TIDUET7G September 2019 – October 2023
In this design, both the primary and secondary side use the F280049, F280039, or F280025. The Fast Serial Interface (FSI) communication available in the C2000 MCU is a good option for this design.
FSI originated as a solution for higher-bandwidth digital communication across the air gap, or hot-side to cold-side and vice versa, in high-voltage systems such as those used in industrial drives and digital power applications. FSI achieves the top clock rate of 50 MHz for LVCMOS IO and can take as few as two pins, CLK and Data, in each direction. FSI also has a dual-data rate. It latches the data on both the rising and falling clock edges, making the raw transmit bandwidth 100 Mbps and the raw receive bandwidth 100 Mbps as well.
The configuration of two signals in each direction that also requires reinforced isolation is addressed perfectly by another TI component, the ISO7742. A single SOIC16 packaged ISO7742 is all that is needed to isolate the 100 Mbps FSI signals up to 8000 Vpk and carries reinforced isolation certifications according to VDE, CSA, CQC, and TUV. This single chip, when using FSI, can replace the cost of multiple isolation devices while saving significant board space and also reducing the PCB routing and voltage plane definition challenges associated with mixed-plane, high-voltage PCB designs.