JAJU835 December 2021
In this reference design, the SOT-23 version of the DRV5032FA device variant is used for switches U3 and U4; however, if the response time of the tamper Hall sensors is not important, these switches can be replaced with the SOT-23 version of the DRV5032FB device variant for a reduced current consumption. The SOT-23 packages of these two device variants only vary in terms of sampling rate; the other device parameters are the same.
Figure 2-28 shows the typical magnetic sampling period and average current consumption of the FA and FB devices from the data sheet. The response time of the DRV5032FB is 200 ms compared to the 50 ms response time of the DRV5032FA. In systems that can use a tamper sensor that has a 200 ms response time, using the DRV5032FB can reduce the typical average current consumption of each Hall sensor from 1.6 µA to 0.7 µA. As a result, using the DRV5032FB for both U3 and U4 can reduce the sleep current consumption of the design by up to 1.8 µA.