DIN-I-420: Din rail 4... 20mA loop isolator - Arian S. A.

Industrial Control & Instrumentation
DIN-I-420:
Din rail 4... 20mA loop isolator
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Loop powered, does not need additional power supply
Service and 5 years guarantee.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The device generates in its output a 4... 20mA loop identical to the one present in its
input but optoisolated.
Galvanic isolation eliminates the problems produced by ground potencial differences
in the plant and reduces the ones produced by electromagnetic interference.
Common applications are to create safe barriers and floating ground references for
interconnecting several equipment without creating current return conflicts.
TECNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
INPUT: Voltage drop: 3.6 V max.
OUTPUT: Maximum operation voltage. 30 V
Minimum operation voltage.
3.6 V + 20 mA * RL
Isolation:
4000 V min.
Temperature stability:
25 ppm / °C max.
Long term stability:
20 ppm / año max.
CONSTRUCTION: Material: Poliester; IP65
Total dimensions:
22 mm wide, 75 mm heigth , 110 mm deep.
Assembly
Rail DIN
Weight:
100 grams.
Operation temperature:
-10 ... 50 °C.
CONNECTIONS
9 Input
4..20 mA
+
_
Vz= 3.6V
7
Output
V. drop
3.6V
6
+
4...20 mA
4
_
+V
+V max.= 30V
+V min. = 3.6V + 20mA*RL
RL
C Copyright ARIAN S.A. 2001.
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OPERATION
The DIN-I-420 operation is based on a opto-isolator composed by a light emiting
diode (LED) on the input side, a reciever photo transistor on the output side and
another reciever photo tranasistor in the input side. This last one feebacks for
compasating and linealizing the LED light intensity variations caused by the operating
temperature.
The input circuit makes a 3.6V drop on the input loop for feeding the LED and
behaves similar to a zener diode.
The ouput current loop feeds the current regulator circuit drived by the photo transistor.
This current loop feeding induces a 3.6V drop on the output loop.
APPLICATIONS
Two common ground instruments 4..20 mA input
+ 24 V
+ 24 V
Sensor
DIN-I-420
+ 24 V
Gnd
9
6
Two instruments, a controller and a
monitor need to have 4... 20mA input
from the same sensor and
simultaneuslly to have common
grounds.
The problem appears with the common
ground requirement, because it is
impossible to make a 4...20mA loop
series connection through both
instruments.
Lazo 1
4...20 mA
7
Input
Output
+
4
_
Lazo 2
4...20 mA
Gnd
Monitor
RL
The solution is to generate a second
identical but isolated current loop with
floating ground for the monitor
instrument.
Controlador
Gnd
RL
PART CODE:
DIN-I-420
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
ARIAN S. A.
Teniente Montt 1932, Nuñoa,
Santiago, Chile
Fone/Fax 56-2-4249363
arian@arian.cl
www.arian.cl
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