AMSCO AS8118

AS8118
Single Phase Instantaneous Energy Metering IC
with On-Chip Calibration, Stepper Motor Drive and LED Output
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The AS8118 offers three different pulse outputs. A
stepper motor drive output for directly driving a stepper
motor display, a LED output for energy consumption
indication and a dedicated high frequency output for fast
single point system calibration.
The AS8118 is available in either surface mount SOIC-18
or dual-in-line DIP-18 packages.
Block Diagram
PROG
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The on-chip anti-creep circuit ensures that the AS8118
does not output pulses when the meter is in a no-load
condition and that the IEC1036 anti-creep test
requirements are fully complied with, for both direct or
transformer connection meters.
VSSD
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VDDD
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Extremely accurate, surpassing the accuracy
requirements of the IEC 1036 Specification less than
0.1% error over a 600 : 1 dynamic range
On-chip programmable current input gain suitable for
use with low-resistance shunt resistor or current
transformer
On-chip programming for output pulse rate selection
On-chip calibration eliminates the need for an external
resistor network or trim-potentiometer
Programmable on-chip creep prevention under noload condition
All on-chip programmable functions may be
reprogrammed a second time
Outputs directly drive an electromechanical counter or
counters with a two phase stepper motor and
consumption LED indicator
Fast calibration pulse output for high speed manual or
automated calibration
On-chip voltage reference and power supply
monitoring
Bi-directional or unidirectional energy measurement,
with direction indication output available
VSSA
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control block and non-volatile calibration memory for the
on-chip programming. The on-chip programming enables
the setting of the current input gain, the anti-creep
threshold, the output pulse rates and the system
calibration. The high level of integration ensures a
minimum number of non-critical external components are
required.
VDDA
Features
FEATURES
Description
Revision 1.7, 22-Nov-04
Σ∆-mod
Digital
Filter
Power
Calculation
IP
IN
Σ∆-mod
Digital
Filter
VREF
XIN
XOUT
CAL
Crystal
Osc
LED
Control
MON
POR
MOP
Figure 1
DIRO
The highly integrated AS8118 design includes all the
required functional blocks. The blocks comprise of analog
to digital converters (ADC) for the voltage and current
channels, digital filters, a digital signal processing block, a
VP
VN
TM
The AS8118 is ideal for use in ‘stand alone’ kWh meter
applications, where the IC directly drives an
electromechanical counter with a two-phase stepper
motor, or for more complex meter applications, the
AS8118 interfaces directly to a micro-controller.
Non-volatile
Calibration
AGND
Buffer
DIRI
The AS8118 is a very accurate single-phase bi-directional
instantaneous energy measurement integrated circuit,
which surpasses all the accuracy requirements for
IEC1036 alternating current static watt-hour meters. The
measured energy is converted into pulses with the
number of output pulses being proportional to the
measured energy.
Block diagram of the AS8118
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