Intel® PXA27x Processor Family Power Requirements

Table 2. Intel® PXA27x Processor Voltage Domains (Sheet 1 of 2)

Voltage

Description

 

 

VCC_BATT

BATTERY VOLTAGE:

 

Voltage-limited power from the main battery, or directly from a backup battery, at

 

nominal 3.0 V (±25%). VCC_BATT must be supplied to start the power manager. When

 

the main battery is installed, VCC_BATT powers the real-time clock and power

 

management circuitry during initial power-on, sleep, deep sleep and sleep wake-up, so

 

it remains powered from the backup battery when the main power source has been

 

discharged or removed. See Section 2.2, “Batteries” on page 14 for information about

 

directly connecting VCC_BATT to the backup battery or main battery.

 

NOTE: The power management integrated circuit (PMIC) output drivers for logic

 

signals nRESET, nVDD_FAULT, nBATT_FAULT, PWR_SDA, GPIO0 and

 

GPIO1 must be powered from the VCC_BATT supply. This also applies to all

 

other digital outputs such as the JTAG signals driving PXA27x processor

 

inputs on the VCC_REG domain. Any devices that have a digital input driven

 

by a PXA27x processor digital output powered from the VCC_REG domain

 

must tolerate output high drive levels between 2.25 V and 3.75 V.

 

NOTE: VCC_BATT must be driven by a regulator whose output is matched to the

 

VCC_IO regulator so that VCC_IO and VCC_BATT remain within 200 mV of

 

each other when the VCC_IO regulator is enabled.

 

 

VCC_CORE

CORE VOLTAGE:

 

Dynamically variable core voltage of 0.85 V to 1.55 V. VCC_CORE also powers internal

 

peripheral logic blocks such as the memory controller, LCD controller, digital audio, and

 

serial ports. It does not power the internal SRAM. In a full featured system, this supply

 

is software controllable as described in Section 6.1, “VCC_CORE Regulator and

 

Dynamic Voltage Management” on page 29. In a simple system, this supply might be a

 

fixed voltage chosen to meet the minimum voltage requirement for the highest

 

frequency at which the PXA27x processor operates. In systems that use standby mode,

 

there must also be a provision to set VCC_CORE to 1.10 V (±10%) prior to entry into

 

standby mode. VCC_CORE must be enabled when PWR_EN is asserted and disabled

 

when PWR_EN is de-asserted.

 

 

VCC_PLL

PHASE-LOCK LOOP VOLTAGE:

 

1.3 V (±10%) for internal PLL circuits, fixed. VCC_PLL must not be connected to

 

VCC_CORE, even though they both may be at the same voltage: 1.3 V. A separate

 

low-noise voltage source is recommended to keep the PLL supply clean. This supply

 

must be enabled when PWR_EN is asserted and disabled when PWR_EN is

 

de-asserted.

 

 

VCC_SRAM

Power for the internal SRAM during operation in run or turbo modes. This supply is

 

fixed at 1.1 V (±10%). If the core supply (VCC_CORE) is also fixed at 1.1V (no dynamic

 

voltage changes are used and the maximum core clock frequency is not supported),

 

these two supplies are connected together and powered by a common regulator. In

 

sleep and deep-sleep modes, VCC_SRAM is powered down and the internal SRAM

 

banks, under program control, are powered from an internal regulator connected to

 

VCC_BATT. Doing so retains their contents although no accesses are allowed.

 

VCC_SRAM must be enabled when PWR_EN is asserted and disabled when

 

PWR_EN is de-asserted.

 

 

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