Rainbow Electronics MAX1401 - Manual (Page 28)

MAX1401
+3V, 18-Bit, Low-Power, Multichannel,
Oversampling (Sigma-Delta) ADC
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The noise shown in Tables 16a and 16b is composed of
device noise and quantization noise. The device noise is
relatively low but becomes the limiting noise source for
high gain settings. The quantization noise is determined
by the notch frequency and becomes the dominant noise
source as the notch frequency is increased.
Offset-Correction DAC
The MAX1401 provides a coarse (3-bit plus sign) offset
correction DAC at the modulator input. Use this DAC to
remove the offset component in the input signal, allowing
the ADC to operate on a more sensitive range. The DAC
offsets up to ±116.7% of the selected range in ±16.7%
increments for unipolar mode and up to ±58.3% of the
selected range in ±8.3% increments for bipolar mode.
When a DAC value of 0 is selected, the DAC is completely
disconnected from the modulator inputs and does not
contribute any noise. Figures 8 and 9 show the effect of
the DAC codes on the input range and transfer function.
Clock Oscillator
The clock oscillator may be used with an external crystal
(or resonator) connected between CLKIN and CLKOUT,
or may be driven directly by an external oscillator at
CLKIN with CLKOUT left unconnected. In normal oper-
ating mode, the MAX1401 is specified for operation with
CLKIN at either 1.024MHz (CLK = 0) or 2.4576MHz
(CLK = 1, default). When operated at these frequencies,
the part may be programmed to produce frequency
response nulls at the local line frequency (either 60Hz or
50Hz) and the associated line harmonics.
In standby mode (STBY = 1) all circuitry, with the
exception of the serial interface and the clock oscillator,
is powered down. The interface consumes minimal
power with a static SCLK. Enter full power-down mode
(including the oscillator) by setting the FULLPD bit in
the special-function register. When exiting a full-power
shutdown, perform a hardware reset or a software reset
after the master clock signal is established (typically
10ms when using the on-board oscillator with an exter-
nal crystal) to ensure that any potentially corrupted reg-
isters are cleared.
It is often helpful to use higher-frequency crystals or
resonators, especially for surface-mount applications
where the result may be reduced PC board area for the
oscillator component and a lower price or better com-
ponent availability. Also, it may be necessary to oper-
ate the part with a clock source whose duty cycle is not
close to 50%. In either case, the MAX1401 can operate
with a master clock frequency of up to 5MHz, and
includes an internal divide-by-2 prescaler to restore the
internal clock frequency to a range of up to 2.5MHz
with a 50% duty cycle. To activate this prescaler, set
the X2CLK bit in the control registers. Note that using
CLKIN frequencies above 2.5MHz in combination with
the X2CLK mode will result in a small increase in digital
supply current.
ZERO-SCALE 2621
MIDSCALE 131072
NEGATIVE DAC
STEP SHIFTS
THE TRANSFER
FUNCTION
TOWARD THE
POSITIVE RAIL.
PGA = 3
DAC = 0
PGA = 0
DAC = 0
PGA = 3
DAC = +3
MAX CODE 262144
FULL-SCALE 259522
INPUT VOLTAGE RANGE
CODE
(V
AIN
-)-V
REF
AGND
(V
AIN
-) - V
REF
/8 - V
REF
/16
(V
AIN
-) - V
REF
/8 - V
REF
/16
(V
AIN
-) - V
REF
/8
(V
AIN
-) + V
REF
/8
V+
(V
AIN
-) + V
REF
(V
AIN-
)
Figure 8. Effect of PGA and DAC Codes on the Bipolar
Transfer Function
DAC CODE
D3:
D2:
D1:
D0:
INPUT VOLTAGE RANGE
(V REF = 1.25V
PGA = 000)
-7
1
1
1
1
-6
1
1
1
0
-5
1
1
0
1
-4
1
1
0
0
-3
1
0
1
1
-2
1
0
1
0
-1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 +1
0
0
0
1
+2
0
0
1
0
+3
0
0
1
1
+4
0
1
0
0
+5
0
1
0
1
+6
0
1
1
0
+7
0
1
1
1
2.708V
2.50V
2.292V
2.083V
1.875V
1.667V
1.458V
1.25V
1.042V
0.833V
0.625V
0.416V
0.208V
0V
-0.208V
-0.416V
-0.625V
-0.833V
-1.042V
-1.25V
-1.458V
-1.667V
-1.875V
-2.083V
-2.292V
-2.50V
-2.708V
13/6 V REF /2 PGA
2 V REF /2 PGA
11/6 V REF /2 PGA
10/6 V REF /2 PGA
9/6 V
REF
/2 PGA
8/6 V REF /2 PGA
7/6 V REF /2 PGA
V REF /2 PGA
5/6 V REF /2 PGA
4/6 V REF /2 PGA
3/6 V
REF
/2 PGA
2/6 V REF /2 PGA
1/6 V REF /2 PGA
0
-1/6 V REF /2 PGA
-2/6 V REF /2 PGA
-3/6 V REF /2 PGA
-4/6 V REF /2 PGA
-5/6 V REF /2 PGA
-V REF /2 PGA
-7/6 V REF /2 PGA
-8/6 V REF /2 PGA
-9/6 V REF /2 PGA
-10/6 V REF /2 PGA
-11/6 V REF /2 PGA
-2 V REF /2 PGA
-13/6 V REF /2 PGA
MINIMUM INPUT (U/B = 1)
MINIMUM INPUT (U/B = 0)
MAXIMUM INPUT
Figure 9. Input Voltage Range vs. DAC Code