NXP Semiconductors
UM10301
User Manual for PCF85x3, PCF85x63, PCA8565, PCF2123, and
PCA21125
UM10301
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User manual
Rev. 2.1 — 23 July 2015
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•
V
Cbackupend
: The backup capacitor voltage when backup ends, which equals the
minimum oscillator operating voltage, specified in Table 2 as clock operating voltage.
•
I
RTC
: The time keeping current consumption of the RTC. For lowest current
consumption disable CLK-OUT.
Using C·V = I·t:
(
)
RTC
Cbackupend
rt
Cbackupsta
backup
I
V
V
C
t
−
⋅
=
Assuming that the PCF8563 is used, that V
Cbackupstart
= 3.3 V, that the RTC current
consumption is 250 nA and a backup capacitor value of 0.47 F it is possible to estimate
the available backup time. The oscillator stops running when V
DD
drops to 1.0 V.
(
)
s
A
V
V
F
t
backup
000
324
4
10
250
0
.
1
3
.
3
47
.
0
9
=
⋅
−
⋅
=
−
As one day contains 86400 seconds this thus corresponds to 50 days. In order to reserve
for capacitor and supply current tolerances and variations in temperature, a 30% margin
should be included. This means reducing the backup time by 30% resulting in 35 days.
In this calculation example the leakage currents through diode D
1
and through the super
cap have been ignored. In a similar way the required capacitance value can be
calculated if the required backup time is known.
13.4 Diode selection
In order to optimize possible backup time it is useful to select a low leakage diode for D
1
,
i.e. a diode with a low reverse current. If without further consideration a common small
signal diode is chosen, its reverse current may be in the order of the current consumption
of the RTC when the RTC is just keeping time without being accessed. The common
1N4148 for example has a specified maximum reverse current of 25 nA at 25 °C which
however can increase to 300 nA at 80 °C. Whether this is a problem depends on the
application. If it is, special low leakage diodes are available which in some cases limit
reverse current to a few picoampere. In Table 9 some diodes are suggested which limit
reverse current I
R
to a few nanoampere. These diodes are all available from NXP.
Table 9.
Some suggestions for diode D1
1N4148
BAS45A
BAS45AL
BAS716
BAS116
BAV170
Package
leaded
leaded
SMD
SMD
SMD
SMD
Typ. reverse current I
R
at 25 °C
-
0.2 nA
0.2 nA
0.2 nA
3 pA
3 pA
Max. reverse current I
R
at 25 °C
25 nA
1 nA
1 nA
5 nA
5 nA
5 nA
Price indication, relative w.r.t.
1N4148
1
(0.02 $)
7x
8x
3.5x
3x
3x