SCLS393Q APRIL 1998 – August 2015 SN74LV123A
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NOTE
Information in the following applications sections is not part of the TI component specification, and TI does not warrant its accuracy or completeness. TI’s customers are responsible for determining suitability of components for their purposes. Customers should validate and test their design implementation to confirm system functionality.
The SNx4LV123A device is a dual monostable multivibrator. It can be configured for many pulse width outputs and rising- or falling-edge triggering. The application shown here could be used to signal separate interruptable inputs on a microcontroller when an input had a rising or falling edge.
CAUTION
To prevent malfunctions due to noise, connect a high-frequency capacitor between VCC and GND, and keep the wiring between the external components and Cext and Rext/Cext terminals as short as possible.
Large values of Cext can cause problems when powering down the 'LV123A devices because of the amount of energy stored in the capacitor. When a system containing this device is powered down, the capacitor can discharge from VCC through the protection diodes at pin 2 or pin 14. Current through the input protection diodes must be limited to 30 mA; therefore, the turn-off time of the VCC power supply must not be faster than t = VCC × Cext/30 mA. For example, if VCC = 5 V and Cext = 15 pF, the VCC supply must turn off no faster than t = (5 V) × (15 pF)/30 mA = 2.5 ns. Usually, this is not a problem because power supplies are heavily filtered and cannot discharge at this rate. When a more rapid decrease of VCC to zero occurs, the 'LV123A devices can sustain damage. To avoid this possibility, use external clamping diodes.
The output pulse duration, tw, is determined primarily by the values of the external capacitance (CT) and timing resistance (RT). The timing components are connected as shown in Figure 9.
If CT is ≥1000 pF and K = 1.0, the pulse duration is given by:
where
if CT is <1000 pF, K can be determined from Figure 3
Equation 1 and Figure 13 can be used to determine values for pulse duration, external resistance, and external capacitance.
The minimum input retriggering time (tMIR) is the minimum time required after the initial signal before retriggering the input. After tMIR, the device retriggers the output. Experimentally, it also can be shown that to retrigger the output pulse, the two adjacent input signals must be tMIR apart, where tMIR = 0.30 × tw. The retrigger pulse duration is calculated as shown in Figure 10.
The minimum value from the end of the input pulse to the beginning of the retriggered output must be approximately 15 ns to ensure a retriggered output (see Figure 11).