DDC112Y Datasheet, PDF (8/34 Pages) Texas Instruments – Dual Current Input 20-Bit ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER

THEORY OF OPERATION
The basic operation of the DDC112 is illustrated in Figure 1.
The device contains two identical input channels where each
performs the function of current-to-voltage integration fol-
lowed by a multiplexed analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion.
Each input has two integrators so that the current-to-voltage
integration can be continuous in time. The output of the four
integrators are switched to one delta-sigma (∆Σ) converter
via a four input multiplexer. With the DDC112 in the continu-
ous integration mode, the output of the integrators from one
side of both of the inputs will be digitized while the other two
integrators are in the integration mode as illustrated in the
timing diagram in Figure 2. This integration and A/D conver-
sion process is controlled by the system clock, CLK. With a
10MHz system clock, the integrator combined with the delta-
sigma converter accomplishes a single 20-bit conversion in
approximately 220µs. The results from side A and side B of
each signal input are stored in a serial output shift register.
The DVALID output goes LOW when the shift register
contains valid data.
The digital interface of the DDC112 provides the digital
results via a synchronous serial interface consisting of a data
clock (DCLK), a transmit enable pin (DXMIT), a valid data pin
(DVALID), a serial data output pin (DOUT), and a serial data
input pin (DIN). The DDC112 contains only one A/D con-
verter, so the conversion process is interleaved between the
two inputs, as shown in Figure 2. The integration and
conversion process is fundamentally independent of the data
retrieval process. Consequently, the CLK frequency and
DCLK frequencies need not be the same. DIN is only used
when multiple converters are cascaded and should be tied to
DGND otherwise. Depending on T_INT, CLK, and DCLK, it is
possible to daisy-chain over 100 converters. This greatly
simplifies the interconnection and routing of the digital out-
puts in cases where a large number of converters are
needed.
CAP1A
CAP1A
IN1
CAP1B
CAP1B
CAP2A
CAP2A
IN2
CAP2B
CAP2B
AV_DD
AGND
Input 1
Dual
Switched
Integrator
Input 2
Dual
Switched
Integrator
FIGURE 1. Block Diagram.
V_REF
DV_DD
DGND
∆Σ
Modulator
Digital
Filter
Digital
Input/Output
Control
DCLK
DVALID
DXMIT
DOUT
DIN
RANGE2
RANGE1
RANGE0
TEST CONV
CLK
IN1, Integrator A
IN1, Integrator B
IN2, Integrator A
IN2, Integrator B
Conversion in Progress
Integrate
Integrate
IN1B
IN2B
Integrate
Integrate
IN1A
IN2A
Integrate
Integrate
IN1B
IN2B
DVALID
FIGURE 2. Basic Integration and Conversion Timing for the DDC112 (continuous mode).
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Integrate
Integrate
IN1A
IN2A
DDC112
SBAS085B