Datasheet ADM1030 Datasheet (Analog Devices)

Intelligent Temperature
a
FEATURES Optimized for Pentium® III: Allows Reduced Guardbanding Software and Automatic Fan Speed Control Automatic Fan Speed Control Allows Control Independent
of CPU Intervention after Initial Setup
Control Loop Minimizes Acoustic Noise and Battery
Consumption
Remote Temperature Measurement Accurate to 1ⴗC
Using Remote Diode
0.125C Resolution on Remote Temperature Channel Local Temperature Sensor with 0.25C Resolution Pulsewidth Modulation Fan Control (PWM) Programmable PWM Frequency Programmable PWM Duty Cycle Tach Fan Speed Measurement Analog Input To Measure Fan Speed of 2-Wire Fans
(Using Sense Resistor)
2-Wire System Management Bus (SMBus) with ARA
Support
Overtemperature THERM Output Pin Programmable INT Output Pin Configurable Offset for All Temperature Channels 3 V to 5.5 V Supply Range Shutdown Mode to Minimize Power Consumption
APPLICATIONS Notebook PCs, Network Servers and Personal Computers Telecommunications Equipment
Monitor and PWM Fan Controller
ADM1030*

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The ADM1030 is an ACPI-compliant two-channel digital ther­mometer and under/over temperature alarm, for use in computers and thermal management systems. Optimized for the Pentium III, the higher 1C accuracy offered allows systems designers to safely reduce temperature guardbanding and increase system performance. A Pulsewidth Modulated (PWM) Fan Control out­put controls the speed of a cooling fan by varying output duty cycle. Duty cycle values between 33%–100% allow smooth control of the fan. The speed of the fan can be monitored via a TACH input for a fan with a tach output. The TACH input can be programmed as an analog input, allowing the speed of a 2-wire fan to be determined via a sense resistor. The device will also detect a stalled fan. A dedicated Fan Speed Control Loop pro­vides control even without the intervention of CPU software. It also ensures that if the CPU or system locks up, the fan can still be controlled based on temperature measurements, and the fan speed adjusted to correct any changes in system temperature. Fan Speed may also be controlled using existing ACPI software. One input (two pins) is dedicated to a remote temperature­sensing diode with an accuracy of ±1C, and a local temperature sensor allows ambient temperature to be monitored. The device has a programmable INT output to indicate error conditions. There is a dedicated FAN_FAULT output to signal fan failure. The THERM pin is a fail-safe output for over-temperature conditions that can be used to throttle a CPU clock.

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

SLAVE
ADDRESS
REGISTER
FA N
CHARACTERISTICS
REGISTER
FAN SPEED
CONFIG
REGISTER
T
MIN/TRANGE
REGISTER
FA N
SPEED
COUNTER
ANALOG
MULTIPLEXER
*Patents pending.
NC
NC
PWM_OUT
TACH/AIN
D+
D–
ADM1030
PWM
CONTROLLER
TACH SIGNAL
CONDITIONING
BANDGAP
TEMPERATURE
SENSOR
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V
CC
SERIAL BUS
INTERFACE
ADDRESS
POINTER
REGISTER
INTERRUPT
STATUS
REGISTER
LIMIT
COMPARATOR
VA L U E A N D LIMIT
REGISTERS
OFFSET
ADC
2.5V
BANDGAP
REFERENCE
GND
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REGISTERS
CONFIGURATION
REGISTER
NC = NO CONNECT
ADD
SDA
SCL
NC
INT
THERM
FAN_FAULT
NC
ADM1030–SPECIFICATIONS
(TA = T
MIN
to T
, VCC = V
MAX
MIN
to V
, unless otherwise noted.)
MAX
1
Parameter Min Typ Max Unit Test Conditions/Comments
POWER SUPPLY
Supply Voltage, V Supply Current, I
CC
CC
3.0 3.30 5.5 V
1.4 3 mA Interface Inactive, ADC Active 32 50 mA Standby Mode
TEMPERATURE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
Internal Sensor Accuracy ± 1 ± 3 C Resolution 0.25 ∞C External Diode Sensor Accuracy ± 1 C60∞C £ T
£ 100C
D
Resolution 0.125 ∞C Remote Sensor Source Current 180 mA High Level
11 mA Low Level
OPEN-DRAIN DIGITAL OUTPUTS (THERM, INT, FAN_FAULT, PWM_OUT)
Output Low Voltage, V High-Level Output Leakage Current, I
OL
OH
0.4 V I
0.1 1 mAV
= –6.0 mA; VCC = 3 V
OUT
= VCC; VCC = 3 V
OUT
DIGITAL INPUT LEAKAGE CURRENT
Input High Current, I Input Low Current, I Input Capacitance, C
DIGITAL INPUT LOGIC LEVELS
IH
IL
IN
2
–1 mAV
1 mAV
5pF
IN
IN
= V = 0
CC
(ADD, THERM, TACH)
Input High Voltage, V Input Low Voltage, V
IH
IL
2.1 V
0.8 V
OPEN-DRAIN SERIAL DATA BUS OUTPUT (SDA)
Output Low Voltage, V High-Level Output Leakage Current, I
OL
OH
0.4 V I
0.1 1 mAV
= –6.0 mA; VCC = 3 V
OUT
= V
OUT
CC
SERIAL BUS DIGITAL INPUTS (SCL, SDA)
Input High Voltage, V Input Low Voltage, V
IH
IL
2.1 V
0.8 V
Hysteresis 500 mV
FAN RPM-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
Accuracy ± 6% 60∞C £ T
£ 100C
A
Resolution 8 Bits TACH Nominal Input RPM 4400 RPM Divisor N = 1, Fan Count = 153
2200 RPM Divisor N = 2, Fan Count = 153 1100 RPM Divisor N = 4, Fan Count = 153 550 RPM Divisor N = 8, Fan Count = 153
Conversion Cycle Time 637 ms
SCLK
SW
BUF
SU;STA
HD;STA
LOW
HIGH
SU;DAT
HD;DAT
3
10 100 kHz See Figure 1
50 ns See Figure 1
4.7 ms See Figure 1
4.7 ms See Figure 1 4 ms See Figure 1
SU;STO
4 ms See Figure 1
1.3 ms See Figure 1 450ms See Figure 1
R
F
1000 ns See Figure 1
300 ns See Figure 1 250 ns See Figure 1 300 ns See Figure 1
SERIAL BUS TIMING
Clock Frequency, f Glitch Immunity, t Bus Free Time, t Start Setup Time, t Start Hold Time, t Stop Condition Setup Time t SCL Low Time, t SCL High Time, t SCL, SDA Rise Time, t SCL, SDA Fall Time, t Data Setup Time, t Data Hold Time, t
NOTES
1
Typicals are at TA = 25C and represent most likely parametric norm. Shutdown current typ is measured with VCC = 3.3 V.
2
ADD is a three-state input that may be pulled high, low or left open-circuit.
3
Timing specifications are tested at logic levels of VIL = 0.8 V for a falling edge and VIH = 2.2 V for a rising edge.
Specifications subject to change without notice.
–2–
REV. A
ADM1030

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS*

Positive Supply Voltage (VCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 V
Voltage on Any Input or Output Pin . . . . . . . . –0.3 V to +6.5 V
Input Current at Any Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ± 5 mA
Package Input Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±20 mA
Maximum Junction Temperature (T
) . . . . . . . . . . 150C
JMAX
Storage Temperature Range . . . . . . . . . . . . –65C to +150∞C
Lead Temperature, Soldering
Vapor Phase 60 sec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215∞C
Infrared 15 sec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200∞C
ESD Rating All Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 V
*Stresses above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause perma-
nent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only; functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those indicated in the operational section of this specification is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.

THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS

16-Lead QSOP Package
qJA = 105C/W, qJC = 39C/W
t
HIGH
t
F
t
SU:DAT
SCL
t
HD:STA
t
LOW
t
R
t
HD:DAT

ORDERING GUIDE

Temperature Package Package
Model Range Description Option
ADM1030ARQ 0C to 100∞C 16-Lead QSOP RQ-16
t
HD:STA
t
SU:STA
t
SU:STO
SDA
t
BUF
S
Figure 1. Diagram for Serial Bus Timing
CAUTION
ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive device. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000 V readily accumulate on the human body and test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the ADM1030 features proprietary ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality.
PSP
REV. A
–3–
ADM1030

PIN FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS

Pin No. Mnemonic Description
1 PWM_OUT Digital Output (Open-Drain). Pulsewidth modulated output to control fan speed. Requires pull-up
resistor (10 kW typical).
2 TACH/AIN Digital/Analog Input. Fan tachometer input to measure fan speed. May be reprogrammed as an
analog input to measure speed of a 2-wire fan via a sense resistor (2 W typical) 3, 4, 11, 12 NC Not Connected. 5 GND System Ground. 6V
CC
7 THERM Digital I/O (Open-Drain). An active low thermal overload output that indicates a violation of a
8 FAN_FAULT Digital Output (Open-Drain). Can be used to signal a fan failure. Requires pull-up resistor
9D– Analog Input. Connected to cathode of an external temperature-sensing diode. The temperature-
10 D+ Analog Input. Connected to anode of the external temperature-sensing diode. 13 ADD Three-state Logic Input. Sets two lower bits of device SMBus address. 14 INT Digital Output (Open-Drain). Can be programmed as an interrupt output for temperature/fan
15 SDA Digital I/O. Serial Bus Bidirectional Data. Open-drain output. Requires pull-up resistor
16 SCL Digital Input. Serial Bus Clock. Requires pull-up resistor (2.2 kW typ).
Power. Can be powered by 3.3 V Standby power if monitoring in low power states is required.
temperature set point (overtemperature). Also acts as an input to provide external fan control.
When this pin is pulled low by an external signal, a status bit is set, and the fan speed is set to full-on.
Requires pull-up resistor (10 kW).
(typically 10 kW).
sensing element is either a Pentium III substrate transistor or a general-purpose 2N3904.
speed interrupts. Requires pull-up resistor (10 kW typical).
(2.2 kW typical).

