EXTERNAL TRANSISTOR TYPE CMOS VOLTAGE REGULATOR
Rev.6.0_00 S-816 Series
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The S-816 Series has an internal impedance resulting from R1 and R2 between the VOUT and the VSS
pin, as shown in Figure 13. Therefore, the influence of the internal resistances (R1, R2) of the IC has to
be taken into consideration in defining th e output voltage (OUT).
The output voltage (OUT) is expressed by the following equation:
OUT = VOUT + VOUT × RA ÷ ( RB // *1 RI )
*1. "//" denotes a combined resistance in parallel.
In this case, VOUT is the output voltage value of the S-816 Series, RA and RB is the resistance values of
the external resistances, and RI is the resista nce value (R1+R2) of the internal resistances in the IC.
The accuracy of the output voltage (OUT) is determined by the absolute accuracy of external connecting
resistances RA and RB, the output voltage accuracy (VOUT ±2.0%) of the S-816 Series, and deviations in
the absolute value of the internal resist ance (RI) in the IC.
The maximum value (OUTmax) and the minimum value (OUTmi n) of the output voltage (OUT), including
deviations, are expressed by the following equation s:
OUTmax = VOUT × 1.02 + VOUT × 1.02 × RAmax ÷ ( RBmin // RImin )
OUTmin = VOUT × 0.98 + VOUT × 0.98 × RAmin ÷ ( RBmax // RImax )
Where RAmax, RAmin, RBmax and RBmin denote the maximum and minimum of the absolute accu racy of
external resistances RA and RB, and RImax and RImin denote the maximum and minimum deviations of the
absolute value of the internal resistan ce (RI) in the IC, respectively.
The deviations in the absolute value of internal resistance (RI) in the IC vary with the output voltage set
value of the S-816 Series, and are broadly classified as follows:
• Output voltage (VOUT) 2.5 V to 2.7 V ⇒ 3.29 MΩ to 21.78 MΩ
• Output voltage (VOUT) 2.8 V to 3.1 V ⇒ 3.29 MΩ to 20.06 MΩ
• Output voltage (VOUT) 3.2 V to 3.7 V ⇒ 2.23 MΩ to 18.33 MΩ
• Output voltage (VOUT) 3.8 V to 5.1 V ⇒ 2.23 MΩ to 16.61 MΩ
• Output voltage (VOUT) 5.2 V to 6.0 V ⇒ 2.25 MΩ to 14.18 MΩ
If a value of RI given by the equation shown below is taken in calculating the output voltage (OUT), a
median voltage deviation of the output voltage (OUT) will be obtained.
R
I
=
2
÷
( 1
÷
(Maximum value of internal resistance of IC)
+
1
÷
(Minimum value of internal resistance of IC) )
The closer the output voltage (OUT) and the output voltage set value (VOUT) of the IC are brought to each
other, the more the accuracy of the output voltage (OUT) remains immune to deviations in the absolute
accuracy of external resistances (RA, RB) and the absolute value of the internal resistance (RI) of the IC.
In particular, to suppress the influence of deviations in the internal resistance (RI), the resistance values
of external resistances (RA, RB) need to be limited to a much small er value than that of the internal
resistance (RI). However, since reactive current flows through the external resistances (RA, RB), there is a
tradeoff between the accuracy of the output voltage (OUT) and the reactive current. This should be taken
into consideration, according to the requirements of the intended a pplication.
Note that when larger value (more than 1 MΩ) is take n for the external resistances (RA, RB), IC is
vulnerable to external noise. Check the influen ce of this value well with the actual application.
Furthermore, add a capacitor CC in parallel to the external resistance RA in order to avoid output
oscillations and other types of instability. (Refer to Figure 13)
Make sure that the capacitance value of CC is larger than the value given by the following equation:
CC[F] ≥ 1 ÷ ( 2 × π × RA[Ω] × 6000 )
Caution The above connec tion diagram and c onstant will not guarantee successful operation.
Perform through evaluation using the actual application to set the constant.