Gas meter

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Gas meter

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Our integrated circuits and reference designs for gas meters help you minimize energy consumption and maximize measurement accuracy. Both ultrasonic and traditional diaphragm meters benefit from the low-current consumption and integration that extend battery life and reduce system cost.

Design requirements

  • Ultrasonic flow measurement with the lowest energy consumption.
  • Wireless communications with sensitivity and range to assure connectivity.
  • Intelligent power management to maximize efficiency and battery life beyond 10 years.

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Rotary gas meter

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Gas meters have digital, analog, and RF blocks with individual DC power requirements. Depending power levels TI has DC/DC converters, LDOs and power management ICs (PMIC) that can help to reduce power dissipation and size in the solution.

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Power management (18)
AC/DC & DC/DC converters (integrated FET)
  • TPS6109460-nA quiescent current boost converter with supercap management
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS6284060-nA quiescent current (IQ), 1.8-V to 6.5-VIN, high-efficiency 750-mA step-down converter
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS639001.8-V to 5.5-V, 75-nA IQ buck-boost converter with input current limit and Dynamic Voltage Scaling
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS560430SIMPLE SWITCHER® 36-V, 600-mA Buck Regulator With High-Efficiency Sleep Mode
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS610301.8Vin, 4-A Switch, 96% Efficient Boost Converter w/20µA Iq in TSSOP-16
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS612402.3-V to 5.5-V input range, 3.5-MHz fixed frequency 450-mA boost converter
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators
  • TPS7A02200mA, nanopower-IQ (25 nA), low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator with enable
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS731150-mA, high-accuracy, ultra-low-dropout voltage regulator with reverse current protection & enable
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • UA78L100-mA 30-V linear voltage regulator
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS7961-A, low-dropout voltage regulator with enable
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS782150-mA, nano-IQ, low-dropout voltage regulator with enable from -40°C to +125°C
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Supervisor & reset ICs
  • TPS3839Ultra-low power, supply voltage supervisor
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
USB power switches & charging port controllers
  • TPS2552D0.075-1.7A adj. ILIMIT 2.5-6.5V 85mΩ USB power switch, active-low, reverse blocking, multip
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
eFuses & hot swap controllers
  • TPS25952.7-V to 18-V, 34mΩ, 0.5-4A eFuse with over voltage protection in small WSON package
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Load switches
  • TPS229175.5-V, 2-A, 80-mΩ , 10-nA leakage load switch adj. rise time and adj output discharge
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TPS228600.73-Ω, 5-V, ultra-low leakage load switch
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
MOSFETs
  • CSD23280F3-12-V, P channel NexFET™ power MOSFET, single LGA 0.6 mm x 0.7 mm, 116 mOhm, gate ESD protection
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CSD23285F5-12-V, P channel NexFET™ power MOSFET, single LGA 0.8 mm x 1.5 mm, 35 mOhm, gate ESD protection
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Battery management ICs (1)
Battery fuel gauges
  • BQ35100Battery fuel gauge for non-rechargeable batteries (lithium primary) and end-of-service monitor
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Amplifiers (3)
General-purpose op amps
  • OPA310Single, 5.5-V, 3-MHz high-output-current (150 mA) fast-shutdown (1 μs) operational amplifier
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TLV8541Single, 3.6-V, 8-kHz, ultra-low quiescent current (550-nA), RRIO operational amplifier
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Analog current-sense amplifiers
  • INA2161.8 to 5.5V, high-precision current sense amplifier in wcsp
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Data converters (2)
Precision ADCs
  • ADS111216-Bit 240SPS 4-Ch Delta-Sigma ADC With PGA, Oscillator, Voltage Reference, and I2C
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • ADS714212-bit 140-kSPS 2-ch nanopower SAR ADC with 1.8-V operation in 1.5-mm x 2-mm QFN package
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TIDA-00676Power Solution for Battery Operated Meters With 30-dBm wM-Bus at 169 MHz Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-01387Power Supply Reference Design for GPRS Modems using LiSoCL2 Batteries
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-01546Battery and System Health Monitoring of Battery Powered Smart Flow Meters Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF

Technical documentation

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Technical article Is charge injection causing output voltage errors in your industrial control syste PDF | HTML 28 Jul 2023
Technical article Enabling smart meter wireless connectivity with level translation PDF | HTML 28 Jul 2023
Application brief RTD Replacement in High Accuracy Sensing and Compensation Sys Using Digital Temp (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 27 Jun 2022
White paper Bringing Wireless Scalability to Intelligent Sensing Applications (Rev. B) 25 Aug 2016
Technical article An open-and-shut case, part 2: advantages of inductive-based case tamper detection PDF | HTML 24 Aug 2023
Technical article An open-and-shut case, part 1: limitations of mechanical case tamper detection in PDF | HTML 24 Aug 2023
Technical article Using smart relay drivers for smart meters, part 1 PDF | HTML 23 Aug 2023
White paper Smart power opens door to more efficient electrical use 21 Mar 2016
Technical article Using smart relay drivers for smart meters, part 2 PDF | HTML 19 Jun 2023
More literature TPS62730 Product Summary 18 Oct 2011
Technical article Using ultrasonic technology for flow measurement PDF | HTML 14 Aug 2023
Technical article Adding wireless connectivity to your water meter with M-Bus PDF | HTML 12 Sep 2023
White paper Ultrasonic sensing of gas flow white paper 11 May 2022
Application brief Low-power wM-Bus Stack Implementation With CC1310 and CC1350 PDF | HTML 11 May 2022
Technical article Visualizing the performance of the low-energy accelerator PDF | HTML 10 Jul 2023
White paper Ultrasonic technology for flow metering 08 Jan 2019
White paper Long-Range RF Communication: Why Narrowband is the de Facto Standard 07 Mar 2014
Technical article How to reduce board size and battery consumption in low-voltage H-bridge applicati PDF | HTML 07 Aug 2023
Technical article Facing smart meter design challenges, part 1: maximizing battery life PDF | HTML 06 Sep 2023
Technical article MIOTY, the new LPWAN standard, provides quality and scalability for worldwide Sub- PDF | HTML 05 Sep 2023
Application brief Higher accuracy using an external amplifier in ultrasonic flow measurement 05 Feb 2019
Application note Using the MSP430FR6047 Wireless M-Bus Serial Library for Metering Applications 05 Apr 2018
Application note Using the MSP430FR6047 Wireless M-Bus Serial Library for Metering Applications 05 Apr 2018

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