PIN CONFIGURATION

NC
NC
GND
V
THERM
CC
1
2
3
ADM1030
4
TOP VIEW
5
(Not to Scale)
6
7
8
NC = NO CONNECT
PWM_OUT
TACH/AIN
FAN_FAULT
16
SCL
SDA
15
INT
14
ADD
13
NC
12
NC
11
10
D+
D–
9
–4–
REV. A
Typical Performance Characteristics–ADM1030
DXP – DXN CAPACITANCE – nF
–2
–10
1472.2
REMOTE TEMPERATURE ERROR – ⴗC
3.3
4.7
10 22
–3
–5
–7
–9
–6
1
–11 –12 –13 –14 –15 –16
0
–1
–4
–8
15
10
5
0
–5
–10
–15
REMOTE TEMPERATURE ERROR – ⴗC
–20
1
3.3 LEAKAGE RESISTANCE – M
DXP TO GND
DXP TO VCC (3.3V)
10 30
100
TPC 1. Temperature Error vs. PCB Track Resistance
17
15
13
11
9
7
5
3
REMOTE TEMPERATURE ERROR – ⴗC
1
–1
0
VIN = 200mV p-p
500k 2M
VIN = 100mV p-p
4M 6M 10M 100M 400M
FREQUENCY – Hz
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
READING – C
40
30
20
10
0
06010
20
40 50
30
PIII TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
70 80 90 100 110
TPC 4. Pentium III Temperature Measurement vs. ADM1030 Reading
TPC 2. Temperature Error vs. Power Supply Noise Frequency
7
6
C
5
4
3
2
1
REMOTE TEMPERATURE ERROR –
0
–1
0 400M100k 1M
VIN = 40mV p-p
200M 300M
100M
FREQUENCY – Hz
VIN = 20mV p-p
500M
TPC 3. Temperature Error vs. Common-Mode Noise Frequency
REV. A
TPC 5. Temperature Error vs. Capacitance between D+ and D–
110
100
90
80
A
70
60
50
40
SUPPLY CURRENT –
30
20
10
0
0751
25 50
10
5
SCLK FREQUENCY – kHz
VCC = 5V
VCC = 3.3V
100 250 500 750 1000
TPC 6. Standby Current vs. Clock Frequency
–5–
ADM1030
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
REMOTE TEMPERATURE ERROR – ⴗC
0
–1
0 400M100k
VIN = 30mV p-p
VIN = 20mV p-p
1M
100M FREQUENCY – Hz
200M 300M
500M
0.08
–0.08
–0.16
–0.24
C
–0.32
–0.40
ERROR –
–0.48
–0.56
–0.64
–0.72
–0.80
0
0
20 40 60 80 85 100 105 120
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
TPC 7. Temperature Error vs. Differential-Mode Noise Frequency
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
SUPPLY CURRENT – ␮A
40
20
0
–20
0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1
ADD = V
CC
SUPPLY VOLTAGE – V
ADD = GND
ADD = Hi-Z
2.9 4.5
2.5
TPC 8. Standby Supply Current vs. Supply Voltage
0.16
0.08
0
–0.08
–0.16
–0.24
C
–0.32
–0.40
ERROR –
–0.48
–0.56
–0.64
–0.72
–0.80
–0.88
20 40 60 80 85 100 105 120
0
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
TPC 10. Remote Sensor Error
1.30
1.25
1.20
1.15
1.10
1.05
1.00
0.95
SUPPLY CURRENT – mA
0.90
0.85
0.80
2.0
2.8 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.82.2 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.0
2.4 SUPPLY VOLTAGE – V
TPC 11. Supply Current vs. Supply Voltage
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
30
20
10
0
0
2
4681013579
TIME – Sec
TPC 9. Local Sensor Error
–6–
TPC 12. Response to Thermal Shock
REV. A
ADM1030

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The ADM1030 is a temperature monitor and PWM fan control­ler for microprocessor-based systems. The device communicates with the system via a serial System Management Bus. The serial bus controller has a hardwired address pin for device selection (Pin 13), a serial data line for reading and writing addresses and data (Pin 15), and an input line for the serial clock (Pin 16). All control and programming functions of the ADM1030 are per­formed over the serial bus. The device also supports the SMBus Alert Response Address (ARA) function.

INTERNAL REGISTERS OF THE ADM1030

A brief description of the ADM1030’s principal internal regis­ters is given below. More detailed information on the function of each register is given in Table XII to Table XXVI.

Configuration Register

Provides control and configuration of various functions on the device.

Address Pointer Register

This register contains the address that selects one of the other internal registers. When writing to the ADM1030, the first byte of data is always a register address, which is written to the Address Pointer Register.

Status Registers

These registers provide status of each limit comparison.

Value and Limit Registers

The results of temperature and fan speed measurements are stored in these registers, along with their limit values.

Fan Speed Config Register

This register is used to program the PWM duty cycle for the fan.

Offset Registers

Allows the temperature channel readings to be offset by a 5-bit two’s complement value written to these registers. These values will automatically be added to the temperature values (or sub­tracted from if negative). This allows the systems designer to optimize the system if required, by adding or subtracting up to 15C from a temperature reading.

Fan Characteristics Register

This register is used to select the spin-up time, PWM frequency, and speed range for the fan used.

THERM Limit Registers

These registers contain the temperature values at which THERM will be asserted.
T
MIN/TRANGE
Registers
These registers are read/write registers that hold the minimum temperature value below which the fan will not run when the device is in Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode. These regis­ters also hold the values defining the range over that auto fan control will be provided, and hence determines the temperature at which the fan will run at full speed.

SERIAL BUS INTERFACE

Control of the ADM1030 is carried out via the SMBus. The ADM1030 is connected to this bus as a slave device, under the control of a master device, e.g., the 810 chipset.
The ADM1030 has a 7-bit serial bus address. When the device is powered up, it will do so with a default serial bus address. The five MSBs of the address are set to 01011, the two LSBs are determined by the logical state of Pin 13 (ADD). This is a
REV. A
–7–
three-state input that can be grounded, connected to V
CC
, or left open-circuit to give three different addresses. The state of the ADD pin is only sampled at power-up, so changing ADD with power on will have no effect until the device is powered off, then on again.
Table I. ADD Pin Truth Table
ADD Pin A1 A0 GND 0 0 No Connect 1 0 V
CC
01
If ADD is left open-circuit, the default address will be 0101110.
The facility to make hardwired changes at the ADD pin allows the user to avoid conflicts with other devices sharing the same serial bus, for example, if more than one ADM1030 is used in a system.
The serial bus protocol operates as follows:
1. The master initiates data transfer by establishing a START
condition, defined as a high-to-low transition on the serial data line SDA while the serial clock line SCL remains high. This indicates that an address/data stream will follow. All slave peripherals connected to the serial bus respond to the START condition, and shift in the next 8 bits, consisting of a 7-bit address (MSB first) plus an R/W bit that determines the direction of the data transfer, i.e., whether data will be written to or read from the slave device.
The peripheral whose address corresponds to the transmitted address responds by pulling the data line low during the low period before the ninth clock pulse, known as the Acknowl­edge Bit. All other devices on the bus now remain idle while the selected device waits for data to be read from or written to it. If the R/W bit is a 0, the master will write to the slave device. If the R/W bit is a 1, the master will read from the slave device.
2. Data is sent over the serial bus in sequences of nine clock
pulses, eight bits of data followed by an Acknowledge Bit from the slave device. Transitions on the data line must occur during the low period of the clock signal and remain stable during the high period, as a low-to-high transition when the clock is high may be interpreted as a STOP signal. The number of data bytes that can be transmitted over the serial bus in a single READ or WRITE operation is limited only by what the master and slave devices can handle.
3. When all data bytes have been read or written, stop condi-
tions are established. In WRITE mode, the master will pull the data line high during the tenth clock pulse to assert a STOP condition. In READ mode, the master device will override the acknowledge bit by pulling the data line high during the low period before the ninth clock pulse. This is known as No Acknowledge. The master will then take the data line low during the low period before the tenth clock pulse, then high during the tenth clock pulse to assert a STOP condition.
Any number of bytes of data may be transferred over the serial bus in one operation, but it is not possible to mix read and write in one operation, because the type of operation is determined at the beginning and cannot subsequently be changed without starting a new operation.
ADM1030
In the case of the ADM1030, write operations contain either one or two bytes, and read operations contain one byte, and perform the following functions.
To write data to one of the device data registers or read data from it, the Address Pointer Register must be set so that the correct data register is addressed; data can then be written into that register or read from it. The first byte of a write operation always contains an address that is stored in the Address Pointer Register. If data is to be written to the device, then the write operation contains a second data byte that is written to the register selected by the address pointer register.
This is illustrated in Figure 2a. The device address is sent over the bus followed by R/W set to 0. This is followed by two data bytes. The first data byte is the address of the internal data register to be written to, which is stored in the Address Pointer Register. The second data byte is the data to be written to the internal data register.
When reading data from a register there are two possibilities:
1. If the ADM1030’s Address Pointer Register value is unknown or not the desired value, it is first necessary to set it to the correct value before data can be read from the desired data register. This is done by performing a write to the ADM1030
19
SCL
as before, but only the data byte containing the register address is sent, as data is not to be written to the register. This is shown in Figure 2b.
A read operation is then performed consisting of the serial bus address, R/W bit set to 1, followed by the data byte read from the data register. This is shown in Figure 2c.
2. If the Address Pointer Register is known to be already at the desired address, data can be read from the corresponding data register without first writing to the Address Pointer Register, so Figure 2b can be omitted.
NOTES
1. Although it is possible to read a data byte from a data register without first writing to the Address Pointer Register, if the Address Pointer Register is already at the correct value, it is not possible to write data to a register without writing to the Address Pointer Register, because the first data byte of a write is always written to the Address Pointer Register.
2. In Figures 2a to 2c, the serial bus address is shown as the default value 01011(A1)(A0), where A1 and A0 are set by the three-state ADD pin.
3. The ADM1030 also supports the Read Byte protocol, as described in the System Management Bus specification.
1
9
SDA
START BY
MASTER
0
1011
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
FRAME 1
SCL (CONTINUED)
SDA (CONTINUED)
A0
A1
R/W
ACK. BY
ADM1030
1
D7
D7
D6
D6
ADDRESS POINTER REGISTER BYTE
D5
D5
D4
FRAME 3
DATA BYTE
D4
FRAME 2
D3
D2
D3
D2
D1
D1
D0
D0
9
ACK. BY
ADM1030
ACK. BY
ADM1030
STOP BY
MASTER
Figure 2a. Writing a Register Address to the Address Pointer Register, then Writing Data to the Selected Register
D0
9
ACK. BY
ADM1030
STOP BY MASTER
SCL
SDA
START BY
MASTER
19
0
1011
FRAME 1
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
A0
A1
R/W
ADM1030
ACK. BY
1
D6
D7
ADDRESS POINTER REGISTER BYTE
D5
D4
FRAME 2
D3
D2
D1
Figure 2b. Writing to the Address Pointer Register Only
9
SCL
19
1
SDA
START BY
MASTER
0
1011
SERIAL BUS ADDRESS BYTE
FRAME 1
A0
A1
R/W
ACK. BY
ADM1030
D6
D7
D4
D5
FRAME 2
DATA BYTE FROM ADM1030
D3
D2
Figure 2c. Reading Data from a Previously Selected Register
–8–
D1
D0
NO ACK.
BY MASTER
STOP BY MASTER
REV. A
ADM1030

ALERT RESPONSE ADDRESS

Alert Response Address (ARA) is a feature of SMBus devices that allows an interrupting device to identify itself to the host when multiple devices exist on the same bus.
The INT output can be used as an interrupt output or can be used as an SMBALERT. One or more INT outputs can be connected to a common SMBALERT line connected to the master. If a device’s INT line goes low, the following procedure occurs:
1. SMBALERT pulled low.
2. Master initiates a read operation and sends the Alert Response Address (ARA = 0001 100). This is a general call address that must not be used as a specific device address.
3. The device whose INT output is low responds to the Alert Response Address, and the master reads its device address. The address of the device is now known and can be interro­gated in the usual way.
4. If more than one device’s INT output is low, the one with the lowest device address will have priority, in accordance with normal SMBus arbitration.
5. Once the ADM1030 has responded to the Alert Response Address, it will reset its INT output; however, if the error condition that caused the interrupt persists, INT will be reasserted on the next monitoring cycle.
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Internal Temperature Measurement
The ADM1030 contains an on-chip bandgap temperature sen­sor. The on-chip ADC performs conversions on the output of this sensor and outputs the temperature data in 10-bit two’s complement format. The resolution of the local temperature sensor is 0.25C. The format of the temperature data is shown in Table II.

