LTC4274
12
4274fd
 PIN FUNCTIONS
RESET: Chip Reset, Active Low. When the RESET pin is 
low, the LTC4274 is held inactive with all ports off and all 
internal registers reset to their power-up states. When RE-
SET is pulled high, the LTC4274 begins normal operation. 
RESET can be connected to an external capacitor or RC 
network to provide a power turn-on delay. Internal filter-
ing of the RESET pin prevents glitches less than 1約 wide 
from resetting the LTC4274. Internally pulled up to V
DD
.
MID: Midspan Mode Input. When high, the LTC4274 acts 
as a midspan device. Internally pulled down to DGND.
INT: Interrupt Output, Open Drain. INT will pull low when 
any one of several events occur in the LTC4274. It will 
return to a high impedance state when bits 6 or 7 are set 
in the Reset PB register (1Ah). The INT signal can be used 
to generate an interrupt to the host processor, eliminating 
the need for continuous software polling. Individual INT 
events can be disabled using the Int Mask register (01h). 
See the LTC4274 Software Programming documentation 
for more information. The INT pin is only updated between 
I
2
C transactions.
SCL: Serial Clock Input. High impedance clock input for the 
I
2
C serial interface bus. SCL must be tied high if not used.
SDAOUT: Serial Data Output, Open Drain Data Output for 
the I
2
C Serial Interface Bus. The LTC4274 uses two pins 
to implement the bidirectional SDA function to simplify 
optoisolation of the I
2
C bus. To implement a standard 
bidirectional SDA pin, tie SDAOUT and SDAIN together. 
SDAOUT should be grounded or left floating if not used. 
See Applications Information for more information.
SDAIN: Serial Data Input. High impedance data input for 
the I
2
C serial interface bus. The LTC4274 uses two pins 
to implement the bidirectional SDA function to simplify 
optoisolation of the I
2
C bus. To implement a standard 
bidirectional SDA pin, tie SDAOUT and SDAIN together. 
SDAIN must be tied high if not used. See Applications 
Information for more information.
AD3: Address Bit 3. Tie the address pins high or low to set 
the I
2
C serial address to which the LTC4274 responds. This 
address will be 010A
3
A
2
A
1
A
0
b. Internally pulled up to V
DD
.
AD2: Address Bit 2. See AD3.
AD1: Address Bit 1. See AD3.
AD0: Address Bit 0. See AD3.
NC, DNC: All pins identified with NC or DNC must be 
left unconnected.
DGND: Digital Ground. DGND is the return for the V
DD
 
supply.
V
DD
: Logic Power Supply. Connect to a 3.3V power supply 
relative to DGND. V
DD
 must be bypassed to DGND near 
the LTC4274 with at least a 0.1糉 capacitor.
SHDN: Shutdown, Active Low. When pulled low, SHDN 
shuts down the port, regardless of the state of the internal 
registers. Pulling SHDN low is equivalent to setting the 
Reset Port bit in the Reset Pushbutton register (1Ah). 
Internal filtering of the SHDN pin prevents glitches less 
than 1約 wide from resetting the port. Internally pulled 
up to V
DD
.
AGND: Analog Ground. AGND is the return for the V
EE
 
supply. 
SENSE: Current Sense Input. SENSE monitors the exter-
nal MOSFET current via a 0.5?or 0.25?sense resistor 
between SENSE and V
EE
. Whenever the voltage across 
the  sense  resistor  exceeds  the  overcurrent  detection 
threshold V
CUT
, the current limit fault timer counts up. If 
the voltage across the sense resistor reaches the current 
limit threshold V
LIM
, the GATE pin voltage is lowered to 
maintain constant current in the external MOSFET. See 
Applications Information for further details. 
GATE: Gate Drive. GATE should be connected to the gate 
of the external MOSFET for the port. When the MOSFET 
is turned on, the gate voltage is driven to 12V (typ) above 
V
EE
. During a current limit condition, the voltage at GATE 
will be reduced to maintain constant current through the 
external MOSFET. If the fault timer expires, GATE is pulled 
down, turning the MOSFET off and recording a t
CUT
 or 
t
START
 event.
OUT: Output Voltage Monitor. OUT should be connected 
to the output port. A current limit foldback circuit limits