TIDUEZ8C december 2022 – june 2023
Since this reference design is capable of doing a measurement in less than 2 ms, the design is capable of measuring insulation resistance on 50-Hz and 60-Hz AC signals as well. In this case, begin the measurement close to the maximum of a sinusoidal voltage as shown in Figure 2-14. Continuously measuring the AC line voltage and setting a trigger to start the insulation monitoring measurement at, for example, 95% of the known peak voltage of the AC line leads to an accurate result, since the voltage is close to the maximum. Figure 2-14 shows the AC line voltage in green and in the two measurement periods necessary for the insulation monitoring are indicated by a high level on the yellow waveform.
To get accurate results, the parasitic capacitance between L1 and PE or N and PE must be below 5 nF.