ADC1175-50
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SNAS027G –JANUARY 2000–REVISED APRIL 2013
It is good practice to keep the ADC clock line as short as possible and to keep it well away from any other
signals. Other signals can introduce jitter into the clock signal.
COMMON APPLICATION PITFALLS
Driving the inputs (analog or digital) beyond the power supply rails. For proper operation, all inputs should
not go more than 50 mV below the ground pins or 50 mV above the supply pins. Exceeding these limits on even
a transient basis may cause faulty or erratic operation. It is not uncommon for high speed digital circuits to exhibit
undershoot that goes more than a volt below ground due to improper termination. A resistor of about 50Ωto
100Ωin series with the offending digital input, located close to the signal source, will usually eliminate the
problem.
Care should be taken not to overdrive the inputs of the ADC1175-50. Such practice may lead to conversion
inaccuracies and even to device damage.
Attempting to drive a high capacitance digital data bus. The more capacitance the output drivers have to
charge for each conversion, the more instantaneous digital current is required from DVDD and DGND. These
large charging current spikes can couple into the analog section, degrading dynamic performance. Buffering the
digital data outputs (with a 74AC541, for example) may be necessary if the data bus to be driven is heavily
loaded. Dynamic performance can also be improved by adding 47Ωseries resistors at each digital output,
reducing the energy coupled back into the converter output pins.
Using an inadequate amplifier to drive the analog input. As explained in Applications Information, the ADC
input is a switched capacitor one and there are voltage spikes present there. This type if input is more difficult to
drive than is a fixed capacitance, and should be considered when choosing a driving device. The LMH6702 and
the LMH6609 have been found to be an excellent device for driving the ADC1175-50. Also remember to use the
RC between the driving source and the ADC input, as explained in THE ANALOG INPUT.
Driving the VRT pin or the VRB pin with devices that can not source or sink the current required by the
ladder. As mentioned in REFERENCE INPUTS, care should be taken to see that any driving devices can source
sufficient current into the VRT pin and sink sufficient current from the VRB pin. If these pins are not driven with
devices than can handle the required current, these reference pins will not be stable, resulting in a reduction of
dynamic performance.
Using a clock source with excessive jitter, using excessively long clock signal trace, or having other
signals coupled to the clock signal trace. This will cause the sampling interval to vary, causing excessive
output noise and a reduction in SNR performance. Simple gates with RC timing is generally inadequate as a
clock source.
Input test signal contains harmonic distortion that interferes with the measurement of dynamic signal to
noise ratio. Harmonic and other interfering signals can be removed by inserting a filter at the signal input.
Suitable filters are shown in Figure 21 and Figure 22. The circuit of Figure 21 has a cutoff of about 5.5 MHz and
is suitable for input frequencies of 1 MHz to 5 MHz. The circuit of Figure 22 has a cutoff of about 11 MHz and is
suitable for input frequencies of 5 MHz to 10 MHz. These filters should be driven by a generator of 75Ωsource
impedance and terminated with a 75Ωresistor.
Not considering the effect on a driven CMOS digital circuit(s) when the ADC1175-50 is in the power down
mode. Because the ADC1175-50 output goes into a high impedance state when in the power down mode, any
CMOS device connected to these outputs will have their inputs floating when the ADC is in power down. Should
the inputs of the circuit being driven by the ADC digital outputs float to a level near 2.5V, a CMOS device could
exhibit relative large supply currents as the input stage toggles rapidly. The solution is to use pull-down resistors
at the ADC outputs. The value of these resistors is not critical, as long as they do not cause excessive currents
in the outputs of the ADC1175-50. Low pull-down resistor values could result in degraded SNR and SINAD
performance of the ADC1175-50. Values between 5 kΩand 10 kΩshould work well.
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