LTC1966IMS8 Linear Technology, LTC1966IMS8 Datasheet - Page 19

• Manufacturer Part Number: LTC1966IMS8
• Description: IC PREC RMS/DC CONV MCRPWR 8MSOP
• Manufacturer: Linear Technology

Specifications of LTC1966IMS8

• Current - Supply: 155µA
• Voltage - Supply: 2.7 V ~ 5.5 V
• Mounting Type: Surface Mount
• Package / Case: 8-MSOP, Micro8™, 8-uMAX, 8-uSOP,
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO
( 0.7 • 1.8
bandwidth of either of them, simply scale all the capaci-
tors by a common multiple, and leave the resistors
unchanged.
The step responses of the LTC1966 with 1 F-only and with
the two post filters are shown in Figure 15. This is the
rising edge RMS output response to a 10Hz input starting
at t = 0. Although the falling edge response is the worst
case for settling, the rising edge illustrates the ripple that
these post filters are designed to address, so the rising
edge makes for a better intuitive comparison.
The initial rise of the LTC1966 will have enhanced slew rates
with DC and very low frequency inputs due to saturation
effects in the
ways. First, the 1 F-only output is seen to rise very quickly
in the first 40ms. The second way this effect shows up is
that the post filter outputs have a modest overshoot, on the
order of 3mV to 4mV, or 3% to 4%. This is only an issue
with input frequency bursts at 50Hz or less, and even with
the overshoot, the settling to a given level of accuracy
improves due to the initial speedup.
As predicted by Figure 6, the DC error with 1 F is well
under 1mV and is not noticeable at this scale. However, as
predicted by Figure 8, the peak error with the ripple from
a 10Hz input is much larger, in this case about 5mV. As can
be clearly seen, the post filters reduce this ripple. Even the
wider bandwidth of Figure 13’s filter is seen to cut the
ripple down substantially (to < 1mV) while the settling to
1% happens faster. With the narrower bandwidth of Figure
14’s filter, the step response is somewhat slower, but the
double frequency output ripple is just 180 V.
FIGURE 13
FIGURE 14
1 F ONLY
RESPONSE
BURST
INPUT
STEP
Figure 15. Step Responses with 10Hz Burst
1.3Hz) than with 1 F alone. To adjust the
modulator. This is seen in Figure 15 in two
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FIGURE 13
FIGURE 14
Figure 16 shows the step response of the same three cases
with a burst of 60Hz rather than 10Hz. With 60Hz, the initial
portion of the step response is free of the boost seen in
Figure 15 and the two post-filter responses have less than
1% overshoot. The 1 F-only case still has noticeable
120Hz ripple, but both filters have removed all detectable
ripple on this scale. This is to be expected; the first order
filter will reduce the ripple about 6:1 for a 6:1 change in
frequency, while the third order filters will reduce the
ripple about 6
Again, the two filter topologies have the same relative
shape, so the step response and ripple filtering trade-offs
of the two are the same, with the same performance of
each possible with the other by scaling it accordingly.
Figures 17 and 18 show the peak error vs. frequency for a
selection of capacitors for the two different filter topolo-
gies. To keep the clean step response, scale all three
capacitors within the filter. Scaling the buffered topology
of Figure 13 is simple because the capacitors are in a
10:1:10 ratio. Scaling the DC accurate topology of Figure
14 can be done with standard value capacitors; one decade
of scaling is shown in Table 2.
Table 2: One Decade of Capacitor Scaling for Figure 14 with EIA
Standard Values
1 F ONLY
RESPONSE
BURST
INPUT
STEP
Figure 16. Step Responses with 60Hz Burst
1.5 F
2.2 F
3.3 F
4.7 F
6.8 F
C
1 F
3
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:1 or 216:1 for a 6:1 change in frequency.
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C
0.22 F
0.33 F
0.47 F
0.68 F
1
LTC1966
1.5 F
1 F
= C
1966 F16
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