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The preceding magnetic flux density values correspond
to specific current magnitudes at given distances from the
ADuM640x transformers.
Figure 28 expresses these allowable
current magnitudes as a function of frequency for selected
distances. As shown in
Figure 28, the ADuM640x are extremely
immune and can be affected only by extremely large currents
operated at high frequency very close to the component. For
the 1 MHz example, a 0.5 kA current placed 5 mm away from
the ADuM640x is required to affect component operation.
MAGNETIC FIELD FREQUENCY (Hz)
M
AX
IM
UM
A
L
O
W
ABL
E
CURR
E
NT
(
k
A)
1k
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
1k
10k
100M
100k
1M
10M
DISTANCE = 5mm
DISTANCE = 1m
DISTANCE = 100mm
08
14
1-
0
28
Figure 28. Maximum Allowable Current for
Various Current-to-ADuM640x Spacings
Note that, in combinations of strong magnetic field and high
frequency, any loops formed by PCB traces can induce error
voltages sufficiently large to trigger the thresholds of succeeding
circuitry. Exercise care in the layout of such traces to avoid this
possibility.
POWER CONSUMPTION
The VDD1 power supply input provides power to the iCoupler
data channels, as well as to the power converter. For this reason,
the quiescent currents drawn by the data converter and the
primary and secondary I/O channels cannot be determined
separately. All of these quiescent power demands have been
combined into the IDD1 (Q) current, as shown in Figure 29. The total IDD1 supply current is equal to the sum of the quiescent
operating current; the dynamic current, IDD1 (D), demanded by
the I/O channels; and any external IISO load.
CONVERTER
PRIMARY
CONVERTER
SECONDARY
PRIMARY
DATA
INPUT/OUTPUT
4-CHANNEL
IDDP(D)
E
SECONDARY
DATA
INPUT/OUTPUT
4-CHANNEL
IISO(D)
IISO
IDD1(Q)
IDD1(D)
0
81
41
-02
9
Figure 29. Power Consumption Within the ADuM640x
Dynamic I/O current is consumed only when operating a channel
at speeds higher than the refresh rate of fr. The dynamic current
of each channel is determined by its data rate.
Figure 21 shows the
current for a channel in the forward direction, meaning that the
input is on the VDD1 side of the part. Figure 22 shows the current for a channel in the reverse direction, meaning that the input is on
the VISO side of the part. Both figures assume a typical 15 pF load.
The following relationship allows the total IDD1 current to be
calculated:
IDD1 = (IISO × VISO)/(E × VDD1) + Σ ICHn; n = 1 to 4
(1)
where:
IDD1 is the total supply input current.
ICHn is the current drawn by a single channel determined from
IISO is the current drawn by the secondary side external load.
E is the power supply efficiency at 100 mA load from
Figure 13at the VISO and VDD1 condition of interest.
The maximum external load can be calculated by subtracting
the dynamic output load from the maximum allowable load.
IISO (LOAD) = IISO (MAX) Σ IISO (D)n; n = 1 to 4
(2)
where:
IISO (LOAD) is the current available to supply an external secondary
side load.
IISO (MAX) is the maximum external secondary side load current
available at VISO.
IISO (D)n is the dynamic load current drawn from VISO by an input
The preceding analysis assumes a 15 pF capacitive load on each
data output. If the capacitive load is larger than 15 pF, the additional
current must be included in the analysis of IDD1 and IISO (LOAD).
POWER CONSIDERATIONS
The ADuM640x power input, data input channels on the
primary side, and data channels on the secondary side are all
protected from premature operation by UVLO circuitry. Below
the minimum operating voltage, the power converter holds its
oscillator inactive and all input channel drivers and refresh
circuits are idle. Outputs remain in a high impedance state to
prevent transmission of undefined states during power-up and
power-down operations.
During application of power to VDD1, the primary side circuitry
is held idle until the UVLO preset voltage is reached. At that
time, the data channels initialize to their default low output
state until they receive data pulses from the secondary side.