Circuit Description:: continued
Setting the Oscillator
The times Tc and Td can be determined as follows:
V
OSC
VREF - Vlower
tc = RTCT ln
OSC
RESET
(
)
VREF - Vupper
Toggle
F/F Output
VREF - IdRT - Vlower
VREF - IdRT - Vupper
td = RTCT ln
(
)
EA Output
Switch
Current
Substituting in typical values for the parameters in the
above formulas:
V
CC
VREF = 5.0V, Vupper = 2.7V, Vlower = 1.0V, Id = 8.3mA,
then
I
O
O
tc ≈ 0.5534RTCT
V
2.3 - 0.0083 RT
td = RTCT ln
(
)
4.0 - 0.0083 RT
Figure 2: Timing Diagram
For better accuracy RT should be ≥10kΩ.
Vupper
Grounding
Vlower
High peak currents associated with capacitive loads neces-
sitate careful grounding techniques. Timing and bypass
capacitors should be connected close to Gnd in a single
point ground.
ton
toff
tc
td
The transistor and 5kΩ potentiometer are used to sample
the oscillator waveform and apply an adjustable ramp to
Sense.
ton=tc
toff=tc+2td
Figure 3: Duty Cycle parameters.
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