AD5310

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REV. A

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

D/A Section

The AD5310 DAC is fabricated on a CMOS process. The

architecture consists of a string DAC followed by an output

buffer amplifier. Since there is no reference input pin, the

block diagram of the DAC architecture.

GND

RESISTOR

STRING

REF (+)

REF (–)

OUTPUT

AMPLIFIER

DAC REGISTER

Figure 20. DAC Architecture

Since the input coding to the DAC is straight binary, the ideal

output voltage is given by:

D

1024









where D = decimal equivalent of the binary code which is

loaded to the DAC register; it can range from 0 to 1023.

R

R

R

R

R

TO OUTPUT

AMPLIFIER

Figure 21. Resistor String

Resistor String

The resistor string section is shown in Figure 21. It is simply a

string of resistors, each of value R. The code loaded to the DAC

register determines at what node on the string the voltage is

tapped off to be fed into the output amplifier. The voltage is

tapped off by closing one of the switches connecting the string

to the amplifier. Because it is a string of resistors, it is guaran-

teed monotonic.

Output Amplifier

The output buffer amplifier is capable of generating rail-to-rail

voltages on its output which gives an output range of 0 V to

Ω in parallel with

1000 pF to GND. The source and sink capabilities of the output

amplifier can be seen in Figures 8 and 9. The slew rate is 1 V/

µs

with a half-scale settling time of 6

µs with the output loaded.

SERIAL INTERFACE

The AD5310 has a three-wire serial interface (

SYNC, SCLK

and DIN) which is compatible with SPI, QSPI and MICROWIRE

interface standards as well as most DSPs. See Figure 1 for a

timing diagram of a typical write sequence.

The write sequence begins by bringing the

SYNC line low. Data

from the DIN line is clocked into the 16-bit shift register on the

falling edge of SCLK. The serial clock frequency can be as high

as 30 MHz making the AD5310 compatible with high speed

DSPs. On the sixteenth falling clock edge, the last data bit is

clocked in and the programmed function is executed (i.e., a

change in DAC register contents and/or a change in the mode of

operation). At this stage, the

SYNC line may be kept low or be

brought high. In either case, it must be brought high for a mini-

mum of 33 ns before the next write sequence so that a falling

edge of

SYNC can initiate the next write sequence. Since the

SYNC buffer draws more current when V

sequences for even lower power operation of the part. As is

mentioned above, however, it must be brought high again just

before the next write sequence.

Input Shift Register

The input shift register is 16 bits wide (see Figure 22). The first

two bits are “don’t cares.” The next two are control bits which

control which mode of operation the part is in (normal mode or

any one of three power-down modes). There is a more complete

description of the various modes in the Power-Down Modes

section. The next ten bits are the data bits. These are transferred

to the DAC register on the sixteenth falling edge of SCLK. Finally,

the last two bits are “don’t cares.”

DB0 (LSB)

DB15 (MSB)

0

0

NORMAL OPERATION

01

1k

TO GND

1

0

100k

TO GND

1

1

THREE-STATE

DATA BITS

X

X

PD1

PD 0

D7D6D5D4

D3

D2D1

D0

X

X

POWER-DOWN MODES

D8

D9

Figure 22. Input Register Contents