APPLICATION NOTES AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
A V A I L A B L E
AN99 • AN115 • AN124 •AN133 • AN134 • AN135
Single Supply / Low Power / 256-tap / 2-Wire Bus
X9279
Single Digitally-Controlled (XDCPTM) Potentiometer
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
• 256 Resistor Taps
The X9279 integrates a single digitally controlled
• 2-Wire Serial Interface for write, read, and
transfer operations of the potentiometer
• Wiper Resistance, 100Ω typical @ 5V
• 16 Nonvolatile Data Registers for Each
Potentiometer
• Nonvolatile Storage of Multiple Wiper Positions
• Power On Recall. Loads SavedWiper Position on
Power Up.
potentiometer (XDCP) on
integrated circuit.
a
monolithic CMOS
The digital controlled potentiometer is implemented
using 255 resistive elements in a series array. Between
each element are tap points connected to the wiper
terminal through switches. The position of the wiper on
the array is controlled by the user through the 2-Wire
bus interface. The potentiometer has associated with it
a volatile Wiper Counter Register (WCR) and a four
nonvolatile Data Registers that can be directly written
to and read by the user. The contents of the WCR
controls the position of the wiper on the resistor array
though the switches. Powerup recalls the contents of
the default data register (DR0) to the WCR.
• Standby Current < 5µA Max
• V : 2.7V to 5.5V Operation
CC
• 50KΩ, 100KΩ versions of End to End Resistance
• Endurance: 100,000 Data Changes per Bit per
Register
• 100 yr. Data Retention
• 14-Lead TSSOP, 16-Lead CSP (Chip Scale
Package)
The XDCP can be used as
a three-terminal
• Low Power CMOS
potentiometer or as a two terminal variable resistor in
a wide variety of applications including control,
parameter adjustments, and signal processing.
FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
V
R
H
CC
Write
Read
Address
Transfer
50KΩ and 100KΩ
Power On Recall
Data
Inc/Dec
256-taps
wiper
Status
Bus
Wiper Counter
Register (WCR)
2-Wire
Bus
Interface
POT
Interface
and Control
Data Registers
16 Bytes
Control
R
V
R
W
SS
L
Characteristics subject to change without notice. 1 of 24
REV 1.1.7 2/6/03
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