Application Information

3 RESISTOR VOLTAGE DIVIDER SELECTION

The LMV7231 trip points can be set by external resistor di-

viders as shown in Figure 1

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FIGURE 1. External Resistor Dividers

Each trip point, over-voltage, V

can be optimized for a falling supply, V

V

Exiting the voltage detection window (Figure 2), entering the

window (Figure 3), rising into and out of the window (Figure

4), falling into and out of the window (Figure 5). Note that for

each case each trip point can be optimized for either a rising

or falling signal, not both. The governing equations make it

such that if the same resistor, R3, and over/under-voltage ra-

tio, V

current will travel through the resistor ladder. As a result R2

will also be the same across channels and only R1 needs to

change to set voltage detection window maximizing reuse of

resistor values and minimizing design complexity. Select the

R3 resistor value to be below 100k

Ω so the current through

the divider ladder is much greater than the LMV7231 bias

current. If the current traveling through the resistor divider is

on the same magnitude of the LMV7231 I

will create error in your circuit and cause trip voltage shifts.

Keep in mind the greatest error due to I

when that current passes through the greatest equivalent re-

sistance, REQ = R1‖(R2+R3), which will be seen by the

positive input of the window comparator, +IN.

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