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 (⍜ja), maximum
junction temperature (Tjmax), and ambient temperature
(Tamb), according to the expression:
Pmax = (Tjmax – Tamb) / ⍜ja
The device power dissipation, PD is given by the
expression:
PD=IOUT.(VIN-VOUT) Watts
ZXCT1010
Applications information
The following lines describe how to scale a load current to an output voltage.
VSENSE = VIN - VLOAD
VOUT = 0.01 x VSENSE x ROUT(1)
For example:
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 => 0.1⍀.
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) = 100⍀
Schematic diagram
SENSE+
SENSE-
100⍀
+-
GND
OUT
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