Try this one.
http://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/NCP803-D.PDF

Luiz Fernandes




----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthias Weingart" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Reset was Re: [Mspgcc-users] Guys, what do you think of this...


> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 08:57:50AM +1000, Harry Lemmens wrote:
>
> > Another problem I have seen with the MSP430 is difficulty with Reset. I
> > (now) deliberately load the MSP supply rail with a 1K resistor to drop
the
> > supply rail on powerdown, as otherwise it takes several seconds for the
> > supply to drop enough to guarantee that a correct reset occurs. (A 2u2
> > capacitor takes a long time to discharge through the powering down
current
> > of just the MSP, probably nano-amps below 1 volt...) The Data sheet spec
for
> > reset to be guaranteed is 0.4 to 0.0 volts, the supply can easily hover
in
> > this region for many seconds without some extra load.
>
> Reset and brown out protection is a real problem with the MSP430.
> Your 1k resistor solution is far away from a "low power" design ;-(.  I
have
> no real working solution yet, but a voltage monitor could help to tie the
> supply of the MSP430 low, if the input voltage is low. Unfortunately that
> monitor chips only have one switching element. E.g. Zetex ZXCM209R is
> switching to ground in a reset condition (open collector).
>
> A good solution could be to connect the power supply of the MSP430 to
> the output of a special reset circuit - that circuit should have a
> high side switch and a low side switch.
>  The high side switch is on if the voltage is ok. The MSP gets the power
> through the highside switch. It is off and the low side switch is on
> at power failure to bring the voltage at the MSP430 down very fast.
> I think there is no ready made chip for this and I have not yet a good
> an reliable discrete solution. It is difficult to keep it working below 1
volt,
> pn and zener voltages are temperature dependent, zeners need current ...
> Maybe a combination of a voltage monitor chip and some external components
> could be the solution, but hey I am ending now with 90% of my components
on
> the pcb used for the reset circuit ;-(.
>
>         Matthias
>
>
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