Technical information DALC208
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2.1 Surge protection
The DALC208SC6 is particularly optimized to perform surge protection based on the rail to
rail topology.
The clamping voltage V
CL
can be calculated as follow :
V
CL
+ = V
REF2
+ V
F
for positive surges
V
CL
- = V
REF1
- V
F
for negative surges
with
V
F
= V
T
+ R
d
.I
p
(V
F
forward drop voltage) / (V
T
forward drop threshold voltage)
According to the curve Figure 7 we assume that the value of the dynamic resistance of the
clamping diode is typically R
d
= 0.7 Ω and V
T
= 1.2 V.
For an IEC 61000-4-2 surge Level 4 (Contact Discharge: V
g
=8 kV, R
g
=330 Ω), V
REF2
= +5 V,
V
REF1
= 0 V, and if in first approximation, we assume that : I
p
= V
g
/ R
g
′ 24 A.
So, we find:
–V
CL
+′ +23V
–V
CL
-′ -18V
Note: The calculations do not take into account phenomena due to parasitic inductances.
2.2 Surge protection application example
If we consider that the connections from the pin REF
2
to V
CC
and from REF
1
to GND are
done by two tracks of 10 mm long and 0.5 mm large; we assume that the parasitic
inductances of these tracks are about 6 nH. So when an IEC 61000-4-2 surge occurs, due
to the rise time of this spike (tr = 1 ns), the voltage V
CL
has an extra value equal to Lw.dI/dt.
The dI/dt is calculated as: dI/dt = Ip/tr ′ 24 A/ns
The overvoltage due to the parasitic inductances is: Lw.dI/dt = 6 x 24 ′ 144V
By taking into account the effect of these parasitic inductances due to unsuitable layout, the
clamping voltage will be :
–V
CL
+ = +23 + 144 ′ 167V
–V
CL
- = -18 - 144 ′ -162V
We can reduce as much as possible these phenomena with simple layout optimization.
It’s the reason why some recommendations have to be followed (See Section 2.3: How to
ensure good ESD protection).
