
62
Am186
TM
ER and Am188
TM
ER Microcontrollers Data Sheet
DRAFT
T
J
= T
C
+ (P
θ
JC
)
Table 12 shows T
J
values for the various versions of the
Am186ER and Am188ER microcontrollers. The
Speed/Pkg/Board column in Table 12 indicates the
clock speed in MHz, the type of package (P for PQFP
and T for TQFP), and the type of board (2 for 2-layer
and 4–6 for 4-layer to 6-layer).
Typical Ambient Temperatures
The typical ambient temperature specifications are
based on the following assumptions and calculations:
The commercial operating range of the Am186ER and
Am188ER microcontrollers is a case temperature T
C
of
0 to 100 degrees Centigrade. T
C
is measured at the top
center of the package. An increase in the ambient
temperature causes a proportional increase in T
C
.
The 50-MHz microcontroller is specified as 3.3 V, plus
or minus 10%. Therefore, 3.6 V is used for calculating
typical power consumption on the 50-MHz
microcontroller.
Typical power supply current (I
CC
) in normal usage is
estimated at 3.7 mA per MHz of microcontroller clock
rate.
Typical power consumption can be calculated using the
following formula:
(Watts) = (3.7 mA/MHz)
50 MHz
(3.6 V/1000)
Table 11 shows the variables that are used to calculate
the typical power consumption value for each version
of the Am186ER and Am188ER microcontrollers.
Table 11.
Typical Power Consumption Calculation
P = MHz
I
CC
Volts / 1000
Thermal resistance is a measure of the ability of a
package to remove heat from a semiconductor device.
A safe operating range for the device can be calculated
using the following formulas from Figure 17 and the
variables in Table 10.
By using the maximum case rating T
C
, the typical
power consumption value from Table 11, and
θ
JC
from
Table 10, the junction temperature T
J
can be calculated
Table 12.
Junction Temperature Calculation
T
J
= T
C
+ (P
θ
JC
)
By using T
J
from Table 12, the typical power
consumption value from Table 11, and a
θ
JA
value from
Table 10, the typical ambient temperature T
can be
calculated using the following formula from Figure 17.
= T
J
– (P
θ
JA
)
For example, T
for a 50-MHz PQFP design with a
2-layer board and 0 fpm airflow is calculated as follows:
T
A
= 104.6 – (0.662
45)
T
A
= 74.81
In this calculation, T
J
comes from Table 12, P comes
from Table 11, and
θ
JA
comes from Table 10. See Table
13.
T
A
for a 33-MHz TQFP design with a 4-layer to 6-layer
board and 200 fpm airflow is calculated as follows:
T
A
= 102.6 – (0.432
28)
T
A
= 90.5
See Table 16 for the result of this calculation.
Table 13 through Table 16 and Figure 18 through
Figure 21 show T
A
based on the preceding
assumptions and calculations for a range of
θ
JA
values
with airflow from 0 linear feet per minute to 600 linear
feet per minute.
Typical
Power (P)
in Watts
0.662
0.522
0.432
0.342
MHz
50
40
33
25
Typical I
CC
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.7
Volts
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
Speed/
Pkg/
Board
50/P2
50/T2
50/P4–6
50/T4–6
40/P2
40/T2
40/P4–6
33/P2
33/T2
33/P4–6
33/T4–6
25/P2
25/T2
25/P4–6
25/T4–6
T
J
T
C
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
P
θ
JC
7
10
5
6
7
10
5
7
10
5
6
7
10
5
6
0.662
0.662
0.662
0.662
0.522
0.522
0.522
0.432
0.432
0.432
0.432
0.342
0.342
0.342
0.342
104.6
106.6
103.3
104.0
103.7
105.2
102.6
103.0
104.3
102.2
102.6
102.4
103.4
101.7
102.1