SBAS917B August   2019  – May 2021 AMC3301

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. Features
  2. Applications
  3. Description
  4. Revision History
  5. Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. Specifications
    1. 6.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3  Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4  Thermal Information
    5. 6.5  Power Ratings
    6. 6.6  Insulation Specifications
    7. 6.7  Safety-Related Certifications
    8. 6.8  Safety Limiting Values
    9. 6.9  Electrical Characteristics
    10. 6.10 Switching Characteristics
    11. 6.11 Timing Diagram
    12. 6.12 Insulation Characteristics Curves
    13. 6.13 Typical Characteristics
  7. Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1 Analog Input
      2. 7.3.2 Data Isolation Channel Signal Transmission
      3. 7.3.3 Analog Output
      4. 7.3.4 Isolated DC/DC Converter
      5. 7.3.5 Diagnostic Output
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
  8. Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1 Shunt Resistor Sizing
        2. 8.2.2.2 Input Filter Design
        3. 8.2.2.3 Differential to Single-Ended Output Conversion
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curve
      4. 8.2.4 What To Do and What Not To Do
  9. Power Supply Recommendations
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Device Support
      1. 11.1.1 Device Nomenclature
    2. 11.2 Documentation Support
      1. 11.2.1 Related Documentation
    3. 11.3 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    4. 11.4 Support Resources
    5. 11.5 Trademarks
    6. 11.6 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    7. 11.7 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information

Typical Application

The AMC3301 is ideally suited for shunt-based current sensing applications where accurate current monitoring is required in the presence of high common-mode voltages. The AMC3301 integrates an isolated power supply for the high-voltage side and therefore makes the device particularly easy to use in applications that do not have a high-side supply readily available or where a high-side supply is referenced to a different ground potential than the signal to be measured.

Figure 8-1 shows a simplified schematic of the AMC3301 in a solar inverter where the phase current is measured on the grid-side of an LCL filter. Although the system offers a supply for the high-side gate driver, there is a large common-mode voltage between the gate driver supply ground reference and the shunt resistor on the other side of the LCL filter. Therefore, the gate driver supply is not suitable for powering the high-side of an isolated amplifier that measures the voltage across the shunt. The integrated isolated power supply of the AMC3301 solves that problem and enables current sensing at locations that is optimal for the system.

The diagram also shows the AMC3330 being used for sensing the AC output voltage.

GUID-20201220-CA0I-P0LT-DXRG-LK5LJ7DVQV0S-low.gif Figure 8-1 The AMC3301 in a Solar Inverter Application