• Power-On Reset Generator With Fixed Delay Time of 200 ms (TPS3823/4/5/8) or 25 ms (TPS3820)
• Manual Reset Input (TPS3820/3/5/8)
• Reset Output Available in Active-Low (TPS3820/3/4/5), Active-High (TPS3824) and Open-Drain (TPS3828)
• Supply Voltage Supervision Range
      2.5 V, 3 V, 3.3 V, 5 V
• Watchdog Timer (TPS3820/3/4/8)
• Supply Current of 15 µA (Typ)
• SOT23-5 Package
• Temperature Range: –40°C to +85°C
• APPLICATIONS
  • Applications Using DSPs, Microcontrollers, or Microprocessors
  • Industrial Equipment
  • Programmable Controls
  • Automotive Systems
  • Portable/Battery-Powered Equipment
  • Intelligent Instruments
  • Wireless Communications Systems
  • Notebook/Desktop Computers

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The TPS382x family of supervisors provides circuit initialization and timing supervision, primarily for DSP and processor-based systems.

During power-on, RESET is asserted when supply voltage V_DD becomes higher than 1.1 V. Thereafter, the supply voltage supervisor monitors V_DD and keeps RESET active as long as V_DD remains below the threshold voltage V_IT– . An internal timer delays the return of the output to the inactive state (high) to ensure proper system reset. The delay time, t_d, starts after V_DD has risen above the threshold voltage V_IT–. When the supply voltage drops below the threshold voltage V_IT–, the output becomes active (low) again. No external components are required. All the devices of this family have a fixed-sense threshold voltage V_IT– set by an internal voltage divider.

The TPS3820/3/5/8 devices incorporate a manual reset input, MR. A low level at MR causes RESET to become active. The TPS3824/5 devices include a high-level output RESET. TPS3820/3/4/8 have a watchdog timer that is periodically triggered by a positive or negative transition at WDI. When the supervising system fails to retrigger the watchdog circuit within the time-out interval, t_tout, RESET becomes active for the time period t_d. This event also reinitializes the watchdog timer. Leaving WDI unconnected disables the watchdog. In applications where the input to the WDI pin may be active (transitioning high and low) when the TPS3820/3/4/8 is asserting RESET, the TPS3820/3/4/8 does not return to a non-reset state when the input voltage is above Vt. If the application requires that input to WDI is active when RESET is asserted, WDI must be decoupled from the active signal. This decoupling can be accomplished by using an N-channel FET in series with the WDI pin, with the gate of the FET connected to the RESET output as shown in Figure 1.

The product spectrum is designed for supply voltages of 2.5 V, 3 V, 3.3 V, and 5 V. The circuits are available in a SOT23-5 package. The TPS382x devices are characterized for operation over a temperature range of –40°C to +85°C.