states can be achieved using the Pin-Selected Rail States feature. This feature allows with the use of up to 3 GPIs to enable and disable any rail. This is useful for implementing system low-power modes and the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification that is used for hardware devices.

The Fault Pin feature enables easily cascading multiple devices and coordinates among those devices to take synchronized fault responses.

The TI Fusion Digital Power™ designer software is provided for device configuration. This PC-based graphical user interface (GUI) offers an intuitive interface for configuring, storing, and monitoring all system operating parameters.

The UCD90160A is a 16-rail PMBus/I2C addressable power supply sequencer  and monitor.  The device integrates a 12-bit ADC for monitoring up to 16 power supply voltage inputs. Twenty-six GPIO pins can be used for power supply enables, power-on reset signals, external interrupts, cascading, or other system functions. Twelve of these pins offer PWM functionality. Using these pins, the UCD90160A offers support for margining, and general-purpose PWM functions.

Specific power states can be achieved using the Pin-Selected Rail States feature. This feature allows with the use of up to 3 GPIs to enable and disable any rail. This is useful for implementing system low-power modes and the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification that is used for hardware devices.

The Fault Pin feature enables easily cascading multiple devices and coordinates among those devices to take synchronized fault responses.

The TI Fusion Digital Power™ designer software is provided for device configuration. This PC-based graphical user interface (GUI) offers an intuitive interface for configuring, storing, and monitoring all system operating parameters.

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* Data sheet UCD90160A 16-Rail Power Supply Sequencer and Monitor With ACPI Support datasheet (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 03 Mar 2020
Application note How to Interpret UCD90XXX CSV File PDF | HTML 29 May 2024
Application note How to Access UCD90XXX Sequencers GPIO PDF | HTML 16 Jun 2022
Application note How to Decode UCD90xxx Fault Log With PMBus (Rev. A) 07 Nov 2019
Application note Design Voltage Margining Circuit for UCD90xxx Power Sequencer and System Manager (Rev. A) 21 May 2019
Application note UCD90xxx Family Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (Rev. B) 12 Apr 2019
User guide UCD90xxx Sequencer and System Health Controller PMBus™ Command Reference (Rev. G) 03 Apr 2019
User guide UCD90xxx Sequencer Schematics Guidelines (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 24 Mar 2019
Application note UCD90160/UCD9090A PMBus Command Migrating Guide 01 Mar 2019
Selection guide Power Management Guide 2018 (Rev. R) 25 Jun 2018
Application note How to Cascade Multiple UCD90xxx Sequencers 10 Aug 2017
Application note Improvements to UCD9090A and UCD90160A Devices 26 Jun 2017
User guide Fusion Digital Power Designer GUI 7.0 for the UCD90xxx Sequencer 31 May 2017
Technical article Sequencing and managing multiple power rails in a system: common questions answere PDF | HTML 01 Feb 2017
Application note Monitoring Voltage, Current and Temperature Using the UCD9012x 23 Mar 2012
User guide UCD90SEQ64EVM-650: 64-Pin Sequencer Development Board 27 Dec 2010

Design & development

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Evaluation board

UCD90SEQ64EVM-650 — Evaluation Module for UCD90xxx 64-pin Sequencer and System Health Monitor

The UCD90SEQ64EVM-650 is a fully assembled and tested circuit for evaluating the 64-pin Sequencer and System Health Controller, including the UCD90120, UCD90124, UCD90120A, UCD90124A, UCD90910 and UCD90160.

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Application software & framework

FUSION_DIGITAL_POWER_DESIGNER — Digital Power Software

Fusion Digital Power™ graphical user interface (GUI) software is used to configure and monitor select Texas Instruments digital power controllers and sequencer/health monitors. The application uses the PMBus protocol to communicate with the device over serial bus by way of a TI USB adapter.
Simulation model

UCD90160 BSDL

SLVC149.ZIP (2 KB) - BSDL Model
Simulation model

UCD90160 IBIS Model (Rev. A)

SLVM234A.ZIP (16 KB) - IBIS Model
Calculation tool

SLVC676 UCD90xxx Voltage Margining Circuit Design Tool

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Sequencers
UCD90120 12-Channel Sequencer and System Health Monitor UCD90120A 12-Rail Power Supply Sequencer and Monitor with ACPI Support UCD90124 12-Rail Sequencer and System Health Controller with Fan Control UCD90124A 12-Rail Sequencer and System Health Monitor with Fan Control and ACPI Support UCD90160 16-Rail Power Supply Sequencer with ACPI Support UCD90160A 16-Rail PMBus Power Supply Sequencer and System Manager with ACPI Support UCD90240 24-Rail PMBus Power Sequencer and Power Manager UCD90320 32-Rail PMBus Power Sequencer and System Manager UCD9090 10-Channel Sequencer and System Health Monitor UCD9090A 10-Rail Power Supply Sequencer and Monitor With ACPI Support
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PSPICE-FOR-TI — PSpice® for TI design and simulation tool

PSpice® for TI is a design and simulation environment that helps evaluate functionality of analog circuits. This full-featured, design and simulation suite uses an analog analysis engine from Cadence®. Available at no cost, PSpice for TI includes one of the largest model libraries in the (...)
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