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13-Channel Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) for Ultra Low Power Application

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The PCA9460 family is designed for ultra-low-power application such as smart home, building safety and security, wearables, smart and medium appliances.

  • The PCA9460A/B/C is a single chip PMIC specifically designed to support i.MX 8ULP family processor.
  • The device provides four high-efficiency 1 A step-down regulators, four VLDOs, one SVVS LDO, four 150 mohm load switches in WSCSP42 package. Two buck regulators support dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) feature along with programmable ramping up and down time.
  • This device is characterized across -40 °C to 85 °C ambient temperature range.

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PCA9460

PCA9460 Block Diagram
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Features

Four Buck Regulators

  • Two 1 A buck regulators
  • Two 1 A buck regulators with DVFS
  • Low Iq (1.5 uA at low-power mode, 5.5 uA at normal mode)

Four Linear Regulators

  • One 250 mA NMOS LDO
  • Three 250 mA PMOS LDO
  • Built-in active discharge resistor

General Features

  • 10 mA SNVS LDO
  • Flexible power ON/OFF sequence
  • Fm+ 1 MHz I²C interface
  • Output current 1 A
  • i.MX 8ULP MCU supported
  • I²C interface and input control

Four Load Switches with Active Discharge Resistor

  • 150 mohm Rdson
  • ON/OFF control in different modes
  • Configurable to LED driver with two blink patterns

Power Control IO

  • Power ON/OFF control
  • Standby/Run mode control
  • Smart DVS control

ESD Protection

  • Human body model (HBM): +/- 2000 V
  • Charged device model (CDM): +/-500 V

Package

  • 7 x 6 Bump array, 0.4 mm pitch, WL-CSP, 2.86 mm x 2.46 mm

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It provides power supply solutions for low power wearable application where size and efficiency are critical. 1628046611177707541792ja PSP 1.5 MB None None documents None 1628046611177707541792 /docs/ja/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf 1501290 /docs/ja/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf PCA9460 documents N N 2021-08-03 PCA9460, Power Management IC for i.MX 8ULP Data Sheet /docs/ja/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf /docs/ja/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf Data Sheet N 980000996212993340 2024-12-11 ja Oct 6, 2023 980000996212993340 Data Sheet Y N PCA9460, Power Management IC for i.MX 8ULP Data Sheet 3.5 English The PCA9460 is a single chip Power Management IC (PMIC) specifically designed for 8ULP processor. 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This IC implements the power supply voltage, controls the power up/down sequence and supports the frequent dynamic voltage transitions to align with the i.MX 8ULP operating modes for a very power efficient MPU + PMIC system solution. It can support power supply voltage for peripheral devices connected to the i.MX 8ULP. The PCA9460 PMIC incorporates power supply design for applications using the i.MX 8ULP. 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None /docs/en/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf English documents 1501290 None 980000996212993340 2024-12-11 N /docs/en/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf PCA9460, Power Management IC for i.MX 8ULP Data Sheet /docs/en/data-sheet/PCA9460.pdf documents 980000996212993340 Data Sheet N en None Y pdf 3.5 N N PCA9460, Power Management IC for i.MX 8ULP Data Sheet 1.5 MB PCA9460 N 1628046611177707541792 Fact Sheet 1 /docs/en/fact-sheet/IMXPCA9460A4FS.pdf 2023-12-12 1702414859436710487382 PSP 5 Dec 11, 2023 Fact Sheet PCA9460 is the power management IC (PMIC) designed to support i.MX 8ULP processor. 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