
2005 Microchip Technology Inc.
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TC818A
Vendors for piezo electric audio transducers are:
Gulton Industries
Piezo Products Division
212 Durham Avenue
Metuchen, New Jersey 08840
(201) 548-2800
Typical P/Ns: 102-95NS, 101-FB-00
Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc.
Arlington Center
714 West Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Typical P/Ns: CB27BB, CB20BB, CB355BB
3.18
Display Decimal Point Selection
The TC818A provides a decimal point LCD drive sig-
nal. The decimal point position is a function of the
3.19
AC-to-DC Converter Operational
Amplifier
The TC818A contains an on-chip operational amplifier
that may be connected as a rectifier for AC-to-DC volt-
age and current measurements. Typical operational
amplifier characteristics are:
Slew Rate: 1V/
μsec
Unity Gain Bandwidth: 0.4MHz
Open Loop Gain: 44dB
Output Voltage Swing (Load = 10k
Ω) ± 1.5V
(Referenced to Analog Common)
When the AC measurement option is selected, the
input buffer receives an input signal through switch
external circuits, the AC Operating mode can be used
to perform other types of functions within the con-
straints of the internal operational amplifier. External
circuits that perform true RMS conversion, or a peak
hold function, are typical examples.
3.20
Component Selection
3.20.1
INTEGRATION RESISTOR
SELECTION
The TC818A automatically selects one of two external
integration resistors. RVIBUF (Pin 55) is selected for
voltage and current measurement. R
ΩBUF (Pin 54) is
selected for resistance measurements.
3.20.2
RVIBUF SELECTION (PIN 55)
In auto-range operation, the TC818A operates with a
200mV maximum full scale potential at VI (Pin 44).
Resistive dividers at VR2 (Pin 41), VR3 (Pin 40), VR4
(Pin 43), and VR5 (Pin 42) are automatically switched
to maintain the 200V full scale potential.
In Manual mode, the Extended Operating mode is acti-
vated, giving a 300mV full scale potential at VI (Pin 44).
The integrator output swing should be maximized, but
saturations must be avoided. The integrator will swing
within 0.45V of VCC (Pin 28) and 0.5V of VSS (Pin 57)
without saturating. A ±2V swing is suggested. The
value of RVIBUF is easily calculated, assuming a worst
case extended resolution input signal:
Where:
VINT = Integrator swing = ±2V
tI
= Integration time = 100msec
CI
= Integration capacitor = 0.1
μF
VMAX = Maximum input at VI = 300mV
EQUATION 3-1:
3.20.3
R
ΩBUF SELECTION (PIN 54)
In ratiometric resistance measurements, the signal at
RX (Pin 50) is always positive, with respect to analog
common. The integrator swings negative.
The worst case integrator swing is for the 200
Ω range
with the manual, extended resolution option.
The input voltage, VX (Pin 50) is easily calculated (see
TABLE 3-5:
DECIMAL POINT SELECTION
Full Scale Range
1 * 9
* 9
DP3
DP2
DP1
2000V, 2000k
Ω
OFF
200V, 200k
Ω
OFF
ON
20V, 20k
Ω
OFF
ON
OFF
2V, 2k
Ω
ON
OFF
200V, 200
Ω
OFF
ON
200mV, 200
Ω
OFF
ON
20mA
OFF
ON
OFF
200mA
OFF
ON
RVIBUF =
VMAX(TI)
VINT(CI)
= 150k
Ω