Dual Channel 1°C Temperature Sensor with Hardware Thermal Shutdown and 1.8V SMBus Communications
Datasheet
Revision 1.0 (07-11-13) 20 SMSC EMC1186
DATASHEET
5.5 ALERT Output
The ALERT pin is an open drain output and requires a pull-up resistor to V
DD
and has two modes of
operation: interrupt mode and comparator mode. The mode of the
ALERT output is selected via the
ALERT / COMP bit in the Configuration Register (see Section 6.3).
5.5.1 ALERT Pin Interrupt Mode
When configured to operate in interrupt mode, the ALERT pin asserts low when an out of limit
measurement (> high limit or < low limit) is detected on any diode or when a diode fault is detected,
functioning as any standard
ALERT in on the SMBus. The ALERT pin will remain asserted as long
as an out-of-limit condition remains. Once the out-of-limit condition has been removed, the ALERT pin
will remain asserted until the appropriate status bits are cleared.
The ALERT pin can be masked by setting the MASK_ALL bit. Once the ALERT pin has been masked,
it will be de-asserted and remain de-asserted until the MASK_ALL bit is cleared by the user. Any
interrupt conditions that occur while the
ALERT pin is masked will update the Status Register normally.
There are also individual channel masks (see Section 6.10).
The ALERT pin is used as an interrupt signal or as an SMBus Alert signal that allows an SMBus slave
to communicate an error condition to the master. One or more
ALERT outputs can be hard-wired
together.
5.5.2 ALERT Pin Comparator Mode
When the ALERT pin is configured to operate in comparator mode, it will be asserted if any of the
measured temperatures exceeds the respective high limit. The ALERT pin will remain asserted until
all temperatures drop below the corresponding high limit minus the Therm Hysteresis value.
When the ALERT pin is asserted in comparator mode, the corresponding high limit status bits will be
set. Reading these bits will not clear them until the
ALERT pin is deasserted. Once the ALERT pin is
deasserted, the status bits will be automatically cleared.
The MASK_ALL bit will not block the ALERT pin in this mode; however, the individual channel masks
(see Section 6.10) will prevent the respective channel from asserting the ALERT pin.
5.6 ALERT and SYS_SHDN Pin Considerations
Because of the decode method used to determine the Hardware Thermal Shutdown Limit, it is
important that the pull-up resistance on both the
ALERT and SYS_SHDN pins be within the tolerances
shown in
Table 5.2. Additionally, the pull-up resistor on the ALERT and SYS_SHDN pins must be
connected to the same 3.3V supply that drives the VDD pin.
For 15ms after power up, the ALERT and SYS_SHDN pins must not be pulled low or the Hardware
Thermal Shutdown Limit will not be decoded properly. If the system requirements do not permit these
conditions, the
ALERT and SYS_SHDN pins must be isolated from their respective busses during this
time.
One method of isolating the ALERT pin is shown in Figure 5.3.
