MLX90614 family
Single and Dual Zone
Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39
Features and Benefits
Small size, low cost
Easy to integrate
Factory calibrated in wide temperature range:
-40…+125˚C for sensor temperature and
-70…+380˚C for object temperature.
High accuracy of 0.5°C over wide temperature
range (0…+50°C for both Ta and To)
High (medical) accuracy calibration
Measurement resolution of 0.02°C
Single and dual zone versions
SMBus compatible digital interface
Customizable PWM output for continuous
measurements versatility
Automotive grade
Ordering Information
reading
Available in 3V and 5V versions
Simple adaptation for 8…16V applications
Sleep mode for reduced power consumption
Different package options for applications and
Applications Examples
High precision non-contact temperature
measurements
Thermal Comfort sensor for Mobile Air
Conditioning control system
Temperature sensing element for residential,
commercial and industrial building air
conditioning
Industrial temperature control of moving parts
Windshield defogging
Automotive blind angle detection
Temperature control in printers and copiers
Home appliances with temperature control
Healthcare
Livestock monitoring
Movement detection
Multiple zone temperature control – up to 127
sensors can be read via common 2 wires
Thermal relay / alert
Body temperature measurement
Part No.
MLX90614
Temperature
Code
E (-40C...85C)
K (-40C…125C)
Package
Code
SF (TO-39)
- Option Code
- X X X
(1) (2) (3)
Standard
part
-000
Packing
form
-TU
(1) Supply Voltage/ Accuracy
A - 5V
B - 3V
C - Reserved
D - 3V medical accuracy
(2) Number of thermopiles:
A – single zone
B – dual zone
C – gradient compensated*
(3) Package options:
A – Standard package
B – Reserved
C – 35° FOV
D/E – Reserved
F – 10° FOV
G – Reserved
H – 12° FOV (refractive lens)
I – 5° FOV
Example:
MLX90614ESF-BAA-000-TU * : See page 2
1 Functional diagram
2 General Description
MLX90614Axx: Vdd=4.5...5.5V
J1
1
SCL
Vz
SCL
MLX90614
U1
P W M
SDA
2
SDA
Vdd
4Vss
C1
Vdd
3
GND
0.1uF
CON1
C1 value and type may differ
in different applications
for optimum EMC
MLX90614 connection to SMBus
Figure 1: Typical application schematics
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The MLX90614 is an Infra Red thermometer for non
contact temperature measurements. Both the IR sensitive
thermopile detector chip and the signal conditioning ASSP
are integrated in the same TO-39 can.
Thanks to its low noise amplifier, 17-bit ADC and
powerful DSP unit, a high accuracy and resolution of the
thermometer is achieved.
The thermometer comes factory calibrated with a digital
PWM and SMBus (System Management Bus) output.
As a standard,
the 10-bit PWM
to
continuously transmit the measured temperature in range
of -20…120˚C, with an output resolution of 0.14˚C.
The factory default POR setting is SMBus.
is configured
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General description (continued)
The MLX90614 is built from 2 chips developed and manufactured by Melexis:
The Infra Red thermopile detector MLX81101
The signal conditioning ASSP MLX90302, specially designed to process the output of IR sensor.
The device is available in an industry standard TO-39 package.
Thanks to the low noise amplifier, high resolution 17-bit ADC and powerful DSP unit of MLX90302 high
accuracy and resolution of the thermometer is achieved. The calculated object and ambient temperatures are
available in RAM of MLX90302 with resolution of 0.01˚C. They are accessible by 2 wire serial SMBus
compatible protocol (0.02°C resolution) or via 10-bit PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) output of the device.
The MLX90614 is factory calibrated in wide temperature ranges: -40…125˚C for the ambient
temperature and -70…380˚C for the object temperature.
The measured value is the average temperature of all objects in the Field Of View of the sensor. The
MLX90614 offers a standard accuracy of ±0.5˚C around room temperatures. A special version for medical
applications exists offering an accuracy of ±0.2˚C in a limited temperature range around the human body
temperature.
It is very important for the application designer to understand that these accuracies are only guaranteed
and achievable when the sensor is in thermal equilibrium and under isothermal conditions (there are no
temperature differences across the sensor package). The accuracy of the thermometer can be influenced by
temperature differences in the package induced by causes like (among others): Hot electronics behind the
sensor, heaters/coolers behind or beside the sensor or by a hot/cold object very close to the sensor that not
only heats the sensing element in the thermometer but also the thermometer package.
This effect is especially relevant for thermometers with a small FOV like the xxC and xxF as the energy
received by the sensor from the object is reduced. Therefore, Melexis has introduced the xCx version of the
MLX90614. In these MLX90614xCx, the thermal gradients are measured internally and the measured
temperature is compensated for them. In this way, the xCx version of the MLX90614 is much less sensitive to
thermal gradients, but the effect is not totally eliminated. It is therefore important to avoid the causes of thermal
gradients as much as possible or to shield the sensor from them.
