LTC2632
19
Rev. C
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OPERATION
Reference Modes
For applications where an accurate external reference
is not available, nor desirable due to limited space, the
LTC2632 has a user-selectable, integrated reference. The
integrated reference voltage is internally amplified by 2x
to provide the full-scale DAC output voltage range. The
LTC2632-LI/LTC2632-LX/LTC2632-LZ provides a full-
scale output of 2.5V. The LTC2632-HI/LTC2632-HZ pro-
vides a full-scale output of 4.096V. The internal reference
can be useful in applications where the supply voltage is
poorly regulated. Internal reference mode can be selected
by using command 0110b, and is the power-on default
for LTC2632-HZ/LTC2632-LZ, as well as for LTC2632-HI/
LTC2632-LI.
The 10ppm/°C, 1.25V (LTC2632-LI/LTC2632-LX/
LTC2632-LZ) or 2.048V (LTC2632-HI/LTC2632-HZ) inter-
nal reference is available at the REF pin. Adding bypass
capacitance to the REF pin will improve noise perfor-
mance; 0.1µF is recommended, and up to 10µF can be
driven without oscillation. This output must be buffered
when driving an external DC load current.
Alternatively, the DAC can operate in external reference
mode using command 0111b. In this mode, an input
voltage supplied externally to the REF pin provides the
reference (1V ≤ V
REF
≤ V
CC
) and the supply current is
reduced. The external reference voltage supplied sets the
full-scale DAC output voltage. External reference mode is
the power-on default for the LTC2632-LX.
The reference mode of LTC2632-HZ/LTC2632-LZ/
LTC2632-HI/LTC2632-LI (internal reference power-on
default), can be changed by software command after
power-up. The same is true for the LTC2632-LX (external
reference power-on default).
Power-Down Mode
For power-constrained applications, power-down mode
can be used to reduce the supply current whenever less
than two DAC outputs are needed. When in power-down,
the buffer amplifiers, bias circuits, and integrated ref-
erence circuits are disabled, and draw essentially zero
current. The DAC outputs are put into a high-impedance
state, and the output pins are passively pulled to ground
through individual 200k resistors. Input and DAC-register
contents are not disturbed during power-down.
Either channel or both channels can be put into power-
down mode by using command 0100b in combination
with the appropriate DAC address (n). The supply cur-
rent is reduced approximately 30% for each DAC powered
down. The integrated reference is automatically powered
down when external reference is selected using command
0111b. In addition, all the DAC channels and the inte-
grated reference together can be put into power-down
mode using power-down chip command 0101b. When
the integrated reference is in power-down mode, the REF
pin becomes high impedance (typically > 1GΩ). For all
power-down commands the 16-bit data word is ignored.
Normal operation resumes after executing any com-
mand that includes a DAC update (as shown in Table1).
The selected DAC is powered up as its voltage output is
updated. When a DAC which is in a powered-down state
is powered up and updated, normal settling is delayed. If
less than two DACs are in a powered-down state prior to
the update command, the power-up delay time is 10µs.
However, if both DACs and the integrated reference are
powered down, then the main bias generation circuit block
has been automatically shut down in addition to the DAC
amplifiers and reference buffers. In this case, the power
up delay time is 12µs. The power-up of the integrated
reference depends on the command that powered it down.
If the reference is powered down using the select external
reference command (0111b), then it can only be pow-
ered back up using select internal reference command
(0110b). However, if the reference was powered down
using power-down chip command (0101b), then in addi-
tion to the select internal reference command (0110b),
any command that powers up the DACs will also power-up
the integrated reference.