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The World Leader in High Performance Signal Processing Solutions
Single-phase Energy Metering IC
with Pulse Output
ADE7756
Precision Converters (PRC) Division
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ADE7756: A programmable solution for
Energy measurement
• ADE7756 application ◄
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital calibration
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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Technology at a glance
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram ◄
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital calibration
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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Single Chip Energy Meter
Lowest Cost Single Phase Measurement
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality ◄
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital calibration
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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ADE7756: Block Diagram
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features ◄
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital calibration
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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ADE7756: A validated Analog front end
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end ◄
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
• 16-bit resolution from 2ndorder ΣΔ ADC
• Linearity error < 0.3% over 1:1000 dynamic range (int. reference)
• Measurement Bandwidth 14 kHz
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ADE7756: Easy use of Current sensors+
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection ◄
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
• Differential input
• Input Gain up to 64 to interface low shunt resistor
Gain of 16 recommended for 100μΩ
• Phase compensation for CT connection
+/-2.5°max in 0.091°increment @ 50Hz
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ADE7756: A Digital solution
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution ◄
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
• No manual calibration
• Configuration done by writing ADE7756 registers at power up
• Only one point calibration to reach 0.3% accuracy
• SPI interface up to 5MHz
• CF output to drive LED
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ADE7756: Energy measurement
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement ◄
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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•Accumulation of the Active Energy in a 40-bit register
=> Equivalent to 11.5s of Energy at Full scale
•HPF filter eliminates any DC offset
•Gain for calibration and multi-rate billing
(APGAIN + CFDIV)
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ADE7756: Line Voltage supervisory (1)
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing ◄
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
Detect Zero-crossing on CH2 => Drive ZX pin and IRQ
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Applications:
• On-chip Watch Dog timer
• Phase information of the
voltage channel
• Interface with a Power
switch to cut power at low
current
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ADE7756: Line Voltage supervisory (2)
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection ◄
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
Detect Level variation on CH2 => Drive SAG pin or IRQ
SAG Level and detection time configurable
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ADE7756: High Speed and accurate Energy
measurement
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode ◄
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor
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• Principle: Accumulation of the Active Energy over
N half line cycles (<255) => Drive IRQ when finished
Benefits:
• Cancel the ripple frequency effect (2 x line freq) in Energy
Measurement
• Shorten calibration time-Easy solution to detect Energy placed back
on the grid (Sign only)
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ADE7756: ADC outputs available through SPI port
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling ◄
• Temperature sensor
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CH1 or CH2 or Multiplication results available through the
WAVEFORM register (24-bit)
Equivalent sampling frequency = 28 ksps
• Use the ADE7756 as an ADC in addition to Energy measurement
=> Vrms or Irms calculation on a μP
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ADE7756: Embedded Temperature sensor
• ADE7756 application
• Block Diagram
• Quality
• Features
• Analog Front end
• Current sensor connection
• Digital solution
• Energy measurement
• Zero crossing
• SAG detection
• Calibration Mode
• Waveform sampling
• Temperature sensor ◄
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8-bit register : 1LSB/°C
• Temperature compensation of external components
• Temperature supervisory of the system
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