IttyBitty is a registered trademark of Micrel, Inc.
August 12
General Description
The MIC1555 IttyBitty® CMOS RC timer/oscillator and
MIC1557 IttyBitty
provide rail-to-rail pulses for precise time delay or
frequency generation.
The devices are similar in func tion to the industr y standard
“555”, without a frequency control (FC) pin or an opencollector discharge (D) pin. The threshold pin (THR) has
precedence over the trigg er (TRG) input, ensuring that the
BiCMOS output is off when TRG is high.
The MIC1555 can be used as an astable (oscillator) or
monostable (one-shot) with separate thresho ld and trigger
inputs. In the one-shot mode, the output pulse width is
precisely controlled by an external resistor and a capacitor.
Time delays may be accurately controlled from microseconds to hours. In the oscillator mode, the output is
used to provi de precise feedback, with a m inimum of one
resistor and one capacitor producing a 50% duty cycle
square wave.
The MIC1557 is designe d for astable (osc illator) operatio n
only, with a chip select/r eset (CS) input for low po wer shutdown. One resistor and one capacitor provide a 50% duty
cycle square wave. Other duty-cycle ratios may be
produced using two diodes and two resistors.
The MIC1555/7 is powere d from a +2.7V to +18V supply
voltage and is rated for –40°C to +85°C ambient
temperature range. T he MIC 155 5/7 is available in SOT-235, and thin SOT23-5 5-pin packages. A low profil e, ultrathin, (UTDFN), version of the MIC1555 (with c hip selec t) is
also available.
Datasheets and support documentation are available on
Micrel’s website at: www.micrel.com
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CMOS RC oscillator are designed to
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MIC1555/1557
IttyBitty® RC Timer/Oscillator
Features
• +2.7V to +18V operation
• Low current
− <1µA typical shutdown mode (MIC1557)
− 200µA typical (TRG and THR low) at 3V supply
• Timing from microseconds to hours
• “Zero” leakage trigger and threshold inputs
• 50% square wave with one resistor, one capacitor