data sheet lm331

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December 1994

LM131ALM131 LM231ALM231 LM331ALM331

Precision Voltage-to-Frequency ConvertersGeneral DescriptionThe LM131LM231LM331 family of voltage-to-frequencyconverters are ideally suited for use in simple low-cost cir-

cuits for analog-to-digital conversion precision frequency-to-voltage conversion long-term integration linear frequen-cy modulation or demodulation and many other functions

The output when used as a voltage-to-frequency converteris a pulse train at a frequency precisely proportional to theapplied input voltage Thus it provides all the inherent ad-

vantages of the voltage-to-frequency conversion tech-niques and is easy to apply in all standard voltage-to-fre-

quency converter applications Further the LM131ALM231ALM331A attains a new high level of accuracy ver-sus temperature which could only be attained with expen-

sive voltage-to-frequency modules Additionally the LM131is ideally suited for use in digital systems at low power sup-

ply voltages and can provide low-cost analog-to-digital con-version in microprocessor-controlled systems And the fre-quency from a battery powered voltage-to-frequency con-

verter can be easily channeled through a simple photoisola-tor to provide isolation against high common mode levels

The LM131LM231LM331 utilizes a new temperature-

compensated band-gap reference circuit to provide excel-lent accuracy over the full operating temperature range atpower supplies as low as 40V The precision timer circuit

has low bias currents without degrading the quick response

necessary for 100 kHz voltage-to-frequency conversionAnd the output is capable of driving 3 TTL loads or a high

voltage output up to 40V yet is short-circuit-proof againstVCC

FeaturesY Guaranteed linearity 001% maxY Improved performance in existing voltage-to-frequency

conversion applicationsY Split or single supply operationY Operates on single 5V supplyY Pulse output compatible with all logic formsY Excellent temperature stability g50 ppmC maxY Low power dissipation 15 mW typical at 5VY Wide dynamic range 100 dB min at 10 kHz full scale

frequencyY Wide range of full scale frequency 1 Hz to 100 kHzY Low cost

Typical Applications

TLH5680–1

Use stable components with low temperature coefficients See Typical Applications section

fOUT e VIN

209 V

RS

RL

1

RtCt

01mF or 1mF See ‘‘Principles of Operation’’

FIGURE 1 Simple Stand-Alone Voltage-to-Frequency Converterwith g003% Typical Linearity (f e 10 Hz to 11 kHz)

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Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 1)If MilitaryAerospace specified devices are required please contact the National Semiconductor Sales OfficeDistributors for availability and specifications

LM131ALM131 LM231ALM231 LM331ALM331

Supply Voltage 40V 40V 40V

Output Short Circuit to Ground Continuous Continuous Continuous

Output Short Circuit to VCC Continuous Continuous Continuous

Input Voltage b02V to aVS b02V to aVS b02V to aVSTMIN TMAX TMIN TMAX TMIN TMAX

Operating Ambient Temperature Range b55C to a125C b25C to a85C 0C to a70CPower Dissipation (PD at 25C)and Thermal Resistance (ijA)

(H Package) PD 670 mW

ijA 150CW(N Package) PD 125W 125W

ijA 100CW 100CW(M Package)PD 125W

iJA 85CWLead Temperature (Soldering 10 sec)

Dual-In-Line Package (Plastic) 260C 260C 260CMetal Can Package (TO-5) 260C

ESD Susceptibility (Note 4)

Metal Can Package (TO-5) 2000V

Other Packages 500V 500V

Electrical Characteristics TAe25C unless otherwise specified (Note 2)

Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Units

VFC Non-Linearity (Note 3) 45V s VS s 20V g0003 g0 01 % Full-Scale

TMIN s TA s TMAX g0006 g0 02 % Full-Scale

VFC Non-Linearity VS e 15V f e 10 Hz to 11 kHz g0024 g014 %Full-

In Circuit of Figure 1 Scale

Conversion Accuracy Scale Factor (Gain) VIN e b10V RS e 14 kXLM131 LM131A LM231 LM231A 095 100 105 kHzV

LM331 LM331A 090 100 110 kHzV

Temperature Stability of Gain TMIN s TA s TMAX 45V s VS s 20VLM131LM231LM331 g30 g150 ppmCLM131ALM231ALM331A g20 g50 ppmC

Change of Gain with VS 45Vs

VSs

10V 001 01 %V10V s VS s 40V 0006 006 %V

Rated Full-Scale Frequency VIN e b10V 100 kHz

Gain Stability vs Time TMIN s TA s TMAX g002 % Full-

(1000 Hrs) Scale

Overrange (Beyond Full-Scale) Frequency VIN e b11V 10 %

INPUT COMPARATOR

Offset Voltage g3 g10 mVLM131LM231LM331 TMIN s TA s TMAX g4 g14 mV

LM131ALM231ALM331A TMIN s TA s TMAX g3 g10 mV

Bias Current b80 b300 nA

Offset Current g8 g100 nA

Common-Mode Range TMIN s TA s TMAX b02 VCCb20 V

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Electrical Characteristics T Ae25C unless otherwise specified (Note 2) (Continued)Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Units

