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LDC0851: LDC0851EVM and spiral coil connection experiment

Part Number: LDC0851

Thank you very much for your help.
I am afraid that I have not received any answer to the inquiry I sent earlier, but I would like to give priority to this answer.

★I made an inductor coil for LDC0851EVM and conducted an experiment, but the output of object detection did not turn on from LDC0851EVM.

Photo 1 shows the sensor coil connected between LSENSE and LCOM.
Photo 2 shows a reference coil connected between LCOM and LREF.

phot1 

phot2

The production conditions of each coil are based on the calculation of spiral inductor and design.
LDC0851_calc.

What I'm thinking now is whether the LC oscillation circuit is working properly or not.
LDC Differential Inductive Switching_Data Sheet, Section 7.7
All we need to do now is to confirm that the LC oscillator circuit is working properly, and that LREF and LSENSE work as described in the timing requirements in the LDC Differential Inductive Switching_Data Sheet, Section 7.7.
All you need to do is to check that the LC oscillator circuit is working properly and that LREF and LSENSE are working as described in LDC Differential Inductive Switching_Data Sheet, Section 7.7 Timing Requirements.

  • sHiroaki,

    There are some things to look at to confirm if your circuit is working as you expect:

    1. Confirm the wire-wound coils have the same inductance as the PCB spiral coils specified in the coil design spreadsheet.
    2. Look at the signals on Lsense, Lcom and Lref to see if they show the expected voltage and frequency.
    3. Check the voltage level at the ADJ pin to confirm the expected threshold voltage.
    4. Check the OUT pin voltage with a target at the switching distance to confirm the LDC0851 is switching as expected.

    Regards,
    John