External Temperature Measurement

The ADM1030 can measure the temperature of an external diode sensor or diode-connected transistor, connected to Pins 9 and 10.
These pins are a dedicated temperature input channel. The function of Pin 7 is as a THERM input/output and is used to flag overtemperature conditions.
The forward voltage of a diode or diode-connected transistor, operated at a constant current, exhibits a negative temperature coefficient of about –2 mV/C. Unfortunately, the absolute value of V
, varies from device to device, and individual
BE
calibration is required to null this out, so the technique is unsuitable for mass production.
The technique used in the ADM1030 is to measure the change in V
when the device is operated at two different currents.
BE
This is given by:
DV
= KT/q ¥ ln (N)
BE
where:
K is Boltzmann’s constant. q is charge on the carrier. T is absolute temperature in Kelvins. N is ratio of the two currents.
Figure 3 shows the input signal conditioning used to measure the output of an external temperature sensor. This figure shows the external sensor as a substrate transistor, provided for tempera­ture monitoring on some microprocessors, but it could equally well be a discrete transistor.
V
DD
REMOTE
SENSING
TRANSISTOR
IN ⴛ II
D+
D–
BIAS
DIODE
BIAS
LOW-PASS
f
FILTER
= 65kHz
C
V
V
OUT+
OUT–
TO
ADC
Figure 3. Signal Conditioning
If a discrete transistor is used, the collector will not be grounded, and should be linked to the base. If a PNP transistor is used, the base is connected to the D– input and the emitter to the D+ input. If an NPN transistor is used, the emitter is connected to the D– input and the base to the D+ input.
One LSB of the ADC corresponds to 0.125C, so the ADM1030 can theoretically measure temperatures from –127∞C to +127.75C, although –127C is outside the operating range for the device. The extended temperature resolution data format is shown in Tables III and IV.
Table II. Temperature Data Format (Local Temperature and Remote Temperature High Bytes)
Temperature (C) Digital Output
–128∞C 1000 0000 –125∞C 1000 0011 –100∞C 1001 1100 –75∞C 1011 0101 –50∞C 1100 1110 –25∞C 1110 0111 –1∞C 1111 1111 0C 0000 0000 +1∞C 0000 0001 +10∞C 0000 1010 +25∞C 0001 1001 +50∞C 0011 0010 +75∞C 0100 1011 +100∞C 0110 0100 +125∞C 0111 1101 +127∞C 0111 1111
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Table III. Remote Sensor Extended Temperature Resolution
Extended Remote Temperature Resolution (C) Low Bits
0.000 000
0.125 001
0.250 010
0.375 011
0.500 100
0.625 101
0.750 110
0.875 111
The extended temperature resolution for the local and remote channels is stored in the Extended Temperature Resolution Register (Register 0x06), and is outlined in Table XVIII.
Table IV. Local Sensor Extended Temperature Resolution
Extended Local Temperature Resolution (C) Low Bits
0.00 00
0.25 01
0.50 10
0.75 11
To prevent ground noise interfering with the measurement, the more negative terminal of the sensor is not referenced to ground, but is biased above ground by an internal diode at the D– input. If the sensor is used in a very noisy environment, a capacitor of value up to 1000 pF may be placed between the D+ and D– inputs to filter the noise.
To measure DV
, the sensor is switched between operating
BE
currents of I and N ¥ I. The resulting waveform is passed through a 65 kHz low-pass filter to remove noise, then to a chopper­stabilized amplifier that performs the functions of amplification and rectification of the waveform to produce a dc voltage pro­portional to DV
. This voltage is measured by the ADC to give
BE
a temperature output in 11-bit two’s complement format. To further reduce the effects of noise, digital filtering is performed by averaging the results of 16 measurement cycles. An external temperature measurement nominally takes 9.6 ms.

LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS

Digital boards can be electrically noisy environments and care must be taken to protect the analog inputs from noise, particu­larly when measuring the very small voltages from a remote diode sensor. The following precautions should be taken:
1. Place the ADM1030 as close as possible to the remote sens­ing diode. Provided that the worst noise sources such as clock generators, data/address buses, and CRTs are avoided, this distance can be 4 to 8 inches.
2. Route the D+ and D– tracks close together, in parallel, with grounded guard tracks on each side. Provide a ground plane under the tracks if possible.
3. Use wide tracks to minimize inductance and reduce noise pick-up. 10 mil track minimum width and spacing is recommended.
GND
D+
D–
GND
10MIL
10MIL
10MIL
10MIL
10MIL
10MIL
10MIL
Figure 4. Arrangement of Signal Tracks
4. Try to minimize the number of copper/solder joints, which can cause thermocouple effects. Where copper/solder joints are used, make sure that they are in both the D+ and D– path and at the same temperature.
Thermocouple effects should not be a major problem as 1∞C corresponds to about 200 mV, and thermocouple voltages are about 3 mV/C of temperature difference. Unless there are two thermocouples with a big temperature differential between them, thermocouple voltages should be much less than 200 mV.
5. Place a 0.1 mF bypass capacitor close to the ADM1030.
6. If the distance to the remote sensor is more than 8 inches, the use of twisted pair cable is recommended. This will work up to about 6 to 12 feet.
7. For really long distances (up to 100 feet) use shielded twisted pair such as Belden #8451 microphone cable. Connect the twisted pair to D+ and D– and the shield to GND close to the ADM1030. Leave the remote end of the shield uncon­nected to avoid ground loops.
Because the measurement technique uses switched current sources, excessive cable and/or filter capacitance can affect the measurement. When using long cables, the filter capacitor C1 may be reduced or removed. In any case the total shunt capaci­tance should not exceed 1000 pF.
Cable resistance can also introduce errors. 1 W series resistance introduces about 0.5C error.

ADDRESSING THE DEVICE

ADD (Pin 13) is a three-state input. It is sampled, on power-up to set the lowest two bits of the serial bus address. Up to three addresses are available to the systems designer via this address pin. This reduces the likelihood of conflicts with other devices attached to the System Management Bus.

THE ADM1030 INTERRUPT SYSTEM

The ADM1030 has two interrupt outputs, INT and THERM. These have different functions. INT responds to violations of software programmed temperature limits and is maskable (described in more detail later).
THERM is intended as a “fail-safe” interrupt output that can­not be masked. If the temperature is below the low temperature limit, the INT pin will be asserted low to indicate an out-of-limit condition. If the temperature exceeds the high temperature limit, the INT pin will also be asserted low. A third limit; THERM limit, may be programmed into the device to set the temperature limit above which the overtemperature THERM pin will be
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asserted low. The behavior of the high limit and THERM limit is as follows:
1. Whenever the temperature measured exceeds the high tem-
perature limit, the INT pin is asserted low.
2. If the temperature exceeds the THERM limit, the THERM
output asserts low. This can be used to throttle the CPU clock. If the THERM-to-Fan Enable bit (Bit 7 of THERM behavior/revision register) is cleared to 0, the fan will not run full-speed. The THERM limit may be programmed at a lower temperature than the high temperature limit. This allows the system to run in silent mode, where the CPU can be throttled while the cooling fan is off. If the temperature continues to increase, and exceeds the high temperature limit, an INT is generated. Software may then decide whether the fan should run to cool the CPU. This allows the system to run in SILENT MODE.
3. If the THERM-to-Fan Enable bit is set to 1, the fan will run full-speed whenever THERM is asserted low. In this case, both throttling and active cooling take place. If the high temperature limit is programmed to a lower value than the THERM limit, exceeding the high temperature limit will assert INT low. Software could change the speed of the fan depending on temperature readings. If the temperature con­tinues to increase and exceeds the THERM limit, THERM asserts low to throttle the CPU and the fan runs full-speed. This allows the system to run in PERFORMANCE MODE, where active cooling takes place and the CPU is only throttled at high temperature.
Using the high temperature limit and the THERM limit in this way allows the user to gain maximum performance from the system by only slowing it down, should it be at a critical temperature.
Although the ADM1030 does not have a dedicated Interrupt Mask Register, clearing the appropriate enable bits in Configu­ration Register 2 will clear the appropriate interrupts and mask out future interrupts on that channel. Disabling interrupt bits will prevent out-of-limit conditions from generating an interrupt or setting a bit in the Status Registers.

USING THERM AS AN INPUT

The THERM pin is an open-drain input/output pin. When used as an output, it signals over-temperature conditions. When asserted low as an output, the fan will be driven full-speed if the THERM-to-Fan Enable bit is set to 1 (Bit 7 of Register 0x3F). When THERM is pulled low as an input, the THERM bit (Bit 7) of Status Register 2 is set to 1, and the fan is driven full-speed. Note that the THERM-to-Fan Enable bit has no effect when­ever THERM is used as an input. If THERM is pulled low as an input, and the THERM-to-Fan Enable bit = 0, the fan will still be driven full-speed. The THERM-to-Fan Enable bit only affects the behavior of THERM when used as an output.

STATUS REGISTERS

All out-of-limit conditions are flagged by status bits in Status Registers 1 and 2 (0x02, 0x03). Bits 0 and 1 (Alarm Speed, Fan Fault) of Status Register 1, once set, may be cleared by reading Status Register 1. Once the Alarm Speed bit is cleared, this bit will not be reasserted on the next monitoring cycle even if the
condition still persists. This bit may be reasserted only if the fan is no longer at Alarm Speed. Bit 1 (Fan Fault) is set whenever a fan tach failure is detected.
Once cleared, it will reassert on subsequent fan tach failures.
Bits 2 and 3 of Status Register 1 are the Remote Temperature High and Low status bits. Exceeding the high or low temperature limits for the external channel sets these status bits. Reading the status register clears these bits. However, these bits will be reasserted if the out-of limit condition still exists on the next monitoring cycle. Bits 6 and 7 are the Local Temperature High and Low status bits. These behave exactly the same as the Remote Temper­ature High and Low status bits. Bit 4 of Status Register 1 indicates that the Remote Temperature THERM limit has been exceeded. This bit gets cleared on a read of Status Register 1 (see Figure 5). Bit 5 indicates a Remote Diode Error. This bit will be a 1 if a short or open is detected on the Remote Temperature channel on power-up. If this bit is set to 1 on power-up, it cannot be cleared. Bit 6 of Status Register 2 (0x03) indicates that the Local THERM limit has been exceeded. This bit is cleared on a read of Status Register 2. Bit 7 indicates that THERM has been pulled low as an input. This bit can also be cleared on a read of Status Register 2.
THERM LIMIT
5
TEMP
THERM
INT REARMED
INT
STATUS REG. READ
Figure 5. Operation of
THERM
and
INT
Signals
Figure 5 shows the interaction between INT and THERM. Once a critical temperature THERM limit is exceeded, both INT and THERM assert low. Reading the Status Registers clears the interrupt and the INT pin goes high. However, the THERM pin remains asserted until the measured temperature falls 5C below the exceeded THERM limit. This feature can be used to CPU throttle or drive a fan full-speed for maximum cooling. Note, that the INT pin for that interrupt source is not rearmed until the temperature has fallen below the THERM limit –5C. This prevents unnecessary interrupts from tying up valuable CPU resources.

