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Apple
(Dialog Semiconductor)
338S0973 (D1881A Die Markings)
Power Management IC
Circuit Analysis of Regulators
and Internal Voltage Generator

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CAR-1210-802
24073JCJM
Revision 1.0

Published: February 1, 2013

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Overview
Introduction
Component Descriptions
Device Summary
Figures
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0.1.1

Package Markings

0.1.2

Package X-Ray

0.1.3

Die Markings

0.2.1

Die Photograph Top Metal Layer

0.2.2

Die Photograph Metal 1 Layer

0.2.3

Die Architecture

Schematics
1.0.0

Top Level Diagram

1.2.0
1.3.0

NAND Gate
Flip-Flop

1.4.0

Flip-Flop

2.0.0

Voltage Regulator 1

2.1.0

Voltage Bias

2.1.1

A_TRIGATE_6L5_6L5

2.1.2

A_TRIGATE_24L5_12L5

2.1.3
2.1.4

A_TRIGATE_24L5X2_22L5
A_TRIGATE_12L5_6L5

2.2.0

Control Circuit 4

2.2.1
2.3.0

Control Circuit
Comparator 8

2.4.0

Voltage Reference

2.4.1

A_INV_12L5_6L5

2.4.2

A_NOR3_E26L5X4_E14L5

2.4.3

A_TRIGATE_30L5_10L5

2.5.0

Comparator 9

2.5.1

A_INV_10L5_6L5S2

2.5.2

A_TRIGATE_10L5_10L5S2

2.5.3

A_INV_6L5_8L5

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2.5.4

A_INV_30L5_6L5

2.5.5
2.6.0

A_INV_10L5_50L5
Amplifier 5

2.6.1

A_TRIGATE_12L5_10L5

2.6.2

A_INV_6L10_6L8

2.6.3
2.7.0

A_TRIGATE_20L6_10L6
Comparator

2.7.1

A_NOR2_E20L5_6L5

2.7.2
2.7.3

A_INV_10L5_6L5
A_NMOS_18S

2.7.4

A_TRIGATE_10L5_10L5

2.7.5

A_INV_8L5_30L5

2.8.0
2.8.1

Comparator 5
A_INV_20L5X2_20L5

2.8.2

A_INV_40L5_20L5D3

2.10.0

Current Bias 3

2.11.0
2.12.0

Voltage Detector 2
Control Circuit

2.12.1

A_UNUSED2

2.12.2

A_OR2_34L5_22L5

2.12.3

A_AND2_34L5_22L5

2.13.0

Voltage Generator 1?

