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OUTPUT VOLTAGE STABILITY

APPLICATIONS

USING REF02 AS A POWER SUPPLY FOR THE DAC6571

REF02

15 V

5 V

1.14 mA

A0

SCL

SDA

Interface

DAC6571

LAYOUT

DAC6571

SLAS406 – DECEMBER 2003

The DAC6571 exhibits excellent temperature stability of 5 ppm/

°C typical output voltage drift over the specified

temperature range of the device. This enables the output voltage to stay within a

±25 µV window for a ±1°C

ambient temperature change. Combined with good dc noise performance and true 10-bit differential linearity, the

DAC6571 becomes a perfect choice for closed-loop control applications.

Due to the extremely low supply current required by the DAC6571, a possible configuration is to use a REF02 +5

V precision voltage reference to supply the required voltage to the DAC6571's supply input as well as the

reference input, as shown in Figure 47. This is especially useful if the power supply is quite noisy or if the system

supply voltages are at some value other than 5 V. The REF02 will output a steady supply voltage for the

DAC6571. If the REF02 is used, the current it needs to supply to the DAC6571 is 140 µA typical. When a DAC

output is loaded, the REF02 also needs to supply the current to the load. The total typical current required (with a

5 mW load on a given DAC output) is: 140 µA + (5 mW/5 V) = 1.14 mA.

The load regulation of the REF02 is typically (0.005%

×V

1.14 mA current drawn from it. This corresponds to a 0.05 LSB error for a 0 V to 5 V output range.

Figure 47. REF02 as Power Supply to DAC6571

A precision analog component requires careful layout, adequate bypassing, and clean, well-regulated power

supplies.

converters will often have high-frequency glitches or spikes riding on the output voltage. In addition, digital

components can create similar high-frequency spikes as their internal logic switches states. This noise can easily

couple into the DAC output voltage through various paths between the power connections and analog output.

from the connection for digital logic until they are connected at the power entry point. In addition, the 1 µF to 10

µF and 0.1 µF bypass capacitors are strongly recommended. In some situations, additional bypassing may be

required, such as a 100µF electrolytic capacitor or even a Pi filter made up of inductors and capacitors—all

designed to essentially low-pass filter the +5V supply, removing the high-frequency noise.

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