MODES OF OPERATION

The ADM1030 has four different modes of operation. These modes determine the behavior of the system.
1. Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode.
2. Filtered Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode.
3. PWM Duty Cycle Select Mode (directly sets fan speed under software control).
4. RPM Feedback Mode.
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AUTOMATIC FAN SPEED CONTROL

The ADM1030 has a local temperature channel and a remote temperature channel, which may be connected to an on-chip diode-connected transistor on a CPU. These two temperature channels may be used as the basis for an automatic fan speed control loop to drive a fan using Pulsewidth Modulation (PWM).

HOW DOES THE CONTROL LOOP WORK?

The Automatic Fan Speed Control Loop is shown in Fig­ure 6 below.
MAX
FA N
SPEED
MIN
SPIN UP FOR 2 SECONDS
T
MIN
TEMPERATURE
T
= T
+ T
MAX
MIN
RANGE
Figure 6. Automatic Fan Speed Control
In order for the fan speed control loop to work, certain loop parameters need to be programmed into the device.
1. T
. The temperature at which the fan should switch on
MIN
and run at minimum speed. The fan will only turn on once the temperature being measured rises above the T
MIN
value programmed. The fan will spin up for a predetermined time (default = 2 secs). See Fan Spin-Up section for more details.
2. T
. The temperature range over which the ADM1030
RANGE
will automatically adjust the fan speed. As the temperature increases beyond T increased accordingly. The T
, the PWM_OUT duty cycle will be
MIN
parameter actually defines
RANGE
the fan speed versus temperature slope of the control loop.
3. T
. The temperature at which the fan will be at its maxi-
MAX
mum speed. At this temperature, the PWM duty cycle driving the fan will be 100%. T
. Since this parameter is the sum of the T
T
RANGE
T
parameters, it does not need to be programmed into
RANGE
is given by T
MAX
MIN
MIN
and
+
a register on-chip.
4. A hysteresis value of 5
C is included in the control loop to prevent the fan continuously switching on and off if the tem­perature is close to T such time as the temperature drops 5
. The fan will continue to run until
MIN
C below T
MIN
.
Figure 7 shows the different control slopes determined by the T
value chosen, and programmed into the ADM1030.
RANGE
T
was set to 0∞C to start all slopes from the same point. It
MIN
can be seen how changing the T
value affects the PWM
RANGE
duty cycle versus temperature slope.
100
C
93
= 5
C
87
80
73
66
60
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
53
47
40
33
0
T
MIN
Figure 7. PWM Duty Cycle vs. Temperature Slopes (T
Figure 8 shows how, for a given T value affects the loop. Increasing the T the T
MAX
since T
RANGE
= 10
RANGE
T
RANGE
T
= 20
C
T
510 20 406080
C
= 40
RANGE
T
C
= 80
RANGE
T
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
, changing the T
RANGE
value will increase
MIN
T
MAX
= T
MIN
+ T
RANGE
RANGE
MIN
)
(temperature at which the fan runs full speed) value,
MAX
= T
MIN
+ T
. Note, however, that the PWM
RANGE
Duty Cycle vs Temperature slope remains exactly the same. Changing the T
may be changed in increments of 4∞C.
T
MIN
100
93
87
80
73
66
60
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
53
47
40
33
0
T
MIN
Figure 8. Effect of Increasing T
value merely shifts the control slope. The
MIN
C
= 40
RANGE
T
20 40 60 80
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
C
= 40
RANGE
T
Value on Control Loop
MIN
T
T
MAX
= 40
RANGE
= T
MIN
C
+ T
RANGE

FAN SPIN-UP

As was previously mentioned, once the temperature being mea­sured exceeds the T
value programmed, the fan will turn on
MIN
at minimum speed (default = 33% duty cycle). However, the problem with fans being driven by PWM is that 33% duty cycle is not enough to reliably start the fan spinning. The solution is to spin the fan up for a predetermined time, and once the fan has spun up, its running speed may be reduced in line with the temperature being measured.
The ADM1030 allows fan spin-up times between 200 ms and 8 seconds. Bits <2:0> of Fan Characteristics Register 1 (Register 0x20) program the fan spin-up time.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
0
100
93
87
80
73
66
60
53
47
40
33
T
MIN
T
MAX
= T
MIN
+ T
RANGE
20 40 60
T
RANGE
= 40
C
Once the Automatic Fan Speed Control Loop parameters have been chosen, the ADM1030 device may be programmed. The ADM1030 is placed into Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode by setting Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Register 0x00). The device powers up into Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode by default. The control mode offers further flexibility in that the user can decide which temperature channel/chan­nels control the fan.
Bits 6, 5 Control Operation (Config Register 1)
00 Remote Temperature Controls the Fan. 11 Maximum Speed Calculated by Local and Remote
When Bits 5 and 6 of Config Register 1 are both set to 1, it offers increased flexibility. The local and remote temperature channels can have independently programmed control loops with different control parameters. Whichever control loop calculates the fastest fan speed based on the temperature being measured, drives the fan.
Figure 9 shows how the fan’s PWM duty cycle is determined by two independent control loops. This is the type of Auto Mode Fan Behavior seen when Bits 5 and 6 of Config Register 1 are set to 11. Figure 9a shows the control loop for the Local Tem­perature channel. Its T and its T thus be 60C. Figure 9b shows the control loop for the Remote Temperature channel. Its T T
RANGE
value will be 80∞C.
Consider if both temperature channels measure 40C. Both control loops will calculate a PWM duty cycle of 66%. There­fore, the fan will be driven at 66% duty cycle.
If both temperature channels measure 20C, the local channel will calculate 33% PWM duty cycle, while the remote channel will calculate 50% PWM duty cycle. Thus, the fan will be driven at 50% PWM duty cycle. Consider the local temperature measuring 60C while the remote temperature is measuring 70C. The PWM duty cycle calculated by the local temperature control loop will be 100% (since the temperature = T PWM duty cycle calculated by the remote temperature control loop at 70C will be approximately 90%. So the fan will run full-speed (100% duty cycle). Remember, that the fan speed will be based on the fastest speed calculated, and is not necessarily based on the highest temperature measured. Depending on the control loop parameters programmed, a lower temperature on
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Table V. Fan Spin-Up Times
Spin-Up Time
Bits 2:0 (Fan Characteristics Register 1)
000 200 ms 001 400 ms 010 600 ms 011 800 ms 100 1 sec 101 2 secs (Default) 110 4 secs 111 8 secs
Table VI. Auto Mode Fan Behavior
Temperature Channels Control the Fan.
value has been programmed to 20C,
value is 40C. The local temperature’s T
RANGE
MIN
value has been set to 0C, while its
MIN
= 80C. Therefore, the Remote Temperature’s T
MAX
MAX
MAX
). The
will
one channel, may actually calculate a faster speed, than a higher temperature on the other channel.
a.
100
93
87
80
73
66
60
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
53
47
40
33
0
T
MIN
T
20 40 8070
REMOTE TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
RANGE
= 80
C
T
= T
MIN
+ T
MAX
b. Figure 9. Max Speed Calculated by Local and Remote Temperature Control Loops Drives Fan

PROGRAMMING THE AUTOMATIC FAN SPEED CONTROL LOOP

1. Program a value for T
2. Program a value for the slope T
3. T
MAX
= T
MIN
+ T
MIN
RANGE
.
.
RANGE
.
4. Program a value for Fan Spin-up Time.
5. Program the desired Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode Behavior, i.e., which temperature channel controls the fan.
6. Select Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode by setting Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1.

