
Infineon Technologies USB Type-C™ EZ-PD PMG1 MCU Family
Infineon Technologies USB Type-C™ EZ-PD PMG1 Family are high-voltage USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) microcontrollers (MCUs). The Infineon Technologies USB-C EZ-PD PMG1 chips feature an Arm® Cortex®-M0/M0+ CPU, USB Type-C PD controller, and analog and digital peripherals. The devices are designed for embedded systems that transfer power through high-voltage USB Type-C PD ports, enhancing control capabilities.
Features
- 32-bit MCU subsystem
- 48MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ CPU with DMA
- Memory
- 256KB Flash
- 32KB SRAM
- 96KB ROM with PD code
- USB Type-C/PD blocks
- Up to two USB Type-C/PD blocks, each with a baseband transceiver
- Two integrated VBUS NFET gate drivers
- Slew rate control to limit the inrush current on the gate drivers configured to be used in the VBUS provider or consumer path
- Integrated USB power-delivery (USB-PD) 3.1 support
- Supports 28V extended power range (EPR)
- High-voltage (28V) regulator and VBUS discharge
- Configurable VBUS over-voltage protection (OVP), overcurrent protection (OCP), short-circuit protection (SCP), and reverse-current (RCP) protection
- VCONN FETs with OCP
- Two integrated 3:1 SBU analog muxes for alternate modes (Display Port and Thunderbolt) on the 97-BGA part
- Interfaces
- Up to eight run-time reconfigurable serial communication blocks (SCBs) configurable as I2C, SPI, or UART
- Up to eight timer/counter pulse-width modulators (TCPWMs)
- Programmable GPIO pins
- Up to 50 GPIO pins
- Any GPIO pin can be CAPSENSE™, analog, or digital
- Programmable drive modes, strengths, and slew rates
- Integrated analog blocks
- Two 8-bit SAR ADCs
- One 12-bit SAR ADC
- Two opamps
- Two LP comparators
- Capacitive sensing
- CAPSENSE sigma-delta (CSD) provides best-in-class signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (>5:1) and water tolerance
- Infineon-supplied software component makes capacitive sensing design easy
- Automatic hardware tuning (SmartSense)
- Hardware crypto engine for secure FW boot and signed FW update
- USB full-speed device
- Charger detect block
- Power
- VSYS (2.8V to 5.5V)
- VBUS (4V to 28V)
- Independent supply voltage pin for GPIO that allows 1.71V to 5.5V signaling on the I/Os
- Packages
- 48-QFN
- 97-BGA
- Software tool
- ModusToolbox™
Applications
- High-voltage USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) chargers
- Various devices that require power delivery through high-voltage USB Type-C PD ports
Comparison

Block Diagram

Additional Resources
- Port applications across EZ-PD PMG1 MCUs - KBA232685
- Choose the right EZ-PD PMG1 MCU for your application requirement - KBA232687
- Capture USB Power Delivery (USB PD) traffic for analysis during application development - KBA232684
- Adding support for USB 2.0 data traffic in EZ-PD PMG1 MCU based applications – KBA232681
Published: 2023-09-05
| Updated: 2023-09-26