Photometric Front End
ADPD103
Data Sheet
FEATURES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Multifunction photometric front end
Fully integrated AFE, ADC, LED drivers, and timing core
Usable in a broad range of optical measurement
applications, including photoplethysmography
Enables best-in-class ambient light rejection capability
without the need for photodiode optical filters
Three 8 mA to 250 mA LED drivers
The ADPD103 is a highly efficient photometric front end with
an integrated 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a
20-bit burst accumulator that works in concert with flexible
light emitting diode (LED) drivers. It is designed to stimulate an
LED and measure the corresponding optical return signal. The
data output and functional configuration occur over a 1.8 V I2C
interface. The control circuitry includes flexible LED signaling and
synchronous detection.
Separate data registers for each LED/photodiode
combination
The analog front end (AFE) features best-in-class rejection of signal
offset and corruption due to modulated interference commonly
caused by ambient light.
1 to 8 optical inputs
Flexible, multiple, short LED pulses per optical sample
20-bit burst accumulator enabling 20 bits per sample period
On-board sample to sample accumulator, enabling up to
27 bits per data read
Couple the ADPD103 with a low capacitance photodiode of
<100 pF for optimal performance. The ADPD103 can be used with
any LED.
Low power operation
I2C interface and 1.8 V analog/digital core
Flexible sampling frequency ranging from 0.122 Hz to
3.820 kHz
FIFO data operation
APPLICATIONS
Body worn health and fitness monitors, for example, heart
rate monitoring
Clinical measurements, for example, SpO2
Industrial monitoring
Background light measurements
Rev. B
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