Datasheet
16
V
CC
= 5.0 V
V
E
= 2.0 V*
V
OL
= 0.6 V
70
60
-60 -20 20
60
100
T
A
– TEMPERATURE – °C
50
80400-40
20
I
OL
– LOW LEVEL OUTPUT CURRENT – mA
40
I
F
= 10-15 mA
I
F
= 5.0 mA
* FOR SINGLE
CHANNEL
PRODUCTS ONLY
6N137 fig 5
0.8
0.4
-60 -20 20
60
100
T
A
– TEMPERATURE – °C
0.2
80400-40
0
V
OL
– LOW LEVEL OUTPUT VOLTAGE – V
I
O
= 16 mA
0.1
0.5
0.7
I
O
= 6.4 mA
6N137 fig 4b
WIDEBODY
V
CC
= 5.5 V
V
E
= 2.0 V
I
F
= 5.0 mA
0.3
0.6
I
O
= 12.8 mA
I
O
= 9.6 mA
Figure 7. Typical temperature coecient of forward voltage vs. input current.
Figure 4. Typical low level output voltage vs. temperature. Figure 5. Typical low level output current vs. tem-
perature.
Figure 6. Typical input diode forward characteristic.
0.8
0.4
-60 -20 20
60
100
T
A
– TEMPERATURE – °C
0.2
80400-40
0
V
OL
– LOW LEVEL OUTPUT VOLTAGE – V
I
O
= 16 mA
0.1
0.5
0.7
I
O
= 6.4 mA
6N137 fig 4a
8-PIN DIP, SO-8
V
CC
= 5.5 V
V
E
= 2.0 V*
I
F
= 5.0 mA
0.3
0.6
I
O
= 12.8 mA
I
O
= 9.6 mA
* FOR SINGLE
CHANNEL
PRODUCTS ONLY
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT – mA
1.1
0.001
V
F
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
1.0
6N137 fig 6a
1000
1.3
0.01
1.51.2 1.4
0.1
T
A
= 25 °C
10
100
8-PIN DIP, SO-8
I
F
+
–
V
F
1.6
dV
F
/dT – FORWARD VOLTAGE
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT – mV/°C
0.1 1 10 100
I
F
– PULSE INPUT CURRENT – mA
-1.9
-2.2
-2.1
-2.0
-1.8
-2.3
6N137 fig 7b
WIDEBODY
I
F
- FORWARD CURRENT - mA
1.2
0.001
V
F
- FORWARD VOLTAGE - V
1.0
1000
1.4
0.01
1.61.3 1.5
0.1
10
100
WIDEBODY
I
F
+
-
V
F
1.7
T
A
= 25
o
C
V
CC
= 5.0 V
I
F
= 7.5 mA
40
30
-20 20
60
100
T
A
- TEMPERATURE -
o
C
20
80400-40
PWD - PULSE WIDTH DISTORTION - ns
10
R
L
= 350Ω
R
L
= 1 kΩ
R
L
= 4 kΩ
0
-60
-10