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As illustrated in the functional block diagram and the timing
diagram in Figure 1, eight identical pipeline subconverter
stages, each containing a two-bit flash converter and a
two-bit multiplying digital-to-analog converter , follow the S/H
circuit with the ninth stage being a two bit flash converter.
Each converter stage in the pipel ine will be sampling in one
phase and amplifying in the other clock phase. Each
individual subconv erter clock signal is offset by 180 degrees
from the previous stage clock signal resulting in alternate
stages in the pipeline performing the same operation.
The output of each of the eight identical two-bit subconverter
stages is a two-bit digital word contain ing a supplementary bit
to be used b y the digital error correction logi c. The output of
each subcon verter stage is input to a digital dela y line which is
controlled by the internal sampling clock. The function of the
digital delay line is to time align the digital outputs of the eigh t
identical two-bit subco nverter stages with the corresponding
output of the ninth stage flash conv erter before applyin g the
eighteen bit result to the digital error correction lo gic. The
digital error correction logic uses the sup plementary bits to
correct any error that may exist before generating the final ten
bit digital data output of the conv erter .
Because of the pipeline nature of this converter, the digital
data representing an analog input sample is output to the
digital data bus on the 7th cycle of the clock after the analog
sample is taken. This time delay is specified as the data
latency. After the data latency time, the digital data
representing each succeeding analog sample is output
during the following clock cycle. The digital output data is
synchronized to the external sampling clock by a double
buffered latching technique. The output of the digital error
correction circuit is available in two’s complement or offset
binary format depending on the state of the Data Format
Select (DFS) control input (see Table 1, A/D Code Table).
Reference Voltage Inputs, VREF - and VREF+
The HI5746 is designed to acce pt tw o external reference
vol tage sources at the VREF input pins. Typical operation of
the conv erter requires VREF+ to be set at +2.5V and VREF - to
be set at 2.0V. How ever, it should be noted that the input
structure of the VREF+ and VREF - input pins consists of a
resistiv e voltage divider with one resistor of the divider
(nominally 500Ω) connected betw een V REF+ an d VREF - and
the other resistor of the divider (nominally 2000Ω) co nnected
between VREF - and analog ground. This allows the user the
option of supplying only the +2.5V VREF+ voltage reference
with the + 2.0 V VREF - being generated internally by the
voltag e division action of the input structure .
The HI5746 is tested with VREF - equal to +2.0V and VREF+
equal to +2.5V yielding a fully differential analog input voltage
range of ±0.5V. VREF+ and VREF - can differ from the abov e
vo ltages (see the Typical P e rformance Curves, Fi gure 8
through Figure 13).
In order to minimi ze ov erall con verter noise it is recomme nded
that adequate high freq uency deco upling be pro v ided at both
of the ref erence voltage input pins, VREF+ and VREF -.
Analog Input, Differential Connection
The analog input to the HI5746 is a differential input that can
be configured in various ways depending on the signal
source and the required level of performance. A fully
differential connection (Figure 26 and Figure 27) will give the
best performance for the converter.
Since the HI5746 is powered by a single +5V analog supply,
the analog input is limited to be between ground and +5V.
For the differential input connection this implies the analog
input common mode voltage can range from 0.25V to 4.75V.
The performance of the ADC does not change significantly
with the value of the analog input common mode voltage.
A DC voltage source, VDC , equal to 3.2V (typi cal), is made
av ailable to the user to help simplify circuit design when using
an A C cou pled differential input. This low output i mpedance
vo ltage source is not designed to be a ref erence but mak es an
e xcellent DC b ias source and sta ys w ell with in the analog
input common mode v ol tage ra nge o v er temper ature (see the
Typical Performance Curves , Figure 21 ).
For the AC coupled differential input (Figure 26) assume
the difference between VREF+, typically 2.5V, and VREF-,
typically 2.0V, is 0.5V. Full scale is achieved when the VIN
and -VIN input signals are 0.5VP- P , with -VIN being
180 degrees out of phase with VIN . The converter will be
-
+
+
-
CH
CS
CS
CH
VIN+ VOUT+
VOUT-
VIN-
φ1
φ1
φ1
φ2
φ1
φ1
φ1
FIGURE 25. ANALOG INPUT SAMPLE-AND-HOLD
VIN+
VDC
VIN-
HI5746
VIN
-VIN
R
R
FIGURE 26. AC COUPLED DIFFER ENTIAL INPUT
HI5746