
Preliminary Technical Data
AD7641
SINGLE TO DIFFERENTIAL DRIVER
For applications using unipolar analog signals, a single ended to
differential driver will allow for a differential input into the part.
The schematic is shown in Figure 10. This configuration, when
provided an input signal of 0 to V
REF
, will produce a differential
±V
REF
with midscale at V
REF
/2.
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If the application can tolerate more noise, the AD8138 – a
differential driver, can be used.
10pF
U2
590
AD8021
ANALOG INPUT
(UNIPOLAR 0 to 2.5V)
10pF
U1
590
AD8021
IN+
AD7641
IN-
10k
10k
REF
10 F
15
15
100nF
1nF
1nF
Figure 10. Single Ended to Differential Driver Circuit
(Internal Reference Buffer Used)
VOLTAGE REFERENCE
The AD7641 allows the choice of either a very low temperature
drift internal voltage reference or an external reference.
Unlike many ADC with internal reference, the internal
reference of the AD7641 provides excellent performances and
can be used in almost all applications. It is temperature
compensated to 1.2V ± TBD mV with a typical drift of TBD
ppm/°C, a typical long-term stability of TBD ppm and a typical
hysterisis of TBD ppm.
However, the advantages to use the external reference voltage
directly are :
The power saving of about 8mW typical when the internal
reference and its buffer are powered down ( PDREF and
PDBUF High )
The SNR and dynamic range improvement of about 1.7 dB
resulting of the use of a reference voltage very close to the
supply (2.5V) instead of a typical 2.048V reference when
the internal buffer is used.
To use the internal reference along with the internal buffer,
PDREF and PDBUF should both be LOW. This will produce a
voltage on REFBUFIN of 1.2 V and the buffer will amplify it
resulting in a 2.048 V reference on REF pin.
It is useful to decouple the REFBUFIN pin with a 100 nF
ceramic capacitor. The output impedance of the REFBUFIN pin
is 16 k. Thus, the 100 nF capacitor provides an RC filter for
noise reduction.
To use an external reference along with the internal buffer,
PDREF should be HIGH and PDBUF should be low. This
powers down the internal reference and allows for the 1.2 V
reference to be applied to REFBUFIN.
To use an external reference directly on REF pin, PDREF and
PDBUF should both be HIGH.
It should be noted that the internal reference and internal buffer
are independent of the power down (PD) pin of the part.
Furthermore, powering up the internal reference and internal
buffer requires time due to the charge of the REF decoupling.
In both cases, the voltage reference input REF has a dynamic
input impedance and requires, therefore, an efficient decoupling
between REF and REFGND inputs. When the internal reference
buffer is used, this decoupling consists of a 10 μF ceramic
capacitor ( e.g. : Panasonic ECJ-3xB0J106 1206 size ).
When external reference is used, the decoupling consists of a
low ESR 47 μF tantalum capacitor connected to the REF and
REFGND inputs with minimum parasitic inductance.
TEMPERATURE SENSOR
The TEMP pin, which measures the temperature of the
AD7641, can be used as shown in Figure 11. The output of the
TEMP pin is applied to one of the inputs of the analog switch
(e.g. : ADG779) and the ADC itself is used to measure its own
temperature. This configuration could be very useful to improve
the calibration accuracy over the temperature range.
CC
AD8021
IN
AD7641
IN
temperature
sensor
ADG779
TEMP
Analog Input
(unipolar)
Figure 11. Use of the Temperature Sensor