Current monitor promises accurate measurement

Current monitor features a wide common mode input voltage range, from ground to within 2V of the supply voltage.

A wide common mode input voltage range, from ground to within 2V of the supply voltage, ensures that the ZXCT1050 current monitor from Zetex Semiconductors will continue to provide accurate current measurement even if the load is short circuited.

Its current output topology and very low offset voltage increases its versatility and allows it to be optimised for low inline voltage drop.

Able to operate on both high and low sides of the load, the monitor will support dynamic output current limitation circuits in a broad range of applications, from power supply bricks to motor control circuits.

The ZXCT1050 translates the voltage across an external sense resistor into an accurate proportional output current.

Because the monitor's voltage gain is programmable accurately set using two external resistors designers can select the sense resistor value to achieve the best compromise between accuracy and power dissipation.

At 50uA, the current monitor's quiescent current is also 10x less than that of larger packaged alternatives, providing an improvement in overall power efficiency.

The monitor is offered in the compact SOT23-5 format and will operate over an extended industrial temperature range from -40 to +125C.

The ZXCT1050 current monitor is priced at US $0.633 in 1000-unit quantities.

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