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September 29, 2000

MIC284

Micrel

REMOTE DIODE (T1)

GUARD/RETURN

DATA

CLK

/INT

GND

VDD

/CRIT

GUARD/RETURN

MIC284

Figure 6. Guard Traces/Kelvin Ground Returns

CLK

FROM

SERIAL BUS

HOST

OVER-TEMP

SHUTDOWN

Remote

Diode

2200pF

MIC284

/INT

/CRIT

DATA

100

3.3V

10k pull-ups

VDD

GND

4.7

µF

0.1

µF

Figure 7. V

DD Decoupling for Very Noisy Supplies

Layout Considerations

The following guidelines should be kept in mind when design-

ing and laying out circuits using the MIC284:

1. Place the MIC284 as close to the remote diode

as possible, while taking care to avoid severe

noise sources such as high frequency power

transformers, CRTs, memory and data busses,

and the like.

2. Since any conductance from the various volt-

ages on the PC Board and the T1 line can

induce serious errors, it is good practice to

guard the remote diode’s emitter trace with a

pair of ground traces. These ground traces

should be returned to the MIC284’s own ground

pin. They should not be grounded at any other

part of their run. However, it is highly desirable

to use these guard traces to carry the diode’s

own ground return back to the ground pin of the

MIC284, thereby providing a Kelvin connection

for the base of the diode. See Figure 6.

3. When using the MIC284 to sense the tempera-

ture of a processor or other device which has an

integral thermal diode, e.g., Intel’s Pentium III,

connect the emitter and base of the remote

sensor to the MIC284 using the guard traces

and Kelvin return shown in Figure 6. The

collector of the remote diode is typically inacces-

sible to the user on these devices. To allow for

this, the MIC284 has superb rejection of noise

appearing from collector to GND, as long as the

base to ground connection is relatively quiet.

4. Due to the small currents involved in the mea-

surement of the remote diode’s

∆V

BE, it is

important to adequately clean the PC board after

soldering to prevent current leakage. This is

most likely to show up as an issue in situations

where water-soluble soldering fluxes are used.

5. In general, wider traces for the ground and T1

lines will help reduce susceptibility to radiated

noise (wider traces are less inductive). Use

trace widths and spacing of 10 mils wherever

possible and provide a ground plane under the

MIC284 and under the connections from the

MIC284 to the remote diode. This will help

guard against stray noise pickup.

6. Always place a good quality power supply

bypass capacitor directly adjacent to, or under-

neath, the MIC284. This should be a 0.1

µF

ceramic capacitor. Surface-mount parts provide

the best bypassing because of their low induc-

tance.

7. When the MIC284 is being powered from

particularly noisy power supplies, or from

supplies which may have sudden high-amplitude

spikes appearing on them, it can be helpful to

add additional power supply filtering. This

should be implemented as a 100

Ω resistor in

series with the part’s VDD pin, and a 4.7

µF,

6.3V electrolytic capacitor from VDD to GND.

See Figure 7.

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