SLVAET3 October 2021 TPS8802
The smoke-only system uses a microcontroller that connects directly to the battery. Because the TPS8802 MCU LDO is not required, the TPS8802 can be unpowered between measurements. A TPS22919 load switch is used to connect the battery to VCC during measurements and discharge VINT between measurements. VCC and PLDO can be shorted because of the low battery voltage. VMCU is connected to VCC to set the TPS8802 digital logic level equal to the microcontroller’s supply voltage. With the battery voltage used to supply VCC, the minimum battery voltage is limited by the 2.6 V minimum VCC voltage. The IR LED is driven at a low enough current such that 2.6 V is sufficient. The blue LED has a higher voltage that requires the boost converter, thus the LED LDO is used.