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X9258 Datasheet, PDF (1/22 Pages) Xicor Inc. – Quad Digital Controlled Potentiometers (XDCP)
APPLICATION NOTES
AVAILABLE
AN99 • AN115 • AN120 • AN124 • AN133 • AN134 • AN135
Low Noise/Low Power/2-Wire Bus/256 Taps
X9258
Quad Digital Controlled Potentiometers (XDCP™)
FEATURES
• Four potentiometers in one package
• 256 resistor taps/pot–0.4% resolution
• 2-wire serial interface
• Wiper resistance, 40Ω typical @ V+ = 5V, V- = -5V
• Four nonvolatile data registers for each pot
• Nonvolatile storage of wiper position
• Standby current < 5µA max (total package)
• Power supplies
—VCC = 2.7V to 5.5V
—V+ = 2.7V to 5.5V
—V- = -2.7V to -5.5V
• 100KΩ, 50KΩ total pot resistance
• High reliability
—Endurance – 100,000 data changes per bit per
register
—Register data retention – 100 years
• 24-lead SOIC, 24-lead TSSOP, 24-lead CSP (Chip
Scale Package)
• Dual supply version of X9259
DESCRIPTION
The X9258 integrates 4 digitally controlled
potentiometers (XDCP) on a monolithic CMOS
integrated circuit.
The digitally controlled potentiometer is implemented
using 255 resistive elements in a series array.
Between each element are tap points connected to the
wiper terminal through switches. The position of the
wiper on the array is controlled by the user through the
2-wire bus interface. Each potentiometer has
associated with it a volatile Wiper Counter Register
(WCR) and 4 nonvolatile Data Registers (DR0:DR3)
that can be directly written to and read by the user.
The contents of the WCR controls the position of the
wiper on the resistor array though the switches. Power
up recalls the contents of DR0 to the WCR.
The XDCP can be used as a three-terminal
potentiometer or as a two-terminal variable resistor in
a wide variety of applications including control,
parameter adjustments, and signal processing.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
VCC
VSS
V+
V-
WP
SCL
SDA
A0
A1
A2
A3
Interface
and
Control
Circuitry
8
Data
R0 R1
R2 R3
Wiper
Counter
Register
(WCR)
Pot 0
VH0/RH0
VL0/RL0
VW0/RW0
R0 R1
R2 R3
Wiper
Counter
Register
(WCR)
Resistor
Array
Pot 2
VH2/RH2
VL2/RL2
VW2/RW2
R0 R1
R2 R3
Wiper
Counter
Register
(WCR)
VW1/RW1
Resistor
Array
Pot 1
VH1/RH1
VL1/RL1
R0 R1
R2 R3
Wiper
Counter
Register
(WCR)
Resistor
Array
Pot 3
VW3/RW3
VH3/RH3
VL3/RL3
REV 1.1.7 2/4/03
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