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Device Functional Modes (continued)

7.4.3 Modes of Operation

The ADCS747x has two possible modes of operation: Normal Mode and Shutdown Mode. ADCS747x enters

normal mode (and a conversion process is begun) when CS is pulled low. The device enters shutdown mode if

CS is pulled high before the tenth falling edge of SCLK after CS is pulled low, or stays in normal mode if CS

remains low. Once in shutdown mode, the device stays there until CS is brought low again. By varying the ratio

of time spent in the normal and shutdown modes, a system may trade off throughput for power consumption.

7.4.3.1 Normal Mode

The best possible throughput is obtained by leaving the ADCS747x in normal mode at all times, so there are no

power-up delays. To keep the device in normal mode continuously, CS must be kept low until after the 10th

falling edge of SCLK after the start of a conversion (remember that a conversion is initiated by bringing CS low).

If CS is brought high after the 10th falling edge, but before the 16th falling edge, the device remains in normal

mode, but the current conversion is aborted, and SDATA returns to TRI-STATE (truncating the output word).

Sixteen SCLK cycles are required to read all of a conversion word from the device. After sixteen SCLK cycles

have elapsed, CS may be idled either high or low until the next conversion. If CS is idled low, it must be brought

high again before the start of the next conversion, which begins when CS is again brought low.

elapsed, by bringing CS low again.

7.4.3.2 Start-Up Mode

shutdown. As such, one dummy conversion should be performed after start-up, exactly as described in Power-

Up Timing. The part may then be placed into either normal mode or the shutdown mode, as described in Normal

Mode and Shutdown Mode.

7.4.3.3 Shutdown Mode

Shutdown mode is appropriate for applications that either do not sample continuously, or are willing to trade

throughput for power consumption. When the ADCS747x is in shutdown mode, all of the analog circuitry is

turned off.

To enter shutdown mode, a conversion must be interrupted by bringing CS back high anytime between the

second and tenth falling edges of SCLK, as shown in Figure 29. Once CS has been brought high in this manner,

the device enters shutdown mode; the current conversion is aborted and SDATA enters TRI-STATE. If CS is

brought high before the second falling edge of SCLK, the device does not change mode; this is to avoid

accidentally changing mode as a result of noise on the CS line.

Figure 29. Entering Shutdown Mode