
Chapter 5 Signal Connections 27
5.4 Current Sink Load and Power
Supply
You have to select the current sink load and power supply carefully.
The current sink circuitry of the PCI-1720 is as shown below.
Figure 5-7: PCI-1720 current sink circuitry
where
VS: Power supply voltage of current sink.
RL: Load of current sink.
PD: Power dissipation of FET.
When you determine VS and RL, three conditions must be satisfied.
VS > (RL + 249) ( 0.02)
VS ≤ 50
PD = (VS - (RL + 249) x 0.02) x 0.02 < 0.2
Example 1 If you use the internal power supply VS = +12 V,
RL must be less than 351 Ω (12 / 0.02 - 249 > RL). Select RL = 200
Ω, PD = 0.0604 < 0.2 OK!
Example 2 If you use the external power supply VS = +40 V,
RL must be less than 1.75 kΩ (40 / 0.02 - 249 > RL).
Select RL = 200 Ω, PD = 0.62 > 0.2 fail!
Reselect RL = 1 kΩ, PD = 0.3 > 0.2 fail!
Reselect RL = 1.5 kΩ, PD = 0.1 < 0.2 OK!
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Internal Side External Side
R
L
Vs
AGND
P
D
0 ~ 5 V
or
1 ~ 5 V
249
Ω
0 ~ 20 mA
or
4 ~ 20 mA
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