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MCP39F511A

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9.0

MCP39F511A CALIBRATION

9.1

Overview

Calibration compensates for the ADC gain error,

component tolerances and overall noise in the system.

The device provides an on-chip calibration algorithm

that allows simple system calibration to be performed

quickly. The excellent analog performance of the

A/D converters on the MCP39F511A allows for a

single-point calibration and a single calibration

command to achieve accurate measurements in AC

mode. In DC mode, offset calibration is usually

required.

Calibration can be done by either using the predefined

Auto-Calibration commands, or by writing directly to the

calibration registers. If additional calibration points are

required (AC offset, phase compensation, DC offset),

the corresponding calibration registers are available to

the user and will be described separately in this

section.

9.2

Calibration Order

The proper steps for calibration need to be maintained.

Here is a summary on the order of calibration steps:

In AC mode

Line Frequency Calibration

Gain Calibration at PF=1

Phase Calibration at PF=0.5 (optional)

Reactive Gain Calibration at PF=0.5

In DC mode

Offset Calibration

Gain Calibration

9.3

Single-Point Gain Calibrations at

Unity Power Factor

When using the device in AC mode with the high-pass

filters turned on, most offset errors are removed and

only a single-point gain calibration is required.

Setting the gain registers to properly produce the

desired outputs can be done manually by writing to the

appropriate register. The alternative method is to use

the auto-calibration commands described in this

section.

9.3.1

USING THE AUTO-CALIBRATION

GAIN COMMAND

By applying stable reference voltages and currents that

are equivalent to the values that reside in the target

Calibration Current, Calibration Voltage and Calibration

Active Power registers, the Auto-Calibration

Gain

command can then be issued to the device.

After a successful calibration (response = ACK), a

Save Registers to Flash

command can then be

issued to save the calibration constants calculated by

the device.

The

following

registers

are

set

when

the

Auto-Calibration Gain

command is issued:

AC mode

• Gain Current RMS

• Gain Voltage RMS

• Gain Active Power

DC Mode

• DC Gain Current RMS

• DC Gain Voltage RMS

• DC Gain Active Power

When this command is issued, the MCP39F511A

attempts to match the expected values to the mea-

sured values for all three output quantities by changing

the gain register based on the following formula:

EQUATION 9-1:

The same formula applies for voltage RMS, current

RMS and active power. Since the gain registers for all

three quantities are 16-bit numbers, the ratio of the

expected value to the measured value (which can be

modified by changing the Range register) and the

previous gain must be such that the equation yields a

valid number. Here the limits are set to be from 25,000

to 65,535. A new gain within this range for all three

limits will return an ACK for a successful calibration,

otherwise the command returns a NAK for a failed

calibration attempt.

It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the proper

range settings, PGA settings and hardware design

settings are correct to allow for successful calibration

using this command.

The value of the Thermistor Voltage register is auto-

matically transfered to the Ambient Temperature Ref-

erence Voltage register after executing the command.

This value is used internally by the temperature

compensation algorithm, if enabled.

GAIN

NEW

GAIN

OLD

Expected

Measured

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