THS12082
12-BIT, 8 MSPS, SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
SLAS271B – MAY 2000 – REVISED DECEMBER 2002
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POST OFFICE BOX 655303
DALLAS, TEXAS 75265
continuous conversion mode
The internal clock oscillator used in the single-conversion mode is switched off in continuous conversion mode.
In continuous conversion mode, (bit 1 of control register 0 set to 0) the ADC operates with a free running
external clock signal CONV_CLK. With every rising edge of the CONV_CLK signal a new converted value is
written into the FIFO.
Figure 2 shows the timing of continuous conversion mode when one analog input channel is selected. The
maximum throughput rate is 8 MSPS in this mode. The timing of the DATA_AV signal is shown here in the case
of a trigger level set to 1 or 4.
Sample N
Channel 1
Sample N+1
Channel 1
Sample N+2
Channel 1
Sample N+3
Channel 1
Sample N+4
Channel 1
Sample N+5
Channel 1
Sample N+6
Channel 1
Sample N+7
Channel 1
Sample N+8
Channel 1
Data N–5
Channel 1
Data N–4
Channel 1
Data N–3
Channel 1
Data N–2
Channel 1
Data N–1
Channel 1
Data N
Channel 1
Data N+1
Channel 1
Data N+2
Channel 1
Data N+3
Channel 1
td(A)
tw(CONV_CLKH)
tw(CONV_CLKL)
tc
td(O)
td(DATA_AV)
AIN
CONV_CLK
Data Into
FIFO
DATA_AV,
Trigger Level = 1
DATA_AV,
Trigger Level = 4
td(pipe)
50%
Figure 2. Timing of Continuous Conversion Mode (1-channel operation)
Figure 3 shows the timing of continuous conversion mode when two analog input channels are selected. The
maximum throughput rate per channel is 4 MSPS in this mode. The data flow in the bottom of the figure shows
the order the converted data is written into the FIFO. The timing of the DATA_AV signal shown here is for a trigger
level set to 2 or 4.
AIN
CONV_CLK
Data Into
FIFO
DATA_AV,
Trigger Level = 2
DATA_AV,
Trigger Level = 4
Data N–3
Channel 2
Data N–2
Channel 1
Data N–2
Channel 2
Data N–1
Channel 1
Data N–1
Channel 2
Data N
Channel 1
Data N
Channel 2
Data N+1
Channel 1
Data N+1
Channel 2
td(DATA_AV)
tw(CONV_CLKH)
tw(CONV_CLKL)
td(A)
Sample N
Channel 1,2
Sample N+1
Channel 1,2
Sample N+2
Channel 1,2
Sample N+3
Channel 1,2
Sample N+4
Channel 1,2
tc
td(O)
td(Pipe)
td(DATA_AV)
50%
Figure 3. Timing of Continuous Conversion Mode (2-channel operation)