NE555 - SA555 - SE555

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Doc ID 2182 Rev 6

13/20

Figure 20 shows the waveforms generator by the linear ramp.

The time interval is given by:

Figure 20.

Linear ramp

4.5

50% duty cycle oscillator

period for the output high is the same as for astable operation (see Section 4.2 on page 9):

For the output low it is

Thus the frequency of oscillation is:

T =

(2/3 Vcc RE (R1+R2) C

R1 Vcc - VBE (R1+R2)

---------------------------------------------------------------- VBE = 0.6V

Time:

20 µs/DIV

C = 0.01 µF

Top trace: input 3 V/DIV

Middle trace: output 5 V/DIV

Bottom trace: output 5 V/DIV

Bottom trace: capacitor voltage 1 V/DIV

t

2

[(R. RB)/(RA+RB)].C.Ln

RB

2RA

–

2RB

RA

–

---------------------------

=

f

1

t1

t2

+

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=