ADC1241 Self-Calibrating 12-Bit Plus Sign mP-Compatible A/D Converter with Sample-and-Hold General Description Key Specifications The ADC1241 is a CMOS 12-bit plus sign successive approximation analog-to-digital converter. On request, the ADC1241 goes through a self-calibration cycle that adjusts positive linearity and full-scale errors to less than g (/2 LSB each and zero error to less than g 1 LSB. The ADC1241 also has the ability to go through an Auto-Zero cycle that corrects the zero error during every conversion. The analog input to the ADC1241 is tracked and held by the internal circuitry, and therefore does not require an external sample-and-hold. A unipolar analog input voltage range (0V to a 5V) or a bipolar range ( b5V to a 5V) can be accommodated with g 5V supplies. The 13-bit word on the outputs of the ADC1241 gives a 2’s complement representation of negative numbers. The digital inputs and outputs are compatible with TTL or CMOS logic levels. Y Y Y Y Y Y Resolution Conversion Time Linearity Error Zero Error Positive Full Scale Error Power Consumption 12 Bits plus Sign 13.8ms (max) g (/2 LSB ( g 0.0122%) (max) g 1LSB (max) g 1LSB (max) 70mW (max) Features Y Y Y Y Y Y Self-calibrating Internal sample-and-hold Bipolar input range with g 5V supplies and single a 5V reference No missing codes over temperature TTL/MOS input/output compatible Standard 28-pin DIP Applications Y Y Y Digital Signal Processing High Resolution Process Control Instrumentation TRI-STATEÉ is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation. Simplified Schematic Connection Diagram Dual-In-Line Package TL/H/10554 – 2 Top View Order Number ADC1241CMJ, ADC1241CMJ/883, ADC1241BIJ or ADC1241CIJ See NS Package Number J28A TL/H/10554 – 1 C1995 National Semiconductor Corporation TL/H/10554 RRD-B30M115/Printed in U. S. A. ADC1241 Self-Calibrating 12-Bit Plus Sign mP-Compatible A/D Converter with Sample-and-Hold November 1994 Absolute Maximum Ratings (Notes 1 & 2) Operating Ratings (Notes 1 & 2) Temperature Range TMINsTAsTMAX b 40§ C s TA s a 85§ C ADC1241BIJ, ADC1241CIJ ADC1241CMJ, ADC1241CMJ/883 b55§ CsTAs a 125§ C DVCC and AVCC Voltage (Notes 6 & 7) 4.5V to 5.5V b 4.5V to b 5.5V Negative Supply Voltage (Vb) If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required, please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/Distributors for availability and specifications. Supply Voltage (VCC e DVCC e AVCC) 6.5V b 6.5V Negative Supply Voltage (Vb) b 0.3V to (VCC a 0.3V) Voltage at Logic Control Inputs Voltage at Analog Input (VIN) (Vb b0.3V) to (VCC a 0.3V) AVCC-DVCC (Note 7) 0.3V g 5 mA Input Current at any Pin (Note 3) g 20 mA Package Input Current (Note 3) 875 mW Power Dissipation at 25§ C (Note 4) b 65§ C to a 150§ C Storage Temperature Range ESD Susceptability (Note 5) Soldering Information J Package (10 sec) Reference Voltage (VREF, Notes 6 & 7) 3.5V to AVCC a 50 mV 2000V 300§ C Converter Electrical Characteristics