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Power-down sequencing – Rainbow Electronics MAX188 User Manual

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MAX186/MAX188

Low-Power, 8-Channel,

Serial 12-Bit ADCs

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FULL

POWER-DOWN

POWERED

UP

POWERED UP

DATA VALID

DATA VALID

INTERNAL CLOCK MODE

S X X X X X 1 0

S

0 0

X

X

X

X

X

S

MODE

DOUT

DIN

CLOCK

MODE

SETS INTERNAL
CLOCK MODE

SETS FULL
POWER-DOWN

CONVERSION

CONVERSION

SSTRB

1

0 0

DIN

REFADJ

VREF

2.5V

0V

4V

0V

1

0 1

1

1

1

1

0 0

1

0 1

FULLPD

FASTPD

NOPD

FULLPD

FASTPD

2ms WAIT

COMPLETE CONVERSION SEQUENCE

t

BUFFEN

15µs

τ

= RC = 20k

x C

REFADJ

(ZEROS)

CH1

CH7

(ZEROS)

Hardware Power-Down

The

SHDN pin places the converter into the full

power-down mode. Unlike with the software shut-down
modes, conversion is not completed. It stops coinci-
dentally with

SHDN being brought low. There is no

power-up delay if an external reference is used and is
not shut down. The

SHDN pin also selects internal or

external reference compensation (see Table 7).

Power-Down Sequencing

The MAX186/MAX188 auto power-down modes can
save considerable power when operating at less than
maximum sample rates. The following discussion illus-
trates the various power-down sequences.

Lowest Power at up to 500

Conversions/Channel/Second

The following examples illustrate two different power-down
sequences. Other combinations of clock rates, compen-
sation modes, and power-down modes may give lowest
power consumption in other applications.

Figure 14a depicts the MAX186 power consumption for
one or eight channel conversions utilizing full
power-down mode and internal reference compensation.
A 0.01µF bypass capacitor at REFADJ forms an RC filter
with the internal 20k

reference resistor with a 0.2ms

time constant. To achieve full 12-bit accuracy, 10 time
constants or 2ms are required after power-up. Waiting
2ms in FASTPD mode instead of full power-up will reduce
the power consumption by a factor of 10 or more. This is
achieved by using the sequence shown in Figure 13.

Figure 12b. Timing Diagram Power-Down Modes, Internal Clock

Figure 13. MAX186 FULLPD/FASTPD Power-Up Sequence