As a standard, the MLX90614 is calibrated for an object emissivity of 1. It can be easily customized by
the customer for any other emissivity in the range 0.1…1.0 without the need of recalibration with a black body.
The 10-bit PWM is as a standard configured to transmit continuously the measured object temperature
for an object temperature range of -20…120˚C with an output resolution of 0.14˚C. The PWM can be easily
customized for virtually any range desired by the customer by changing the content of 2 EEPROM cells. This
has no effect on the factory calibration of the device.
The PWM pin can also be configured to act as a thermal relay (input is To), thus allowing for an easy
and cost effective implementation in thermostats or temperature (freezing / boiling) alert applications. The
temperature threshold is user programmable. In a SMBus system this feature can act as a processor interrupt
that can trigger reading all slaves on the bus and to determine the precise condition.
The thermometer is available in 2 supply voltage options: 5V compatible or 3V (battery) compatible.
The 5V can be easily adopted to operate from a higher supply voltage (8…16V, for example) by use of few
external components (refer to “Applications information” section for details).
An optical filter (long-wave pass) that cuts off the visible and near infra-red radiant flux is integrated in
the package to provide ambient and sunlight immunity. The wavelength pass band of this optical filter is from
5.5 till 14µm (except for xCH and xCI type of devices which incorporate uncoated germanium lens).
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3 Table of Contents
1 Functional diagram ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1
2 General Description ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3 Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
4 Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
5 Maximum ratings ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
6 Pin definitions and descriptions .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
7 Electrical Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
7.1 MLX90614Axx............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
7.2 MLX90614Bxx, MLX90614Dxx .................................................................................................................................................... 8
8 Detailed description ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
8.1 Block diagram .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
8.2 Signal processing principle........................................................................................................................................................ 10
8.3 Block description ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
8.3.1 Amplifier............................................................................................................................................................................ 11
8.3.2 Supply regulator and POR.................................................................................................................................................. 11
8.3.3 EEPROM .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
8.3.4 RAM ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
8.4 SMBus compatible 2-wire protocol............................................................................................................................................. 14
8.4.1 Functional description ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
8.4.2 Differences with the standard SMBus specification (reference [1])......................................................................................... 15
8.4.3 Detailed description ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
8.4.4 Bit transfer ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
8.4.5 Commands ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
8.4.6 SMBus communication examples ....................................................................................................................................... 17
8.4.7 Timing specification ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
8.4.8 Sleep Mode....................................................................................................................................................................... 19
8.4.9 MLX90614 SMBus specific remarks.................................................................................................................................... 20
8.5 PWM ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
8.5.1 Single PWM format............................................................................................................................................................ 22
8.5.2 Extended PWM format ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.5.3 Customizing the temperature range for PWM output ............................................................................................................ 24
8.6 Switching Between PWM / Thermal relay and SMBus communication ......................................................................................... 26
8.6.1 PWM is enabled ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8.6.2 Request condition .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
8.6.3 PWM is disabled................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8.7 Computation of ambient and object temperatures ....................................................................................................................... 27
8.7.1 Ambient temperature Ta..................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.7.2 Object temperature To ....................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.7.3 Calculation flow ................................................................................................................................................................. 28
8.8 Thermal relay ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
9 Unique Features.............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
10 Performance Graphs...................................................................................................................................................................... 32
10.1 Temperature accuracy of the MLX90614 .................................................................................................................................. 32
10.1.1 Standard accuracy........................................................................................................................................................... 32
10.1.2 Medical accuracy ............................................................................................................................................................. 33
10.1.3 Temperature reading dependence on VDD ......................................................................................................................... 33
10.2 Field Of View (FOV)................................................................................................................................................................ 35
11 Applications Information ................................................................................................................................................................. 39
11.1 Use of the MLX90614 thermometer in SMBus configuration ...................................................................................................... 39
11.2 Use of multiple MLX90614s in SMBus configuration.................................................................................................................. 39
11.3 PWM output operation ............................................................................................................................................................ 40
11.4 Thermal alert / thermostat ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
11.5 High voltage source operation ................................................................................................................................................. 41
12 Application Comments ................................................................................................................................................................... 42
13 Standard information regarding manufacturability of Melexis products with different soldering processes ............................................ 44
14 ESD Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 44
15 FAQ.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
16 Package Information ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47
16.1 MLX90614xxA ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47
16.2 MLX90614xCC ....................................................................................................................................................................... 47
16.3 MLX90614xCF ....................................................................................................................................................................... 48
16.4 MLX90614xCH ....................................................................................................................................................................... 48
16.5 MLX90614xCI ........................................................................................................................................................................ 49
16.6 Part marking........................................................................................................................................................................... 49
16.7 Operating and storage humidity range...................................................................................................................................... 49
17 Table of figures.............................................................................................................................................................................. 50
18 References ................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
19 Disclaimer ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
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4 Glossary of Terms
PTAT
POR
HFO
DSP
FIR
IIR
IR
PWM
DC
FOV
SDA,SCL
Ta
To
ESD
EMC
ASSP
TBD
Proportional To Absolute Temperature sensor (package temperature)
Power On Reset
High Frequency Oscillator (RC type)
Digital Signal Processing
Finite Impulse Response. Digital filter
Infinite Impulse Response. Digital filter
Infra-Red
Pulse With Modulation
Duty Cycle (of the PWM) ; Direct Current (for settled conditions specifications)
Field Of View
Serial DAta, Serial CLock – SMBus compatible communication pins
Ambient Temperature measured from the chip – (the package temperature)
Object Temperature, ‘seen’ from IR sensor
Electro-Static Discharge
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
Application Specific Standard Product
To Be Defined
Note: sometimes the MLX90614xxx is referred as “the module”.
