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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Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39 
 
 
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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MLX90614 family 
Single and Dual Zone 
Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39 
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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Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39 
 
 
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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Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39 
 
 
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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Infra Red Thermometer in TO-39 
 
 
 
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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