
SVSH
LDO
SVSL
DV
CC
Reference
Brownout
V
CORE
Power Management Module (PMM) Introduction
2.1
Power Management Module (PMM) Introduction
PMM features include:
•
Wide supply voltage (DV
CC
) range: 2.0 V to 3.6 V
•
Generation of voltage for the device core (V
CORE
)
•
Supply voltage supervisor (SVS) for DV
CC
and V
CORE
•
Brownout reset (BOR)
•
Software accessible power-fail indicators
•
I/O protection during power-fail condition
The PMM manages all functions related to the power supply and its supervision for the device. Its primary
functions are first to generate a supply voltage for the core logic, and second, provide several
mechanisms for the supervision of both the voltage applied to the device (DV
CC
) and the voltage
generated for the core (V
CORE
).
The PMM uses an integrated low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) to produce a secondary core voltage
(V
CORE
) from the primary one applied to the device (DV
CC
). In general, V
CORE
supplies the CPU, memories,
and the digital modules, while DV
CC
supplies the I/Os and analog modules. The V
CORE
output is maintained
using a dedicated voltage reference. The input or primary side of the regulator is referred to in this chapter
as its high side. The output or secondary side is referred to in this chapter as its low side.
The block diagram of the PMM is shown in
.
Figure 2-1. PMM Block Diagram
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