SENT “New sensor interface”

Allows data-transmission at low cost

Petr Kamenicky, Geert Vandensande, Philippe Quarmeau
ON Semiconductor Europe

What is SENT? Challenges: !!! ON Semi’s

-Sensor-interface: -Low cost: Receiver

Transmitter VSUPPL
CPU
Chip SENT IP:
- Digital data- Wiring
RPULL-UP
RTau1 Rf
transmission at 30 kbits/s Cinput CTau1
Timer
Cf R Input
-Meeting all
automotive
- Low-cost: No receiver, -Receiver: requirements.
Integrated transmitter - Only passive components at receiver-side

- Uni-directional: only - Digital input at CPU - In production as part

from sensor to ECU -Timing requirements: of sensor-ASIC.
- Point-to-point: no bus - Clock-drift* error < 0,05us
Emission
- 3 wires: 5V, GND, SENT *Clock-drift = variation of nibble length over requirement:
a message-period at a 3 µs clock tick. Signal freq. content:
- Min. pulse-width: 36us – 20% = 29us
- J2716 SAE-standard
Corresponding freq. ~ 35 kHz
-Automotive requirements: - Falling edge: from 3.8V to 1.1V <6.5us
-SENT: Single Edge Nibble - Wiring problems:

Corresponding freq. ~ 66 kHz
Absorber-lined chamber limits: CISPR 25
Transmission for - Wiring short to supply (


reverse battery) <21dBµV 150kHz .. 300kHz
Automotive applications - Wiring short to ground (


output-prot.) Implementation:
Signal shaping to suppress higher
- Data transmitted as - Automotive transients: harmonics without impacting:
nibbles (4 bits). Maximum - For supply-line and signal-line. - Pulse-shape
- Timing requirements
of 6 nibbles per message.
- ESD-immunity: - Signal amplitude
Measurement results:
- System ESD (8kV contact, 15kV air: - Radiated Emission, Absorber-lined
C = 330pF, R = 2kΩ) Chamber
Clock Ticks: 0 12 13 14 . . . 27

Nibble Value (4-bit): 0 1 2 ... 15 -EMC-requirements: Pegel [dBµV/m]

- Time measured between - Susceptibility: conducted and radiated 60

class A under 200mA BCI;

falling edges (single 4W PDI to supply or SENT wire;
50

edges) 200V/m TEM cell 40

- Frame-format: - Emission: conducted and radiated 30

20
Next Cal. & Synchr.
Synchronization

Status & Comm.

Calibration &

Contribution of
Pause Pulse or
(15 value)

(13 value)
(10 value)

checksum
(5 value)

(2 value)

(8 value)

(0 value)
Nibble 3

Nibble 6
Nibble 1

Nibble 2

Nibble 4

Nibble 5
(0 value)

10
CRC

ON Semiconductor:
56 ticks 12 ticks 27 ticks 17 ticks 22 ticks 14 ticks 20 ticks 12 ticks 25 ticks 0

-Calibration or synchronization -10

100k 300k 600k 1M 2M 3M 5M 10M 30M
pulse: Fixed length for -Participation to SAE- SENT Frequenz [Hz]

synchronization of receiver (56

clock-ticks). task-force leaded by GM: blue: peak detector
green: average detector
- Status & Communication - Transmitter-def.: push-pull driver.
Nibble defines message format: - Proposal for external components:
- No Serial Protocol
- Short Serial Protocol Transmitter Receiver CPU
- Enhanced Serial Protocol Chip
5V
- Checksum-Nibble: 4 bit CRC 51 kΩ
References:
Sensor Rsent120 Ω Wiring 560 Ω 4.7 kΩ Timer
- Pause-Pulse: to fill-up with Csent Cs_emc -SAE J2716 – Information Report FEB2008
2.2 nF 220 pF Input
message to a fixed length (less SENT 6.8 nF 6.8 nF

than 1ms). Acknowledgements:

- Petr Kamenicky + Brno design team
Goal of SENT? - Check feasibility of emission for development of SENT-IP and integration in
Sensor-ASIC.
-Low cost requirements at maximum baudrate: - Manu Meyers from Belgium design team for
4.5

-Digital precision: 4.0

Tfall < Trise <
Tstable
contribution in the early stage of IP-development.
- Geert Vandensande from Belgium for
3.5

6.5us 18us
advantage over analog or
3.0

2.5 > 6us support during the SENT feasibility and

2.0 Tstable
contribution in the SAE J2716 task force.
semi-analog PWM int. 1.5

1.0
> 6us
0.5 - Philippe Quarmeau from France for review
-Higher baudrate than LIN. 0.0
000.0E+0 5.0E-6 10.0E-6 15.0E-6 20.0E-6 25.0E-6 30.0E-6 35.0E-6 40.0E-6
and presenting this poster at SENSACT 3