SPT
5 3/4/97
SPT5216
Properly trimmed (as discussed later), the connections of
figure 2 as indicated, would result in the ideal output values
as listed in table I.
Figure 2 - Connection of External OP AMP for Active
Current-to-Voltage Conversion
10 V FSR
5 V FSR
DAC Out
DAC RTN
Sense
DAC
V
Out
Or
OP AMP
DAC RTN 1
DAC RTN 2
AGND
1 kΩ
1 kΩ
1 kΩ
0-5 mA
I-To-V Converter
REF Out
REF In BPO
Optional Bipolar Offset Connection
2 kΩ
+
-
Table I - Normalized Voltage Values for Programmable
Output Ranges (Using Figure 6)
0.00 V0.00 V
+ 76.3 µV
1111 1111 1111 1111
1111 1111 1111 1110
0111 1111 1111 1111
0000 0000 0000 0000
+ 152.6 µV
+ 5.00 V
+ 9.999846 V
10 VOLT
INPUT CODE
5 VOLT
+ 2.500 V
+4.999924 V
10 VOLT
- 5.00 V
0.00 V
+ 4.999846 V
- 4.999846 V
5 VOLT
- 2.50 V
- 2.499924 V
0.00 V
+2.499924 V
OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGES
UNIPOLAR BIPOLAR
To configure the bipolar output range as indicated in table I,
connect the BPO pin to DAC OUT. This connection option is
illustrated in figure 2; this offsets the output range by half of
the full scale range so that a half-scale digital input value
results in a output current value of zero.
The pin connections for the active I-to-V ranges supported by
the internal application resistors are summarized in table II.
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER SELECTION
Selection of the external op amp involves understanding the
final system performance requirements in terms of both
speed and accuracy. To maintain the 16-bit accuracy provided by DAC OUT at V
OUT
shown in figure 2, the op amp
open loop gain (Avol) must be 96 dB minimum. Any gain
lower than this will contribute an error in the I-to-V conversion circuit. To maintain the 150 ns settling time capability
provided by DAC OUT at V
OUT
, the op amp must have a
minimum gain bandwidth of 50 MHz and settling time of
less than 100 ns to 0.0015% of full scale.
Table II - Device Pin Connection Summary for Output
Range Programming
(Active I-to-V Conversion Only)
Connected To
Op Amp Output
Not Connected
Not Connected
OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGES
UNIPOLAR BIPOLAR
DEVICE PINS
5 Volt 10 Volt 5 Volt 10 Volt
10 V FSR
Not Connected Not Connected
Connected To
Op Amp Output
5 V FSR
Connected To
Op Amp Output
Connected To
Op Amp Output
Not Connected
BPO
Not Connected
Connected
To DAC Out
Connected
To DAC Out
PASSIVE CURRENT-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERSION
Because of the SPT5216's high voltage compliance, a voltage output can be derived directly at DAC OUT in a method
suitable for some applications. By driving a load resistor
directly with the current from DAC OUT, a voltage drop results
producing V
OUT
. An example of this implementation is shown
in figure 3, where an internal feedback resistor is used as the
load 10 V FSR is grounded to optimize settling time. By
utilizing all internal resistors, this circuit offers optimized
stability and matching.
Output current from the DAC ranges between 0 and 5 mA,
which corresponds to an input code of all 1s and all 0s,
respectively. For unipolar mode, the net 500 Ω load of figure
3 results in a -2.5 to 0 volt output range. For bipolar mode, the
output voltage range is from +1.67 V to -1.67 V (typical). Both
output ranges are within the specified output compliance
limits. An external load resistor could also be used with this
circuit, however, there are difficulties with this arrangement:
thermal tracking is not optimum, and the gain adjustment
required to overcome the absolute internal resistance and
DAC output current errors is beyond the correction range
provided by the trim circuit. This is described later.
Note that the input resistance of the circuit driven by V
OUT
will
be placed in parallel with the load resistor. This limits the
application of figure 3 to high impedance loads. Also note that
if a buffer (or other active circuit) is used at V
OUT
in figure 3,
that circuit's CMRR must be at least 100 dB to maintain the
DAC's accuracy. This is an advantage of the active currentto-voltage configuration shown in figure 2, where the input of
the op amp is always at virtual ground.