Applications
Input Control
The LH1526 low turn-on current SSR has highly sensitive photo-
detection circuits that will detect even the most minute currents
flowing through the LED. Leakage current must be considered
when designing a circuit to turn on and off these relays.
Figure 19 shows a typical logic circuit for providing LED drive
current. R1 is the input resistor that limits the amount of cur-
rent flowing through the LED. For 5.0 V operation, a 2700 Ω
resistor will limit the drive current to about 1.4 mA. Where
high-speed actuation is desirable, use a lower value resistor
for R1. An additional RC peaking circuit is not required with
the LH1526 relay.
R2 is an optional pull-up resistor which pulls the logic level
high ouput (VOH) up toward the VS potential. The pull-up resis-
tance is set at a high value to minimize the overall current
drawn from the VS. The primary purpose of this resistor is to
keep the differential voltage across the LED below its turn-on
threshold. LED dropout voltage is graphed vs. temperature in
the Typical Performance Characteristics section. When the
logic gate is high, leakage current will flow through R2. R2 will
draw up to 8 mA before developing a voltage potential which
might possibly turn on the LED.
Many applications will operate satisfactorily without a pull-up
resistor. In the logic circuit in Figure 1 the only path for current
to flow is back into the logic gate. Logic leakage is usually neg-
ligible. Each application should be evaluated, however, over
the full operating temperature range to make sure that leakage
current through the input control LED is kept to a value less
than the minimum LED forward current for switch turn-off
specification.
Figure 19. Input Control Circuit
VS
R2
100 kΩ
ANY TTL OR
BUFFERED CMOS
LOGIC
R1
2700 Ω
SSR
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