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TSC101
High side current sense amplifier
Features
■ Independent supply and input common-mode
voltages
■ Wide common-mode operating range: 2.8 to
30V
■ Wide common-mode surviving range: -0.3 to
60V (load-dump)
■ Wide supply voltage range: 4 to 28V
■ Low current consumption: ICC max = 300µA
■ Internally fixed gain: 20V/V, 50V/V or 100V/V
■ Buffered output
Applications
■ Battery chargers
■ Automotive current monitoring
■ Notebook computers
■ DC motor control
■ Precision current sources
Description
The TSC101 measures a small differential voltage
on a high-side shunt resistor and translates it into
a ground-referenced output voltage. The gain is
internally fixed.
Wide input common-mode voltage range, low
quiescent current, and tiny SOT23 packaging
enable use in a wide variety of applications.
Input common-mode and power supply voltages
are independent. Common-mode voltage can
range from 2.8V to 30V in operating conditions
and up to 60V in absolute maximum ratings.
Current consumption lower than 300µA and wide
supply voltage range allow to connect the power
supply to either side of the current measurement
shunt with minimal error.
L
SOT23-5
(Plastic package)
2
1
3Vp
Out
Gnd
4
5
Vm
Vcc
Pin connections
(top view)
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Contents
1 Application schematic and pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Absolute maximum ratings and operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Parameter definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Common mode rejection ratio (CMR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supply voltage rejection ratio (SVR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Gain (Av) and input offset voltage (Vos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Output voltage drift versus temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Output voltage accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Output voltage range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Application information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6 Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7 Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TSC101 Application schematic and pin description
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1 Application schematic and pin description
The TSC101 high-side current-sense amplifier features a 2.8V to 30V input common-mode
range that is independent of supply voltage. The main advantage of this feature is to allow
high-side current sensing at voltages much greater than the supply voltage (VCC).
Figure 1. Application schematic
Table 1 below describes the function of each pin. Their position is shown in the illustration
on the cover page and in Figure 1 above.
Table 1. Pin description
Symbol Type Function
Out Analog output The OUT voltage is proportional to the magnitude of the sense
voltage Vp-Vm.
Gnd Power supply Ground line.
VCC Power supply Positive power supply line.
Vp Analog input
Connection for the external sense resistor. The measured current
enters the shunt on the Vp side.
Vm Analog input
Connection for the external sense resistor. The measured current
exits the shunt on the Vm side.
Vsense
Vout=Av.Vsense
43
1
2
Vp Vm
Out
Gnd
5 VCC
load
Iload2.8V to 30V
Rg1 Rg2
Rg3
Rsense
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2 Absolute maximum ratings and operating conditions
Table 2. Absolute maximum ratings
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Vid Input pins differential voltage (Vp-Vm) ±60 V
Vi Input pin voltages (Vp, Vm)(1)
1. Voltage values are measured with respect to the GND pin.
-0.3 to 60 V
VCC DC supply voltage(1) -0.3 to 30 V
Vout DC output pin voltage(1) -0.3 to 28 V
Tstg Storage temperature -55 to 150 °C
Tj Maximum junction temperature 150 °C
ESD(2)
2. ESD test for each couple of pins.
Human body model (HBM) 2 kV
Machine model (MM) 200 V
Table 3. Operating conditions
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
VCC DC supply voltage from Tmin to Tmax 4.0 to 28 V
Toper Operational temperature range (Tmin to Tmax) -40 to 125 °C
Rthja SOT23-5 thermal resistance junction to ambient 250 °C/W
TSC101 Electrical characteristics
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3 Electrical characteristics
The electrical characteristics given in the following tables are measured under the following
test conditions unless otherwise specified:
Tamb=25°C, VCC=12V, Vsense=Vp-Vm=50mV, Vm=12V, no load on Out
Table 4. Supply
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
ICC Total supply current
Vsense = 0
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
300 µA
Table 5. Input
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Vicm Common mode voltage range Tmin < Tamb < Tmax 2.8 30 V
DC CMR
DC common mode rejection
Variation of Vout versus Vicm
referred to input(1)
2.8V< Vicm < 30V
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
90 105 dB
AC CMR
AC common mode rejection
Variation of Vout versus Vicm
referred to input (peak-to-peak
voltage variation)
2.8V< Vicm < 30V
1kHz sine wave
95 dB
2.8V< Vicm < 30V
10kHz sine wave
80 dB
SVR Supply voltage rejection
Variation of Vout versus VCC(2)
4.0V< VCC < 28V
Vsense=30mV
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
90 105 dB
Vos Input offset voltage(3)
