8
inputs are 50
lines, then 50 termination resistors should
be placed as close to the converter inputs as possible
connected to the digital ground plane (if separate grounds
are used).
Ground Plane(s)
If separate digital and analog ground planes are used, then
all of the digital functions of the device and their
corresponding components should be over the digital ground
plane and terminated to the digital ground plane. The same
is true for the analog components and the analog ground
plane.
Noise Reduction
To minimize power supply noise, 0.1
F capacitors should
be placed as close as possible to the converter’s power
supply pins, AVDD and DVDD. Also, should the layout be
designed using separate digital and analog ground planes,
these capacitors should be terminated to the digital ground
for DVDD and to the analog ground for AVDD. Additional
filtering of the power supplies on the board is
recommended.
Voltage Reference
The internal voltage reference of the device has a nominal
value of +1.2V with a
±60 ppm/oC drift coefficient over the
full temperature range of the converter. It is recommended
that a 0.1
F capacitor be placed as close as possible to the
REFIO pin, connected to the analog ground. The REFLO
pin (16) selects the reference. The internal reference can
be selected if pin 16 is tied low (ground). If an external
reference is desired, then pin 16 should be tied high (to the
analog supply voltage) and the external reference driven
into REFIO, pin 17. The full scale output current of the
converter is a function of the voltage reference used and
the value of RSET. IOUT should be within the 2mA to 20mA
range, through operation below 2mA is possible, with
performance degradation.
If the internal reference is used, VFSADJ will equal
approximately 1.16V (pin 18). If an external reference is
used, VFSADJ will equal the external reference. The
calculation for IOUT (full scale) is:
IOUT (Full Scale) = (VFSADJ/RSET)x 32.
If the full scale output current is set to 20mA by using the
internal voltage reference (1.16V) and a 1.86k
RSET
resistor, then the input coding to output current will resemble
the following:
Outputs
IOUTA and IOUTB are complementary current outputs. The
sum of the two currents is always equal to the full scale
output current minus one LSB. If single ended use is
desired, a load resistor can be used to convert the output
current to a voltage. It is recommended that the unused
output be either grounded or equally terminated. The voltage
developed at the output must not violate the output voltage
compliance range of -0.3V to 1.25V. RLOAD should be
chosen so that the desired output voltage is produced in
conjunction with the output full scale current, which is
described above in the ‘Reference’ section. If a known line
impedance is to be driven, then the output load resistor
should be chosen to match this impedance. The output
voltage equation is:
VOUT = IOUT X RLOAD.
These outputs can be used in a differential-to-single-ended
arrangement to achieve better harmonic rejection. The
SFDR measurements in this data sheet were performed with
a 1:1 transformer on the output of the DAC (see Figure 1).
With the center tap grounded, the output swing of pins 21
and 22 will be biased at zero volts. It is important to note
here that the negative voltage output compliance range limit
is -300mV, imposing a maximum of 600mVP-P amplitude
with this configuration. The loading as shown in Figure 1 will
result in a 500mV signal at the output of the transformer if
the full scale output current of the DAC is set to 20mA.
VOUT = 2 x IOUT x REQ, where REQ is ~12.5.
TABLE 1. INPUT CODING vs OUTPUT CURRENT
INPUT CODE (D7-D0)
IOUTA (mA)
IOUTB (mA)
1111 1111
20
0
1000 0000
10
0000 0000
0
20
PIN 21
PIN 22
VOUT = (2 x IOUT x REQ)V
100
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50
50
50
IOUTB
IOUTA
FIGURE 4.
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