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Resetting Alarm

Reset alarms by writing to monitor-setup data. See the
Configuring Monitor Mode section and Table 10.

SMBus Alert

The SMBus-alert feature provides a quick method to
identify alarming devices on a shared interrupt. Upon
receiving an interrupt signal, the host µC can broadcast
a receive byte request to the alert-response slave
address (0001100). Any slave device that generated an
interrupt attempts to identify itself by putting its own
address on the bus. The alert response can activate
several different slave devices simultaneously. If more
than one slave attempts to respond, bus arbitration
rules apply, and the device with the lower address wins
as a consequence of the open-collector bus. The losing
device does not generate an acknowledgement and
continues to hold the alert line low until serviced.
Successful reading of the alert response address de-
asserts INT.

When the MAX1363/MAX1364 successfully send the
I

2

C address, it can resume and reassert INT right away

(if the fault is still present). To prevent this from happen-
ing, monitor mode does not resume until after the host
controller resets the alarm in the alarm status register.
Any alarms not cleared when the device resumes moni-
tor mode reassert INT.

Transfer Functions

Output data coding for the MAX1363/MAX1364 is bina-
ry in unipolar mode and two’s complement in bipolar
mode with 1 LSB = V

REF

/ 2

N

, where N is the number of

bits. Code transitions occur halfway between succes-
sive-integer LSB values. Figures 14 and 15 show the
transfer functions for unipolar and bipolar operations,
respectively.

Layout, Grounding, and Bypassing

Only use PC boards. Wire-wrap configurations are not
recommended since the layout should ensure proper
separation of analog and digital traces. Do not run ana-
log and digital lines parallel to each other, and do not
layout digital signal paths underneath the ADC pack-
age. Use separate analog and digital PC board ground
sections with only one star point (Figure 16).

High-frequency noise in the power supply (V

DD

) could

influence the proper operation of the ADC’s fast com-
parator. Bypass V

DD

to the star ground with a network

of two parallel capacitors, 0.1µF and 4.7µF, located as
close as possible to the MAX1363/MAX1364 power sup-
ply. Minimize capacitor lead length for best supply noise
rejection. For extremely noisy supplies, add an attenua-
tion resistor (5Ω) in series with the power supply.

MAX1363/MAX1364

4-Channel, 12-Bit System Monitors with Programmable

Trip Window and SMBus Alert Response

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111...111

OUTPUT CODE

FS = REF + GND
ZS = GND

FULL-SCALE

TRANSITION

111...110

100...010

100...001

100...000

011...111

011...110

011...101

000...001

000...000

0

1

512

INPUT VOLTAGE (LSB)

(GND)

1 LSB =

V

REF

1024

FS - 0.5 LSB

Figure 14. Unipolar Transfer Function

011...111

OUTPUT CODE

ZS = AIN-

011...110

000...010

000...001

000...000

111...111

111...110

111...101

100...001

100...000

AIN-

INPUT VOLTAGE (LSB)

+FS - 1 LSB

1 LSB =

V

REF

1024

AIN- ≥

V

REF

2

FS =

V

REF

+ AIN-

2

-FS =

-V

REF

+ AIN-

2

-FS + 0.5 LSB

Figure 15. Bipolar Transfer Function