
PEB 24902
PEF 24902
Technical Description
Semiconductor Group
24
05.96
3.2.1
A first order low pass anti alias filter is provided at the input of the ADC. The ADC is a
sigma-delta modulator of second order using a clock rate of 15.36 MHz. During normal
operation the ADC evaluates the signal at AINx and BINx. The ADC evaluates the signal
at AOUTx and BOUTx while the analogue loop-back is activated.
The maximum peak input voltage between AINx and BINx is defined as the minimum
input voltage that results in a continuous series of high or low at the PDMx pin. A larger
input signal will be clipped. An increasing positive voltage at AINx - BINx will result in an
increasing number of high states at the PDMx pin. Hence, the maximum positive voltage
at AINx - BINx results in a series of high whereas the maximum negative voltage results
in a series of low. The average percentage of high states obtained with a given input
voltage is referred to as gain of the ADC. It is expressed in %/Volt. The ADC offset is the
difference in % from the ideal 50 % high states with no input signal, transferred back to
the input voltage using the ADC gain.
The maximum signal to noise ratio is achieved by signals of approximately 65% of the
maximum peak input signal voltage. The signal to noise ratio is evaluated with a digital
third order low pass filter applied to the digital data stream. The filter transfer function
zeroes are at 80 kHz, 80 kHz and 160 kHz.
Table 5
Specified Data of the Analogue-to-Digital Converter
Analogue-to-Digital Converter
Parameter
Limit Values
min.
typ.
70
72
Unit Test Condition
max.
Signal/Noise
(sine wave 1.5 Vpp between
AINx/BINx)
dB
range function deacti-
vated, all line ports
sending random 2B1Q
pattern into 98
load
range function deacti-
vated, all line ports
sending random 2B1Q
pattern into 98
load
range function
deactivated
Signal/(Noise+ Distortion)
(sine wave 0.4 Vpp between
AINx/BINx)
59.5
61.5
dB
Signal/(Noise+Distortion)
(sine wave 1.5
V
pp between
AINx/BINx)
Signal/(Noise+Distortion)
(sine wave 2.0 Vpp between
AINx/BINx)
Signal/(Noise + Distortion)
(sine wave 3 Vpp between AINx/
BINx)
65
68
dB
60
dB
range function
deactivated
60
dB
range function
activated