JAJSGE8B March 2016 – October 2018 ADS1282-SP
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The high-performance modulator is an inherently-stable, fourth-order, ΔΣ, 2 + 2 pipelined structure, as Figure 31 shows. It shifts the quantization noise to a higher frequency (out of the passband) where digital filtering can easily remove it. The modulator can be filtered either by the on-chip digital filter or by use of post-processing filters.
The modulator first stage converts the analog input voltage into a pulse-code modulated (PCM) stream. When the level of differential analog input (AINP – AINN) is near one-half the level of the reference voltage 1/2 × (VREFP – VREFN), the ‘1’ density of the PCM data stream is at its highest. When the level of the differential analog input is near zero, the PCM ‘0’ and ‘1’ densities are nearly equal. At the two extremes of the analog input levels (+FS and –FS), the ‘1’ density of the PCM streams is approximately 90% and 10%, respectively.
The modulator second stage produces a '1' density data stream designed to cancel the quantization noise of the first stage. The data streams of the two stages are then combined before the digital filter stage, as shown in Equation 5.
M0[n] represents the most recent first-stage output while M0[n – 1] is the previous first-stage output. When the modulator output is enabled, the digital filter shuts down to save power.
The modulator is optimized for input signals within a 4-kHz passband. As Figure 32 shows, the noise shaping of the modulator results in a sharp increase in noise greater than 6 kHz. The modulator has a chopped input structure that further reduces noise within the passband. The noise moves out of the passband and appears at the chopping frequency (ƒCLK / 512 = 8 kHz). The component at 5.8 kHz is the tone frequency, shifted out of band by an external 20 mV/PGA offset. The frequency of the tone is proportional to the applied DC input and is given by PGA × VIN/0.003 (in kHz).
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