Texas Instruments INA228 Ultra-Precise Power/Energy/Charge Monitors

Texas Instruments INA228/INA228-Q1 Ultra-Precise Power/Energy/Charge Monitors include a 20-bit delta-sigma ADC and is specifically designed for current-sensing applications. The INA228 measures a full-scale differential input of ±163.84mV or ±40.96mV, across a resistive shunt sense element with common-mode voltage support from –0.3V to +85V.

The TI INA228/INA228-Q1 Ultra-Precise Power/Energy/Charge Monitors report current, bus voltage, temperature, power, energy, and charge accumulation while implementing a precision ±0.5% integrated oscillator, all while performing the needed calculations in the background. The integrated temperature sensor is ±1°C accurate for die temperature measurement and is useful in monitoring the ambient system temperature.

The INA228/INA228-Q1 allows for selectable ADC conversion times from 50µs to 4.12ms and sample averaging from 1x to 1024x, which further helps reduce the noise of the measured data.

Features

  • High-resolution, 20-bit delta-sigma ADC
  • Current monitoring accuracy:
    • Offset voltage of ±1µV (maximum)
    • Offset drift of ±0.01µV/°C (maximum)
    • Gain error of ±0.05% (maximum)
    • Gain error drift of ±20ppm/°C (maximum)
    • Common mode rejection of 154dB (minimum)
  • Power monitoring accuracy of 0.5% full scale, –40°C to 125°C (maximum)
  • Energy and charge accuracy of 1.0% full scale (maximum)
  • Fast alert response of 75μs
  • Wide common-mode range of –0.3V to +85V
  • Bus voltage sense input of 0V to 85V
  • Shunt full-scale differential range of ±163.84mV / ±40.96mV
  • Input bias current of 2.5nA (maximum)
  • Temperature sensor of ±1°C (maximum at 25°C)
  • Programmable resistor temperature compensation
  • Programmable conversion time and averaging
  • 2.94MHz High-Speed I2C interface with 16 pin selectable addresses
  • Operates from a 2.7V to 5.5V supply
    • Operational current of 640µA (typical)
    • Shutdown current of 5µA (maximum)

Applications

  • DC-DC converters and power inverters
  • Industrial battery packs
  • Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
  • Telecom equipment
  • Enterprise servers

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - Texas Instruments INA228 Ultra-Precise Power/Energy/Charge Monitors

Texas Instruments INA228 Ultra-Precise Power/Energy/Charge Monitors