Sleep and Ultra-Low Power Modes
The devices feature a sleep mode and an ultra-low power
mode in which the internal p-channel isolation MOSFET
is kept on and the buck regulator is off. In sleep mode,
the LED driver output (LED) pulse width modulates the
LED current with a 25% duty cycle. The peak LED current
(ILED) is set by an external resistor R SL. To enable sleep
mode, apply a falling edge to SL with ULP disconnected
or high impedance. Sleep mode can only be entered
from wake mode.
Ultra-low power mode allows the devices to reduce
power consumption lower than sleep mode, while main-
taining the power signature of the IEEE standard. The
ultra-low power-mode enable input ULP is internally held
high with a 50kω pullup resistor to the internal 5V bias of
the device. To enable ultra-low power mode, apply a fall-
ing edge to SL with ULP = LOW. Ultra-low power mode
can only be entered from wake mode.
To exit from sleep mode or ultra-low power mode and
resume normal operation, apply a falling edge on the
wake-mode enable input (WK).
Thermal-Shutdown Protection
If the devices’ die temperature reaches 151°C, an over-
temperature fault is generated and the device shuts down.
The die temperature must cool down below +127°C to
remove the overtemperature fault condition. After a ther-
mal shutdown condition clears, the device is reset.
WAD Description
For applications where an auxiliary power source such
as a wall power adapter is used to power the PD, the
devices feature wall power adapter detection.
The wall power adapter is connected from WAD to PGND.
The devices detect the wall power adapter when the volt-
age from WAD to PGND is greater than 8.8V. When a wall
power adapter is detected, the internal isolation MOSFET
is turned off, classification current is disabled.
Connect the auxiliary power source to WAD, connect a
diode from WAD to VDD, and connect a diode from WAD
to VCC. See the typical application circuit in Figures 3
and 4.
The application circuit must ensure that the auxiliary
power source can provide power to VDD and VCC by
means of external diodes. The voltage on VDD must be
within the VDD voltage range to allow the DC-DC to oper-
ate. To allow operation of the DC-DC converter, the VDD
and VCC voltage must be greater than 8V, on the rising
edge, while on the falling edge the VDD and VCC may fall
down to 7.7V keeping the DC-DC converter on.
Note: When operating solely with a wall power adapter,
the WAD voltage must be able to meet the condition VDD
> 8V, that likely results in WAD > 8.8V.
Internal Linear
Regulator and Back Bias
An internal voltage regulator provides VDRV to internal
circuitry. The VDRV output is filtered by a 1µF capaci-
tor connected from VDRV to GND. The regulator is for
internal use only and cannot be used to provide power to
external circuits. VDRV can be powered by either VDD or
VAUX, depending on VAUX. The internal regulator is used
for both PD and buck converter operations.
VOUT can be used to back bias the VDRV voltage regu-
lator if VOUT is greater than 4.75V. Back biasing VDRV
increases device efficiency by drawing current from
VOUT instead of VDD. If VOUT is used as back bias,
connect AUX directly to VOUT. In this configuration, the
VDRV source switches from VDD to VAUX after the buck
converter’s output has reached its regulation voltage.
Cable Discharge Event Protection (CDE)
A 70V voltage clamp is integrated to protect the internal
circuits from a cable discharge event.
DC-DC Buck Converter
The DC-DC buck converter uses a PWM, peak current-
mode, fixed-frequency control scheme providing an
easy-to-implement architecture without sacrificing a fast
transient response. The buck converter operates in a
wide input voltage range from 8V to 60V and supports up
to 6.49W of output power at 1.3A load. The devices pro-
vide a wide array of protection features including UVLO,
overtemperature shutdown, short-circuit protection with
hiccup runaway current limit, cycle-by-cycle peak cur-
rent protection, and cycle-by-cycle output overvoltage
protection, for enhanced performance and reliability. A
frequency foldback scheme is implemented to reduce
the switching frequency to half at light loads to increase
the efficiency.
Frequency Foldback Protection for
High-Efciency Light-Load Operation
The devices enter frequency foldback mode when eight
consecutive inductor current zero-crossings occur. The
switching frequency is 430kHz under loads large enough
that the inductor current does not cross zero. In frequen-
cy foldback mode, the switching frequency is reduced
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MAX5991A/MAX5991B IEEE 802.3af-Compliant, High-Efciency,
Class 1/Class 2, Powered Devices
with Integrated DC-DC Converter