
ADC
REFERENCE MANUAL
PIN CONNECTION CONSIDERATIONS
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MOTOROLA
6-3
cal range of capacitors that still have good high frequency characteristics). This capac-
itor has two effects. First, it helps attenuate any noise that may exist on the input.
Second, it sources charge during the sample period when the analog signal source is
a high-impedance source.
Series resistance can be used with the capacitor on an input pin to implement a simple
RC filter. The maximum level of filtering at the input pins is application dependent and
is based on the bandpass characteristics required to accurately track the dynamic
characteristics of an input. Simple RC filtering at the pin may be limited by the source
impedance of the transducer or circuit supplying the analog signal to be measured.
(Refer to
6.3.2 Error Resulting from Leakage
.) In some cases, the size of the capac-
itor at the pin may be very small.
Figure 6-3
is a simplified model of an input channel. Refer to this model in the follow-
ing discussion of the interaction between the user's external circuitry and the circuitry
inside the ADC.
Figure 6-3 Electrical Model of an A/D Input Pin
In
Figure 6-3
, R
F
and C
F
comprise the user's external filter circuit. C
S
is the internal
sample capacitor. The value for this capacitor is 2 pF. Each channel has its own ca-
pacitor. The 2-pF capacitor is never precharged: it retains the value of the last sample.
V
I
is an internal voltage source used to precharge the DAC capacitor array (C
DAC
) be-
fore each sample. The value of this supply is V
DD
/2, or 2.5 volts for 5-volt operation.
The following paragraphs provide a simplified description of the interaction between
the ADC and the user's external circuitry. This circuitry is assumed to be a simple RC
low-pass filter passing a signal from a source to the ADC input pin. The following sim-
plifying assumptions are made:
S1
S2
AMP
R
F
S4
S3
C
DAC
V
I
C
S
C
F
V
SRC
INTERNAL CIRCUIT MODEL
EXTERNAL CIRCUIT
= Source voltage
V
SRC
R
F
C
F
C
S
C
DAC
V
I
= Internal voltage source for precharge (V
DD
/2)
= Internal capacitance (for a bypassed channel, this is the C
DAC
capacitance)
= DAC capacitor array
= Filter impedance (source impedance included)
= Filter capacitor
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