Datasheet

ADuM1400/ADuM1401/ADuM1402
Rev. D | Page 20 of 24
For example, at a magnetic field frequency of 1 MHz, the
maximum allowable magnetic field of 0.2 kgauss induces a
voltage of 0.25 V at the receiving coil. This is about 50% of the
sensing threshold and does not cause a faulty output transition.
Similarly, if such an event were to occur during a transmitted
pulse (and was of the worst-case polarity), it would reduce the
received pulse from >1.0 V to 0.75 V—still well above the 0.5 V
sensing threshold of the decoder.
The preceding magnetic flux density values correspond to
specific current magnitudes at given distances from the
ADuM140x transformers.
Figure 20 expresses these allowable
current magnitudes as a function of frequency for selected
distances. As shown, the ADuM140x is extremely immune and
can be affected only by extremely large currents operated at
high frequency very close to the component. For the 1 MHz
example noted, one would have to place a 0.5 kA current 5 mm
away from the ADuM140x to affect the component’s operation.
MAGNETIC FIELD FREQUENCY (Hz)
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CURRENT (kA)
1000
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
1k 10k 100M100k 1M 10M
DISTANCE = 5mm
DISTANCE = 1m
DISTANCE = 100mm
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Figure 20. Maximum Allowable Current
for Various Current-to-ADuM140x Spacings
Note that at combinations of strong magnetic field and high
frequency, any loops formed by printed circuit board traces
could induce error voltages sufficiently large enough to trigger
the thresholds of succeeding circuitry. Care should be taken in
the layout of such traces to avoid this possibility.
POWER CONSUMPTION
The supply current at a given channel of the ADuM140x
isolator is a function of the supply voltage, the channel’s data
rate, and the channel’s output load.
For each input channel, the supply current is given by
I
DDI
= I
DDI (Q)
f ≤ 0.5 f
r
I
DDI
= I
DDI (D)
× (2f − f
r
) + I
DDI (Q)
f > 0.5 f
r
For each output channel, the supply current is given by
I
DDO
= I
DDO (Q)
f ≤ 0.5 f
r
I
DDO
= (I
DDO (D)
+ (0.5 × 10
−3
) × C
L
× V
DDO
) × (2f − f
r
) + I
DDO (Q)
f > 0.5 f
r
where:
I
DDI (D)
, I
DDO (D)
are the input and output dynamic supply currents
per channel (mA/Mbps).
C
L
is the output load capacitance (pF).
V
DDO
is the output supply voltage (V).
f is the input logic signal frequency (MHz); it is half of the input
data rate expressed in units of Mbps.
f
r
is the input stage refresh rate (Mbps).
I
DDI (Q)
, I
DDO (Q)
are the specified input and output quiescent
supply currents (mA).
To calculate the total V
DD1
and V
DD2
supply current, the supply
currents for each input and output channel corresponding to
V
DD1
and V
DD2
are calculated and totaled. Figure 8 and Figure 9
provide per-channel supply currents as a function of data rate
for an unloaded output condition.
Figure 10 provides per-
channel supply current as a function of data rate for a 15 pF
output condition.
Figure 11 through Figure 15 provide total
V
DD1
and V
DD2
supply current as a function of data rate for
ADuM1400/ADuM1401/ADuM1402 channel configurations.