OTHER CONTROL LOOP PARAMETERS

Having programmed all the above loop parameters, are there any other parameters to worry about?
T
was defined as being the temperature at which the fan switched
MIN
on and ran at minimum speed. This minimum speed is 33% duty cycle by default. If the minimum PWM duty cycle is programmed to 33%, the fan control loops will operate as previously described.
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It should be noted however, that changing the minimum PWM duty cycle affects the control loop behavior.
Slope 1 of Figure 10 shows T
set to 0C and the T
MIN
RANGE
chosen is 40C. In this case, the fan’s PWM duty cycle will vary over the range 33% to 100%. The fan will run full-speed at 40C. If the minimum PWM duty cycle at which the fan runs at
is changed, its effect can be seen on Slopes 2 and 3. Take
T
MIN
Case 2, where the minimum PWM duty cycle is reprogrammed from 33% (default) to 53%.
100
93
87
80
73
66
60
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
53
47
40
33
T
MIN
16 28 40 600
TEMPERATURE – ⴗC
RANGE
T
= 40
C
Figure 10. Effect of Changing Minimum Duty Cycle on Control Loop with Fixed T
MIN
and T
RANGE
Values
The fan will actually reach full-speed at a much lower tempera­ture, 28C. Case 3 shows that when the minimum PWM duty cycle was increased to 73%, the temperature at which the fan ran full-speed was 16C. So the effect of increasing the mini­mum PWM duty cycle, with a fixed T that the fan will actually reach full-speed (T temperature than T
MIN
+ T
RANGE
. How can T
and fixed T
MIN
MAX
) at a lower
be calculated?
MAX
RANGE
, is
In Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode, the register that holds the minimum PWM duty cycle at T
, is the Fan Speed
MIN
Config Register (Register 0x22). Table VII shows the relation­ship between the decimal values written to the Fan Speed Config Register and PWM duty cycle obtained.
Table VII. Programming PWM Duty Cycle
Decimal Value PWM Duty Cycle
00 0% 01 7% 02 14% 03 20% 04 27% 05 33% (Default) 06 40% 07 47% 08 53% 09 60% 10 (0x0A) 67% 11 (0x0B) 73% 12 (0x0C) 80% 13 (0x0D) 87% 14 (0x0E) 93% 15 (0x0F) 100%
The temperature at which the fan will run full-speed (100% duty cycle) is given by:
T
MAX
= T
+ ((Max DC – Min DC) ¥ T
MIN
RANGE
/10)
where,
T
T
MAX
MIN
=Temperature at which fan runs full-speed.
=Temperature at which fan will turn on.
Max DC =Maximum Duty Cycle (100%) = 15 decimal.
Min DC =Duty Cycle at T
, programmed into Fan Speed
MIN
Config Register (default = 33% = 5 decimal).
T
RANGE
=PWM Duty Cycle versus Temperature Slope.
Example 1
T
MIN
=0∞C, T
RANGE
= 40∞C
Min DC = 53% = 8 decimal (Table VII)
Calculate T
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
.
MAX
=T
+ ((Max DC – Min DC) ¥ T
MIN
RANGE
=0 + ((100% DC – 53% DC) ¥ 40/10)
=0 + ((15 – 8) ¥ 4) = 28
= 28ⴗC (As seen on Slope 2 of Figure 10)
/10)
Example 2
T
MIN
=0∞C, T
RANGE
= 40∞C
Min DC = 73% = 11 Decimal (Table VII)
Calculate T
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
.
MAX
=T
+ ((Max DC – Min DC) ¥ T
MIN
RANGE
=0 + ((100% DC – 73% DC) ¥ 40/10)
=0 + ((15 – 11) ¥ 4) = 16
= 16ⴗC (As seen on Slope 3 of Figure 10)
/10)
Example 3
T
MIN
=0∞C, T
RANGE
= 40C
Min DC = 33% = 5 Decimal (Table VII)
Calculate T
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
T
MAX
.
MAX
=T
+ ((Max DC – Min DC) ¥ T
MIN
RANGE
=0 + ((100% DC – 33% DC) ¥ 40/10)
=0 + ((15 – 5) ¥ 4) = 40
= 40ⴗC (As seen on Slope 1 of Figure 10)
/10)
In this case, since the Minimum Duty Cycle is the default 33%, the equation for T
T
T
T
T
MAX
MAX
MAX
MAX
=T
=T
=T
= T
reduces to:
MAX
+ ((Max DC – Min DC) ¥ T
MIN
+ ((15 – 5) ¥ T
MIN
+ (10 ¥ T
MIN
+ T
MIN
RANGE
RANGE
RANGE
/10)
/10)
RANGE
/10)
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RELEVANT REGISTERS FOR AUTOMATIC FAN SPEED CONTROL MODE Register 0x00 Configuration Register 1
<7> Logic 1 selects Automatic Fan Speed Control, Logic 0
selects software control (Default = 1).
<6:5> 00 = Remote Temperature controls Fan
11 = Fastest Calculated Speed controls the fan when Bit 7 = Logic 1.
Register 0x20 Fan Characteristics Register 1
<2:0> Fan 1 Spin-Up Time
000 = 200 ms 001 = 400 ms 010 = 600 ms 011 = 800 ms 100 = 1 sec 101 = 2 secs (Default) 110 = 4 secs 111 = 8 secs
<5:3> PWM Frequency Driving the Fan
000 = 11.7 Hz 001 = 15.6 Hz 010 = 23.4 Hz 011 = 31.25 Hz (Default) 100 = 37.5 Hz 101 = 46.9 Hz 110 = 62.5 Hz 111 = 93.5 Hz
<7:6> Speed Range N; defines the lowest fan speed that can be
measured by the device. 00 = 1: Lowest Speed = 2647 RPM 01 = 2: Lowest Speed = 1324 RPM 10 = 4: Lowest Speed = 662 RPM 11 = 8: Lowest Speed = 331 RPM

Register 0x22 Fan Speed Configuration Register

<3:0> Min Speed: This nibble contains the speed at which the
fan will run when the temperature is at T
. The default
MIN
is 0x05, meaning that the fan will run at 33% duty cycle when the temperature is at T
MIN
.
Register 0x24 Local Temp T
<7:3> Local Temp T
MIN
MIN/TRANGE
. These bits set the temperature at which the fan will turn on when under Auto Fan Speed Control. T
can be programmed in 4C increments.
MIN
00000 = 0∞C 00001 = 4∞C 00010 = 8∞C 00011 = 12∞C | | 01000 = 32C (Default) | | 11110 = 120∞C 11111 = 124∞C
<2:0> Local Temperature T
. This nibble sets the tem-
RANGE
perature range over which Automatic Fan Speed Control takes place. 000 = 5∞C 001 = 10∞C 010 = 20∞C 011 = 40∞C 100 = 80∞C
Register 0x25 Remote Temperature T
<7:3> Remote Temperature T
MIN/TRANGE
. Sets the temperature at
MIN
which the fan will switch on based on Remote Tempera­ture Readings. 00000 = 0∞C 00001 = 4∞C 00010 = 8∞C 00011 = 12∞C | | 01100 = 48∞C | |
11110 = 120 11111 = 124
<2:0> Remote Temperature T
C
C
. This nibble sets the tem-
RANGE
perature range over which the fan will be controlled based on Remote Temperature readings. 000 = 5∞C 001 = 10∞C 010 = 20∞C 011 = 40∞C 100 = 80∞C
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FILTERED CONTROL MODE

The Automatic Fan Speed Control Loop reacts instantaneously to changes in temperature, i.e., the PWM duty cycle will respond immediately to temperature change. In certain circumstances, we may not want the PWM output to react instantaneously to temperature changes. If significant variations in temperature were found in a system, it would have the effect of changing the fan speed, which could be obvious to someone in close proxim­ity. One way to improve the system’s acoustics would be to slow down the loop so that the fan ramps slowly to its newly calculated fan speed. This also ensures that temperature transients will effectively be ignored, and the fan’s operation will be smooth.
There are two means by which to apply filtering to the Auto­matic Fan Speed Control Loop. The first method is to ramp the fan speed at a predetermined rate, to its newly calculated value instead of jumping directly to the new fan speed. The second approach involves changing the on-chip ADC sample rate, to change the number of temperature readings taken per second.
The filtered mode on the ADM1030 is invoked by setting Bit 0 of the Fan Filter Register (Register 0x23). Once the Fan Filter Register has been written to, and all other control loop param­eters (T
MIN
, T
, etc.) have been programmed, the device
RANGE
may be placed into Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode by setting Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Register 0x00) to 1.

Effect of Ramp Rate on Filtered Mode

Bits <6:5> of the Fan Filter Register determine the ramp rate in Filtered Mode. The PWM_OUT signal driving the fan will have a period, T, given by the PWM_OUT drive frequency, f, since T = 1/f. For a given PWM period, T, the PWM period is subdi­vided into 240 equal time slots. One time slot corresponds to the smallest possible increment in PWM duty cycle. A PWM signal of 33% duty cycle will thus be high for 1/3 ¥ 240 time slots and low for 2/3 ¥ 240 time slots. Therefore, 33% PWM duty cycle corresponds to a signal which is high for 80 time slots and low for 160 time slots.
PWM_OUT
33% DUTY
CYCLE
80 TIME
SLOTS
160 TIME
SLOTS
PWM OUTPUT
(ONE PERIOD) =
240 TIME SLOTS
Figure 11. 33% PWM Duty Cycle Represented in Time Slots
The ramp rates in Filtered Mode are selectable between 1, 2, 4, and 8. The ramp rates are actually discrete time slots. For example, if the ramp rate = 8, then eight time slots will be added to the PWM_OUT high duty cycle each time the PWM_OUT duty cycle needs to be increased. Figure 12 shows how the Filtered Mode algorithm operates.
READ
TEMPERATURE
CALCULATE
NEW PWM
DUTY CYCLE
DECREMENT
YES
NO
PREVIOUS
PWM VALUE
BY RAMP
RATE
IS NEW
PWM VALUE >
PREVIOUS
VALUE?
INCREMENT
PREVIOUS PWM
VALUE BY RAMP
RATE
Figure 12. Filtered Mode Algorithm
The Filtered Mode algorithm calculates a new PWM duty cycle based on the temperature measured. If the new PWM duty cycle value is greater than the previous PWM value, the previous PWM duty cycle value is incremented by either 1, 2, 4, or 8 time slots (depending on the setting of bits <6:5> of the Fan Filter Regis­ter). If the new PWM duty cycle value is less than the previous PWM value, the previous PWM duty cycle is decremented by 1, 2, 4, or 8 time slots. Each time the PWM duty cycle is incremented or decremented, it is stored as the previous PWM duty cycle for the next comparison.
So what does an increase of 1, 2, 4, or 8 time slots actually mean in terms of PWM duty cycle?
A Ramp Rate of 1 corresponds to one time slot, which is 1/240 of the PWM period. In Filtered Auto Fan Speed Control Mode, incrementing or decrementing by 1 changes the PWM output duty cycle by 0.416%.
Table VIII. Effect of Ramp Rates on PWM_OUT
Ramp Rate PWM Duty Cycle Change
1 0.416% 2 0.833% 4 1.66% 8 3.33%
So programming a ramp rate of 1, 2, 4, or 8 simply increases or decreases the PWM duty cycle by the amounts shown in Table V, depending on whether the temperature is increasing or decreasing.
Figure 13 shows remote temperature plotted against PWM duty cycle for Filtered Mode. The ADC sample rate is the highest sample rate; 11.25 kHz. The ramp rate is set to 8 which would correspond to the fastest ramp rate. With these settings it took approximately 12 seconds to go from 0% duty cycle to 100% duty cycle (full-speed). The T
value = 32C and the T
MIN
RANGE
= 80C. It can be seen that even though the temperature increased very rapidly, the fan gradually ramps up to full speed.
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TIME – s
0 112
120
80
40
60
20
0
140
80
60
40
20
0
110
120
100
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
R
TEMP
C
R
TEMP
PWM DUTY CYCLE
140
120
100
C
80
60
TEMP
R
40
20
0
012
R
Figure 13. Filtered Mode with Ramp Rate = 8
Figure 14 shows how changing the ramp rate from 8 to 4 affects the control loop. The overall response of the fan is slower. Since the ramp rate is reduced, it takes longer for the fan to achieve full running speed. In this case, it took approximately 22 seconds for the fan to reach full speed.
120
110
80
C
60
TEMP
R
40
20
0
022
R
Figure 14. Filtered Mode with Ramp Rate = 4
Figure 15 shows the PWM output response for a ramp rate of 2. In this instance the fan took about 54 seconds to reach full running speed.
140
120
100
C
80
TEMP
60
R
40
20
0
054
Figure 15. Filtered Mode with Ramp Rate = 2
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R
TEMP
PWM DUTY CYCLE
TIME – s
TEMP
PWM DUTY CYCLE
TIME – s
TEMP
PWM DUTY CYCLE
TIME – s
120
100
80
60
40
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
20
0
140
120
100
80
60
40
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
20
0
120
100
80
60
40
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
20
0
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Finally, Figure 16 shows how the control loop reacts to tem­perature with the slowest ramp rate. The ramp rate is set to 1, while all other control parameters remain the same. With the slowest ramp rate selected it took 112 seconds for the fan to reach full speed.
Figure 16. Filtered Mode with Ramp Rate = 1
As can be seen from Figures 13 through 16, the rate at which the fan will react to temperature change is dependent on the ramp rate selected in the Fan Filter Register. The higher the ramp rate, the faster the fan will reach the newly calculated fan speed.
Figure 17 shows the behavior of the PWM output as tempera­ture varies. As the temperature is rising, the fan speed will ramp up. Small drops in temperature will not affect the ramp-up func­tion since the newly calculated fan speed will still be higher than the previous PWM value. The Filtered Mode allows the PWM output to be made less sensitive to temperature variations. This will be dependent on the ramp rate selected and the ADC sample rate programmed into the Fan Filter Register.
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
C
50 50
TEMP
40 40
R
30 30
20 20
10 10
00
PWM DUTY CYCLE
R
TEMP
TIME – s
PWM DUTY CYCLE – %
Figure 17. How Fan Reacts to Temperature Variation in Filtered Mode
ADM1030

