SLLSFO4C December 2022 – September 2023 ISOM8710 , ISOM8711
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An RL component is not necessary if using ISOM8710. Since ISOM8711 features an open-collector OUT pin, a pull-up resistor, RL, connecting OUT to VCC is necessary for transmission of logic-HIGH signals. This pull-up resistor pulls the line HIGH when the line is not driven LOW by the open-collector OUT pin. The value of RL is an important design consideration for systems using ISOM8711 since a value that is too low (strong pull-up) can result in excessive power dissipation while a value that is too high (weak pull-up) can lead to signal loss at high frequencies. Below are equations for the pullup resistor calculation.
Step 1: Calculate the Minimum RL
An RL value that is too small can prevent the OUT pin of the ISOM8711 from being able to drive LOW signals. Thus, the equation for minimum RL is a function of VCC, the maximum voltage level that can be read as a LOW signal by the input buffers of the connected device, VIL, and the maximum current OUT can sink in LOW signal states, IOS, as shown in Equation 5.
Most CMOS-input devices have maximum VIL thresholds as a function of the supply, like 30% the VCC level, while TTL-input devices can have a fixed VIL threshold regardless of the supply, like 0.8 V.
For an example VCC = 3.3 V, a maximum VIL of 0.99 V, and maximum IOS of 13 mA, minimum RL is calculated as:
Step 2: Calculate the Maximum RL
The maximum pullup resistance is limited by the load and trace capacitance, CL, of the OUT signal line due to standard rise time specifications. If the pullup resistor value is too high, the signal line cannot rise to a logical HIGH before being pulled LOW again. Thus, to calculate the maximum appropriate RL value, the maximum allowable rise time, tR, must first be calculated using Equation 7 and the maximum allowable rise time as a percentage of the data rate period and the maximum data rate of the signal to be transmitted.
This rise time can be set equal to the time constant factor needed for a 10% to 90% transition to occur and solved for the resistor value, as shown in Equation 8:
For example, if rise time can occupy 15% of the period for a 10-Mbps signal, rise time in seconds is calculated as:
With a 30-ns rise-time and a typical load capacitance of 2 pF, maximum RL is estimated as:
Step 3: Select RL to be Between RL (min) and RL (max)
The selected RL value should be between the calculated RL [min] and RL [max] values to meet the design criteria. A lower value will enable faster signal transmission or higher load and trace capacitances while a higher value will consume lower power.