TIMER

Timer Threshold Voltage Pin 5 063 0667 070 c VS

Input Bias Current Pin 5 VS e 15VAll Devices 0VsVPIN 5 s 99V g10 g100 nA

LM131LM231LM331 VPIN 5e

10V 200 1000 nALM 13 1A LM2 31A LM3 31 A VPIN 5 e 10V 200 500 nA

VSAT PIN 5 (Reset) I e 5 mA 022 05 V

CURRENT SOURCE (Pin 1)

Output Current RSe14 kX VPIN 1e0LM131 LM131A LM231 LM231A 126 135 144 mALM331 LM331A 116 136 156 mA

Change with Voltage 0VsVPIN 1s10V 02 10 mA

Current Source OFF Leakage

LM131 LM131A 001 10 nALM231 LM231A LM331 LM331A 002 100 nAAll Devices TAeTMAX 20 500 nA

Operating Range of Current (Typical) (10 to 500) mA

REFERENCE VOLTAGE (Pin 2)

LM131 LM131A LM231 LM231A 176 189 202 VDCLM331 LM331A 170 189 208 V

DCStability vs Temperature g60 ppmC

Stability vs Time 1000 Hours g01 %

LOGIC OUTPUT (Pin 3)

VSAT Ie5 mA 015 050 VIe32 mA (2 TTL Loads) TMINsTAsTMAX 010 040 V

OFF Leakage g005 10 mA

SUPPLY CURRENT

LM131 LM131A LM231 VSe5V 20 30 40 mA

LM231A VSe40V 25 40 60 mALM331 LM331A VSe5V 15 30 60 mA

VSe40V 20 40 80 mA

Note 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur DC and AC electrical specifications do not apply when operating

the device beyond its specified operating conditions

Note 2 All specifications apply in the circuit of Figure 3 with 40VsVSs40V unless otherwise noted

Note 3 Nonlinearity is defined as the deviation of fOUT from VIN c (10 kHzb10 V DC) when the circuit has been trimmed for zero error at 10 Hz and at 10 kHz

over the frequency range 1 Hz to 11 kHz For the timing capacitor CT use NPO ceramic Teflon or polystyreneNote 4 Human body model 100 pF discharged through a 15 kX resistor

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Functional Block Diagram

TLH5680–2

Pin numbers apply to 8-pin packages only See connection diagram for LM231WM pin numbers

FIGURE 1aTeflon registered trademark of DuPont

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Typical Performance Characteristics(All electrical characteristics apply for the circuit of Figure 3 unless otherwise noted)

Nonlinearity Error LM131

Family as Precision V-to-FConverter (Figure 3 )

Nonlinearity Error LM131Family

Nonlinearity vs Power SupplyVoltage

Frequency vs TemperatureLM131A

VREF vs TemperatureLM131A

Output Frequency vsVSUPPLY

100 kHz Nonlinearity ErrorLM131 Family (Figure 4 )

Nonlinearity Error LM131(Figure 1 )

Input Current (Pins 6 7) vs

Temperature

Power Drain vs VSUPPLY

Output Saturation Voltage vsIOUT (Pin 3)

Nonlinearity Error Precision

F-to-V Converter (Figure 6 )

TLH5680–3

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Typical Applications (Continued)PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION OF A SIMPLIFIED

VOLTAGE-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTER

The LM131 is a monolithic circuit designed for accuracy andversatile operation when applied as a voltage-to-frequency(V-to-F) converter or as a frequency-to-voltage (F-to-V) con-

verter A simplified block diagram of the LM131 is shown in

Figure 2 and consists of a switched current source inputcomparator and 1-shot timer

The operation of these blocks is best understood by goingthrough the operating cycle of the basic V-to-F converter

Figure 2 which consists of the simplified block diagram of

the LM131 and the various resistors and capacitors con-nected to it

The voltage comparator compares a positive input voltage

V1 at pin 7 to the voltage Vx at pin 6 If V1 is greater thecomparator will trigger the 1-shot timer The output of the

timer will turn ON both the frequency output transistor andthe switched current source for a period te11 RtCt Duringthis period the current i will flow out of the switched current

source and provide a fixed amount of charge Qei c t intothe capacitor CL This will normally charge Vx up to a higher

level than V1 At the end of the timing period the current iwill turn OFF and the timer will reset itself

Now there is no current flowing from pin 1 and the capaci-tor CL will be gradually discharged by RL until Vx falls to thelevel of V1 Then the comparator will trigger the timer andstart another cycle

