MAX6365–MAX6368
SOT23, Low-Power µP Supervisory Circuits
with Battery Backup and Chip-Enable Gating
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OUT goes high and stays high regardless of any sub-
sequent transitions on CE IN during the reset event.
When CE OUT is disconnected from CE IN, CE OUT is
actively pulled up to OUT.
The propagation delay through the chip-enable circuit-
ry depends on both the source impedance of the drive
to CE IN and the capacitive loading at CE OUT. The
chip-enable propagation delay is production tested
from the 50% point of CE IN to the 50% point of CE
OUT, using a 50Ω driver and 50pF load capacitance.
Minimize the capacitive load at CE OUT to minimize
propagation delay, and use a low-output-impedance
driver.
Backup-Battery Switchover
In a brownout or power failure, it may be necessary to
preserve the contents of the RAM. With a backup bat-
tery installed at BATT, the MAX6365–MAX6368 auto-
matically switch the RAM to backup power when V
CC
falls. The MAX6367 has a BATT ON output that goes
high in battery-backup mode. These devices require
two conditions before switching to battery-backup
mode:
1) V
CC
must be below the reset threshold.
2) V
CC
must be below V
BATT
.
Table 1 lists the status of the inputs and outputs in bat-
tery-backup mode. The devices do not power up if the
only voltage source is on BATT. OUT only powers up
from V
CC
at startup.
Manual Reset Input (MAX6365 Only)
Many µP-based products require manual reset capabili-
ty, allowing the user or external logic circuitry to initiate a
reset. For the MAX6365, a logic low on MR asserts reset.
Reset remains asserted while MR is low and for a mini-
mum of 150ms (t
RP
) after it returns high. MR has an inter-
nal 20kΩ pullup resistor to V
CC
. This input can be driven
with TTL/CMOS logic levels or with open-drain/collector
outputs. Connect a normally open momentary switch
from MR to GND to create a manual reset function; exter-
nal debounce circuitry is not required. If MR is driven
from long cables or the device is used in a noisy environ-
ment, connect a 0.1µF capacitor from MR to GND to pro-
vide additional noise immunity.
Figure 1. Reset and Chip-Enable Timing
CE IN GOES HIGH.
Connected to OUT. Current drawn from
= 0V.