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LTC1405

Conversion Details

The LTC1405 is a high performance 12-bit A/D converter

that operates up to 5Msps. It is a complete solution with

an on-chip sample-and-hold, a 12-bit pipelined CMOS

ADC, a low drift programmable reference and an input

programmable gain amplifier. The digital output is paral-

lel, with a 12-bit two’s complement output and an out-of-

range (overflow) bit.

The rising edge of the CLK begins a conversion. The

differential analog inputs are simultaneously sampled and

passed on to the pipelined A/D. After two more conversion

starts (plus a 150ns conversion time) the digital outputs

are updated with the conversion result and will be ready for

capture on the third rising clock edge. Thus even though

a new conversion is begun every time CLK goes high, each

result takes three clock cycles to reach the output.

The analog signals that are passed from stage to stage in

the pipelined A/D are stored on capacitors. The signals on

these capacitors will be lost if the delay between conver-

sions is too long. For accurate conversion results, the part

should be clocked faster than 20kHz.

In some pipelined A/D converters if there is no clock

present, dynamic logic on the chip will droop and the

power consumption sharply increases. The LTC1405

doesn’t have this problem. If the part is not clocked for

1ms, an internal timer will refresh the dynamic logic. Thus

the clock can be turned off for long periods of time to save

power.

Power Supplies

The LTC1405 will operate from either a single 5V or dual

±5V supply, making it easy to interface the analog input to

single or dual supply systems. The digital output drivers

from 3V to 5V, allowing direct connection to either 3V or

be connected to analog ground. For dual supply operation,

to a noisy system digital supply.)

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO

Analog Input Ranges

The LTC1405 has a flexible analog input with a wide

selection of input ranges. The input range is always

GAIN pins (Figure 1). The input range of the A/D core is

fixed at

by the on-chip voltage reference or directly driven by an

external voltage. The GAIN pin is a digital input that

controls the gain of a preamplifier in the sample-and-hold

circuit. The gain of this PGA can be set to 1x or 2x. Table 1

Table 1

INPUT RANGE

GAIN PIN

PGA GAIN

5V (Logic H)

1x

OV (Logic L)

2x

GAIN

1405 F01

1x/2x

+

–

PGA

S/H

ADC

CORE

Internal Reference

Figure 2 shows a simplified schematic of the LTC1405

reference circuitry. An on-chip temperature compensated

to

2.048V, which is connected to a reference amplifier. The

reference programming pin, SENSE, controls how the

ground, the reference amplifier feedback is connected to

between 2.048V and 4.5V.

Figure 1. Analog Input Circuit