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Weltrend Launches WT6617F Automotive-Grade USB PD Controller
2019-05-20
Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 20, 2019 – Weltrend Semiconductor (TWSE: 2436) today announced the launched of WT6617F, the Company’s first AEC-Q100 qualified USB PD controller for automotive-grade performance designed for automotive USB Type-C power source applications such as seat chargers, infotainment unit chargers, and etc. | |
The WT6617F minimizes external components by integrating USB PD baseband PHY, Type-C detection, shunt regulator, voltage and current monitors, NMOS load switch driver and an 8-bit MCU to allow small form factor and low BOM cost. Wide operation voltage range (3V to 24V) supports PD 3.0 Programmable Power Supply (PPS) specification. A Multi-Time-Programmable (MTP) ROM is provided for program code and user configuration data. | |
Key features of Weltrend’s WT6617F Automotive-Grade USB PD controller include: | |
● | USB Type-C and USB-PD |
- Supports USB PD 3.0 including Programmable Power Supply (PPS) | |
- Programmable Type-C pull-up Rp | |
- Integrated VCONN power and switch for reading E-marked cable | |
● | Supports USB BC1.2 DCP, Quick Charge 4 and Quick Charge 4+ (backward compatible Quick Charge 3.0 and Quick Charge 2.0) |
● | Built-in shunt regulator |
- Programmable constant voltage control | |
- Programmable constant current control | |
- Integrated low side current sense amplifier | |
- Cable drop compensation | |
● | Programmable fault protections |
- Over Voltage Protection (OVP) | |
- Under Voltage Protection (UVP) | |
- Over Current Protection (OCP) | |
- Over Temperature Protection (OTP) | |
● | 10-bit ADC for voltage and current monitoring |
● | MCU |
- Turbo 8051 compatible MCU | |
- 16K bytes Multi-Time-Programmable (MTP) ROM | |
● | Driver for NMOS load switch |
● | Built-in discharge MOS transistor |
● | Internal RC oscillator |
● | Internal VDD regulator |
● | General purpose I/Os |
● | Supports power saving mode |
● | Operating voltage range: 3V to 24V (30V tolerant) |
● | Package: 16-Pin QFN, 14-pin SOP AEC-Q100 Grade 1 Qualified (-40 to +125℃) |
About Weltrend Semiconductor Inc. | |
Founded in 1989 in the "Silicon Valley of Taiwan", the Science-Based Industrial Park (SBIP) in Hsinchu, Weltrend (TAIEX: 2436) is a leading fabless semiconductor company, also known as IC design house, specializing in the planning, design, testing, application development and distribution of mixed-signal/digital IC products across multiple applications. For more information, please visit www.weltrend.com. |