APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
Power Supply Current
The Electrical Characteristics table specifies the supply
current while the part is idle (waiting to be triggered).
IS(IDLE) varies with the programmed tOUT and the supply
voltage. Once triggered, the instantaneous supply current
increases to IS(ACTIVE) while the timing circuit is active.
IS(ACTIVE) = IS(IDLE) + ∆IS(ACTIVE)
The average increase in supply current ∆IS(ACTIVE) de-
pends on the output duty cycle (or negative duty cycle,
if POL = 1), since that represents the percentage of time
that the circuit is active. IS(IDLE) and ∆IS(ACTIVE) can be
estimated using the equations in Table 2.
Figure 12 shows how the supply current increases from
IS(IDLE) as the input frequency increases. The increase is
smaller at higher NDIV settings.
Table 2. Typical Supply Current
CONDITION
TYPICAL IS(IDLE)
NDIV ≤ 64
( ) V+ •
NDIV • 7pF + 4pF
tOUT
+
V+
500kΩ
+
2.2
• ISE T
+
50µA
NDIV ≥ 512
V+
• NDIV
tOUT
• 7pF
+
V+
500kΩ
+ 1.8
• ISE T
+
50µA
*Ignoring resistive loads (assumes RLOAD = ∞)
LTC6993-1/LTC6993-2
LTC6993-3/LTC6993-4
250 V+ = 3.3V
DUTY CYCLE = fIN • tOUT
200
÷1, RSET = 50k
150
÷8, RSET = 50k
÷1, RSET = 100k
100
÷1, RSET = 800k
50
CLOAD = 5pF
RLOAD = ∞
0
IDLE 20
40
60
DUTY CYCLE (%)
80 100
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Figure 12. IS(ACTIVE) vs Output Duty Cycle
TYPICAL ∆IS(ACTIVE)*
( ) V+
• Duty Cycle •
tOUT
NDIV
• 5pF + 18pF + CLOAD
V+
•
Duty Cycle
tOUT
• CLOAD
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