JAJSAR0B March 2007 – October 2017 LM95214
PRODUCTION DATA.
To suppress erroneous TCRIT1,TCRIT2 and TCRIT3 triggering the LM95214 incorporates a Fault Queue for the unfiltered remote channels 3 and 4. The Fault Queue acts to ensure the remote temperature measurement of these channels is genuinely beyond the corresponding Tcrit limit by not triggering until three consecutive out of limit measurements have been made, see Figure 15 for an example. The Fault Queue defaults on upon power-up. The fault queue for channels 3 and 4 can be turned ON or OFF through bits 0 and 1 of the Configuration Register. When the fault queue is enabled, the TCRIT1, TCRIT2 and TCRIT3 pins will be triggered if the temperature is above the Tcrit limit for 3 consecutive conversions and the corresponding mask bit is 0 in the TCRIT Mask registers. Similarly the temperature needs to be below the Tcrit limit minus the hysteresis value for three consecutive conversions for the TCRIT1, TCRIT2 and TCRIT3 pins to deactivate.
Figure 15. Fault Queue Response Diagram (With 0°C Hysteresis)