ADT70
achieve in a single supply application where the negative rail is
ground or 0 V. Therefore, to achieve full scale operation the
output of ADT70 should be shifted by 1 V to allow for opera-
tion in the 0 V to 5 V region.
However, a voltage applied to GND SENSE is not the only
method to shift the voltage range. Placing a 768 Ω resistor in the
PRTD sensor path also shifts the output voltage by 1 V. This
second method, as shown in Figure 30, is usually not recom-
mended for the following reasons; the input voltage range of the
op amps is limited to around 1 V from the negative and positive
rails and this could cause problems at high temperature, limiting
the upper range to 600°C; the physical location of this resistor
(if placed at a distance from the ADT70) may have an impact
on the noise performance. The method frees up the on-board op
amp for another function and achieves the lowest impedance
ground point for GND SENSE.
The most straightforward method to shift the output voltage
incorporates the use of the GND SENSE as shown in Figure 29.
To shift output voltage range apply a potential equal to the neces-
sary shift on the GND SENSE pin. For example, to shift the out-
put voltage, OUTIA, up to 1 V to GND SENSE, apply 1 V to
GND SENSE. When applying a potential to GND SENSE, care
should be taken to ensure that the voltage source is capable of driv-
ing 2 kΩ and does not introduce excessive noise. Figure 29 uses the
on-board 2.5 V voltage reference for a low noise source. This refer-
ence is then divided to 1 V and buffered by the on-board op amp
to drive GND SENSE at a low impedance. A small 500 Ω potenti-
ometer can be used to calibrate the initial offset error to zero.
This brief section on ADT70 single supply operation has focused
on simple techniques to bias the ADT70 such that all output volt-
ages are within operational range. However, these techniques may
not be useful in all single supply applications. For example, in Fig-
ure 3 the additional on-board op amp is operating at near ground
potential which will create problems in a single supply application
NULLA
NULLB
BIAS
2.5V
REFOUT
ADT70
+V
S
OUT
OA
I
15k⍀
OUTA
MATCHED
CURRENT
SOURCES
+IN
OA
I
OUTB
9.76k⍀
؊IN
2.5V
REF
OA
500⍀
POT
؊IN
IA
RG
1k⍀
REF
RESISTOR
INST
AMP
SHUT-
DOWN
TO CONTROLLER
SHUTDOWN
49.9k⍀
RG
+IN
IA
1k⍀
PRTD
SENSOR
GND
SENSE
OUT
DGND
IA
Figure 29. A Single Supply Application with Shifted Ground Sense Pin
+5V
ADT70
NULLA
NULLB
BIAS
2.5V
REFOUT
+V
S
V
REF
OUT
I
OA
OUTA
MATCHED
CURRENT
SOURCES
I
OUTB
+IN
OA
2.5V
REF
؊IN
OA
؊IN
IA
RG
INST
AMP
SHUT-
DOWN
768⍀
RESISTOR
TO CONTROLLER
SHUTDOWN
49.9k⍀
RG
+IN
IA
1K⍀
REF
RESISTOR
1K⍀
PRTD
GND
SENSE
؊V
DGND
S
TO A/D CONVERTER
Figure 30. A Basic Single Supply Operational Diagram with Bias Resistor in Sensor Path
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