Effect of ADC Sample Rate on Filtered Mode

The second means by which to change the Filtered Mode char­acteristics is to adjust the ADC sample rate. The faster the ADC sample rate, the more temperature samples are obtained per second. One way to apply filtering to the control loop is to slow down the ADC sampling rate. This means that the num­ber of iterations of the Filtered Mode algorithm per second are effectively reduced. If the number of temperature measure­ments per second are reduced, how often the PWM_OUT signal controlling the fan is updated is also reduced.
Bits <4:2> of the Fan Filter Register (Reg 0x23) set the ADC sample rate. The default ADC sample rate is 1.4 kHz. The ADC sample rate is selectable from 87.5 Hz to 11.2 kHz. Table IX shows how many temperature samples are obtained per second, for each of the ADC sample rates.
Table IX. Temperature Updates per Second
ADC Sample Rate Temperature Updates/Sec
87.5 Hz 0.0625 175 Hz 0.125 350 Hz 0.25 700 Hz 0.5
1.4 kHz 1 (Default)
2.8 kHz 2
5.6 kHz 4
11.2 kHz 8

PROGRAMMING THE FILTERED AUTOMATIC FAN SPEED CONTROL LOOP

1. Program a value for T
2. Program a value for the slope T
3. T
MAX
= T
MIN
+ T
MIN
RANGE
.
.
RANGE
.
4. Program a value for Fan Spin-up Time.
5. Program the desired Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode Behavior, i.e., which temperature channel controls the fan.
6. Program a ramp rate for the filtered mode.
7. Program the ADC sample rate in the Fan Filter Register.
8. Set Bit 0 to enable fan filtered mode for the fan.
9. Select Automatic Fan Speed Control Mode by setting Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1.

PWM DUTY CYCLE SELECT MODE

The ADM1030 may be operated under software control by clear­ing Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Register 0x00). This allows the user to directly control PWM Duty Cycle.
Clearing Bit 5 of Configuration Register 1 allows fan control by varying PWM duty cycle. Values of duty cycle between 0% to 100% may be written to the Fan Speed Config Register (0x22) to control the speed of the fan. Table X shows the relationship between hex values written to the Fan Speed Configuration Register and PWM duty cycle obtained.

RELEVANT REGISTERS FOR FILTERED AUTOMATIC FAN SPEED CONTROL MODE

In addition to the registers used to program the normal Auto­matic Fan Speed Control Mode, the following register needs to be programmed.

Register 0x23 Fan Filter Register

<7> Spin-up Disable :- when this bit is set to 1, fan spin-up
is disabled. (Default = 0)
<6:5> Ramp Rate: these bits set the ramp rate for filtered mode.
00 = 1 (0.416% Duty Cycle Change) 01 = 2 (0.833% Duty Cycle Change) 10 = 4 (1.66% Duty Cycle Change) 11 = 8 (3.33% Duty Cycle Change)
<4:2> ADC Sample Rate
000 = 87.5 Hz 001 = 175 Hz 010 = 350 Hz 011 = 700 Hz 100 = 1.4 kHz (Default) 101 = 2.8 kHz 110 = 5.6 kHz 111 = 11.2 kHz
<1> Unused. Default = 0
<0> Fan 1 Filter Enable: when this bit is set to 1, it enables
filtering on Fan 1. Default = 0.
Table X. PWM Duty Cycle Select Mode
Hex Value PWM Duty Cycle
00 0% 01 7% 02 14% 03 20% 04 27% 05 33% 06 40% 07 47% 08 53% 09 60% 0A 67% 0B 73% 0C 80% 0D 87% 0E 93% 0F 100%
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RPM FEEDBACK MODE

The second method of fan speed control under software is RPM Feedback Mode. This involves programming the desired fan RPM value to the device to set fan speed. The advantages include a very tightly maintained fan RPM over the fan’s life, and virtu­ally no acoustic pollution due to fan speed variation.
Fans typically have manufacturing tolerances of ±20%, meaning a wide variation in speed for a typical batch of identical fan models. If it is required that all fans run at exactly 5000 RPM, it may be necessary to specify fans with a nominal fan speed of 6250 RPM. However, many of these fans will run too fast and make excess noise. A fan with nominal speed of 6250 RPM could run as fast as 7000 RPM at 100% PWM duty cycle. RPM Mode will allow all of these fans to be programmed to run at the desired RPM value.
Clearing Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Reg 0x00) to 0 places the ADM1030 under software control. Once under soft­ware control, the device may be placed in to RPM Feedback Mode by writing to Bit 5 of Configuration Register 1. Writing a 1 to Bit 5 selects RPM Feedback Mode for the fan. Once RPM Feedback Mode has been selected, the required fan RPM may be written to the Fan Tach High Limit Register (0x10). The RPM Feedback Mode function allows a fan RPM value to be programmed into the device, and the ADM1030 will maintain the selected RPM value by monitoring the fan tach and speed­ing up the fan as necessary, should the fan start to slow down. Conversely, should the fan start to speed up due to aging, the RPM feedback will slow the fan down to maintain the correct RPM speed. The value to be programmed into each Fan Tach High Limit Register is given by:
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
where:
f = 11.25 kHz
R = desired RPM value
N = Speed Range; MUST be set to 2
The speed range, N, really determines what the slowest fan speed measured can be before generating an interrupt. The slowest fan speed will be measured when the count value reaches 255.
Since speed range, N, = 2,
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
R = (f ¥ 60)/Count ¥ N
R = (11250 ¥ 60)/255 ¥ 2
R = (675000)/510
R = 1324 RPM, fan fail detect speed.

Programming RPM Values in RPM Feedback Mode

Rather than writing a value such as 5000 to a 16-bit register, an 8-bit count value is programmed instead. The count to be pro­grammed is given by:
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
where:
f = 11.25 kHz
R = desired RPM value
N = Speed Range = 2
Example 1:
If the desired value for RPM Feedback Mode is 5000 RPM, what value needs to be programmed for Count?
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
Since the desired RPM value, R, is 5000 RPM, the value for Count is:
N = 2:
Count = (11250 ¥ 60)/5000 ¥ 2
Count = 675000/10000
Count = 67 (assumes 2 tach pulses/rev).
Example 2:
If the desired value for RPM Feedback Mode is 3650 RPM, what value needs to be programmed for Count?
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
Since the desired RPM value, R, is 3650 RPM, the value for Count is:
N = 2:
Count = (11250 ¥ 60)/3650 ¥ 2
Count = 675000/7300
Count = 92 (assumes 2 tach pulses/rev).
Once the count value has been calculated, it should be written to the Fan Tach High Limit Register. It should be noted that in RPM Feedback Mode, there is no high limit register for under­speed detection that can be programmed as there are in the other fan speed control modes. The only time each fan will indicate a fan failure condition is whenever the count reaches
255. Since the speed range N = 2, the fan will fail if its speed drops below 1324 RPM.

Programming RPM Values

1. Choose the RPM value to be programmed.
2. Set speed range value, N = 2.
3. Calculate count value based on RPM and speed range val­ues chosen. Use Count Equation to calculate Count Value.
4. Clear Bit 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Reg. 0x00) to place the ADM1030 under software control.
5. Write a 1 to Bit 5 of Configuration Register 1 to place the device in RPM Feedback Mode.
6. Write the calculated Count value to the Fan Tach High Limit Register (Reg. 0x10). The fan speed will now go to the desired RPM value and maintain that fan speed.

RPM Feedback Mode Limitations

RPM feedback mode only controls Fan RPM over a limited fan speed range of about 75% to 100%. However, this should be enough range to overcome fan manufacturing tolerance. In prac­tice, however, the program must not function at too low an RPM value for the fan to run at, or the RPM Mode will not operate.
To find the lowest RPM value allowed for a given fan, do the following:
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1. Run the fan at 53% PWM duty cycle in Software Mode. Clear Bits 5 and 7 of Configuration Register 1 (Reg 0x00) to enter PWM duty cycle mode. Write 0x08 to the Fan Speed Config Register (Reg 0x22) to set the PWM output to 53% duty cycle.
2. Measure the fan RPM. This represents the fan RPM below which the RPM mode will fail to operate. Do NOT program a lower RPM than this value when using RPM Feedback mode.
3. Ensure that Speed Range, N, = 2 when using RPM Feed­back mode.
Fans come in a variety of different options. One distinguishing feature of fans is the number of poles that a fan has internally. The most common fans available have four, six, or eight poles. The number of poles the fan has generally affects the number of pulses per revolution the fan outputs.
If the ADM1030 is used to drive fans other than 4-pole fans that output 2 tach pulses/revolution, then the fan speed measurement equation needs to be adjusted to calculate and display the cor­rect fan speed, and also to program the correct count value in RPM Feedback Mode.

FAN SPEED MEASUREMENT EQUATIONS

For a 4-pole fan (2 tach pulses/rev):
Fan RPM = (f ¥ 60)/Count ¥ N
For a 6-pole fan (3 tach pulses/rev):
Fan RPM = (f ¥ 60)/(Count ¥ N ¥ 1.5)
For an 8-pole fan (4 tach pulses/rev):
Fan RPM = (f ¥ 60)/(Count ¥ N ¥ 2)
If in doubt as to the number of poles the fans used have, or the number of tach output pulses/rev, consult the fan manufacturer’s data sheet, or contact the fan vendor for more information.

