Documentation overview

Technical information for the PMI8952 is primarily covered by the documents listed in Table 1-1;

these documents should be studied for a thorough understanding of the IC and its applications.

Released PMI8952 documents are available from the Qualcomm® CreatePoint website at

https://createpoint.qti.qualcomm.com.

Table 1-1 Primary PMI8952 device documentation

Document number Title/description

80-NT391-1

(this document)

PMI8952 Power Management IC Device Specification

Provides all PMI8952 electrical and mechanical specifications. Additional material includes

pin assignment definitions, shipping, storage, and handling instructions, printed circuit

board (PCB) mounting guidelines, and part reliability. This document can be used by

company purchasing departments to facilitate procurement.

80-NT391-4 PMI8952 Power Management IC Device Revision Guide

Provides a history of PMI8952 revisions. This document explains how to identify the various

IC revisions and discusses known issues (or bugs) for each revision and how to work

around them.

80-NT390-5 PM8952/PM8956 + PMI8952 Power Management IC Design Guidelines/training Slides

 Detailed functional and interface description

 Key design guidelines are illustrated and explained, including:

 Technology overviews

 DC power distribution

 Interface schematic details

 PCB layout guidelines

 External component recommendations

 Ground and shielding recommendations

80-NT665-3 MSM8952 Chipset Layout Guidelines

This document presents layout guidelines for the MSM8952 chipset and its individual ICs.

PCB designers can use this single document for mechanical and layout instructions rather

than researching each device individually.

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PMI8952 Power Management IC Device Specification Introduction

This PMI8952 device specification is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 Provides an overview of PMI8952 documentation, shows a high-level PMI8952

functional block diagram, lists the device features, and lists terms and acronyms

used throughout this document.

Chapter 2 Defines the IC pin assignments.

Chapter 3 Defines the IC electrical performance specifications, including absolute maximum

ratings and recommended operating conditions.

Chapter 4 Provides IC mechanical information, including dimensions, markings, ordering

information, moisture sensitivity, and thermal characteristics.

Chapter 5 Discusses shipping, storage, and handling of PMI8952 devices.

Chapter 6 Presents procedures and specifications for mounting the PMI8952 onto PCBs.

Chapter 7 Presents PMI8952 reliability data, including definitions of the qualification

samples and a summary of qualification test results.

1.2 PMI8952 introduction

The PMI8952 device (Figure 1-1), plus its companion PM8952/PM8956 (80-NT390-x) device,

integrates all wireless handset power management, general housekeeping, and user interface
support functions into a two IC solution. The versatile design is suitable for multimode, multiband

phones, and other wireless products such as data cards and PDAs.

The PMI8952 mixed-signal BiCMOS device is available in the 144-pin wafer nanoscale package

(144 WLNSP) that includes ground pins for improved electrical ground, mechanical stability, and

thermal continuity.

Since the PMI8952 includes so many diverse functions, its operation is more easily understood by

considering major functional blocks individually. Therefore, the PMI8952 document set is

organized by the following device functionality:

 Input power management

 General housekeeping

 User interface

 IC interfaces

 Configurable pins: either multipurpose pins (MPPs) or general-purpose input/output

(GPIOs) that can be configured to function within some of the other categories

Most of the information contained in this device specification is organized accordingly including

the circuit groupings within the block diagram (Figure 1-1), pin descriptions (Chapter 2), and

detailed electrical specifications (Chapter 3). Refer to the PM8952/PM8956 + PMI8952 Power

Management IC Design Guidelines/training Slides (80-NT390-5) for more detailed diagrams and

descriptions of each PMI8952 function and interface.

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Figure 1-1 High-level PMI8952 functional block diagra