Capacitive-coupled isolation for noisy environments
The Texas Instruments ISO7821LLSDW is a 2-channel, unidirectional digital isolator using capacitive coupling to pass signals across a reinforced isolation barrier rated at 5700 Vrms.
5700 Vrms isolation — what it buys you
Reinforced isolation at 5700 Vrms means this part can withstand a 5.7 kV potential between input and output without breakdown, tested per IEC 60747-5-5. For a 400 V motor drive or a 480 VAC power supply, that margin covers surge events and transient overvoltages without derating. The 100 kV/µs common-mode transient immunity (CMTI) ensures that fast-switching edges from a half-bridge or IGBT stage do not corrupt the data crossing the barrier — a spec that matters when the isolation amplifier or gate-driver feedback path runs at several hundred kHz.
