Diodes Incorporated | ZXCT1010E5TA

Zetex is a leading provider of high performance, analog semiconductor products for signal processing and power management. The company designs and manufactures a broad range of standard and application focused linear integrated circuits and discrete semiconductor products using a wide variety of wafer processing technologies.

Sensing current used to be tricky buiness. Not anymore, current monitors offer a simple and accurate solution for measuring high side currents. Current monitors provide accurate current measurement even if the load is short circuited. The current output topology and very low offset voltage increases its versatility and allows it to be optimized for low in-line voltage drop. Current monitors are able to operate on both high and low sides of the load, the monitor will support dynamic output current limitations circuits in a broad range of applications, from power supply bricks to motor control circuits. By measuring currents in the high side or low side the ground reference point is left undisturbed.

Many current monitors come in two output formats:

• A versatile current output
• A voltage output offering greater simplicity and accuracy

The ZXCT1010 is a high side current sense monitor. Using this device eliminates the need to disrupt the ground plane when sensing a load current.  It is an enhanced version of the ZXCT1009 offering reduced typical output offset and improved accuracy at low sense voltage. The wide input voltage range of 20V down to as low as 2.5V make it suitable for a range of applications. A minimum operating current of just 4μA, combined with its SOT23-5 package make suitable for portable battery equipment.

ZXCT1010E5TA is a SOT23 -5 package is a high side current sense monitor. The input voltage is 2.5V–20V supply range. Reel size of 7 and 8mm tape width. enhanced version of the ZXCT1009 offering reduced typical output offset and improved accuracy at low sense voltage.