Factory & Building Automation

Factory and Building Automation products are powered by line driven supplies, PoE or battery supplies. Line driven AC/DC power supplies can be poorly regulated and do not always provide specific voltage rails needed by application circuits. PoE and battery powered products need voltage step down or step up regulation depending upon a specific application.

• Point of load voltage regulators provide a local supply rail with high efficiency
• Single output high efficiency DC/DC switching regulators can provide either a step-up or step-down voltage output.

Kinetic Technologies’ EMI/ESD Suppression technology is the industry’s first and is used to improve EMC performance in Ethernet applications. What used to present as a design challenge is solved by this unique solution that offers EMC compliance for Ethernet connected devices. The physical interface of the PD data path to the outside environment is through the PHY. The PHY is also subject to ESD and surge events when an Ethernet cable is inserted. CM emissions are typically filtered by large passive devices located between the PHY and the LAN isolation magnetics. Kinetic Technologies offers the world’s first active ESD and EMI suppressor IC, a 4-channel device in which each channel connects to one wire of the two twisted pair sets. ESD performance, EFT-B and surge immunity, and CM emissions equal or exceed passive techniques while occupying a much smaller footprint.

• CISPR22 and FCC Part 15, Class B requirements for Radiated and Conducted Emissions.
• IEC 61000-4-3/6 requirements for Radiated and Conducted Immunity, Level 3 or higher.
• IEC 61000-4-2 ESD (Air Discharge) of ±25kV.
• IEC 61000-4-2 ESD (Contact Discharge) of ±12kV.
• Cable Discharge Event (CDE) of ±12kV.

Factory or building automation devices use LCD displays for operator feedback and control.

Backlight LED strings are configured in series or series/parallel configurations that often require the supply voltage to be boosted from the PoE source. Multiple current sink drivers connect to long serial strings of WLEDs and therefore require a compliance voltage significantly higher than the battery voltage.

• Panel size and resolution determine the number of white LEDs (WLED) required to produce the necessary screen brightness
• Dimming techniques to control the brightness can range from simple linear LED brightness control to sophisticated high efficiency PWM control to achieve contrast ratios of typically 20,000:1
• High accuracy current sinks to provide uniform backlight across larger panel sizes
• High efficiency boost power conversion required to minimize demands on battery power consumption and maximize the battery life between charge cycles

Product Highlights:

• Multiple series/parallel strings of WLED drivers to match the display panel needs
• Multiple programming options from simple PWM signal control to full-featured I2C interfaces.
• Advanced design, low drop-out current sinks with tight linearity characteristics to maintain constant LED current accuracy over all battery voltage extremes
• High efficiency boost converters with integrated protection against LED open and short-circuit conditions

Products designed for factory or building automation controllers need voltage rail on/off control to reduce standby or shutdown state power consumption or to enable/disable specific function circuits while the device is operating.

Integrated load switches provide internal power switching and are controlled by simple GPIO logic.

• Eliminate the need for bias and level shift circuits associated with discrete MOSFET switches
• Provides slew-rate limited turn-on with reverse current blocking and output discharge mode to de-select functions when not required to extend battery life.

Product Highlights:

• Extremely low IN to OUT resistance
• Tiny footprint
• Operation down to 1.8V

Applications requiring PoE typically need high efficiency power conversion, small PCB area and reduced component count. Kinetic Technologies offers a product solution which integrate the PD physical interface and DC/DC controller functions into a single package. Supporting solutions from a few watts up to the maximum allowed, Kinetic Technologies provides a high efficiency power solution for nearly every PoE PD application.

The KTA1137A targets both Type 1 and Type 2 PDs. It is a highly integrated CMOS solution for PoE PDs requiring input power up to 30 watts. The KTA1137A integrates input Surge Protection, a digital PD controller, and a low-emission DC/DC controller onto a single die. The KTA1137A implements the physical layer PD functionality as required by IEEE® 802.3af and IEEE® 802.3at. This includes 2-event classification, a Type 2 PSE detection indicator (ATDET) in addition to PD detection, under-voltage lockout, and hot-swap FET integration.

Factory automation controllers use multicolor RGB LEDs for function indicator lamps. Indicator lamps show power or system status on devices that have LCD displays. For devices without displays, indicator lamps are needed to show power and status for all functions.

• RGB LED drivers allow simplified programmable control of LED color and brightness

Product Highlights:

• 3-channel RGB LED drivers permit custom color control
• 4-channel RGBW devices allow for driving a white LED in addition to the RGB LED
• I²C to ease integration with a wide variety of processors and operating systems
• Wide range of ramp up/down timing for slow fade in/out effects and complex repeating patterns
• Ultra-small package footprint