5 Maximum ratings
Parameter
MLX90614ESF-Axx
7V
5.5 V
Supply Voltage, VDD (over voltage)
Supply Voltage, VDD (operating)
Reverse Voltage
Operating Temperature Range, TA
Storage Temperature Range, TS
ESD Sensitivity (AEC Q100 002)
DC current into SCL / Vz (Vz mode)
DC sink current, SDA / PWM pin
DC source current, SDA / PWM pin
DC clamp current, SDA / PWM pin
DC clamp current, SCL pin
-40…+85C
-40…+125C
5V
3.6V
0.4 V
2kV
2 mA
25 mA
25 mA
25 mA
25 mA
MLX90614ESF-Bxx
MLX90614ESF-Dxx
MLX90614KSF-Axx
7V
5.5V
-40…+125°C
-40…+125°C
Table 1: Absolute maximum ratings for MLX90614
Exceeding the absolute maximum ratings may cause permanent damage.
Exposure to absolute-maximum-rated conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
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6 Pin definitions and descriptions
4 - VSS
1 - SCL / Vz
3 - VDD
2 - SDA / PWM
Bottom view
Figure 2: Pin description
Function
Serial clock input for 2 wire communications protocol. 5.7V zener is available at this
pin for connection of external bipolar transistor to MLX90614Axx to supply the device
from external 8 …16V source.
Digital input / output. In normal mode the measured object temperature is available at
this pin Pulse Width Modulated.
In SMBus compatible mode the pin is automatically configured as open drain NMOS.
External supply voltage.
Ground. The metal can is also connected to this pin.
Table 2: Pin description MLX90614
Pin Name
SCL / Vz
SDA / PWM
VDD
VSS
Note: for +12V (+8…+16V) powered operation refer to the Application information section. For EMC and
isothermal conditions reasons it is highly recommended not to use any electrical connection to the metal can
except by the VSS pin.
With the SCL / Vz and PWM / SDA pins operated in 2-wire interface mode, the input Schmidt trigger function is
automatically enabled.
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Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39
7 Electrical Specifications
7.1 MLX90614Axx
All parameters are valid for TA = 25 ˚C, VDD =5V (unless otherwise specified)
Parameter
Symbol
Test Conditions
Min
Typ
Max
Units
External supply
Supply current
Supply current
(programming)
Zener voltage
VDD
IDD
IDDpr
Vz
Zener voltage
Vz(Ta)
POR level
POR level
POR hysteresis
VDD rise time (10% to 90%
of specified supply voltage)
Output valid
(result in RAM)
VPOR_up
VPOR_down
VPOR_hys
TPOR
Tvalid
PWM resolution
PWM output period
PWMres
PWMT,def
PWM period stability
dPWMT
Supplies
No load
No load, erase/write EEPROM
operations
Iz = 75…1000A (Ta=room)
Iz = 70…1000A,
full temperature range
Power On Reset
Power-up (full temp range)
Power –down (full temp range)
Full temp range
Ensure POR signal
After POR
Pulse width modulation1
Data band
Factory default, internal
oscillator factory calibrated
Internal oscillator factory
calibrated, over the entire
operation range and supply
voltage
Output high Level
Output low Level
Output drive current
Output sink current
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PWMHI
PWMLO
IdrivePWM
IsinkPWM
Isource = 2 mA
Isink = 2 mA
Vout,H = VDD - 0.8V
Vout,L = 0.8V
4.5
5.5
5.15
1.4
1.3
0.08
-10
VDD-0.2
5
1.3
1.5
5.7
5.7
1.75
1.7
0.1
0.25
10
1.024
7
13.5
5.5
2
2.5
5.9
6.24
1.95
1.9
1.15
20
V
mA
mA
V
V
V
V
V
ms
s
bit
ms
+10
%
VSS+0.2
V
V
mA
mA
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Parameter
Symbol
Test Conditions
Min
Typ
Max
SMBus compatible 2-wire interface2
Input high voltage
Input low voltage
VIH (Ta, V)
VIL (Ta, V)
