2023-04-13 10:30 AM
I want to utilize the very low power supply current of typical 1.5 mA to make a galvanic separated RS-232 interface, which is driven by RTS and DTR (trough two diodes) on the RS-232 side. The plan is to connect the cathodes of the two diodes to V+ and then let the inverter generate V-. Vcc for the ST202/232A and the RS-232 side of the digital isolator is then driven by a 5V LDO regulator (or switch mode supply) from the same point. This is much more efficient than using the voltage doubler to generate V+ as the output current drawn from Vcc is then doubled, which will cause a much higher power loss in the LDO.