SBAS660C August   2016  – June 2017 ADS124S06 , ADS124S08

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
    1.     Device Images
      1.      Functional Block Diagram
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Device Family Comparison Table
  6. 6 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1.     Pin Functions
  7. 7 Specifications
    1. 7.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 7.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 7.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 7.4 Thermal Information
    5. 7.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 7.6 Timing Characteristics
    7. 7.7 Switching Characteristics
    8. 7.8 Typical Characteristics
  8. 8 Parameter Measurement Information
    1. 8.1 Noise Performance
  9. 9 Detailed Description
    1. 9.1 Overview
    2. 9.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 9.3 Feature Description
      1. 9.3.1  Multiplexer
      2. 9.3.2  Low-Noise Programmable Gain Amplifier
        1. 9.3.2.1 PGA Input-Voltage Requirements
        2. 9.3.2.2 PGA Rail Flags
        3. 9.3.2.3 Bypassing the PGA
      3. 9.3.3  Voltage Reference
        1. 9.3.3.1 Internal Reference
        2. 9.3.3.2 External Reference
        3. 9.3.3.3 Reference Buffers
      4. 9.3.4  Clock Source
      5. 9.3.5  Delta-Sigma Modulator
      6. 9.3.6  Digital Filter
        1. 9.3.6.1 Low-Latency Filter
          1. 9.3.6.1.1 Low-Latency Filter Frequency Response
          2. 9.3.6.1.2 Data Conversion Time for the Low-Latency Filter
        2. 9.3.6.2 Sinc3 Filter
          1. 9.3.6.2.1 Sinc3 Filter Frequency Response
          2. 9.3.6.2.2 Data Conversion Time for the Sinc3 Filter
        3. 9.3.6.3 Note on Conversion Time
        4. 9.3.6.4 50-Hz and 60-Hz Line Cycle Rejection
        5. 9.3.6.5 Global Chop Mode
      7. 9.3.7  Excitation Current Sources (IDACs)
      8. 9.3.8  Bias Voltage Generation
      9. 9.3.9  System Monitor
        1. 9.3.9.1 Internal Temperature Sensor
        2. 9.3.9.2 Power Supply Monitors
        3. 9.3.9.3 Burn-Out Current Sources
      10. 9.3.10 Status Register
        1. 9.3.10.1 POR Flag
        2. 9.3.10.2 RDY Flag
        3. 9.3.10.3 PGA Output Voltage Rail Monitors
        4. 9.3.10.4 Reference Monitor
      11. 9.3.11 General-Purpose Inputs and Outputs (GPIOs)
      12. 9.3.12 Low-Side Power Switch
      13. 9.3.13 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
      14. 9.3.14 Calibration
        1. 9.3.14.1 Offset Calibration
        2. 9.3.14.2 Gain Calibration
    4. 9.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 9.4.1 Reset
        1. 9.4.1.1 Power-On Reset
        2. 9.4.1.2 RESET Pin
        3. 9.4.1.3 Reset by Command
      2. 9.4.2 Power-Down Mode
      3. 9.4.3 Standby Mode
      4. 9.4.4 Conversion Modes
        1. 9.4.4.1 Continuous Conversion Mode
        2. 9.4.4.2 Single-Shot Conversion Mode
        3. 9.4.4.3 Programmable Conversion Delay
    5. 9.5 Programming
      1. 9.5.1 Serial Interface
        1. 9.5.1.1 Chip Select (CS)
        2. 9.5.1.2 Serial Clock (SCLK)
        3. 9.5.1.3 Serial Data Input (DIN)
        4. 9.5.1.4 Serial Data Output and Data Ready (DOUT/DRDY)
        5. 9.5.1.5 Data Ready (DRDY)
        6. 9.5.1.6 Timeout
      2. 9.5.2 Data Format
      3. 9.5.3 Commands
        1. 9.5.3.1  NOP
        2. 9.5.3.2  WAKEUP
        3. 9.5.3.3  POWERDOWN
        4. 9.5.3.4  RESET
        5. 9.5.3.5  START
        6. 9.5.3.6  STOP
        7. 9.5.3.7  SYOCAL
        8. 9.5.3.8  SYGCAL
        9. 9.5.3.9  SFOCAL
        10. 9.5.3.10 RDATA
        11. 9.5.3.11 RREG
        12. 9.5.3.12 WREG
      4. 9.5.4 Reading Data
        1. 9.5.4.1 Read Data Direct
        2. 9.5.4.2 Read Data by RDATA Command
        3. 9.5.4.3 Sending Commands When Reading Data
      5. 9.5.5 Interfacing with Multiple Devices
    6. 9.6 Register Map
      1. 9.6.1 Configuration Registers
        1. 9.6.1.1  Device ID Register (address = 00h) [reset = xxh]
          1. Table 26. Device ID (ID) Register Field Descriptions
        2. 9.6.1.2  Device Status Register (address = 01h) [reset = 80h]
