SBAS872B December   2020  – October 2022 ADC3681 , ADC3682 , ADC3683

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3  Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 6.4  Thermal Information
    5. 6.5  Electrical Characteristics - Power Consumption
    6. 6.6  Electrical Characteristics - DC Specifications
    7. 6.7  Electrical Characteristics - AC Specifications
    8. 6.8  Timing Requirements
    9. 6.9  Typical Characteristics - ADC3681
    10. 6.10 Typical Characteristics - ADC3682
    11. 6.11 Typical Characteristics - ADC3683
  7. 7 Parameter Measurement Information
  8. 8 Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 8.3 Feature Description
      1. 8.3.1 Analog Input
        1. 8.3.1.1 Analog Input Bandwidth
        2. 8.3.1.2 Analog Front End Design
          1. 8.3.1.2.1 Sampling Glitch Filter Design
          2. 8.3.1.2.2 Analog Input Termination and DC Bias
            1. 8.3.1.2.2.1 AC-Coupling
            2. 8.3.1.2.2.2 DC-Coupling
        3. 8.3.1.3 Auto-Zero Feature
      2. 8.3.2 Clock Input
        1. 8.3.2.1 Single Ended vs Differential Clock Input
        2. 8.3.2.2 Signal Acquisition Time Adjust
      3. 8.3.3 Voltage Reference
        1. 8.3.3.1 Internal voltage reference
        2. 8.3.3.2 External voltage reference (VREF)
        3. 8.3.3.3 External voltage reference with internal buffer (REFBUF)
      4. 8.3.4 Digital Down Converter
        1. 8.3.4.1 DDC MUX
        2. 8.3.4.2 Digital Filter Operation
        3. 8.3.4.3 FS/4 Mixing with Real Output
        4. 8.3.4.4 Numerically Controlled Oscillator (NCO) and Digital Mixer
        5. 8.3.4.5 Decimation Filter
        6. 8.3.4.6 SYNC
        7. 8.3.4.7 Output Formatting with Decimation
      5. 8.3.5 Digital Interface
        1. 8.3.5.1 Output Formatter
        2. 8.3.5.2 Output Scrambler
        3. 8.3.5.3 Output Bit Mapper
        4. 8.3.5.4 Output Interface/Mode Configuration
          1. 8.3.5.4.1 Configuration Example
        5. 8.3.5.5 Output Data Format
      6. 8.3.6 Test Pattern
    4. 8.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 8.4.1 Normal Operation
      2. 8.4.2 Power Down Options
      3. 8.4.3 Digital Channel Averaging
    5. 8.5 Programming
      1. 8.5.1 Configuration using PINs only
      2. 8.5.2 Configuration using the SPI interface
        1. 8.5.2.1 Register Write
        2. 8.5.2.2 Register Read
    6. 8.6 Register Map
      1. 8.6.1 Detailed Register Description
  9. 9 Application Information Disclaimer
    1. 9.1 Typical Application
      1. 9.1.1 Design Requirements
      2. 9.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 9.1.2.1 Input Signal Path
        2. 9.1.2.2 Sampling Clock
        3. 9.1.2.3 Voltage Reference
      3. 9.1.3 Application Curves
    2. 9.2 Initialization Set Up
      1. 9.2.1 Register Initialization During Operation
    3. 9.3 Power Supply Recommendations
    4. 9.4 Layout
      1. 9.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 9.4.2 Layout Example
  10. 10Device and Documentation Support
    1. 10.1 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    2. 10.2 Support Resources
    3. 10.3 Trademarks
    4. 10.4 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    5. 10.5 Glossary
  11. 11Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

8.4.3 Digital Channel Averaging

The ADC368x includes a digital channel averaging feature which enables improvement of the ADC dynamic range (see Figure 8-50). The same input signal is given to both ADC inputs externally and the output of the two ADCs is averaged internally. By averaging, uncorrelated noise (e.g. ADC thermal noise) improves 3-dB while correlated noise (e.g. jitter in the clock path, reference noise) is unaffected. Therefore the averaging gives close to 3-dB improvement at low input frequencies but less at high input frequencies where clock jitter dominates the SNR.

The output from the digital averaging block is given out on the digital outputs of channel A or alternatively can be routed to the digital decimation filters using the digital mux.

GUID-5A4CC936-F76E-43E6-9E61-EA27447FDD85-low.gif Figure 8-50 Digital Channel Averaging Diagram