
AD1672
REV. 0
–12–
The AD1672’s CMOS digital output drivers can be configured
to interface with +5 V or +3.3 V logic families by setting
DRV
DD
to +5 V or +3.3 V respectively . They are also sized to
provide sufficient output current to drive a wide variety of logic
families. However, large drive currents tend to cause glitches
on the supplies and may effect S/(N+D) performance. Applica-
tions requiring the AD1672 to drive large capacitive loads or
large fanout may require additional decoupling capacitors on
DRV
DD
and DVDD. In extreme cases, external buffers or
latches may be required.
OUT OF RANGE
An out-of-range condition exists when the analog input voltage
is beyond the input range (0 V to +2.5 V, 0 V to +5.0 V,
±
2.5 V)
of the converter. OTR (Pin 15) is a digital output which is up-
dated along with the data output pertaining to the particular
sampled analog input voltage. Hence, OTR has the same pipe-
line delay (latency) as the digital data. It is set low when the
analog input voltage is within the analog input range. It is set
HIGH and will remain HIGH when the analog input voltage
exceeds the input range by typically 1/2 LSB from the center of
the
±
full-scale output codes. OTR will remain HIGH until the
analog input is within the input range and another conversion is
completed. By logical ANDing OTR with the MSB and its
complement, overrange high or underrange low conditions can
be detected. Table IV is a truth table for the over/under range
circuit in Figure 20 which uses NAND gates. Systems requir-
ing programmable gain conditioning prior to the AD1672 can
immediately detect an out-of-range condition, thus eliminating
gain selection iterations. Also, OTR can be used for digital off-
set and gain calibration (see Gain and Offset Adjustment).
Table VI. Out-of-Range Truth Table
OTR
MSB
Analog Input Is
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
In Range
In Range
Underrange
Overrange
OVER = “1”
UNDER = “1”
MSB
OTR
LSB
Figure 21. Overrange or Underrange Logic
CLOCK INPUT
The AD1672 internal timing control uses the two edges of the
clock input to generate a variety of internal timing signals. The
clock input must meet or exceed the minimum specified pulse
width high and low (t
CH
and t
CL
) specifications of 167 ns to
maintain the AD1672’s rated performance. At a clock rate of
3 MSPS, the clock input must have a 50% duty cycle to meet
this timing requirement. For clock rates below 3 MSPS, the
duty cycle may deviate from 50% to the extent that both tch and
tcl are satisfied. One way to minimize the tolerance of a 50%
duty cycle clock is to divide down a clock of higher frequency,
as shown in Figure 22.
6MHz
CLK
3MHz
+5V
R
Q
Q
D
S
+5V
Figure 22. Divide-by-Two Clock Circuit
In this case, a 6 MHz clock is divided by 2 to produce the 3 MHz
clock input for the AD1672. In this configuration, the duty
cycle of the 6 MHz clock is irrelevant.
The input circuitry for the CLOCK pin is designed to accom-
modate CMOS inputs. The quality of the logic input, particu-
larly the rising edge, is critical in realizing the best possible jitter
performance for the part: the faster the rising edge, the better
the jitter performance.
The offset of the AD1672 is sensitive to the rising edge (i.e.,
dV/dt) seen at CLOCK due to clock feedthrough. An addi-
tional offset component becomes noticeable for rise times below
10 ns and causes an additional few LSBs of offset. The amount
of additional offset is dependent on dV/dt of the rising edge and
hence will remain constant for nonvarying rising edges. For
applications which are sensitive to a change in offset due to a
variation in the rise edge, the CLOCK rise time may be reduced
by selecting a slower logic family or installing a 1 k
resistor be-
tween the clock driver and CLOCK of the AD1672.
As a result, careful selection of the logic family for the clock
driver, as well as the fanout and capacitive load on the clock
line, is important. Jitter-induced errors become more predomi-
nant at higher frequency, large amplitude inputs, where the
input slew rate is greatest.
Although the AD1672 is designed to support a sampling rate of
3 MSPS, operating at slightly faster or slower clock rates may be
possible with a minimum degradation in performance levels. Fig-
ure 23 is a plot of the S/(N+D) vs. clock frequency for a 500 kHz
analog input. In fact, the AD1672 is capable of operating with
a clock frequency as low as 20 kHz
FREQUENCY – MHz
75
70
50
0
5
0.5
S
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
65
60
55
Figure 23. Typical S/(N+D) vs. Clock Frequency;
f
IN
= 500 kHz, Full-Scale Input