INA238
INA238
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SLYS025 – JANUARY 2021
SLYS025 – JANUARY 2021
INA238 85-V, 16-Bit, High-Precision Power Monitor With I2C Interface
1 Features
3 Description
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High-resolution, 16-bit delta-sigma ADC
Current monitoring accuracy:
– Offset voltage: ±5 µV (maximum)
– Offset drift: ±0.02 µV/°C (maximum)
– Gain error: ±0.1% (maximum)
– Gain error drift: ±25 ppm/°C (maximum)
– Common mode rejection: 140 dB (minimum)
Power monitoring accuracy:
– 0.7 % full scale, –40 °C to 125 °C (maximum)
Fast Alert response: 75 μs
The INA238 is an ultra-precise digital power monitor
with a 16-bit delta-sigma ADC specifically designed
for current-sensing applications. The device can
measure a full-scale differential input of ±163.84 mV
or ±40.96 mV across a resistive shunt sense element
with common-mode voltage support from –0.3 V to
+85 V.
The INA238 reports current, bus voltage, temperature,
and power, all while performing the needed
calculations in the background. The integrated
temperature sensor is ±1 °C accurate for die
temperature measurement and is useful in monitoring
the system ambient temperature.
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Wide common-mode range: –0.3 V to +85 V
Bus voltage sense input: 0 V to 85 V
Shunt full-scale differential range:
The low offset and gain drift design of the INA238
allows it to be used in precise systems that do not
±163.84 mV / ± 40.96 mV
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Input bias current: 2.5 nA (maximum)
Temperature sensor: ±1 °C (maximum at 25 °C)
Programmable conversion time and averaging
2.94-MHz High-Speed I2C interface with 16 pin-
selectable addresses
Operates from a 2.7-V to 5.5-V supply
– Operational current: 640 µA (typical)
– Shutdown current: 5 µA (maximum)
undergo
multi-temperature
calibration
during
manufacturing. Further, the very low offset voltage
and noise allow for use in A to kA sensing
applications and provide a wide dynamic range
without significant power dissipation losses on the
sensing shunt element. The low input bias current of
the device permits the use of larger current-sense
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resistors,
thus
providing
accurate
current
measurements in the micro-amp range.
2 Applications
The device allows for selectable ADC conversion
times from 50 µs to 4.12 ms as well as sample
averaging from 1x to 1024x which further helps
reduce the noise of the measured data.
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DC-DC converters and power inverters
Industrial battery packs
Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
Telecom equipment
Device Information (1)
Enterprise servers
PART NUMBER
PACKAGE
BODY SIZE (NOM)
INA238
VSSOP (10)
3.00 mm × 3.00 mm
(1) For all available packages, see the package option
addendum at the end of the data sheet.
VS
Power
Reference
IN+
IN-
SCL
Voltage Current
Power
Temp
SDA
A0
16 Bit
ADC
I2C
MUX
VBUS
A1
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Oscillator
Out-of-range
Threshold
ALERT
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GND
Simplified Block Diagram
An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,
intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. PRODUCTION DATA.
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