Typical Characteristics (cont.)
ZXCT1009
HIGH-SIDE CURRENT MONITOR
Power Dissipation
The maximum allowable power dissipation of the device for
normal operation (PMAX), is a function of the package junction to
ambient thermal resistance (θJA), maximum junction temperature
(TJMAX), and ambient temperature (TAMB), according to the
expression:
Application Information
The following text describes how to scale a load current
to an output voltage.
VSENSE = VIN - VLOAD
VOUT = 0.01 x VSENSE x ROUT1
PMAX = (TJMAX – TAMB) / θJA
E.g.
The device power dissipation, PD is given by the expression:
PD = IOUT(VIN -VOUT) W
A 1A current is to be represented by a 100mV output
voltage:
1) Choose the value of RSENSE to give 50mV >
VSENSE > 500mV at full load.
For example VSENSE = 100mV at 1.0A.
RSENSE = 0.1/1.0 => 0.1Ω.
2) Choose ROUT to give VOUT = 100mV, when
VSENSE = 100mV.
Rearranging 1 for Rout gives:
ROUT = VOUT /(VSENSE x 0.01)
ROUT = 0.1 / (0.1 x 0.01) = 100Ω
ZXCT1009
Document number: DS33441 Rev. 12 - 2
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