Over temperature and supply
Over temperature and supply
Output low voltage
VOL
Over temperature and supply,
Isink = 2mA
SCL leakage
SDA leakage
SCL capacitance
SDA capacitance
Slave address
Wake up request
SMBus Request
Timeout, low
Timeout, high
Acknowledge setup time
Acknowledge hold time
Acknowledge setup time
Acknowledge hold time
Data retention
Erase/write cycles
Erase/write cycles
Erase cell time
Write cell time
ISCL, leak
ISDA, leak
VSCL=4V, Ta=+85°C
VSDA=4V, Ta=+85°C
CSCL
CSDA
SA
twake
tREQ
Timeout,L
Timeout,H
Tsuac(MD)
Thdac(MD)
Tsuac(SD)
Thdac(SD)
Terase
Twrite
Factory default
SDA low
SCL low
SCL low
SCL high
8-th SCL falling edge, Master
9-th SCL falling edge, Master
8-th SCL falling edge, Slave
9-th SCL falling edge, Slave
EEPROM
Ta = +85°C
Ta = +25°C
Ta = +125°C
3
33
1.44
27
45
10
100,000
10,000
5A
5
5
Table 3: Electrical specification MLX90614Axx
0.6
0.2
30
0.3
10
10
33
55
1.5
1.5
2.5
1.5
Units
V
V
V
A
A
pF
pF
hex
ms
ms
ms
s
s
s
s
s
years
Times
Times
ms
ms
Notes: All the communication and refresh rate timings are given for the nominal calibrated HFO frequency and
will vary with this frequency’s variations.
1. With large capacitive load lower PWM frequency is recommended. Thermal relay output (when
configured) has the PWM DC specification and can be programmed as push-pull, or NMOS open drain. PWM is
free-running, power-up factory default is SMBus, refer to section 8.6, “Switching between PWM and SMBus
communication” for more details.
2. For SMBus compatible interface on 12V application refer to Application information section. SMBus
compatible interface is described in details in the SMBus detailed description section. Maximum number of
MLX90614 devices on one bus is 127, higher pull-up currents are recommended for higher number of devices,
faster bus data transfer rates, and increased reactive loading of the bus.
MLX90614 is always a slave device on the bus. MLX90614 can work in both low-power and high-power SMBus
communication.
All voltages are referred to the Vss (ground) unless otherwise noted.
Sleep mode is not available on the 5V version (MLX90614Axx).
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7.2 MLX90614Bxx, MLX90614Dxx
All parameters are valid for TA = 25 ˚C, VDD =3V (unless otherwise specified)
Parameter
Symbol
External supply
Supply current
Supply current
(programming)
Sleep mode current
Sleep mode current
POR level
POR level
POR hysteresis
VDD rise time
(10% to 90% of
specified supply voltage)
Output valid
VDD
IDD
IDDpr
Isleep
Isleep
VPOR_up
VPOR_down
VPOR_hys
TPOR
Tvalid
Test Conditions
Supplies
No load
No load, erase / write EEPROM
operations
no load
Full temperature range
Power On Reset
Power-up (full temp range)
Power –down (full temp range)
Full temp range
Ensure POR signal
After POR
Pulse width modulation1
PWM resolution
PWMres
Data band
PWM output period
PWMT,def
PWM period stability
dPWMT
Output high Level
Output low Level
Output drive current
Output sink current
Continued on next page
PWMHI
PWMLO
IdrivePWM
IsinkPWM
Factory default, internal
oscillator factory calibrated
Internal oscillator factory
calibrated, over the entire
operation range and supply
voltage
Isource = 2 mA
Isink = 2 mA
Vout,H = VDD - 0.8V
Vout,L = 0.8V
Min
2.6
1
1
1.4
1.3
0.08
Typ
3
1.3
1.5
2.5
2.5
1.75
1.7
0.1
Max
Units
3.6
2
2.5
5
6
1.95
1.9
1.15
V
mA
mA
A
A
V
V
V
20
ms
0.25
10
1.024
s
bit
ms
-10
VDD-0.25
4.5
11
+10
%
VSS+0.25
V
V
mA
mA
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