SLAS986D November   2014  – February 2018 AMC7836

PRODUCTION DATA.  

  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
    1.     Pin 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: DAC
    6. 6.6  Electrical Characteristics: ADC and Temperature Sensor
    7. 6.7  Electrical Characteristics: General
    8. 6.8  Timing Requirements
    9. 6.9  Typical Characteristics: DAC
    10. 6.10 Typical Characteristics: ADC
    11. 6.11 Typical Characteristics: Reference
    12. 6.12 Typical Characteristics: Temperature Sensor
  7. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1 Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs)
        1. 7.3.1.1 DAC Output Range and Clamp Configuration
          1. 7.3.1.1.1 Auto-Range Detection
        2. 7.3.1.2 DAC Register Structure
        3. 7.3.1.3 DAC Clear Operation
      2. 7.3.2 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
        1. 7.3.2.1 Analog Inputs
          1. 7.3.2.1.1 Bipolar Analog Inputs
          2. 7.3.2.1.2 Unipolar Analog Inputs
        2. 7.3.2.2 ADC Sequencing
        3. 7.3.2.3 ADC Synchronization
        4. 7.3.2.4 Programmable Out-of-Range Alarms
          1. 7.3.2.4.1 Unipolar Inputs Out-of-Range Alarms
          2. 7.3.2.4.2 Unipolar Inputs Out-of-Range Alarms
          3. 7.3.2.4.3 ALARMIN Alarm
          4. 7.3.2.4.4 Hysteresis
          5. 7.3.2.4.5 False-Alarm Protection
      3. 7.3.3 Internal Temperature Sensor
      4. 7.3.4 Internal Reference
      5. 7.3.5 General Purpose I/Os
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 All-Positive DAC Range Mode
      2. 7.4.2 All-Negative DAC Range Mode
      3. 7.4.3 Mixed DAC Range Mode
    5. 7.5 Programming
    6. 7.6 Register Maps
      1. 7.6.1  Interface Configuration: Address 0x00 – 0x02
        1. 7.6.1.1 Interface Configuration 0 Register (address = 0x00) [reset = 0x30]
          1. Table 9. Interface Config 0 Register Field Descriptions (R/W)
        2. 7.6.1.2 Interface Configuration 1 Register (address = 0x01) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 10. Interface Config 1 Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.1.3 Device Configuration Register (address = 0x02) [reset = 0x03]
          1. Table 11. Device Config Register Field Descriptions
      2. 7.6.2  Device Identification: Address 0x03 – 0x0D
        1. 7.6.2.1 Chip Type Register (address = 0x03) [reset = 0x08]
          1. Table 12. Chip Type Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.2.2 Chip ID Low Byte Register (address = 0x04) [reset = 0x36]
          1. Table 13. Chip ID Low Byte Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.2.3 Chip ID High Byte Register (address = 0x05) [reset = 0x0C]
          1. Table 14. Chip ID High Byte Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.2.4 Version ID Register (address = 0x06) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 15. Version ID Register Field Descriptions
        5. 7.6.2.5 Manufacturer ID Low Byte Register (address = 0x0C) [reset = 0x51]
          1. Table 16. Manufacturer ID Low Byte Register Field Descriptions
        6. 7.6.2.6 Manufacturer ID High Byte Register (address = 0x0D) [reset = 0x04]
          1. Table 17. Manufacturer ID High Byte Register Field Descriptions
      3. 7.6.3  Register Update (Buffered Registers): Address 0x0F
        1. 7.6.3.1 Register Update Register (address = 0x0F) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 18. Register Update Register Field Descriptions
      4. 7.6.4  General Device Configuration: Address 0x10 through 0x17
        1. 7.6.4.1 ADC Configuration Register (address = 0x10) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 19. ADC Configuration Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.4.2 False Alarm Configuration Register (address = 0x11) [reset = 0x70]
          1. Table 21. False Alarm Configuration Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.4.3 GPIO Configuration Register (address = 0x12) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 24. GPIO Configuration Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.4.4 ADC MUX Configuration 0 Register (address = 0x13) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 25. ADC MUX Configuration 0 Register Field Descriptions
        5. 7.6.4.5 ADC MUX Configuration 1 Register (address = 0x14) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 26. ADC MUX Configuration 1 Register Field Descriptions
