MCP9800 View Datasheet(PDF) - Microchip Technology

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Description

Manufacturer

MCP9800

2-Wire High-Accuracy Temperature Sensor

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5.0 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The MCP9800/1/2/3 temperature sensor consists of a

band-gap type temperature sensor, a  Analog-to-

Digital Converter (ADC), user-programmable registers

and a 2-wire I2C protocol-compatible serial interface.

Resolution

One-Shot

Shutdown

Fault Queue

Alert Polarity

Alert Comp/Int

0.5°C

0.25°C

0.125°C

0.0625°C

Configuration

Register

Temperature

Register

THYST

Register

TSET

Register

 ADC

Band-Gap

Temperature

Sensor

Register

Pointer

I2C™

Interface

FIGURE 5-1:

Functional Block Diagram.

MCP9800/1/2/3

5.1 Temperature Sensor

The MCP9800/1/2/3 uses the difference in the base-

emitter voltage of a transistor while its collector current

is changed from IC1 to IC2. With this method, the VBE

depends only on the ratio of the two currents and the

ambient temperature, as shown in Equation 5-1.

EQUATION 5-1:

VBE

=





k--q--T-

 lnIC1  IC2

Where:

T = temperature in kelvin

VBE = change in diode base-emitter

voltage

k = Boltzmann's constant

q = electron charge

IC1 and IC2 = currents with n:1 ratio

5.2  Analog-to-Digital Converter

A Sigma-Delta ADC is used to convert VBE to a digital

word that corresponds to the transistor temperature.

The converter has an adjustable resolution from 0.5°C

(at 30 ms conversion time) to 0.0625°C (at 240 ms

conversion time). Thus, it allows the user to make

trade-offs between resolution and conversion time.

Refer to Section 5.3.2 “Sensor Configuration

Register (CONFIG)” and Section 5.3.4.7 “ ADC

Resolution” for details.

 2010 Microchip Technology Inc.

DS21909D-page 13

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