ICL232 Datasheet, PDF (4/5 Pages) Intersil Corporation – +5V Powered, Dual RS-232 Transmitter/Receiver

ICL232
Pin Descriptions (Continued)
PDIP, CERDIP
SOIC
PIN NAME
12
12
R1_OUT
13
13
R1_IN
14
14
T1_OUT
15
15
GND
16
16
V_CC
DESCRIPTION
Receiver 1 TTL/CMOS output.
RS-232 Receiver 1 input, with internal 5K pulldown resistor to GND.
RS-232 Transmitter 1 output ±10V (typical).
Supply Ground.
Positive Power Supply +5V ±10%
V_CC
GND
VOLTAGE DOUBLER
S1
C1⁺
S2
+
- ^C1
S3
C1-
S4
V+ = 2V_CC
VOLTAGE INVERTER
S5
C2⁺
S6
+
- ^C3
V_CC
GND
S7
+
- ^C2
C2-
S8
+
- ^C4
GND
V- = -(V+)
RC
OSCILLATOR
FIGURE 5. DUAL CHARGE PUMP
Detailed Description
The ICL232 is a dual RS-232 transmitter/receiver powered by
a single +5V power supply which meets all ElA RS232C spec-
ifications and features low power consumption. The functional
diagram illustrates the major elements of the ICL232. The cir-
cuit is divided into three sections: a voltage doubler/inverter,
dual transmitters, and dual receivers Voltage Converter.
An equivalent circuit of the dual charge pump is illustrated in
Figure 5.
The voltage quadrupler contains two charge pumps which use
two phases of an internally generated clock to generate +10V
and -10V. The nominal clock frequency is 16kHz. During
phase one of the clock, capacitor C1 is charged to V_CC.
During phase two, the voltage on C1 is added to V_CC,
producing a signal across C2 equal to twice V_CC. At the same
time, C3 is also charged to 2V_CC, and then during phase one,
it is inverted with respect to ground to produce a signal across
C4 equal to -2V_CC. The voltage converter accepts input
voltages up to 5.5V. The output impedance of the doubler (V+)
is approximately 200Ω, and the output impedance of the
inverter (V-) is approximately 450Ω . Typical graphs are
presented which show the voltage converters output vs input
voltage and output voltages vs load characteristics. The test
circuit (Figure 3) uses 1µF capacitors for C1-C4, however, the
value is not critical. Increasing the values of C1 and C2 will
lower the output impedance of the voltage doubler and
inverter, and increasing the values of the reservoir capacitors,
C3 and C4, lowers the ripple on the V+ and V- supplies.
T1_IN, T2_IN
T1_OUT, T2_OUT
90%
10%
t_f
t_r
V_OH
V_OL
Instantaneous
Slew Rate (SR)
=
(0.8)
(V_OH
t_r
-
V_OL)
or
(0.8)
(V_OL
t_f
-
V_OH)
FIGURE 6. SLEW RATE DEFINITION
Transmitters
The transmitters are TTL/CMOS compatible inverters which
translate the inputs to RS-232 outputs. The input logic thresh-
old is about 26% of V_CC , or 1.3V for V_CC = 5V. A logic 1 at
the input results in a voltage of between -5V and V- at the out-
put, and a logic 0 results in a voltage between +5V and (V+
- 0.6V). Each transmitter input has an internal 400kΩ pullup
resistor so any unused input can be left unconnected and its
output remains in its low state. The output voltage swing
meets the RS-232C specification of ±5V minimum with the
worst case conditions of: both transmitters driving 3kΩ mini-
mum load impedance, V_CC = 4.5V, and maximum allowable
operating temperature. The transmitters have an internally
limited output slew rate which is less than 30V/µs. The outputs
are short circuit protected and can be shorted to ground indef-
initely. The powered down output impedance is a minimum of
300Ω with ±2V applied to the outputs and V_CC = 0V.
V+
V_CC
T_XIN
GND < T_XIN < V_CC
V-
400kΩ
300Ω
T_OUT
V- < V_TOUT < V+
FIGURE 7. TRANSMITTER
Receivers
The receiver inputs accept up to ±30V while presenting the
required 3kΩ to 7kΩ input impedance even it the power is off
(V_CC = 0V). The receivers have a typical input threshold of
1.3V which is within the ±3V limits, known as the transition
region, of the RS-232 specification. The receiver output is
0V to V_CC. The output will be low whenever the input is
greater than 2.4V and high whenever the input is floating or
driven between +0.8V and -30V. The receivers feature 0.5V
hysteresis to improve noise rejection.
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