Tamb=25° C
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
±0.2
±0.9
±1.5
±2.3 mV
dVos/dT Input offset drift vs. T Tmin < Tamb < Tmax 0 4.5 µV/°C
Ilk Input leakage current
VCC=0V
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
1 µA
Iib Input bias current
Vsense=0V
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
5.5 8 µA
1. See Section 4: Parameter definitions on page 8 for the definition of CMR.
2. See Section 4: Parameter definitions on page 8 for the definition of SVR.
3. See Section 4: Parameter definitions on page 8 for the definition of Vos.
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Table 6. Output
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Av Gain
TSC101A
TSC101B
TSC101C
20
50
100
V/V
ΔAv Gain accuracy Tamb=25°CTmin < Tamb < Tmax
±3
±5 %
ΔVout/ΔT Output voltage drift vs. T(1) Tmin < Tamb < Tmax -600 -300 0 µV/°C
ΔVout/ΔIout Output stage load regulation
-10mA < Iout <1 0mA
Iout sink or source current
2 tbd mV/mA
ΔVout Total output voltage accuracy(2)
Vsense=10mV Tamb=25° C
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
tbd
tbd %
ΔVout Total output voltage accuracy
Vsense=20mV Tamb=25° C
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
tbd
tbd
%
ΔVout Total output voltage accuracy
Vsense=50mV Tamb=25° C
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
tbd
tbd
%
ΔVout Total output voltage accuracy
Vsense=100mV Tamb=25° C
Tmin < Tamb < Tmax
tbd
tbd
%
Isc Short-circuit current
OUT connected to VCC or
GND 15 40 mA
VOH
Output stage high-state saturation
voltage
VOH=VCC-Vout
Vsense=1V
Iout=1mA
0.8 1 V
VOL
Output stage low-state saturation
voltage
Vsense=-1V
Iout=1mA
50 100 mV
1. See Section 4: Parameter definitions on page 8 for the definition of output voltage drift versus temperature.
2. Output voltage accuracy is the difference with the expected theoretical output voltage Vout-th=Av*Vsense. See Section 4:
Parameter definitions on page 8 for a more detailed definition.
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Table 7. Frequency response
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
ts Output settling to 1% final value
Vsense=10mV to 100mV,
Cload=47pF
TSC101A 3 µs
TSC101B 6 µs
TSC101C 10 µs
SR Slew rate Vsense=10mV to 100mV 0.55 0.9 V/µs
BW 3dB bandwidth
Cload=47pF Vicm=12V
Vsense=100mV
TSC101A 650 kHz
TSC101B 710 kHz
TSC101C 540 kHz
Table 8. Noise
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Total output voltage noise 50 nV/√ Hz
Parameter definitions TSC101
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4 Parameter definitions
Common mode rejection ratio (CMR)
The common-mode rejection ratio (CMR) measures the ability of the current-sensing
amplifier to reject any DC voltage applied on both inputs Vp and Vm. The CMR is referred
back to the input so that its effect can be compared with the applied differential signal. The
CMR is defined by the formula:
Supply voltage rejection ratio (SVR)
The supply-voltage rejection ratio (SVR) measures the ability of the current-sensing
amplifier to reject any variation of the supply voltage VCC. The SVR is referred back to the
input so that its effect can be compared with the applied differential signal. The SVR is
defined by the formula:
CMR 20–
ΔVout
ΔVicm Av⋅
------------------------------log⋅=
SVR 20–
ΔVout
ΔVCC Av⋅
------------------------------log⋅=
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Gain (Av) and input offset voltage (Vos)
The input offset voltage is defined as the intersection between the linear regression of Vout
vs. Vsense curve with the X-axis (see Figure 2). If Vout1 is the output voltage with
Vsense=Vsense1=50mV and Vout2 is the output voltage with Vsense=Vsense2=5mV, then Vos
can be calculated with the following formula:
The amplification gain Av is defined as the ratio between output voltage and input differential
voltage:
Figure 2. Vout versus Vsense characteristics: detail for low Vsense values
Vos Vsense1
Vsense1 Vsense2–
Vout1 Vout2–
------------------------------------------------ Vout1⋅⎝ ⎠⎛ ⎞–=
Av
Vout
Vsense
------------------=
V0 5mV 50mV Vsense
Vout
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Output voltage drift versus temperature
The output voltage drift versus temperature is defined as the maximum variation of Vout with
respect to its value at 25°C, over the temperature range.It is calculated as follows:
with Tmin < Tamb < Tmax.
Figure 3 provides a graphical definition of output voltage drift versus temperature. On this
chart, Vout is always comprised in the grey area defined by the maximum and minimum
variation of Vout vs. T, and T=25°C is considered to be the reference.
Figure 3. Output voltage drift versus temperature
ΔVout
ΔT----------------- max
Vout Tamb( ) Vout 25° C( )–
Tamb 25° C–
--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
Output voltage drift vs. temperature
4.44
4.46
4.48
4.5
4.52
4.54
4.56
4.58
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125
Temperature (°C)
V o
u
t
(V
)
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Output voltage accuracy
The output voltage accuracy is the difference between the actual output voltage and the
theoretical output voltage. Ideally, the current sensing output voltage should be equal to the
input differential voltage multiplied by the theoretical gain, as in the following formula:
Vout-th=Av . Vsense
The actual value is very slightly different, mainly due to the effects of:
● the input offset voltage Vos,
● non-linearity,
● VOL and VOH voltage saturation (see Figure 5 on page 12)
Figure 4. Vout vs. Vsense theoretical and actual characteristics
The output voltage accuracy, expressed in percentage, can be calculated with the following
formula:
with Av=20V/V for TSC101A, Av=50V/V for TSC101B and Av=100V/V for TSC101C.