2.14.0

Control 8

2.14.1

A_TRIGATE_20L5_8L5

2.15.0
2.16.0

Switch 1
Variable Grounded Capacitor

2.16.1

A_TRIGATE_50L5_50L5

2.17.0

Comparator 3

2.17.1
2.17.2

A_INV_20L5_6L5S1
A_TRIGATE_10L5_10L5S1

2.17.3

A_NOR2_E20L5_6L5S1

2.17.4

A_INV_10L5_6L5S1

2.17.5
2.18.0

A_MX21_30l5_30L5
Comparator 11

2.19.0

Comparator 13

2.19.1

A_INV_6L5_30L5

2.20.0
2.20.1

Voltage Generator 4
A_INV_10L5_6L1

2.21.0

Drivers

2.21.1

INV_10L5_6L1

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2.21.2

INV_80L5_30L5

2.21.3
2.21.4

INV_100L5_40L5
INV_R_20L5_16L5

2.21.5

INV_R_76L5_22L5

2.21.6

NAND2_94L5_38L5

2.21.7
2.21.8

NAND2_E70L5_50L5
NAND2_R_E40L5_50L5

2.21.9

NMOS_R7_19

2.21.10
2.21.11

NMOS_R7
NMOS_R6_2

2.21.12

NMOS_R6

2.21.13

A_INV_R_84L5X8_64L5X2

2.21.14
2.21.15

NMOS_R8_2
NMOS_R8

2.21.16

A_INV_R_140L5X20_62L5X7

2.21.17

NMOS_R5_7

2.21.18
2.21.19

NMOS_R5
A_MX21

2.21.20

INV_30L5_120L5

2.22.0

Internal Voltage Generator

2.22.1

INV_100L5_100L5

2.22.2

A_PMOS4_S6

2.22.3

A_PMOS4_S8

2.23.0

Internal Voltage Generator 3

2.23.1
2.24.0

A_TRIGATE_R_100L5X4_80L5X2
Current Bias 1

2.24.1

A_INV_6L5_6L5

2.24.2

A_PCASC

2.24.3
2.24.4

A_PCASCX1
A_PCASCX12

2.24.5

A_PCASCX16

2.24.6

A_PCASCX4

2.24.7
2.24.8

A_PCASCX3
A_PCASCX2

2.25.0

Amplifier 6

2.25.1

A_INV_20L5_6L6

2.25.2
2.25.3

Variable Current Source

Current Source

2.25.4

Oscillator

2.26.0

Control Circuit 11

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2.26.1

A_TRIGATE_14L5_6L5

2.26.2
2.26.3

Pulse Generator
A_INV_80L5_30L5

2.26.4

A_TRIGATE_24L5_10L5

2.26.5

Oscillator

2.26.6
2.26.7

A_TRIGATE_16L5_6L5
A_TRIGATE_16L5_10L5

2.27.0

Amplifier 9

2.27.1
2.27.2

A_TRIGATE_10L5_10L5S3
Amplifier 7

2.27.3

Summing Transconductance Amplifier

2.28.0

Current Bias 9

2.29.0
2.29.1

Comparator 4
A_INV_20L5_16L5

2.29.2

A_INV_6L10_6L2

2.30.0

Control Circuit 7

2.30.1
2.31.0

Data Out Cell

Control Circuit 1

2.31.1

A_UNUSED3

2.32.0

Control Drivers

2.32.1

Unused MOS Driver

2.32.2

Driver Control 1

2.32.3

INV_30L5_12L5

2.32.4

A_NMOS_R2_3

2.32.5
2.32.6

A_NMOS_R2
A_NMOS_R3_2

2.32.7

A_NMOS_R3

2.32.8

A_INV_10L6_6L12

2.32.9
2.32.10

A_INV_20L5_6L5
A_NMOS_R4_1

2.32.11

A_NMOS_R4

2.32.12

A_TRIGATE_30L5_16L5

2.32.13
2.32.14

A_NMOS_R5
A_INV_144L5X8_96L5X4

2.32.15

INV_30L5_20L5

2.32.16

INV_96L5_64L5

2.32.17

NOR2_E120L5_E30L8

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2.32.18

NOR2_E760L5_E50L5

2.32.19
2.32.20

NOR2_R_E100L5_50L5
INV_16L5_6L5

2.32.21

Driver Control 2

3.0.0

Regulator 2

3.1.0

Op-Amp

3.2.0

Current Bias 4

3.3.0
3.3.1

Hysteretic Comparator
A_INV_40L5_20L5S1

3.3.2

A_INV_100L5_50L5D2S1

3.4.0

Current Bias 6

3.4.1
3.4.2

Unused
Control Circuit

3.5.0

Current Mirror

3.6.0

Op-Amp

3.6.1
3.7.0

A_UNUSED1
Voltage Level Detector

3.7.1

A_RS1

3.7.2

A_AND2_16L5_6L5S1

3.7.3

A_INV_16L5_6L5

3.7.4

A_NAND2_E50L5X2_6L1

3.8.0

Internal Voltage Generator ?

3.9.0

Control 3

3.10.0
3.10.1

Unused Amplifier
A_PCASC1_M1

3.11.0

Control 1

3.11.1

A_RS_32L5_16L5

3.12.0
3.13.0

Comparator 6
Voltage Generator 2

3.13.1

A_FADD

3.14.0

Amplifier 2

3.15.0
3.15.1

A_SWITCH
A_TRIGATE_100L5X25_100L5X3

3.16.0

Control 5

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4.0.0

Internal Voltage Generator

4.1.0
4.1.1

Voltage Generator
A_SMINV_100L5_50L5

4.1.2

A_NAND2_100L5X5_50L5

4.1.3

A_INV_100L5_50L5

4.1.4
4.2.0

A_COMP7
Voltage Generator?

4.3.0

Comparator

4.3.1
4.3.2

Comparator 1
A_INV_40L5_20L5

4.3.3

A_INV_100L5_50L5D2

4.3.4

A_BUFF

4.3.5
4.3.6

A_NMOS_5S
Comparator 2

4.3.7

A_INV_40L8_20L8

4.3.8

A_VOLGEN5

4.4.0
4.4.1

Oscillator
Current Buffer

4.5.0

Reference Generator

4.5.1

Voltage Regulator

4.5.2

Bandgap Reference Generator

4.5.3

Bandgap Error Amplifier

4.5.4

A_PDIODEX16

4.6.0

Voltage Detector

4.6.1
4.6.2

Voltage Detector
A_NCASC_M6

4.6.3

Voltage Converter

4.6.4

Charge Pump

5.0.0

Test Circuitry

5.1.0

Test Access

5.1.1

Decoder; 3-to-8

5.1.2
5.1.3

Test Access Cell

A_INV_24L5_18L5

5.1.4

A_INV_100L5X3_100L5

5.1.5

A_INV_100L5X6_100L5X2

5.1.6
5.1.7

A_NMOS_R1_12
A_NMOS_R1

5.2.0

AND Control

5.2.1

A_AND2F_26_18D4

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6.0.0

Control Circuit

6.1.0

A_NOR3_24L5X2_22L5

7.0.0

Current Bias 8

7.1.0

Current Bias 2

7.1.1
7.1.2

A_PCASC_M1
PMOS Cascode; M=25

7.1.3

PMOS Cascode; M=3

7.1.4
7.2.0

A_PCASC_M2
Current Bias 5

7.2.1

A_PCASC_M5

7.3.0

Control 6

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