INPUT RANGE
REF
The ADS7820 offers a standard 0V to 5V input range.
Figure 6 shows the required circuit connections for the
ADS7820 with and without the gain adjustment hardware.
Adjustments for offset and gain are described in the calibra-
tion section of this data sheet.
REF (pin 3) is an input for an external reference or the output
for the internal 2.5V reference. A 2.2µF capacitor should be
connected as close to the REF pin as possible. The capacitor
and the output resistance of REF create a low pass filter to
bandlimit noise on the reference. Using a smaller value
capacitor will introduce more noise to the reference degrad-
ing the SNR and SINAD. The REF pin should not be used
to drive external AC or DC loads.
CALIBRATION
The range for the external reference is 2.3V to 2.7V and
determines the actual LSB size. Increasing the reference
voltage will increase the full scale range and the LSB size of
the converter which can improve the SNR.
The ADS7820 can be trimmed in hardware or software. There
is no external, offset adjustment. If offset adjustment is re-
quired, an op amp featuring an offset trim pin should be used
to drive the ADS7820. The offset should be trimmed before
the gain since the offset directly affects the gain. To achieve
optimum performance, several iterations may be required.
CAP
CAP (pin 4) is the output of the internal reference buffer. A
2.2µF capacitor should be placed as close to the CAP pin as
possible to provide optimum switching currents for the
CDAC throughout the conversion cycle and compensation
for the output of the internal buffer. Using a capacitor any
smaller than 1µF can cause the output buffer to oscillate and
may not have sufficient charge for the CDAC. Capacitor
values larger than 2.2µF will have little affect on improving
performance.
GAIN ADJUSTMENT
To calibrate the gain of the ADS7820, a 576kΩ resistor must
be tied between the REF pin and a 5V potentiometer (see
Figure 6b). The calibration range is ±15mV for the gain.
REFERENCE
The ADS7820 can operate with its internal 2.5V reference or
an external reference. By applying an external reference to
pin 3, the internal reference can be bypassed. The reference
voltage at REF is buffered internally with the output on CAP
(pin 4).
The output of the buffer is capable of driving up to 2mA of
current to a DC load. DC loads requiring more than 2mA of
current from the CAP pin will begin to degrade the linearity
of the ADS7820. Using an external buffer will allow the
internal reference to be used for larger DC loads and AC
loads. Do not attempt to directly drive an AC load with the
output voltage on CAP. This will cause performance degra-
dation of the converter.
The internal reference has an 8 ppm/°C drift (typical) and
accounts for approximately 20% of the full scale error
(FSE = ±0.5% for low grade, ±0.25% for high grade).
a) WITHOUT EXTERNAL GAIN ADJUSTMENT
b) WITH EXTERNAL GAIN ADJUSTMENT
1
1
0 to +5V
VIN
0 to +5V
2.2µF
VIN
2
3
4
5
2
3
4
5
AGND1
REF
AGND1
REF
2.2µF
576kΩ
2.2µF
+5V
+
+
+
+
50kΩ
CAP
CAP
Gain
2.2µF
AGND2
AGND2
FIGURE 6. Circuit Diagram With and Without External Gain Adjustment.
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