INTEGRATED CIRCUITS DIVISION Application Note: AN-111

Isolated 0-10V to 4-20mA

Converter Application

AN-111-R02
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The LIA100P, with a typical Common Mode Rejection
Ratio of 130dB (see Figure 1A) and isolation voltage
up to 3750V is a good choice for this kind of
application.
Common Mode Rejection
-60

CMRR - Rejection Ratio (dB)

-70

-80

-90

-100
Industrial controllers and data acquisition equipment -110
frequently require an isolated voltage-to-current loop -120
converter in environments where high common mode -130
noise exist and protection of equipment and personnel 0.1 1 10
Frequency (kHz)
100 1000

from high voltages are required. The current loop,

usually 4-20mA, is used to drive control valves or
Figure 1A.
the input to chart recorders for temperature/pressure
monitoring over time for example. Figure 1 shows The example circuit for this application is shown in
a simplified block diagram of an isolated pressure figure 1B.
transmitter.
The LIA110P is in the photovoltaic mode which has
linearity comparable to a 13-14 bit D/A converter with
Isolated
1 LSB nonlinearity or 0.01% of full scale.The result is
Power
Supply Power a clean, linear conversion from 0-10V to 4-20mA as
Supply
shown in figure 2.
IOUT vs. VIN
Pressure Isolated V-I Converter 20
Transducer
18
4-20mA
16
Signal
I OUT (mA)

Recording 14
Conditioner 0-10V Instrument
12
10
8
VCM 6
4
Common mode voltage VCM of 3750Vrms 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
VIN (Volts)

Figure 1. Isolated Pressure Transmitter

Figure 2.

Isolated VCC2
12.5V
VCC2
LIA110P Power Supply
1 16
15 Non-isolated 12.5V
2 + + R4 VCC
RIN 3 14 CF RF VCC2 Power Supply
VCC2 VCC2
CF 4 13 V
VCC CC2 - -
+ 5 12 +
U2 Q1 U3 IOUT
+
6 11
VCC RL
RLED 7 10
8 9 C2
U1
Note: For single power supply: = VEE1 = VEE2

Figure 1B. 0-10V to 4-20mA Converter

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