
July 1994
17
Philips Semiconductors
Product specication
Multiple output voltage regulator
TDA3602
Example of a modern car radio design with the
TDA3602
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
A modern car radio set meets the following design
considerations:
1. Semi on/off logic. The radio set has to switch on/off by
pressing the on/off key or by switching the ignition
2. Security code check
3. Low quiescent current in standby (this means that the
microprocessor is off when the set is off)
4. The set must recover the state it had before an engine
start or load dump
5. Apart from HOLD, RESET and VP only two more I/O
lines are used for full on/off logic
6. Supply by 1 or 2 supply lines
7. Radio Data System (RDS) should be implemented in
the set, but this is not a regulator problem
8. Lights must switch off during load dump
Although the TDA3602 is designed only to be supplied by
a continuous supply (battery), it is also possible to use both
a continuous and a switchable supply (ignition). The
ignition can be used to supply also the TDA3602, although
in this event additional circuitry is needed.
APPLICATION CIRCUIT WITH (SEMI-)FULL ON/OFF LOGIC
The application circuit of Fig.11 will meet all the above
mentioned design considerations. Three circuit parts can
be distinguished:
Reset circuitry
A reset is required to call-up the microprocessor when it is
switched to the sleep mode or the power-on reset (first
initialization of the microprocessor). To achieve this, three
different types of resets should be generated:
1. When the set has been disconnected from the supply,
the microprocessor must be initialized at connection to
the supply for the first time. The output ports of the
microprocessor are in a random state. To ensure
correct initialization, a reset has to be generated. This
is accomplished by the power-on state of the
TDA3602. In this state the reset output is HIGH and
Regulators 1 and 2 are disabled (despite the voltage
on the state control pin Vsc being below 1.1 V). Only
after the voltage on the state control pin has risen
above 2.2 V can Regulators 1 and 2 be switched on
again by pulling the state control pin below 1.1 V.
2. In the sleep mode the microprocessor should be called
up by pressing the on/off key (normal off condition).
Now the reset is also generated by the RESET output
of the TDA3602. This reset output will go HIGH when
Vsc decreases from the value VREG3 to below 1.9 V.
3. At fault conditions
(VP below 7.1 V, VREG1 < VREG1 nominal 0.3 V or
VP > 1 8 V), HOLD drops to logic 0 and the
microprocessor switches off the set. In accordance
with the design considerations is that the mode of
operation must switch to the state it was in before an
engine start or load dump occurred. To achieve this
the HOLD output of the TDA3602 can be used to
generate a reset pulse (only when Vsc remains below
1.1 V).
The RESET and HOLD outputs of the TDA3602 are
combined to generate the reset pulses. The pulses are
created by differentiating the outputs, using capacitors
C8 and C9. The reset pulses are added by means of the
diodes D2 and D3. The time constants are:
tresres(rise) = 3 × R7 × C8 = 3 × 10 k × 1uF = 30 ms
on/off button S1 should be pressed for at least 30ms,
before the microprocessor will see this
treshold(rise) = 3 × R7 × C9 = 5.4 ms
tres(dis) = 3 × R8 × C8 = 140 ms
treshold(disl) = 3 × R9 × C9 = 25 ms
the microprocessor has to wait and check if HOLD
remains LOW for at least 25 ms before it switches off;
now it is certain that a correct reset will occur to wake up
the microprocessor again.