MAX9921

19-4119; Rev 0; 6/08 Dual, 2-Wire Hall-Effect Sensor Interface with Diagnostics www.datasheet4u.com General Description Features ♦ Withstands 60V at BAT Supply and Hall Inputs ♦ 6V to 18V Operating Voltage Range ♦ Provides Supply Current and Interfaces to Two 2-Wire Hall Sensors ♦ Error Output with Diagnostics of Hall Inputs and BAT Voltage ♦ Protects Hall Sensors from Overvoltage by Isolating them from Supply Transients ♦ Hall Inputs Protected from Short to Ground ♦ Ramps Current to Hall Sensors at 4mA/µs ♦ Output Enable Input Allows Multiplexing of Outputs from Multiple MAX9921s ♦ Hall Output Filtering ♦ Hall Sensor Blanking Following Hall Sensor Power-Up and Restart ♦ Low-Power Shutdown, Controlled with OE and DIAG Inputs ♦ Operates with ±2V Ground Shifts Between Hall Sensor and MAX9921 MAX9921 The MAX9921 provides a single chip solution to interface two 2-wire Hall-effect sensors to a low-voltage microprocessor (µP). This device supplies and monitors the current drawn by two Hall-effect sensors, filters the sensed current level, and outputs the corresponding logic level. The MAX9921 includes input diagnostics and fault protection. These features allow the device to determine fault conditions such as open inputs, inputs shorted to the battery, and inputs shorted to ground. If the MAX9921 detects any of these conditions at either IN1 or IN2, the device shuts off the current to the corresponding input. The MAX9921 protects the Hall sensors from supply transients up to 6...