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Application Information
Mi cropro cessor Res et
The / RES ET pin is asser ted whene ver VCC fal ls be lo w the
reset threshold voltage, VTH. The /RESET pin remains
asserted for the duration of the reset timeout period
(tRESET) after VCC has risen above the reset threshold
voltage. T he res et func tion ensures the m icroproc ess or is
properl y res et and power s up in a known c ond it ion af ter a
power failure. /RESET will remain valid with VCC as low
as 1.0V.
The /RESET output is a simple open-drain N-channel
MOSFET structure. A pull-up resistor must be used to
pull this output u p to s ome voltage. For m os t applica tio ns ,
this voltage will be the same power supply that supplies
VCC to the MIC803. As shown in Figure 1, it is possible,
however, to tie this resistor to some other voltage. This
will allow the MIC803 to monitor one voltage while level-
shifting the /RESET output to some other voltage. The
pull-up vo ltage m ust be lim ited to 5.5V. T he res istor mus t
be small enough to supply current to the inputs and
leakage paths that are driven by the /RESET output.
V
CC
100k
+3.3V
RESET
V
CC
µP
MIC803
GND GND
RESET
+5V
Figure 1. MIC803 Used in a Multiple Supply System
/RESET Valid at Low Voltage
As VCC dr ops to 0V, t he MIC803 will no long er be able to
pull the /RESET output low, and the pull-up resistor will
pull the output high. The value of the pull-up resistor and
the volta ge it is c onnecte d to wil l affec t the point at whic h
this happens.
Figure 2. /RESET at Falling VCC
Wire ORing the /RESET Output
Since the /RESET output is open-drain, several reset
sources can be wire-ORed, in parallel, to allow resets
from multiple sources.
VCC Transients
The MIC803 is relatively immune to negative-going VCC
glitches below the reset threshold (see Typical
Characteristics, graph titled “Maximum Transient
Duration vs. Overdrive”). As shown in Figure 3, the
overdrive voltage is the difference between the threshold
voltage and the minimum point of the VCC glitch.
T ypicall y, an over dr iv e of 100mV, with d urati on of 15μs or
less will not ca us e a res et . I f addit ional transie nt im munit y
is needed, a 0.1μF bypass capacitor can be placed as
close as possible to the MIC803 on the VCC pin.
Figure 3. VCC Threshold