FAN DRIVE USING PWM CONTROL

The external circuitry required to drive a fan using PWM con­trol is extremely simple. A single NMOS FET is the only drive transistor required. The specifications of the MOSFET depend on the maximum current required by the fan being driven. Typi­cal notebook fans draw a nominal 170 mA, and so SOT devices can be used where board space is a constraint. If driving several fans in parallel from a single PWM output, or driving larger server fans, the MOSFET will need to handle the higher current requirements. The only other stipulation is that the MOSFET should have a gate voltage drive, V
< 3.3 V, for direct inter-
GS
facing to the PWM_OUT pin. The MOSFET should also have a low on-resistance to ensure that there is not significant volt­age drop across the FET. This would reduce the maximum operating speed of the fan.
Figure 18 shows how a 3-wire fan may be driven using PWM control.
+V
5V OR 12V FAN
Q1 NDT3055L
TACH/AIN
ADM1030
PWM_OUT
3.3V
3.3V
10k TYPICAL
10k TYPICAL
TACH
Figure 18. Interfacing the ADM1030 to a 3-Wire Fan
The NDT3055L n-type MOSFET was chosen since it has 3.3 V gate drive, low on-resistance, and can handle 3.5 A of current. Other MOSFETs may be substituted based on the system’s fan drive requirements.
+V
5V OR 12V FAN
Q1 NDT3055L
R
SENSE
(2 TYPICAL)
PWM_OUT
ADM1030
TACH/AIN
3.3V
10k TYPICAL
0.01␮F
TACH
Figure 19. Interfacing the ADM1030 to a 2-Wire Fan
Figure 19 shows how a 2-wire fan may be connected to the ADM1030. This circuit allows the speed of the 2-wire fan to be measured even though the fan has no dedicated Tach sig­nal. A series R
resistor in the fan circuit converts the fan
SENSE
commutation pulses into a voltage. This is ac-coupled into the ADM1030 through the 0.01 mF capacitor. On-chip signal conditioning allows accurate monitoring of fan speed. For typical notebook fans drawing approximately 170 mA, a 2 W R
SENSE
value is suitable. For fans such as desktop or server fans, that draw more current, R
may be reduced. The smaller R
SENSE
SENSE
is the better, since more voltage will be developed across the fan, and the fan will spin faster. Figure 20 shows a typical plot of the sensing waveform at the TACH/AIN pin. The most important thing is that the negative-going spikes are more than 250 mV in amplitude. This will be the case for most fans when
= 2 W. The value of R
R
SENSE
can be reduced as long as
SENSE
the voltage spikes at the TACH/AIN pin are greater than 250 mV. This allows fan speed to be reliably determined.
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Tek PreVu
1
4
CH1
CH1 100mV CH3 50.0mV
CH2 5.00mV CH4 50.0mV
T
T
M 4.00ms A CH1 –2.00mV
D: 250mV @: –258mV
Figure 20. Fan Speed Sensing Waveform at TACH/AIN Pin

FAN SPEED MEASUREMENT

The fan counter does not count the fan tach output pulses directly, because the fan speed may be less than 1000 RPM and it would take several seconds to accumulate a reasonably large and accurate count. Instead, the period of the fan revolu­tion is measured by gating an on-chip 11.25 kHz oscillator into the input of an 8-bit counter. The fan speed measuring circuit is initialized on the rising edge of a PWM high output if fan speed measurement is enabled (Bit 2 of Configuration Register 2 =
1). It then starts counting on the rising edge of the second tach pulse and counts for two fan tach periods, until the rising edge of the fourth tach pulse, or until the counter overranges if the fan tach period is too long. The measurement cycle will repeat until monitoring is disabled. The fan speed measurement is stored in the Fan Speed Reading register at address 0x08.
The fan speed count is given by:
Count = (f ¥ 60)/R ¥ N
where:
f = 11.25 kHz
R =Fan Speed in RPM.
N = Speed Range (Either 1, 2, 4, or 8)
The frequency of the oscillator can be adjusted to suit the expected running speed of the fan by varying N, the Speed Range. The oscillator frequency is set by Bits 7 and 6 of Fan Characteristics Register 1 (20h) as shown in Table XI. Figure 21 shows how the fan measurements relate to the PWM_OUT pulse trains.
Table XI. Oscillator Frequencies
Oscillator
Bit 7 Bit 6 N Frequency (kHz)
0 0 1 11.25 0 1 2 5.625 1 0 4 2.812 1 1 8 1.406
CLOCK
CONFIG 2
REG. BIT 2
FAN
INPUT
START OF
MONITORING
CYCLE
FAN MEASUREMENT PERIOD
Figure 21. Fan Speed Measurement
In situations where different output drive circuits are used for fan drive, it may be desirable to invert the PWM drive signal. Setting Bit 3 of Configuration Register 1 (0x00) to 1, inverts the PWM_OUT signal. This makes the PWM_OUT pin high for 100% duty cycle. Bit 3 of Configuration Register 1 should gen­erally be set to 1, when using an n-MOS device to drive the fan. If using a p-MOS device, Bit 3 of Configuration Register 1 should be cleared to 0.

