ZHCS089G February 2011 – September 2017 TPS65185
PRODUCTION DATA.
VCOM is the output of a power-amplifier with an output voltage range of 0 V to –5.11 V, adjustable in 10-mV steps. In a typical application VCOM is connected to the VCOM terminal of the EPD panel and the amplifier is controlled through the VCOM_CTRL pin. With VCOM_CTRL high, the amplifier drives the VCOM pin to the voltage specified by the VCOM1 and VCOM2 register. When pulled low, the amplifier turns off and VCOM is actively discharged to ground through VCOM_DIS pin. If active discharge is not desired, simply leave the VCOM_DIS pin open.
For ease of design, the VCOM_CTRL pin may also be tied to the battery or IO supply. In this case, VCOM is enabled with STROBE4 during the power-up sequence and disabled on STROBE1 of the power-down sequence. Therefore VCOM is the last rail to be enabled and the first to be disabled.