The current flowing into CL is exactly IAVE e i c (11cRtCt)c f and the current flowing out of CL is exactly VxRL j

VINRL If VIN is doubled the frequency will double to main-

tain this balance Even a simple V-to-F converter can pro-vide a frequency precisely proportional to its input voltageover a wide range of frequencies

TLH5680–4

FIGURE 2 Simplified Block Diagram of Stand-Alone

Voltage-to-Frequency Converter Showing LM131 andExternal Components

DETAIL OF OPERATION FUNCTIONAL BLOCK

DIAGRAM (FIGURE 1a )

The block diagram shows a band gap reference which pro-vides a stable 19 VDC output This 19 VDC is well regulatedover a VS range of 39V to 40V It also has a flat low tem-

perature coefficient and typically changes less than %

over a 100C temperature changeThe current pump circuit forces the voltage at pin 2 to be at

19V and causes a current ie190VRS to flow ForRse14k ie135 mA The precision current reflector pro-vides a current equal to i to the current switch The current

switch switches the current to pin 1 or to ground dependingon the state of the RS flip-flop

The timing function consists of an RS flip-flop and a timer

comparator connected to the external RtCt network Whenthe input comparator detects a voltage at pin 7 higher than

pin 6 it sets the RS flip-flop which turns ON the currentswitch and the output driver transistor When the voltage atpin 5 rises to VCC the timer comparator causes the RSflip-flop to reset The reset transistor is then turned ON andthe current switch is turned OFF

However if the input comparator still detects pin 7 higher

than pin 6 when pin 5 crosses VCC the flip-flop will not

be reset and the current at pin 1 will continue to flow in itsattempt to make the voltage at pin 6 higher than pin 7 This

condition will usually apply under start-up conditions or inthe case of an overload voltage at signal input It should be

noted that during this sort of overload the output frequencywill be 0 as soon as the signal is restored to the workingrange the output frequency will be resumed

The output driver transistor acts to saturate pin 3 with anON resistance of about 50X In case of overvoltage theoutput current is actively limited to less than 50 mA

The voltage at pin 2 is regulated at 190 V DC for all values ofi between 10 mA to 500 mA It can be used as a voltagereference for other components but care must be taken to

ensure that current is not taken from it which could reducethe accuracy of the converter

PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION OF BASIC VOLTAGE-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTER (FIGURE 1 )

The simple stand-alone V-to-F converter shown in Figure 1includes all the basic circuitry of Figure 2 plus a few compo-

nents for improved performance

A resistor RINe100 kXg10% has been added in the pathto pin 7 so that the bias current at pin 7 (b80 nA typical)

will cancel the effect of the bias current at pin 6 and helpprovide minimum frequency offset

The resistance RS at pin 2 is made up of a 12 kX fixed

resistor plus a 5 kX (cermet preferably) gain adjust rheo-stat The function of this adjustment is to trim out the gaintolerance of the LM131 and the tolerance of R t R L and Ct

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Typical Applications (Continued)For best results all the components should be stable low-

temperature-coefficient components such as metal-film re-sistors The capacitor should have low dielectric absorption

depending on the temperature characteristics desired NPOceramic polystyrene Teflon or polypropylene are bestsuited

A capacitor CIN is added from pin 7 to ground to act as afilter for VIN A value of 001 mF to 01 mF will be adequate inmost cases however in cases where better filtering is re-

quired a 1 mF capacitor can be used When the RC timeconstants are matched at pin 6 and pin 7 a voltage step atVIN will cause a step change in fOUT If CIN is much lessthan CL a step at VIN may cause fOUT to stop momentarily

A 47X resistor in series with the 1 mF CL is added to givehysteresis effect which helps the input comparator provide

the excellent linearity (003% typical)

DETAIL OF OPERATION OF PRECISION V-TO-FCONVERTER (FIGURE 3 )

In this circuit integration is performed by using a conven-tional operational amplifier and feedback capacitor CF

When the integrator’s output crosses the nominal thresholdlevel at pin 6 of the LM131 the timing cycle is initiated

The average current fed into the op amp’s summing point

(pin 2) is i c (11 RtCt) c f which is perfectly balanced withbVINRIN In this circuit the voltage offset of the LM131

input comparator does not affect the offset or accuracy ofthe V-to-F converter as it does in the stand-alone V-to-Fconverter nor does the LM131 bias current or offset cur-

rent Instead the offset voltage and offset current of theoperational amplifier are the only limits on how small the

signal can be accurately converted Since op amps withvoltage offset well below 1 mV and offset currents well be-low 2 nA are available at low cost this circuit is recommend-

ed for best accuracy for small signals This circuit also re-sponds immediately to any change of input signal (which astand-alone circuit does not) so that the output frequency

will be an accurate representation of VIN as quickly as 2output pulses’ spacing can be measured

