FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
HOLT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
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SENSING
The 8 Sense Channels can be configured to meet the
requirements of a variety of conditions and applications.
Table 1 summarizes basic function selection and Table 2
gives more details on possible threshold values.
For GND/Open sensing, the SNS_SEL pin is connected to
GND Referring to the Block Diagram, Figure 2, this selection
will connect a 3.3kΩ pull-up resistor through a diode to
VLOGIC and a 23.8k resistor through 3 diodes to VWET.
These resistors give extra noise immunity for detecting the
open state while providing relay wetting current. Configuring
HI-8425 (40 pin version) - THRESHOLD SELECT
The HI-8425 offers a choice between internally fixed
thresholds or external thresholds provided by the user.
GND/OPEN SENSING
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Ω
THS_SEL, HI_SET/LO_SEL and VWET as described below
sets the window comparator thresholds, VTHI and VTLO, the
open input voltage when open, and the input current.
With THS_SEL set to GND, the window comparator
thresholds are fixed based on an internal reference. The high
threshold, VTHI, and the low threshold, VTHLO levels may be
found in Table 2. When the internal references are used the
HI_SET and LO_SET pins should be connected to GND.
For applications with either large GND offsets or thresholds
higher than VLOGIC - 0.75V, THS_SEL is set high and the
thresholds are set externally, for example by a simple
resistor divider off the VLOGIC supply. In this case VTHI is
equal to 10X the voltage on the HI_SET pin. VTLO is equal to
10X the voltage on the LO_SET pin. This mode allows the
user complete flexibility to define the thresholds and
hysteresis levels.
HI-8426 (32 pin version) THRESHOLD SELECT
For applications that can take advantage of the very small 32
pin chip scale package of the HI-8426, THS_SEL is not
available and an internal pull-up makes it mandatory to
supply HI_SET and LO_SET externally.
OPEN INPUT VOLTAGE
For correct operation, the VSENSE_n when open, must be
higher than VTHI so SO_n will be low. This condition requires
VWET to be set greater than (VTHI/0.9 + 2.25V). Various
ARINC standards such as ARINC 763 define the standard
“Open” signal as characterized by a resistance of 100kΩ or
more with respect to signal common. The user should
consider this 100kΩ to ground case when setting the
thresholds.
WETTING CURRENT
For GND/Open applications with VWET open, the wetting
current with the input voltage at GND is simply (VLOGIC -
0.75)/3.3k. When applying a higher voltage at the VWET
pin the wetting current is (VLOGIC - 0.75)/3.3k + (VWET -
4.2)/127k. Additional wetting current can be achieved by
placing an external resistor and a diode between VWET
and the individual sense inputs.
SUPPLY/OPEN SENSING
The 8 Sense Channels can be configured to sense
Supply/Open by connecting the SNSE_SEL pin to
VLOGIC. Refering to Figure 2, a 32kΩ resistor is switched
in series to provide a pull down in addition to the 400kΩ of
the comparator input divider to GND. Similar to the
GND/Open case configuring THS_SEL, HI_SET/LO_SEL
and VWET as described below sets the window compara-
tor thresholds, the open input voltage when open and the
wetting current.
THRESHOLD SELECT
The threshold selections are handled in the same way as
stated above for the GND/OPEN case.
For THS_SEL set low, the internal reference nominally
sets the window comparator. See table 2 for the VTHI and
VTHLO threshold levels.
For THS_SEL set high, the final thresholds are 10X the
voltage set on the HI_SET and LO_SET pins. The VWET
pin must be left open in the Supply/Open sensing case.
WETTING CURRENT
For the Supply/Open case the wetting current into the
sense input is the current sunk by the effective 28kΩ to
GND. For VSENSE_n = 28V, IWET is 1ma. See Figure 12.
SENSE_n SNSE_SEL OE SO_n
Open or > VTHI L (GND/OPEN) L L
< VTLO L (GND/OPEN) L H
X L (GND/OPEN) H Z
Open or < VTLO H (V+/OPEN) L H
> VTHI H (V+/OPEN) L L
X H (V+/OPEN) H Z
H = VLOGIC, L = GND, Z = Hi-Z, X = Don’t Care, V+ = VSUPPLY
See Table 2 for values of VTHI/VTLO
Table 1. Function Table
HI-8425, HI-8426