          1. Table 27. Device Status (STATUS) Register Field Descriptions
        3. 9.6.1.3  Input Multiplexer Register (address = 02h) [reset = 01h]
          1. Table 28. Input Multiplexer (INPMUX) Register Field Descriptions
        4. 9.6.1.4  Gain Setting Register (address = 03h) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 29. Gain Setting (PGA) Register Field Descriptions
        5. 9.6.1.5  Data Rate Register (address = 04h) [reset = 14h]
          1. Table 30. Data Rate (DATARATE) Register Field Descriptions
        6. 9.6.1.6  Reference Control Register (address = 05h) [reset = 10h]
          1. Table 31. Reference Control (REF) Register Field Descriptions
        7. 9.6.1.7  Excitation Current Register 1 (address = 06h) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 32. Excitation Current Register 1 (IDACMAG) Register Field Descriptions
        8. 9.6.1.8  Excitation Current Register 2 (address = 07h) [reset = FFh]
          1. Table 33. Excitation Current Register 2 (IDACMUX) Register Field Descriptions
        9. 9.6.1.9  Sensor Biasing Register (address = 08h) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 34. Sensor Biasing (VBIAS) Register Field Descriptions
        10. 9.6.1.10 System Control Register (address = 09h) [reset = 10h]
          1. Table 35. System Control (SYS) Register Field Descriptions
        11. 9.6.1.11 Offset Calibration Register 1 (address = 0Ah) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 36. Offset Calibration Register 1 (OFCAL0) Register Field Descriptions
        12. 9.6.1.12 Offset Calibration Register 2 (address = 0Bh) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 37. Offset Calibration Register 2 (OFCAL1) Register Field Descriptions
        13. 9.6.1.13 Offset Calibration Register 3 (address = 0Ch) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 38. Offset Calibration Register 3 (OFCAL2) Register Field Descriptions
        14. 9.6.1.14 Gain Calibration Register 1 (address = 0Dh) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 39. Gain Calibration Register 1 (FSCAL0) Register Field Descriptions
        15. 9.6.1.15 Gain Calibration Register 2 (address = 0Eh) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 40. Gain Calibration Register 2 (FSCAL1) Field Descriptions
        16. 9.6.1.16 Gain Calibration Register 3 (address = 0Fh) [reset = 40h]
          1. Table 41. Gain Calibration Register 3 (FSCAL2) Field Descriptions
        17. 9.6.1.17 GPIO Data Register (address = 10h) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 42. GPIO Data (GPIODAT) Register Field Descriptions
        18. 9.6.1.18 GPIO Configuration Register (address = 11h) [reset = 00h]
          1. Table 43. GPIO Configuration (GPIOCON) Register Field Descriptions
  10. 10Application and Implementation
    1. 10.1 Application Information
      1. 10.1.1 Serial Interface Connections
      2. 10.1.2 Analog Input Filtering
      3. 10.1.3 External Reference and Ratiometric Measurements
      4. 10.1.4 Establishing a Proper Input Voltage
      5. 10.1.5 Unused Inputs and Outputs
      6. 10.1.6 Pseudo Code Example
    2. 10.2 Typical Application
      1. 10.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 10.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 10.2.2.1 Register Settings
      3. 10.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 10.3 Do's and Don'ts
  11. 11Power Supply Recommendations
    1. 11.1 Power Supplies
    2. 11.2 Power-Supply Sequencing
    3. 11.3 Power-On Reset
    4. 11.4 Power-Supply Decoupling
  12. 12Layout
    1. 12.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 12.2 Layout Example
  13. 13Device and Documentation Support
    1. 13.1 Device Support
      1. 13.1.1 Development Support
    2. 13.2 Documentation Support
      1. 13.2.1 Related Documentation
    3. 13.3 Related Links
    4. 13.4 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    5. 13.5 Community Resources
    6. 13.6 Trademarks
    7. 13.7 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    8. 13.8 Glossary
  14. 14Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