In the precision mode excellent linearity is obtained be-cause the current source (pin 1) is always at ground poten-tial and that voltage does not vary with V IN or fOUT (In the

stand-alone V-to-F converter a major cause of non-linearityis the output impedance at pin 1 which causes i to change

as a function of VIN)

The circuit of Figure 4 operates in the same way as Figure 3 but with the necessary changes for high speed operation

fOUT ebVIN

209 V

R S

RIN

1

RtCt

TLH5680–5

Use stable components with low temperature coefficients See Typical Applications section

This resistor can be 5 kX or 10 kX for VSe8V to 22V but must be 10 kX for VSe45V to 8V

Use low offset voltage and low offset current op amps for A1 recommended types LM108 LM308A LF411A

FIGURE 3 Standard Test Circuit and Applications Circuit Precision Voltage-to-Frequency Converter

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Typical Applications (Continued)

DETAILS OF OPERATION FREQUENCY-TO-

VOLTAGE CONVERTERS (FIGURES 5 AND 6 )

In these applications a pulse input at fIN is differentiated bya C-R network and the negative-going edge at pin 6 causesthe input comparator to trigger the timer circuit Just as with

a V-to-F converter the average current flowing out of pin 1is IAVERAGE e i c (11 RtCt) c f

In the simple circuit of FIGURE 5 this current is filtered in

the network RL e 100 kX and 1 mF The ripple will be lessthan 10 mV peak but the response will be slow with a

01 second time constant and settling of 07 second to01% accuracy

In the precision circuit an operational amplifier provides abuffered output and also acts as a 2-pole filter The ripplewill be less than 5 mV peak for all frequencies above 1 kHz

and the response time will be much quicker than in Figure 5 However for input frequencies below 200 Hz this circuit will

have worse ripple than Figure 5 The engineering of the filtertime-constants to get adequate response and small enoughripple simply requires a study of the compromises to be

made Inherently V-to-F converter response can be fastbut F-to-V response can not

TLH5680–6

Use stable components with low temperature coefficients

See Typical Applications section

This resistor can be 5 kX or 10 kX for VSe8V to 22V

but must be 10 kX for VSe45V to 8V

Use low offset voltage and low offset current op amps for A1

recommended types LF411A or LF356

FIGURE 4 Precision Voltage-to-Frequency Converter100 kHz Full-Scale g003% Non-Linearity

TLH5680–7

VOUT e fIN c 209V cRL

RSc (RtCt)


FIGURE 5 Simple Frequency-to-Voltage Converter10 kHz Full-Scale g006% Non-Linearity

VOUT e bfIN c 209VcRF

RSc (RtCt) TLH5680–8

SELECT Rx e(VS b 2V)

02 mA


FIGURE 6 Precision Frequency-to-Voltage Converter

10 kHz Full-Scale with 2-Pole Filter g001%Non-Linearity Maximum

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Light Intensity to Frequency Converter

TLH5680–9

L14F-1 L14G-1 or L14H-1 photo transistor (General Electric Co) or similar

Temperature to Frequency Converter

TLH5680–10

Long-Term Digital Integrator Using VFC

TLH5680–11

Basic Analog-to-Digital Converter Using

Voltage-to-Frequency Converter

TLH5680–12

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Analog-to-Digital Converter with Microprocessor

TLH5680–13

Remote Voltage-to-Frequency Converter with 2-Wire Transmitter and Receiver

TLH5680–14

Voltage-to-Frequency Converter with Square-Wave Output Usingd2 Flip-Flop

TLH5680–15

Voltage-to-Frequency Converter with Isolators

TLH5680–16

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TLH5680–19

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Connection Diagrams

Metal Can Package

TLH5680–20Note Metal case is connected to pin 4 (GND)

Order Number LM131H883 or LM131AH883See NS Package Number H08C

Dual-In-Line Package

TLH5680–21

Order Number LM231AN LM231N LM331ANor LM331N

See NS Package Number N08E

Small-Outline Package

TLH5680–24

Top View

Order Number LM231WMSee NS Package Number M14B

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Schematic Diagram

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Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters)

Metal Can Package (H)Order Number LM131H883 or LM131AH883

NS Package H08C

14-Pin Small Outline Package (M)

Order Number LM231WMNS Package M14B

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L M 1 3 1

A L M 1 3 1

L M 2 3 1 A L M 2 3

1

L M 3 3 1 A L M 3 3 1 P r e c i s

i o n V o l t a g e - t o - F r e q u e n c y C o n v e r t e r s

Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) (Continued)

Dual-In-Line Package (N)Order Number LM231AN LM231N LM331AN or LM331N

NS package N08E

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