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POWER

POWER-ON SEQUENCE

GROUNDING

SIGNAL CONDITIONING

INTERMEDIATE LATCHES

ADS8517

For host processors that are able to advantage of a lower interface supply voltage, the ADS8517 offers a wide

range of voltages—from 5.5V to as low as 1.65V. The ADS8517 should be considered as an analog component

because, as noted in the Electrical Characteristics, it uses 95% of its power for the analog circuitry. If the

(pin 28) directly to a digital supply can reduce converter performance because of switching noise from the digital

logic. For best performance, the +5-V supply should be produced from whichever analog supply is present for the

rest of the analog signal conditioning. If a +12-V or +15-V suppy is present in the system, a simple +5-V regulator

can be used. Although it is not suggested, if the digital supply in the system must be used to power the

converter, be sure it is properly filtered.

Care must be taken with power sequencing when the interface and analog supplies are different. Refer to the

Absolute Maximum Ratings for details. The analog supply should be powered on before the digital supply (used

supply is steady.

Three ground pins are present on the ADS8517. DGND is the digital supply ground. AGND2 is the analog supply

ground. AGND1 is the ground to which all analog signals internal to the A/D converter are referenced. AGND1 is

more susceptible to current induced voltage drops and must have the path of least resistance back to the power

supply.

To achieve optimum performance, all the ground pins of the A/D converter should be tied to an analog ground

plane, separated from the system digital logic ground. Both analog and digital ground planes should be tied to

the system ground as near to the power supplies as possible. This configuration helps to prevent dynamic digital

ground currents from modulating the analog ground through a common impedance to power ground.

The ADS8517 features high-impedance inputs as the result of the resistive input attenuation circuit. For ±10V, 0V

to 5V, and 0V to 4V inputs, the equivalent input impedances are 45.7k

Ω, 20kΩ and 21.4kΩ respectively. Lower

cost op amps may be used to drive the ADC inputs because the driving requirement is not as high compared to

other converters. This input circuit not only reduces the power consumption on the signal conditioning op amp,

but it also works as a buffer to attenuate any charge injection resulting from the operation of the CDAC FET

sample switches, even though the design of those FET switches is optimized to give minimal charge injection.

Another benefit provided by the ADS8517 high-impedance front-end is assured ±25V overvoltage protection. In

most cases, this internal protection eliminates the need for external input protection circuitry.

The ADS8517 does have 3-state outputs for the parallel port, but intermediate latches should be used if the bus

is active during conversion. If the bus is not active during conversion, the 3-state outputs can be used to isolate

the A/D converter from other peripherals on the same bus.

Intermediate latches are beneficial on any monolithic A/D converter. The ADS8517 has an internal LSB size of

38

µV (with a 2.5-V internal reference). Transients from fast-switching signals on the parallel port, even when the

A/D converter is 3-stated, can be coupled through the substrate to the analog circuitry, causing degradation of

converter performance.

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