Package Options

Refer to the PDF data sheet for device specific package drawings

Mechanical Data (Package|Pins)
  • RHB|32
  • PBS|32
Thermal pad, mechanical data (Package|Pins)
Orderable Information

10.1.4 Establishing a Proper Input Voltage

The ADS124S0x can be used to measure various types of input signal configurations: single-ended, pseudo-differential, and fully-differential signals (which can be either unipolar or bipolar). However, configuring the device properly for the respective signal type is important.

Signals where the negative analog input is fixed and referenced to analog ground (VAINN = 0 V) are commonly called single-ended signals. The input voltage of a single-ended signal consequently varies between 0 V and VIN. If the PGA is disabled and bypassed, the input voltage of the ADS124S08 can be as low as 50 mV below AVSS and as large as 50 mV above AVDD. Therefore, set the PGA_EN bits to 10 in the gain setting register (03h) to measure single-ended signals when a unipolar analog supply is used (AVSS = 0 V). Only a gain of 1 is possible in this configuration. Measuring a 0-mA to 20-mA or 4-mA to 20-mA signal across a load resistor of 100 Ω referenced to GND is a typical example. The ADS124S0x can directly measure the signal across the load resistor using a unipolar supply, the internal 2.5-V reference, and gain = 1 when the PGA is bypassed.

If gain is needed to measure a single-ended signal, the PGA must be enabled. In this case, a bipolar supply is required for the ADS124S0x to meet the input voltage requirement of the PGA. Signals where the negative analog input (AINN) is fixed at a voltage other the 0 V are referred to as pseudo-differential signals. The input voltage of a pseudo-differential signal varies between VAINN and VAINN + VIN.

Fully-differential signals in contrast are defined as signals having a constant common-mode voltage where the positive and negative analog inputs swing 180° out-of-phase but have the same amplitude.

The ADS124S0x can measure pseudo-differential and fully-differential signals both with the PGA enabled or bypassed. However, the PGA must be enabled in order to measure any input with a gain greater than 1. The input voltage must meet the input and output voltage restrictions of the PGA, as explained in the PGA Input-Voltage Requirements section when the PGA is enabled. Setting the input voltage at or near (AVSS + AVDD) / 2 in most cases satisfies the PGA input voltage requirements.

Signals where both the positive and negative inputs are always ≥ 0 V are called unipolar signals. These signals can in general be measured with the ADS124S0x using a unipolar analog supply (AVSS = 0 V). As mentioned previously, the PGA must be bypassed in order to measure single-ended, unipolar signals when using a unipolar supply.

A signal is called bipolar when either the positive or negative input can swing below 0 V. A bipolar analog supply (such as AVDD = 2.5 V, AVSS = –2.5 V) is required in order to measure bipolar signals with the ADS124S0x. A typical application task is measuring a single-ended, bipolar, ±10-V signal where AINN is fixed at 0 V and AINP swings between –10 V and 10 V. The ADS124S0x cannot directly measure this signal because the 10-V signal exceeds the analog power-supply limits. However, one possible solution is to use a bipolar analog supply (AVDD = 2.5 V, AVSS = –2.5 V), gain = 1, and a resistor divider in front of the ADS124S0x. The resistor divider must divide the voltage down to ≤ ±2.5 V to be able to measure the voltage using the internal 2.5-V reference.