SLVAET3 October 2021 TPS8802
In systems where the CO amplifier, MCU LDO, 300-mV reference, VCCLOW monitor, interconnect, and sleep timer do not need to be continuously powered, the TPS8802 can be unpowered in between smoke measurements to reduce the system standby current. To achieve this, the MCU controls a load switch between VBAT and VCC to disconnect the TPS8802 in between smoke measurements. This allows the smoke alarm to achieve an idle current less than the TPS8802 typical 3.8-μA standby current. This configuration provides the best power savings in smoke-only alarms where the CO amplifier is not used. The battery voltage must be above 2.6 V for parametric performance and above 2.4 V for functional performance. While this configuration has a tighter battery voltage range and cannot use the full capacity of the battery, the lower power consumption of this configuration gives it a longer battery life. VCC and PLDO are shorted together to remove the voltage drop caused by the internal PLDO block.