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"Chapter 1 - The Op Amp's Place in the World" - HTL Wien 10

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impedance of <strong>the</strong> transducer. <strong>The</strong> temperature transducer has been biased correctly, thus<br />

its temperature coefficient should be <strong>the</strong> advertised value of –2 mV/ °C. <strong>The</strong> output impedance<br />

of <strong>the</strong> transducer forms a voltage divider with <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put resistance of <strong>the</strong> AIA, but this<br />

error can’t be calculated until <strong>the</strong> AIA is selected. <strong>The</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al transducer error contribution<br />

is that portion of <strong>the</strong> V TOS that can’t be adjusted out, and this error is determ<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> AIA design.<br />

12.7 ADC Characterization<br />

This particular ADC was selected because it has a multiplexer and it enables different<br />

modes of operation. <strong>The</strong> temperature measurement is done <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle-shot mode because<br />

this mode allows <strong>the</strong> user to set <strong>the</strong> charge time at <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put to <strong>the</strong> converter. Dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

charg<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong> ADC’s <strong>in</strong>put resistance is low, but after <strong>the</strong> ADC <strong>in</strong>put is charged <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put<br />

resistance rises to 20 kΩ. This high <strong>in</strong>put resistance does not load <strong>the</strong> AIA output circuit,<br />

thus <strong>the</strong> AIA achieves full rail-to-rail output voltage sw<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternal reference is used <strong>in</strong> this application, and <strong>the</strong> reference sets <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put voltage<br />

span required to obta<strong>in</strong> full accuracy for <strong>the</strong> ADC. Us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternal reference, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put<br />

voltage span is 0 V to 4 V. <strong>The</strong> offset voltage (V ADCOS) is ± 150 mV, and <strong>the</strong> voltage drift<br />

is 40 PPM/°C. <strong>The</strong> voltage drift over <strong>the</strong> full temperature range is 40 PPM/°C(20°C) = 800<br />

PPM. <strong>The</strong>re are 244 PPM/LSB <strong>in</strong> a 12-bit converter, so <strong>the</strong> drift voltage error is 800/244<br />

≈ 4 bits error.<br />

<strong>The</strong> ADC output is full scale (all bits 1) when <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put voltage is 4 V, and it is zero (all bits<br />

0) when <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>put voltage is 0 V. This data is tabulated <strong>in</strong> Table 12–2. Because <strong>the</strong> full scale<br />

output voltage has changed to 4 volts <strong>the</strong> LSB is calculated to be 4/(2 12) = 976.6 µV/bit.<br />

Table 12–2. ADC Input Voltage<br />

12.8 <strong>Op</strong> Amp Selection<br />

ADC INPUT<br />

VOLTAGE<br />

DIGITAL OUTPUT<br />

0 V 000000000000 VOUT1 = 0 V<br />

4 V 111111111111 VOUT2 = 4 V<br />

ANALOG INTERFACE<br />

AMPLIFIER OUTPUT VOLTAGE<br />

It is time to select <strong>the</strong> op amp, and <strong>the</strong> easiest way to do this is to list <strong>the</strong> known specifications<br />

or requirements, list a candidate op amp’s specifications, and calculated <strong>the</strong> projected<br />

error that <strong>the</strong> candidate op amp yields.<br />

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