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AD7703

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Table II. Resonator Loading Capacitors

Resonators

C1 (pF)

C2 (pF)

Ceramic

200 kHz

330

470

455 kHz

100

100

1.0 MHz

50

50

2.0 MHz

20

20

Crystal

2.000 MHz

30

30

3.579 MHz

20

20

4.096 MHz

None

None

The input sampling frequency, output data rate, filter character-

istics, and calibration time are all directly related to the master

table under Dynamic Performance. Therefore, the first step in

system design with the AD7703 is to select a master clock fre-

quency suitable for the bandwidth and output data rate required

by the application.

ANALOG INPUT RANGES

The AD7703 performs conversion relative to an externally

supplied reference voltage that allows easy interfacing to ratio-

metric systems. In addition, either unipolar or bipolar input

voltage ranges may be selected using the BP/

UP input. With

BP/

UP tied low, the input range is unipolar and the span is

pin. With BP/

UP tied high, the input range is bipolar and the

tracking of positive and negative full scale and better midscale

(bipolar zero) stability than bipolar schemes that simply scale

and offset the input range.

The digital output coding for the unipolar range is unipolar binary;

for the bipolar range it is offset binary. Bit weights for the Unipolar

and Bipolar modes are shown in Table I.

ACCURACY

S-D ADCs, like VFCs and other integrating ADCs, do not

contain any source of nonmonotonicity and inherently offer

no-missing-codes performance.

The AD7703 achieves excellent linearity by the use of high

quality, on-chip silicon dioxide capacitors, which have a very

low capacitance/voltage coefficient. The device also achieves low

input drift through the use of chopper-stabilized techniques in

its input stage. To ensure excellent performance over time and

temperature, the AD7703 uses digital calibration techniques

that minimize offset and gain error to typically ±4 LSB.

AUTOCALIBRATION

The AD7703 offers both self-calibration and system-calibration

facilities. For calibration to occur, the on-chip microcontroller

must record the modulator output for two different input condi-

tions. These are the zero-scale and full-scale points. In Unipolar

can calculate the gain slope for the input to output transfer

function of the converter. In Unipolar mode, the slope factor is

determined by dividing the span between zero and full scale by

2

2

In both Unipolar and Bipolar modes, the slope factor is saved

and used to calculate the binary output code when an analog

input is applied to the device. Table IV gives the output code

size after calibration.

System calibration allows the AD7703 to compensate for system

gain and offset errors. A typical circuit where this might be used

is shown in Figure 12.

System calibration performs the same slope factor calculations

as self-calibration but uses voltage values presented by the system

system calibration modes.

The first mode offers system level calibration for system offset

and system gain. This is a two step operation. The zero-scale

point must be presented to the converter first. It must be applied

to the converter before the calibration step is initiated and remain

stable until the step is complete. The

DRDY output from the

device will signal when the step is complete by going low. After

the zero-scale point is calibrated, the full-scale point is applied

and the second calibration step is initiated. Again, the voltage

must remain stable throughout the calibration step.

The two step calibration mode offers another feature. After the

sequence has been completed, additional offset calibrations can be

performed by themselves to adjust the zero reference point to a

new system zero reference value. This second system calibration

mode uses an input voltage for the zero-scale calibration point

SYSTEM

REF HI

SYSTEM

REF LO

ANALOG

MUX

A0

A1

SIGNAL

CONDITIONING

AD7703

SCLK

SDATA

CAL

SC1

SC2

MICRO-

COMPUTER

Figure 12. Typical Connections for System Calibration