User manual

Installation and Operation
© 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51565B-page 11
2.5.5 Connection to Voltage or Phase Line and Ground Reference
Point (JP3,JP4)
These two connections feed the DC power supply circuitry described in
Section 2.6.3 “Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV1)”. JP4 is connected to the ground of the
PCB, and JP3 to the high-side of the DC power supply circuitry. JP3 is also connected
to the resistor divider that feeds the analog input of Channel 1 of the MCP3905A/06A.
This is the channel for measuring voltage and is connected to the differential input in a
single-ended fashion. See Appendix A. “Schematics and Layouts” for further detail.
2.6 BACK SIDE OF PCB DETAILED DESCRIPTION
2.6.1 MCP3905A (U1)
From the back side of the board, the MCP3905A/06A is located on the right hand side
where the analog ground plane exists. The MCP3905A/06A has appropriate bypass
capacitors on V
DD
coming from the DC power supply circuitry. The MCP3905A/06A has
its input logic pins connected to user-selectable jumpers, with the exception of the HPF
pin. For this system, the HPF is turned on with this pin connected to V
DD
; the device is
in AC mode only. The NEG connection is not connected in this reference design; this
pin should be left floating. The other three output pins (F
OUT0
, F
OUT1
, HF
OUT
) are
connected to nodes JP5, JP6 and JP7 described later in this section.
2.6.2 DC Power Supply (C17, C16, U2, C18, D2)
The DC power supply is created from a half-wave zener diode limited AC signal feeding
a 7805 +5V regulator. C17 and C16 divide the AC signal coming directly from the line
and designed in this document for 220V. The zener diode D2 limits the peak voltage to
15V.
2.6.3 Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV1)
A MOV is included to suppress any high voltage transients coming through the power
lines.
2.6.4 Optical Isolator (U3)
An optical isolator is included in the reference design as an additional level of protection
for other circuitry used in advanced meter designs (PICmicro
®
microcontroller, DSP or
otherwise). It is connected to the HF
OUT
frequency output of the MCP3905A.
Depending on the meter design, it may not be required. This design is a direct-connect
meter that has the entire PCB referenced to the phase or line-side of the power supply.
Therefore, any other circuitry would either need to be biased to the same point or
isolated using this scheme. A pull-up resistor is required on the output of the optical
isolator to allow the HF logic signal to appear.
2.6.5 The Analog Ground Plane, Power Supply Ground Plane, Moat.
The MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design PCB is designed for low-noise
performance and immunity to external influences, as required by IEC61036. The DC
power supply and digital outputs are connected to the power supply ground plane
(right-side of the board when looking at it from the front). The lower noise analog
ground plane, including the MCP3905A/06A connections, is on the opposite side of the
board, separated by a moat between the two ground planes. An inductive choke
connects the two grounds.