FAN FAULTS

The FAN_FAULT output (Pin 8) is an active-low, open-drain output used to signal fan failure to the system processor. Writing a Logic 1 to Bit 4 of Configuration Register 1 (0x00) enables the FAN_FAULT output pin. The FAN_FAULT output is enabled by default. The FAN_FAULT output asserts low only when five consecutive interrupts are generated by the ADM1030 device due to the fan running underspeed, or if the fan is completely stalled. Note that the Fan Tach High Limit must be exceeded by at least one before a FAN_FAULT can be generated. For example, if we are only interested in getting a FAN_FAULT if the fan stalls, then the fan speed value will be 0xFF for a failed fan. Therefore, we should make the Fan Tach High Limit = 0xFE to allow FAN_FAULT to be asserted after five consecu­tive fan tach failures.
Figure 22 shows the relationship between INT, FAN_FAULT, and the PWM drive channel. The PWM_OUT channel is driv­ing a fan at some PWM duty cycle, say 50%, and the fan’s tach signal (or fan current for a 2-wire fan) is being monitored at the TACH/AIN pin. Tach pulses are being generated by the fan, during the high time of the PWM duty cycle train. The tach is pulled high during the off time of the PWM train because the fan is connected high-side to the n-MOS device.
Suppose the fan has already failed its fan speed measurement twice previously. Looking at Figure 22, PWM_OUT is brought high for two seconds, to restart the fan if it has stalled. Some­time later a third tach failure occurs. This is evident by the tach signal being low during the high time of the PWM pulse, causing the Fan Speed Reading register to reach its maximum count of
255. Since the tach limit has been exceeded, an interrupt is generated on the INT pin. The Fan Fault bit (Bit 1) of Inter­rupt Status Register 1 (Register 0x02) will also be asserted. Once the processor has acknowledged the INT by reading the status register, the INT is cleared. PWM_OUT is then brought high for another 2 seconds to restart the fan. Subsequent fan failures cause INT to be reasserted and the PWM_OUT signal is brought high for 2 seconds (fan spin-up default) each time to restart the fan. Once the fifth tach failure occurs, the failure is deemed to be catastrophic, and the FAN_FAULT pin is asserted low. PWM_OUT is brought high to attempt to restart the fan.
REV. A
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The INT pin will continue to generate interrupts after the asser­tion of FAN_FAULT since tach measurement continues even after fan failure. Should the fan recover from its failure condi­tion, the FAN_FAULT signal will be negated, and the fan will return to its normal operating speed.
PWM_OUT
TACH/AIN
INT
FAN_FAULT
2 SECS
3.3V
10k
TYP.
TACH
THERM
SIGNAL TO THROTTLE
CPU CLOCK
FAN_FAULT
TO SIGNAL
FAN FAILURE
CONDITION
NDT3055L
3RD TACH
FAILURE
Figure 22. Operation of
5V
FAN1 3-WIRE FAN
3.3V
10k TYP.
3.3V
10k
3.3V
10k
PWM_OUT1
TACH1/AIN1
NC
NC
GND
3.3V V
THERM
FAN_FAULT
2 SECS
1
2
3
4
5
CC
6
7
8
STATUS REG READ TO
CLEAR INTERRUPT
FAN_FAULT
ADM1030
Figure 23. Typical Application Circuit
Figure 23 shows a typical application circuit for the ADM1030. Temperature monitoring can be based around a CPU diode or discrete transistor measuring thermal hotspots. Either 2- or 3-wire fans may be monitored by the ADM1030, as shown.
FULL SPEED
CONTINUING
TACH FAILURE
4TH TACH
FAILURE
2 SECS
5TH TACH
FAILURE
and Interrupt Pins
3.3V
3.3V
2.2k TYP.
SCL
16
SDA
15
INT (SMBALERT)
14
ADD
13
12
NC
11
NC
D+
10
D-
9
2.2k TYP.
3.3V
10k TYP.
NC = NO CONNECT
SCL
SDA
CPU INTERRUPT
2N3904 OR PENTIUM III CPU THERMAL DIODE
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Table XII. Registers
Address A7–A0
Register Name in Hex Comments
Value Registers 0x06–0x1A See Table XIII. Device ID Register 0x3D This location contains the device identification number. Since this
device is the ADM1030, this register contains 0x30. This register is read only.
Company ID 0x3E This location contains the company identification number (0x41).
This register is read only.
THERM Behavior/Revision 0x3F This location contains the revision number of the device. The lower
four bits reflect device revisions [3:0]. Bit 7 of this register is the THERM-to-fan enable bit. See Table XXIV.
Configuration Register 1 0x00 See Table XIV. Power-on value = 1001 0000. Configuration Register 2 0x01 See Table XV. Power-on value = 0111 1111. Status Register 1 0x02 See Table XVI. Power-on value = 0000 0000. Status Register 2 0x03 See Table XVII. Power-on value = 0000 0000. Manufacturer’s Test Register 0x07 This register is used by the manufacturer for test purposes only. This
register should not be read from or written to in normal operation. Fan Characteristics Register 1 0x20 See Table XIX. Power-on value = 0101 1101. Fan Speed Configuration Register 0x22 See Table XX. Power-on value = 0101 0101. Fan Filter Register 0x23 See Table XXI. Power-on value = 0101 0101. Local Temperature T Remote Temperature T
MIN/TRANGE
MIN/TRANGE
0x24 See Table XXII. Power-on value = 0100 0001. 0x25 See Table XXIII. Power-on value = 0110 0001.
Table XIII. Value and Limit Registers
Address Read/Write Description
0x06 Read/Only Extended Temperature Resolution (see Table XVIII). 0x08 Read/Write Fan Speed Reading—this register contains the fan speed tach measurement. 0x0A Read/Only Local Temperature Value—this register contains the 8 MSBs of the local temperature measurement. 0x0B Read/Only Remote Temperature Value—this register contains the 8 MSBs of the remote temperature reading. 0x0D Read/Write Local Temperature Offset—See Table XXV. 0x0E Read/Write Remote Temperature Offset—See Table XXVI. 0x10 Read/Write Fan Tach High Limit—this register contains the limit for the fan tach measurement. Since
the tach circuit counts between pulses, a slow fan will result in a large measured value, so
exceeding the limit by one is the way to detect a slow or stalled fan. (Power-On Default = FFh) 0x14 Read/Write Local Temperature High Limit (Power-On Default 60∞C). 0x15 Read/Write Local Temperature Low Limit (Power-On Default 0∞C). 0x16 Read/Write Local Temperature Therm Limit (Power-On Default 70∞C). 0x18 Read/Write Remote Temperature High Limit (Power-On Default 80∞C). 0x19 Read/Write Remote Temperature Low Limit (Power-On Default 0∞C). 0x1A Read/Write Remote Temperature Therm Limit (Power-On Default 100∞C).
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Table XIV. Register 0x00 Configuration Register 1 Power-On Default 90h
Bit Name R/W Description
0 MONITOR Read/Write Setting this bit to a “1” enables monitoring of temperature and enables measurement of
the fan tach signals. (Power-Up Default = 0.)
1 INT Enable Read/Write Setting this bit to a “1” enables the INT output. 1 = Enabled 0 = Disabled (Power-Up
Default = 0).
2 TACH/AIN Read/Write Clearing this bit to “0” selects digital fan speed measurement via the TACH pins. Setting
this bit to “1” configures the TACH pins as analog inputs that can measure the speed of 2-wire fans via a sense resistor. (Power-Up Default = 0.)
3 PWM Invert Read/Write Setting this bit to “1” inverts the PWM signal on the output pin. (Power-Up Default =
0). The power-up default makes the PWM_OUT pin go low for 100% duty cycle (suitable for driving the fan using a PMOS device). Setting this bit to “1” makes the PWM_OUT pin high for 100% duty cycle (intended for driving the fan using an NMOS device).
4Fan Fault Enable Read/Write Logic 1 enables FAN_FAULT pin; Logic 0 disables FAN_FAULT output. (Power-Up
Default = 1.)
6–5 PWM Mode Read/Write These two bits control the behavior of the fan in Auto Fan Speed Control Mode.
00 = Remote Temp controls Fan. (Program PWM duty cycle in Software Mode.) 11 = Fastest Calculated Speed Controls Fan. (Program RPM speed in Software Mode.)
7Auto/SW Ctrl Read/Write Logic 1 selects Automatic Fan Speed Control; Logic 0 selects SW control. (Power-Up
Default = 1) When under software control, PWM duty cycle or RPM values may be programmed for the fan.
Table XV. Register 0x01 Configuration 2 Power-On Default = 7FH
Bit Name R/W Description
0 PWM 1 En Read/Write Enables fan PWM output when this bit is a “1.” 1 Unused Read/Write Unused. 2 TACH 1 En Read/Write Enables Tach input when set to “1.” 3 Unused 4Loc Temp En Read/Write Enables Interrupts on Local Channel when set to “1.” 5Remote Temp En Read/Write Enables Interrupts on Remote Channel when set to “1.” Default is normally
enabled, except when a diode fault is detected on power-up. 6 Unused Read/Write Unused. 7SW Reset Read/Write When set to “1,” resets the device. Self-clears. Power-Up Default = 0.
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Table XVI. Register 0x02 Status Register 1 Power-On Default = 00H
Bit Name R/W Description
0Alarm Speed Read Only This bit is set to “1” when fan is running at alarm speed. Once read, this bit
will not reassert on next monitoring cycle, even if the fan is still running at alarm speed. This gives an indication as to when the fan is running full-speed, such as in a THERM condition.
1 Fan Fault Read Only This bit is set to “1” if fan becomes stuck or is running under speed. Once
read, this bit will reassert on next monitoring cycle, if the fan failure condi­tion persists.
2Remote Temp High Read Only “1” indicates Remote high temperature limit has been exceeded. If the tem-
perature is still outside the Remote Temp High Limit, this bit will reassert on next monitoring cycle.
3Remote Temp Low Read Only “1” indicates Remote low temperature limit exceeded (below). If the tempera-
ture is still outside the Remote Temp Low Limit, this bit will reassert on next monitoring cycle.
4Remote Temp Therm Read Only “1” indicates Remote temperature Therm limit has been exceeded. This bit is
cleared on a read of Status Register 1. Once cleared, this bit will not get reas­serted even if the THERM condition persists.
5Remote Diode Error Read Only This bit is set to “1” if a short or open is detected on the remote temperature
channel. This test is only done on power-up, and if set to 1 cannot be cleared by reading the Status Register 1.
6Loc Temp High Read Only “1” indicates Local Temp High Limit has been exceeded. If the temperature
is still outside the Local Temp High Limit, this bit will reassert on next monitoring cycle.
7Loc Temp Low Read Only “1” indicates Local Temp Low Limit has been exceeded (below). If the tem-
perature is still outside the Local Temp Low Limit, this bit will reassert on next monitoring cycle.
Table XVII. Register 0x03 Status Register 2 Power-Up Default = 00H
Bit Name R/W Description
0 Unused Read Only Unused. 1 Unused Read Only Unused. 2 Unused Read Only Unused. 3 Unused Read Only Unused. 4 Unused Read Only Unused. 5 Unused Read Only Unused. 6Loc Therm Read Only “1” indicates Local temperature Therm limit has been exceeded. This bit clears on a read
of Status Register 2. Once cleared, this bit will not be reasserted even if the THERM con- dition persists.
7 THERM Read Only Set to “1” when THERM is pulled low as an input. This bit clears on a read of Status
Register 2. The fan also runs full-speed.
Table XVIII. Register 0x06 Extended Temperature Resolution Power-On Default = 00H
Bit Name R/W Description
<2:0> Remote Temp Read Only Holds extended temperature resolution bits for Remote Temperature channel. <5:3> Reserved Read Only Reserved. <7:6> Local Temp Read Only Holds extended temperature resolution bits for Local Temperature channel.
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Table XIX. Register 0x20 Fan Characteristics Register 1 Power-On Default = 5DH
Bit Name R/W Description
<2:0> Fan 1 Spin-up Read/Write These bits contain the Fan Spin-up time to allow the fan to overcome its own
inertia. 000 = 200 ms 001 = 400 ms 010 = 600 ms 011 = 800 ms 100 = 1 sec 101 = 2 secs (Default) 110 = 4 secs 111 = 8 secs
<5:3> PWM 1 Frequency Read/Write These bits allow programmability of the nominal PWM output frequency
driving the fan. (Default = 31 Hz.) 000 = 11.7 Hz 001 = 15.6 Hz 010 = 23.4 Hz 011 = 31.25 Hz (Default) 100 = 37.5 Hz 101 = 46.9 Hz 110 = 62.5 Hz 111 = 93.5 Hz
<7:6> Speed Range Read/Write These bits contain the Speed Range, N.
00 = 1 (Fail Speed = 2647 RPM) 01 = 2 (Fail Speed = 1324 RPM) 10 = 4 (Fail Speed = 662 RPM) 11 = 8 (Fail Speed = 331 RPM)
Table XX. Register 0x22 Fan Speed Config Register Power-On Default = 05H
Bit Name R/W Description
<3:0> Normal/Min Spd 1 Read/Write This nibble contains the normal speed value for the fan. When in Automatic
Fan Speed Control Mode, this nibble contains the minimum speed at which the fan will run. Default is 0x05 for 33% PWM duty cycle. (See Table VII.)
<7:4> Unused Unused.
Table XXI. Register 0x23 Fan Filter Register Power-On Default = 50H
Bit Name R/W Description
<7> Spin-Up Disable Read/Write When set to 1, disables fan spin-up. <6:5> Ramp Rate Read/Write These bits set the ramp rate for the PWM output.
00 = 1 01 = 2 10 = 4 11 = 8
<4:2> ADC Sample Rate Read/Write These bits set the sampling rate for the ADC.
000 = 87.5 Hz 0.0625 Updates/sec 001 = 175 Hz 0.125 Updates/sec 010 = 350 Hz 0.25 Updates/sec 011 = 700 Hz 0.5 Updates/sec 100 = 1.4 kHz (Default) 1 Update/sec 101 = 2.8 kHz 2 Updates/sec 110 = 5.6 kHz 4 Updates/sec
111 = 11.2 kHz 8 Updates/sec <1> Unused Read/Write Unused. <0> Fan Filter En Read/Write Setting this bit to 1 enables filtering of the PWM_OUT signal.
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Table XXII. Register 0x24 Local Temp T
Bit Name R/W Description
<7:3> Local Temp T
MIN
Read/Write Contains the minimum temperature value for Automatic Fan Speed Control
based on Local Temperature Readings. T values only in 4C increments. Default is 32∞C. 00000 = 0∞C 00001 = 4∞C 00010 = 8∞C 00011 = 12∞C | | 01000 = 32C (Default) | | | 11110 = 120∞C 11111 = 124∞C
<2:0> Local Temp T
RANGE
Read/Write This nibble contains the temperature range value for Automatic Fan Speed
Control based on the Local Temperature Readings. 000 = 5∞C 001 = 10C (Default) 010 = 20∞C 011 = 40∞C 100 = 80∞C
MIN/TRANGE
Power-On Default = 41H
can be programmed to positive
MIN
Table XXIII. Register 0x25 Remote Temp T
Bit Name R/W Description
<7:3> Remote Temp T
MIN
Read/Write Contains the minimum temperature value for Automatic Fan Speed Control
based on Remote Temperature Readings. T tive values only in 4C increments. Default is 48∞C. 00000 = 0∞C 00001 = 4∞C 00010 = 8∞C 00011 = 12∞C | | 01100 = 48C (Default) | | 11110 = 120∞C 11111 = 124∞C
<2:0> Remote Temp T
RANGE
Read/Write This nibble contains the temperature range value for Automatic Fan Speed
Control based on the Remote 1 Temperature Readings. 000 = 5∞C 001 = 10C (Default) 010 = 20∞C 011 = 40∞C 100 = 80∞C
MIN/TRANGE
Power-On Default = 61H
can be programmed to posi-
MIN
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Table XXIV. Register 0x3F Therm Behavior/Revision Power-On Default = 80H
Bit Name R/W Description
<7> Therm-to-Fan Enable Read/Write Setting this bit to 1, enables the fan to run full-speed when THERM is asserted low.
This allows the system to be run in performance mode. Clearing this bit to 0 disables the fan from running full-speed whenever THERM is asserted low. This allows the system to run in silent mode. (Power-On Default = 1.) Note that this bit has no effect whenever THERM is pulled low as an input.
<6:4> Unused Read Only Unused. Read back zeros. <3:0> Revision Read Only This nibble contains the revision number for the ADM1030.
Table XXV. Register 0x0D Local Temp Offset Power-On Default = 00H
Bit Name R/W Description
<7> Sign Read/Write When this bit is 0, the local offset will be added to the Local Temperature Reading.
When this bit is set to 1, the local temperature offset will be subtracted from the
Local Temperature Reading. <6:4> Reserved Read/Write Unused. Normally read back zeros. <3:0> Local Offset Read/Write These four bits are used to add a two’s complement offset to the Local Temperature
Reading, allowing 15C to be added to or subtracted from the temperature reading.
Table XXVI. Register 0x0E Remote Temp Offset Power-On Default = 00H
Bit Name R/W Description
<7> Sign Read/Write When this bit is 0, the remote offset will be added to the Remote Temperature
Reading. When this bit is set to 1, the remote temperature offset will be subtracted
from the Remote Temperature Reading. <6:4> Reserved Read/Write Unused. Normally read back zeros. <3:0> Remote Offset Read/Write These four bits are used to add a two’s complement offset to the Remote
Temperature Reading, allowing 15C to be added to or subtracted from the
temperature reading.

OUTLINE DIMENSIONS

16-Lead Shrink Small Outline Package [QSOP]
(RQ-16)
Dimensions shown in inches
C02401–0–4/03(A)
0.193 BSC
0.012
0.008
9
8
0.154 BSC
0.069
0.053
SEATING PLANE
0.236 BSC
0.010
0.006
8 0
0.050
0.016
0.065
0.049
0.010
0.004 COPLANARITY
0.004
16
1
PIN 1
0.025 BSC
COMPLIANT TO JEDEC STANDARDS MO-137AB

Revision History

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4/03—Data Sheet changed from REV. 0 to REV. A.
Added ESD Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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