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High temperature limit

Low temperature limit

Temperature

Temperature conversions

HIGH_Alert Status Flag

2C Read

ALERT pin (POL = 0)

TMP116, TMP116N

SBOS740A – MAY 2017 – REVISED MAY 2019

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Device Functional Modes (continued)

7.4.2.2 Therm Mode

When the T/nA bit in the configuration register is set to 1 the device is in therm mode. In this mode, the device

compares the conversion result at the end of every conversion with the values in the low limit register and high

limit register and sets the HIGH_Alert status flag in the configuration register if the temperature exceeds the

value in the high limit register. When set, the device clears the HIGH_Alert status flag if the conversion result

goes below the value in the low limit register. Thus, the difference between the high and low limits effectively acts

like a hysteresis. In this mode, the LOW_Alert status flag is disabled and always reads 0. Unlike the alert mode,

I2C reads of the configuration register do not affect the status bits. The HIGH_Alert status flag is only set or

cleared at the end of conversions based on the value of the temperature result compared to the high and low

limits.

As in alert mode, configuring the device in therm mode also affects the behaviour of the ALERT pin. In this

mode, the device asserts the ALERT pin if the HIGH_Alert status flag is set and deasserts the ALERT pin when

the HIGH_Alert status flag is cleared. In therm mode, the ALERT pin cannot be cleared by performing an I2C

read of the configuration register or by performing an SMBus alert response command. As in alert mode, the

polarity of the active state of the ALERT pin can be changed by using the POL bit setting in the configuration

Thus, this mode effectively makes the device behave like a high-limit threshold detector and can be used in

applications where detecting if the temperature has gone above a desired threshold is needed. Figure 24 shows

a timing diagram of this mode.

Figure 24. Therm Mode Timing Diagram

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