MAX6453–MAX6456
µP Supervisors with Separate V
Reset and
CC
Manual Reset Outputs
Generally, the pullup resistor connected to the RESET
connects to the supply voltage being monitored at the
V
V
CC
MON_TH
IC’s V
pin. However, some systems might use the
CC
open-drain output to level-shift from the monitored supply
to reset circuitry powered by some other supply (Figure
MAX6453
MAX6455
R1
R2
5). Keep in mind that as the supervisor’s V
decreases
CC
RSTIN
GND
V
CC
toward 1V, so does the IC’s ability to sink current at
decays toward
RESET (RESET is pulled high as V
CC
0). The voltage where this occurs depends on the pullup
resistor value and the voltage to which it is connected.
RESET
Ensuring a Valid RESET Down to V
(Push-Pull RESET)
= 0V
CC
When V
falls below 1V, RESET current-sinking capabil-
CC
V
= 0.63 x (R1 + R2) / R2
MON_TH
ities decline drastically. The high-impedance CMOS-logic
inputs connected to RESET can drift to undetermined
voltages. This presents no problem in most applications,
because most µPs and other circuitry do not operate with
Figure 3. Calculating The Monitored Threshold Voltages
V
below 1V.
Applications Information
CC
In applications where RESET must be valid down to 0V,
add a pulldown resistor between RESET and GND for
the push/pull outputs. The resistor sinks any stray leak-
age currents, holding RESET low (Figure 6). The value
of the pulldown resistor is not critical; 100kW is large
enough not to load RESET and small enough to pull
RESET to ground. The external pulldown cannot be
used with the open-drain reset outputs.
Interrupt Before Reset
To minimize data loss and speed system recovery/test,
many applications interrupt the processor or reset only
portions of the system before a processor hard reset
is asserted. The extended setup time of the MAX6455/
MAX6456 MR input allows the same pushbutton (Figure
4) to control both the interrupt and hard reset functions.
If the pushbutton is closed for less than the extended
setup timeout period, the processor is only interrupted
(MROUT). If the system still does not respond properly,
the pushbutton can be closed for the full extended
setup timeout period to hard reset the processor
(RESET). If desired, connect a LED to the RESET out-
put to turn off (or on) to signify when the pushbutton is
closed long enough for a hard reset (the same LED can
be used as the front panel power-on display).
Transient Immunity
In addition to issuing a reset to the µP during power-up,
power-down and brownout conditions, these supervisors
are relatively immune to short duration falling transients
(glitches). The graph Maximum Transient Duration vs.
Reset Threshold Overdrive in the Typical Operating
Characteristics section shows this relationship.
The area below the curves of the graph is the region in
which these devices typically do not generate a reset
pulse. This graph was generated using a negative
Interfacing to Other Voltages
for Logic Compatibility
going pulse applied to V , starting above the actual
reset threshold (V ) and ending below it by the magni-
TH
tude indicated (reset-threshold overdrive). As the mag-
The open-drain RESET output can be used to interface
to a µP with other logic levels. As shown in Figure 5, the
open-drain output can be connected to voltages from 0
to 6V.
CC
nitude of the transient increases (V
goes further
CC
below the reset threshold), the maximum allowable
pulse width decreases. Typically, a V transient that
CC
goes 100mV below the reset threshold and lasts 20µs
or less does not cause a reset pulse to be issued.
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