Qorvo Power Application Controller®

Qorvo Power Application Controller® (PAC) is highly optimized for controlling and powering next-generation smart energy appliances, devices, and equipment. These application controllers integrate a 50MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0 32-bit microcontroller core with proprietary Multi-Mode Power Manager™, Configurable Analog Front End™, and Application Specific Power Drivers™ to form compact microcontroller-based power and general-purpose application systems ranging from digital power supply to motor control. These Qorvo microcontrollers feature up to 32kB of embedded Flash and 8kB of SRAM memory, a high-speed 10-bit 1μs analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with dual auto-sampling sequencers, 5V/3.3V I/Os, flexible clock sources, timers, a versatile 14-channel PWM engine, and several serial interfaces.

Features

  • Proprietary multi-mode power manage
    • Multi-mode switching supply controller configurable as high-voltage or ultra-high-voltage buck, AC/DC, or flyback
    • DC supply up to 52V or line AC input
    • Four linear regulators with power and hibernate management
    • Power and temperature monitor, warning, and fault detection
  • Proprietary configurable analog front end
    • Ten analog front-end I/O pins
    • Three differential programmable gain amplifiers
    • Four single-ended programmable gain amplifiers
    • Ten comparators
    • Two DACs (10-bit and 8-bit)
  • Proprietary application-specific power drivers
    • Three low-side and three high-side gate drivers
    • 1A gate driving capability
    • Two open-drain drivers
    • Configurable delays and fast fault protection
  • 50MHz Arm Cortex-M0 32-bit microcontroller core
    • Fast single cycle 32-bit x 32-bit multiplier
    • 24-bit SysTick timer
    • Nested vectored interrupt controller (NVIC) with 20 external interrupts
    • Wake-up interrupt controller allowing power-saving sleep modes
    • Clock-gating allows low-power operation
  • 32kB Flash and 8kB SRAM memory
  • 10-bit 1μs ADC with multi-input/multi-sample control engine
    • 11 ADC inputs, including input from configurable analog front end
  • 3.3V I/Os
    • Four general-purpose I/Os with tri-state and dedicated analog input to ADC
  • True 5V I/Os
    • 14 general purpose I/Os with tri-state, pull-up, and pull-down and dedicated I/O supply
    • Configurable as true 5V or 3.3V I/Os
  • Flexible clock and PLL from internal 2% oscillator, ring oscillator, external clock, or crystal
  • Nine timing generators
    • Four 16-bit timers with up to 16 PWM/CC blocks and seven independent dead-time controllers
    • 24-bit watchdog timer
    • 4s or 8s watchdog timer
    • 24-bit real-time clock
    • 24-bit SysTick timer
    • Wake-up timer for sleep modes from 0.125s to 8s
  • SPI, I2C, and UART communication interfaces
  • SWD debug interface with interface disable function

Applications

  • General-purpose high-voltage system controllers
  • Home appliances
  • Power tools
  • Motor controllers
  • LED lighting controllers
  • Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
  • Solar micro-inverters
  • Wireless power controllers
  • Digital power controllers
  • Industrial applications

Power Application Controller Application Circuit

Qorvo Power Application Controller®

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Published: 2014-06-16 | Updated: 2025-04-15