LTC694-3.3/LTC695-3.3
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
3.3V
0.1μF
2.4V
VCC
VOUT +
LTC695-3.3
CE OUT
VBATT
GND
CE IN
RESET
RESET
10μF
0.1μF
30ns PROPAGATION DELAY
FROM DECODER
VCC
62512
RAM
CSGND
TO μP
694/5-3.3 F06
Figure 6. A Typical Nonvolatile CMOS RAM Application
3.3V
0.1μF
2.4V
VCC
VOUT +
10μF
LTC694-3.3
VBATT RESET
GND
0.1μF
CS
VCC
62128
RAM
CS1
CS2
GND
694/5-3.3 F07
Figure 7. Write Protect for RAM with LTC694-3.3
VIN ≥ 5V
+
R1
51k
10μF
LT1129-3.3
VIN VOUT
OUT SENSE
SHDN
ADJ
R2
16k
3.3V
+
100μF 0.1μF
R3
200k
R4
10k
VCC
LTC694-3.3
LTC695-3.3
PFO
PFI GND
TO μP
694/5-3.3 F08
Figure 8. Monitoring Unregulated DC Supply with the
LTC694-3.3/LTC695-3.3’s Power-Fail Comparator
VIN r 6.5V
+
10μF
LT1129-3.3
VIN VOUT
OUT SENSE
SHDN
ADJ
10μF
+
3.3V
R1 R4
27k 10k
R3
2.7M
R2
16k
R5
5k
0.1μF
VCC
LTC694-3.3
LTC695-3.3
PFO
PFI GND
694/5-3.3 F09
TO μP
CE IN can be derived from the microprocessor’s address
decoder output. Figure 6 shows a typical nonvolatile CMOS
RAM application.
Memory protection can also be achieved with the LTC694-
3.3 by using RESET as shown in Figure 7.
Power-Fail Warning
The LTC694-3.3/LTC695-3.3 generate a Power Failure Out-
put (PFO) for early warning of failure in the microprocessor’s
power supply. This is accomplished by comparing the
power failure input (PFI) with an internal 1.3V reference.
PFO goes low when the voltage at the PFI pin is less than
1.3V. Typically PFI is driven by an external voltage divider
(R1 and R2 in Figures 8 and 9) which senses either an
unregulated DC input or a regulated 3.3V output. The
voltage divider ratio can be chosen such that the voltage
at the PFI pin falls below 1.3V several milliseconds before
the 3.3V supply falls below the maximum reset voltage
threshold 3.0V. PFO is normally used to interrupt the
microprocessor to execute shutdown procedure between
PFO and RESET or RESET.
The power-fail comparator, C3, does not have hysteresis.
Hysteresis can be added however, by connecting a resistor
between the PFO output and the noninverting PFI input
pin as shown in Figures 8 and 9. The upper and lower trip
points in the comparator are established as follows:
When PFO output is low, R3 sinks current from the sum-
ming junction at the PFI pin.
VH
=1.3V
⎛
⎝⎜
1+
R1
R2
+
R1⎞
R3 ⎠⎟
When PFO output is high, the series combination of R3
and R4 source current into the PFI summing junction.
VL
=
1.3V
⎛⎝⎜1+
R1
R2
–
(3.3V ±1.3V)R1⎞
1.3V(R3 + R4) ⎠⎟
Assuming
R4
<<
R3,
VHYSTERESIS
=
3.3V
R1
R3
Figure 9. Monitoring Regulated DC Supply with the
LTC694-3.3/LTC695-3.3’s Power-Fail Comparator
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