        6. 7.6.4.6 ADC MUX Configuration 2 Register (address = 0x15) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 27. ADC MUX Configuration 2 Register Field Descriptions
        7. 7.6.4.7 DAC Clear Enable 0 Register (address = 0x18) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 28. DAC Clear Enable 0 Register Field Descriptions
        8. 7.6.4.8 DAC Clear Enable 1 Register (address = 0x19) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 29. DAC Clear Enable 1 Register Field Descriptions
      5. 7.6.5  DAC Clear and ALARMOUT Source Select: Address 0x1A through 0x1D
        1. 7.6.5.1 DAC Clear Source 0 Register (address = 0x1A) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 30. DAC Clear Source 0 Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.5.2 DAC Clear Source 1 Register (address = 0x1B) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 31. DAC Clear Source 1 Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.5.3 ALARMOUT Source 0 Register (address = 0x1c) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 32. ALARMOUT Source 0 Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.5.4 ALARMOUT Source 1 Register (address = 0x1D) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 33. ALARMOUT Source 1 Register Field Descriptions
      6. 7.6.6  DAC Range: Address 0x1E
        1. 7.6.6.1 DAC Range Register (address = 0x1E) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 34. DAC Range Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.6.2 DAC Range 1 Register (address = 0x1F) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 36. DAC Range 1 Register Field Descriptions
      7. 7.6.7  ADC and Temperature Data: Address 0x20 through 0x4B
        1. 7.6.7.1 ADCn-Data (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x20 through 0x49) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 37. ADCn-Data (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.7.2 ADCn-Data (High Byte) Register (address = 0x20 through 0x49) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 38. ADCn-Data (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.7.3 Temperature Data (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x4A) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 39. Temperature Data (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.7.4 Temperature Data (High Byte) Register (address = 0x4B) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 40. Temperature Data (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
      8. 7.6.8  DAC Data: Address 0x50 through 0x6F
        1. 7.6.8.1 DACn-Data (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x50 through 0x6F) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 41. DACn-Data (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.8.2 DACn Data (High Byte) Register (address = 0x50 through 0x6F) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 42. DACn Data (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
      9. 7.6.9  Status Registers: Address 0x70 through 0x72
        1. 7.6.9.1 Alarm Status 0 Register (address = 0x70) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 43. Alarm Status 0 Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.9.2 Alarm Status 1 Register (address = 0x71) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 44. Alarm Status 1 Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.9.3 General Status Register (address = 0x72) [reset = 0x0C]
          1. Table 45. General Status Register Field Descriptions
      10. 7.6.10 GPIO: Address 0x7A
        1. 7.6.10.1 GPIO Register (address = 0x7A) [reset = 0xFF]
          1. Table 46. GPIO Register Field Descriptions
      11. 7.6.11 Out-Of-Range ADC Thresholds: Address 0x80 through 0x93
        1. 7.6.11.1 ADCn-Upper-Thresh (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x80 through 0x93) [reset = 0xFF]
          1. Table 47. ADCn-Upper-Thresh (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.11.2 ADCn-Upper-Thresh (High Byte) Register (address = 0x80 through 0x93) [reset = 0x0F]
          1. Table 48. ADCn-Upper-Thresh (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.11.3 ADCn-Lower-Thresh (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x80 through 0x93) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 49. ADCn-Lower-Thresh (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.11.4 ADCn-Lower-Thresh (High Byte) Register (address = 0x80 through 0x93) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 50. ADCn-Lower-Thresh (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions Field Descriptions
