AD673
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
V+ to Digital Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 V to +7 V
V– to Digital Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 V to –16.5 V
Analog Common to Digital Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±1 V
Analog Input to Analog Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±15 V
Control Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 V to V+
Digital Outputs (High Impedance State) . . . . . . . . . . 0 V to V+
Power Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 mW
ORDERING GUIDE
Temperature
Range
Relative
Accuracy
Model
Package Option1
AD673JN
AD673JD
AD673SD2
AD673JP
0°C to +70°C
0°C to +70°C
–55°C to +125°C
0°C to +70°C
±1/2 LSB max
±1/2 LSB max
±1/2 LSB max
±1/2 LSB max
Plastic DIP (N-20)
Ceramic DIP (D-20)
Ceramic DIP (D-20)
PLCC (P-20A)
NOTES
1D = Ceramic DIP; N = Plastic DIP; P = Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier.
2For details on grade and package offering screened in accordance with MIL-STD-883, refer to the
Analog Devices Military Products Databook .
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The temperature compensated buried Zener reference provides
the primary voltage reference to the DAC and ensures excellent
stability with both time and temperature. The bipolar offset in-
put controls a switch which allows the positive bipolar offset
current (exactly equal to the value of the MSB less 1/2 LSB) to
be injected into the summing (+) node of the comparator to off-
set the DAC output. Thus the nominal 0 V to +10 V unipolar
input range becomes a –5 V to +5 V range. The 5 kΩ thin-film
input resistor is trimmed so that with a full-scale input signal, an
input current will be generated which exactly matches the DAC
output with all bits on.
A block diagram of the AD673 is shown in Figure 1. The posi-
tive CONVERT pulse must be at least 500 ns wide. DR goes
high within 1.5 µs after the leading edge of the convert pulse in-
dicating that the internal logic has been reset. The negative edge
of the CONVERT pulse initiates the conversion. The internal
8-bit current output DAC is sequenced by the integrated injec-
tion logic (I2L) successive approximation register (SAR) from its
most significant bit to least significant bit to provide an output
current which accurately balances the input signal current
through the 5 kΩ resistor. The comparator determines whether
the addition of each successively weighted bit current causes the
DAC current sum to be greater or less than the input current; if
the sum is more, the bit is turned off. After testing all bits, the
SAR contains a 8-bit binary code which accurately represents
the input signal to within (0.05% of full scale).
UNIPOLAR CONNECTION
The AD673 contains all the active components required to per-
form a complete A/D conversion. Thus, for many applications,
all that is necessary is connection of the power supplies (+5 V
and –12 V to –15 V), the analog input and the convert pulse.
However, there are some features and special connections which
should be considered for achieving optimum performance. The
functional pinout is shown in Figure 2.
DIGITAL
COMMON
V+
5k
V–
CONVERT
MSB
DB7
ANALOG
IN
DB6
DB5
DB4
DB3
DB2
DB1
DB0
ANALOG
COMMON
8-BIT
8-BIT
SAR
CURRENT
OUTPUT
DAC
The standard unipolar 0 V to +10 V range is obtained by short-
ing the bipolar offset control pin (Pin 16) to digital common
(Pin 17).
COMP-
ARATOR
INT
CLOCK
BIPOLAR
OFFSET
CONTROL
20 DATA ENABLE
1
2
PIN 1
IDENTIFIER
NC
*
*
LSB
NC
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
NC
LSB DB0
DB1
3
DATA READY
DATA
DIGITAL COMMON
4
ENABLE
BIPOLAR OFFSET
DB2
5
AD673
TOP VIEW
(Not to Scale)
DB3
6
BURIED ZENER REF
ANALOG COMMON
ANALOG IN
AD673
DATA
READY
DB4
7
8
V–
DB5
DB6
CONVERT
9
Figure 1. AD673 Functional Block Diagram
10
V+
MSB DB7
The SAR drives DR low to indicate that the conversion is com-
plete and that the data is available to the output buffers. DATA
ENABLE can then be activated to enable the 8-bits of data de-
sired. DATA ENABLE should be brought high prior to the next
conversion to place the output buffers in the high impedance state.
*
PINS 1 & 2 ARE INTERNALLY
CONNECTED TO TEST POINTS AND SHOULD BE LEFT FLOATING
Figure 2. AD673 Pin Connections
REV. A
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