Vsense
Vout
5mV
ideal
actual
ΔVout
abs Vout Av Vsense⋅( )–( )
Av Vsense⋅
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
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Output voltage range
The output voltage versus input differential voltage is linear in a range of output voltage
limited by high-level and low-level saturation voltage.
Figure 5. Vout vs. Vsense over the full voltage range
Vsense
Vout
VCC VOH
VOL
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5 Application information
TSC101 can be used to measure current and to feed back the information to a micro
controller, as shown in Figure 6 below.
Figure 6. Typical application schematic
The current from the supply flows to the load through the Rsense resistor causing a voltage
drop equal to Vsense across Rsense. The amplifier input currents are negligible, therefore its
inverting input voltage is equal to Vm. The amplifier's open-loop gain forces its non-inverting
input to the same voltage as the inverting input. As a consequence, the amplifier will adjust
current flowing through Rg1 so that the voltage drop across Rg1 will exactly match Vsense.
Therefore, the drop across Rg1 is:
VRg1=Vsense=Rsense.Iload
If IRg1 is the current flowing through Rg1, then IRg1 is given by the formula:
IRg1=Vsense/Rg1
The IRg1 current flows entirely into resistor Rg3 (the input bias current of the buffer is
negligible). Therefore, the voltage drop on the Rg3 resistor can be calculated as follows:
VRg3=Rg3.IRg1=(Rg3/Rg1).Vsense
5V
Vsense
Vout
load
Iload
2.8V to 30V
Rsense
Vreg
Vp V
Out
GND
VCC
Rg1 Rg2
Rg3
TSC101
Microcontroller
ADC
GND
VCC
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Because the voltage across the Rg3 resistor is buffered to the Out pin, Vout can be
expressed as:
Vout=(Rg3/Rg1).Vsense
or
Vout=(Rg3/Rg1).Rsense.Iload
The resistor ratio Rg3/Rg1 is internally set to 20V/V for TSC101A, to 50V/V for TSC101B and
to 100V/V for TSC101C.
Because they define the full scale output range of your application, the Rsense resistor and
the Rg3/Rg1 resistor ratio (equal to Av) are important parameters, and therefore must be
selected carefully.
TSC101 Package information
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6 Package information
In order to meet environmental requirements, STMicroelectronics offers these devices in
ECOPACK® packages. These packages have a lead-free second level interconnect. The
category of second level interconnect is marked on the package and on the inner box label,
in compliance with JEDEC Standard JESD97. The maximum ratings related to soldering
conditions are also marked on the inner box label. ECOPACK is an STMicroelectronics
trademark. ECOPACK specifications are available at: www.st.com.
Figure 7. SOT23-5 package
Ref.
Dimensions
Millimeters Mils
Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max.
A 0.90 1.45 35.4 57.1
A1 0.00 0.15 0.00 5.9
A2 0.90 1.30 35.4 51.2
b 0.35 0.50 13.7 19.7
C 0.09 0.20 3.5 7.8
D 2.80 3.00 110.2 118.1
E 2.60 3.00 102.3 118.1
E1 1.50 1.75 59.0 68.8
e 0.95 37.4
e1 1.9 74.8
L 0.35 0.55 13.7 21.6
Ordering information TSC101
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7 Ordering information
Table 9. Order codes
Part number Temperature range Package Packaging Marking Gain
TSC101AILT
-40°C, +125°C SOT23-5 Tape & reel
O104 20
TSC101BILT O105 50
TSC101CILT O106 100
TSC101AIYLT(1)
-40°C, +125°C
automotive grade SOT23-5 Tape & reel
O101 20
TSC101BIYLT(1) O102 50
TSC101CIYLT(1) O103 100
1. Qualified and characterized according to AEC Q100 and Q003 or equivalent, advanced screening according to AEC Q001
& Q 002 or equivalent.
TSC101 Revision history
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Date Revision Changes
5-Mar-2007 Rev 1 First release, preliminary data.
TSC101
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1 Application schematic and pin description
Figure 1. Application schematic
Table 1. Pin description
2 Absolute maximum ratings and operating conditions
Table 2. Absolute maximum ratings
Table 3. Operating conditions
3 Electrical characteristics
Table 4. Supply
Table 5. Input
Table 6. Output
Table 7. Frequency response
Table 8. Noise
4 Parameter definitions
Common mode rejection ratio (CMR)
Supply voltage rejection ratio (SVR)
Gain (Av) and input offset voltage (Vos)
Figure 2. Vout versus Vsense characteristics: detail for low Vsense values
Output voltage drift versus temperature
Figure 3. Output voltage drift versus temperature
Output voltage accuracy
Figure 4. Vout vs. Vsense theoretical and actual characteristics
Output voltage range
Figure 5. Vout vs. Vsense over the full voltage range
5 Application information
Figure 6. Typical application schematic
6 Package information
Figure 7. SOT23-5 package
7 Ordering information
Table 9. Order codes
8 Revision history