        5. 7.6.11.5 LT-Upper-Thresh (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x94) [reset = 0xFF]
          1. Table 51. LT-Upper-Thresh (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        6. 7.6.11.6 LT-Upper-Thresh (High Byte) Register (address = 0x95) [reset = 0x07]
          1. Table 52. LT-Upper-Thresh (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        7. 7.6.11.7 LT-Lower-Thresh (Low Byte) Register (address = 0x96) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 53. LT-Lower-Thresh (Low Byte) Register Field Descriptions
        8. 7.6.11.8 LT-Lower-Thresh (High Byte) Register (address = 0x97) [reset = 0x08]
          1. Table 54. LT-Lower-Thresh (High Byte) Register Field Descriptions
      12. 7.6.12 Alarm Hysteresis Configuration: Address 0xA0 and 0xA5
        1. 7.6.12.1 ADCn-Hysteresis Register (address = 0xA0 through 0xA4) [reset = 0x08]
          1. Table 55. ADCn-Hysteresis Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.12.2 LT-Hysteresis Register (address = 0xA5) [reset = 0x08]
          1. Table 56. LT-Hysteresis Register Field Descriptions
      13. 7.6.13 Clear and Power-Down Registers: Address 0xB0 through 0XB4
        1. 7.6.13.1 DAC Clear 0 Register (address = 0xB0) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 57. DAC Clear 0 Register Field Descriptions
        2. 7.6.13.2 DAC Clear 1 Register (address = 0xB1) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 58. DAC Clear 1 Register Field Descriptions
        3. 7.6.13.3 Power-Down 0 Register (address = 0xB2) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 59. Power-Down 0 Register Field Descriptions
        4. 7.6.13.4 Power-Down 1 Register (address = 0xB3) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 60. Power-Down 1 Register Field Descriptions
        5. 7.6.13.5 Power-Down 2 Register (address = 0xB4) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 61. Power-Down 2 Register Field Descriptions
      14. 7.6.14 ADC Trigger: Address 0xC0
        1. 7.6.14.1 ADC Trigger Register (address = 0xC0) [reset = 0x00]
          1. Table 62. ADC Trigger Register Field Descriptions
  8. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
      1. 8.1.1 Temperature Sensing Applications
      2. 8.1.2 Current Sensing Applications
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        1. 8.2.2.1 ADC Input Conditioning
        2. 8.2.2.2 DAC Output Range Selection
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
  9. 9 Power Supply Recommendations
    1. 9.1 Device Reset Options
      1. 9.1.1 Power-on-Reset (POR)
      2. 9.1.2 Hardware Reset
        1. 9.1.2.1 Software Reset
  10. 10Layout
    1. 10.1 Layout Guidelines
    2. 10.2 Layout Example
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 11.3 Community Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
    5. 11.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 11.6 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

8.1 Application Information

The AMC7836 device is a highly integrated, low-power, analog monitoring and control solution that includes a 21-channel (12-bit) ADC, 16-channel (12-bit) DACs, eight GPIO, and a local temperature sensor. Although the device can be used in many different closed-loop systems, including industrial control and test and measurement, the device is largely used as a power amplifier controller in multi-channel RF communication applications.

Power amplifiers (PAs) include transistor technologies that are extremely temperature sensitive, and require DC biasing circuits to optimize RF performance, power efficiency, and stability. The AMC7836 device provides 16 DAC channels which can be used to adjust the power amplifier bias points in response to temperature changes. The device also includes an internal local temperature sensor, and 21 ADC channels for general-purpose monitoring.

Current and temperature sensing are typically implemented in power amplifier controller applications. PA drain current sensing is implemented by measuring the differential voltage drop across a shunt resistor. Temperature variations during PA operation can be detected either through the AMC7836 internal temperature sensor or through remote temperature ICs or thermistors configured to interface with the ADC analog inputs available in the device. Figure 115 shows the block diagram for these different systems.

AMC7836 fbd_app_slas986.gifFigure 115. AMC7836 Example Control and Monitor System