MIC284 Datasheet, PDF (11/20 Pages) Micrel Semiconductor – Two-Zone Thermal Supervisor Advance Information

MIC284
Temperature Data Format
The LSB of each register represents one degree Centigrade.
The values are in a two’s complement format, wherein the
most significant bit (D7), represents the sign: zero for positive
temperatures and one for negative temperatures. Table 3
shows examples of the data format used by the MIC284 for
temperatures.
A/D Converter Timing
Whenever the MIC284 is not in its low power shutdown mode,
the internal A/D converter (ADC) attempts to make continu-
ous conversions unless interrupted by a bus transaction
accessing the MIC284. When the part is accessed, the
conversion in progress will be halted, and the partial result
discarded. When the access to the MIC284 is complete, the
ADC will begin a new conversion cycle with results for the
remote zone valid t_CONV1 after that, and for the local zone
t_CONV0 later. Figure 4 shows this behavior. The conversion
time is twice as long for external conversions as it is for
internal conversions. This allows the use of a filter capacitor
on T1 without a loss of accuracy due to the resulting longer
settling times.
Upon powering-up, coming out of shutdown mode, or resum-
ing operation following a serial bus transaction, the ADC will
begin acquiring temperature data starting with the external
zone (zone 1), followed by the internal zone (zone 0). If the
ADC is interrupted by a serial bus transaction, it will restart the
conversion that was interrupted and then continue in the
normal sequence. This sequence will repeat indefinitely until
the MIC284 is shut down, powered off, or is interrupted by a
serial bus transaction as described above.
Power-On
When power is initially applied, the MIC284’s internal regis-
ters are set to their default states, and A0 is read to establish
the device’s slave address. The MIC284’s power-up default
state can be summarized as follows:
• Normal Mode operation (i.e., part is not in shut-
down)
• /INT function is set to Comparator Mode
• Fault Queue depth = 1 (FQ=00)
• Interrupts are enabled (IM = 0)
• T_SET0 = 81°C; T_HYST0 = 76°C
• T_SET1 = 97°C; T_HYST1 = 92°C
• CRIT1 = 97°C; nCRIT1 = 92°C
• Initialized to recognize overtemperature faults
Micrel
Comparator and Interrupt Modes
Depending on the setting of the MODE bit in the configuration
register, the /INT output will behave either as an interrupt
request signal or a thermostatic control signal. Thermostatic
operation is known as comparator mode. The /INT output is
asserted when the measured temperature, as reported in
either of the TEMPx registers, exceeds the threshold pro-
grammed into the corresponding T_SETx register for the
number of conversions specified by Fault_Queue (described
below). In comparator mode, /INT will remain asserted and
the status bits will remain high unless and until the measured
temperature falls below the value in the T_HYSTx register for
Fault_Queue conversions. No action on the part of the host
is required for operation in comparator mode. Note that
entering shutdown mode will not affect the state of /INT when
the device is in comparator mode.
In interrupt mode, once a temperature event has caused a
status bit (Sx) to be set, and the /INT output to be asserted,
they will not be automatically de-asserted when the mea-
sured temperature falls below T_HYSTx. They can only be
de-asserted by reading any of the MIC284’s internal registers
or by putting the device into shutdown mode. If the most
recent temperature event was an overtemperature condition,
Sx will not be set again, and /INT cannot be reasserted, until
the device has detected that TEMPx < T_HYSTx. Similarly,
if the most recent temperature event was an undertemperature
condition, Sx will not be set again, and /INT cannot be
reasserted, until the device has detected that TEMPx >
T_SETx. This keeps the internal logic of the MIC284 back-
ward compatible with that of the LM75 and similar devices. In
both modes, the MIC284 will be responsive to over-tempera-
ture events at power-up. See "Interrupt Generation", below.
Shutdown Mode
Setting the SHDN bit in the configuration register halts the
otherwise continuous conversions by the A/D converter. The
MIC284’s power consumption drops to 1µA typical in shut-
down mode. All registers may be read from or written to while
in shutdown mode. Serial bus activity will slightly increase the
part’s power consumption.
Entering shutdown mode will not affect the state of /INT when
the device is in comparator mode (MODE = 0). It will retain
its state until after the device exits shutdown mode and
resumes A/D conversions.
September 29, 2000
Temperature
Binary
Hex
+125° C
0111 1101_b
7D_h
+25° C
0001 1001_b
19_h
+1.0° C
0000 0001_b
01_h
0° C
0000 0000_b
00_h
– 1.0° C
1111 1111_b
FF_h
– 25° C
1110 0111_b
E7_h
– 40° C
1101 1000_b
D8_h
– 55° C
1100 1001_b
C9_h
Table 3. Digital Temperature Format
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