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AAT3520/2/4
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PowerManager
MicroPower Microprocessor Reset Circuit
Supply Voltage Transient Behavior
Applications Information
In some cases, fast negative transients of short duration
can appear on the VCC power supply. The AAT3520 series
devices provide some immunity to line transients which
can generate invalid reset pulses. Figure 1 shows typical
behavior to short duration pulses versus RESET com-
parator overdrive. As shown in the Maximum Transient
Duration vs. Reset Threshold Overdrive graph, when the
transient voltage becomes larger, the time allowed
before asserting a reset becomes shorter (i.e., typically
a transient of 100mV below the reset threshold would
have to present for more than 50μs to cause a reset).
Immunity can be increased by the addition of a small
bypass capacitor of 0.1μF connected as closely to the VCC
pin as possible.
Reset Output Options
The AAT3524 has an active low open drain output and
the AAT3520/2 have a push-pull output. The AAT3524
may be used in multiple voltage systems with an exter-
nal pull-up resistor. This allows the AAT3524 to interface
to microprocessors with higher supply voltages up to
5.5V (Figure 3). In the event of a power down or brown-
out condition, the reset signal remains valid until the VCC
drops below 1.2V. To ensure validity down to ground, an
external 100kΩ resistor should be connected between
the RESET output and GND.
VCC
VCC
VCC
µP
*
100kΩ
(nominal)
AAT3520
RESET
INPUT
RESET
0.1µF
AAT3522
AAT3524
(RESET)
GND
GND
*AAT3524 Only
Figure 2: Using Recommended Bypass Capacitor.
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