Industrial Converter and Protector IC
AM460
Typical 2-wire application with an input signal referenced to ground
In 2-wire operation (cf. Figure 8) system supply voltage VS is connected up to pin RS+ and pin VCC to pin RS-.
The ground of the IC (pin GND) is connected to the node between resistor R5 and load resistor RL (current output
IOUT). IC ground (GND) is not the same as system ground (Ground)!! The output signal is picked up via load re-
sistor RL which connects current output IOUT to the system ground.
For output current IOUT the following applies according to Equation 3:
GI
R1
R2
VREF
R4
IOUT = VINP
⋅
+ ISET with GI = GGAIN =1+
and ISET
=
⋅
8R0
2R0 R3 + R4
Example 4:
To obtain a signal of VINP = 0...1V at the OP1 input the external components are to be dimensioned in such a
way that the output current has a range of 4...20mA.
GI
GGAIN
IOUT =VINP
⋅
+ ISET =VINP
⋅
+ 4mA
8R0
8R0
With R0 = 27Ω Equation 7 produces the following:
R3
VREF
5V
=
−1=
−1≈ 22.15
R4 2R0 ISET
2⋅27Ω⋅4mA
and thus the following value for the gain to be set:
C1
R3
R4
VS
C2
16
15
1
13
AM460
R0
11
10
9
I
2
3
Voltage Reference
OP2
VBG
V
8
T1
D1
VINP
OP1
12
2-wire
connection
OP3
6
7
14
5
4
R5
IOUT
Single-ended
input voltage
R1
IC ground: GND
System ground: Ground
Different
potentials!
R2
RL
}
GND
Ground
Connections setting unused function blocks to a defined operating point
Figure 8: Typical 2-wire application for input signals referenced to ground
analog microelectronics
April 2003
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