The following specifications apply for VCC e DVCC e AVCC e a 5.0V, Vb e b5.0V, VREF e a 5.0V, and fCLK e 2.0 MHz unless otherwise specified. Boldface limits apply for TA e TJ e TMIN to TMAX; all other limits TA e TJ e 25§ C. (Notes 6, 7 and 8) Symbol Parameter Conditions Typical Limit (Note 9) (Notes 10, 18) Units (Limit) STATIC CHARACTERISTICS Positive Integral Linearity Error Negative Integral Linearity Error ADC1241BIJ ADC1241CMJ, CIJ ADC1241BIJ ADC1241CMJ, CIJ After Auto-Cal (Notes 11 & 12) g (/2 g1 LSB max After Auto-Cal (Notes 11 & 12) g1 LSB(max) g1 LSB(max) 12 Bits(min) g1 LSB(max) g1 LSB(max) g1 / g2 LSB(max) Differential Linearity After Auto-Cal (Notes 11 & 12) Zero Error After Auto-Zero or Auto-Cal (Notes 12 & 13) Positive Full-Scale Error After Auto-Cal (Note 12) Negative Full-Scale Error After Auto-Cal (Note 12) g (/2 CREF VREF Input Capacitance 80 CIN Analog Input Capacitance 65 VIN Analog Input Voltage Power Supply Sensitivity pF pF Vb b 0.05 VCC a 0.05 Zero Error (Note 14) AVCC e DVCC e 5V g 5%, e 4.75V, V b e b 5V g 5% V Full-Scale Error REF Linearity Error LSB(max) V(min) V(max) g (/8 LSB g (/8 LSB g (/8 LSB DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS S/(N a D) Unipolar Signal-to-Noise a Distortion Ratio (Note 17) S/(N a D) Bipolar Signal-to-Noise a Distortion Ratio (Note 17) tAp fIN e 1 kHz, VIN e 4.85 Vp-p 72 dB fIN e 10 kHz, VIN e 4.85 Vp-p 72 dB fIN e 1 kHz, VIN e g 4.85 Vp-p 76 dB fIN e 10 kHz, VIN e g 4.85 Vp-p 76 dB Unipolar Full Power Bandwidth (Note 17) VIN e 0V to 4.85V 32 kHz Bipolar Full Power Bandwidth (Note 17) VIN e g 4.85 Vp-p 25 kHz Aperture Time 100 ns Aperture Jitter 100 psrms 2 Digital and DC Electrical Characteristics The following specifications apply for VCC e DVCC e AVCC e a 5.0V, Vb e b5.0V, VREF e a 5.0V, and fCLK e 2.0 MHz unless otherwise specified. Boldface limits apply for TA e TJ e TMIN to TMAX; all other limits TA e TJ e 25§ C. (Notes 6 and 7) Symbol Parameter Condition Typical (Note 9) Limit (Notes 10, 18) Units (Limits) VIN(1) Logical ‘‘1’’ Input Voltage for All Inputs except CLK IN VCC e 5.25V 2.0 V(min) VIN(0) Logical ‘‘0’’ Input Voltage for All Inputs except CLK IN VCC e 4.75V 0.8 V(max) IIN(1) Logical ‘‘1’’ Input Current VIN e 5V 0.005 1 mA(max) IIN(0) Logical ‘‘0’’ Input Current VIN e 0V b 0.005 b1 mA(max) VT a CLK IN Positive-Going Threshold Voltage 2.8 2.7 V(min) VTb CLK IN Negative-Going Threshold Voltage 2.1 2.3 V(max) VH CLK IN Hysteresis [VT a (min) b VTb(max)] 0.7 0.4 V(min) VOUT(1) Logical ‘‘1’’ Output Voltage 2.4 4.5 V(min) V(min) VCC e 4.75V: IOUT e b360 mA IOUT e b10 mA VOUT(0) Logical ‘‘0’’ Output Voltage VCC e 4.75V IOUT e 1.6 mA IOUT TRI-STATEÉ Output Leakage Current VOUT e 0V b 0.01 b3 mA(max) VOUT e 5V 0.01 3 mA(max) mA(min) 0.4 V(max) ISOURCE Output Source Current VOUT e 0V b 20 b 6.0 ISINK Output Sink Current VOUT e 5V 20 8.0 mA(min) DICC DVCC Supply Current fCLK e 2 MHz, CS e ‘‘1’’ 1 2 mA(max) AICC AVCC Supply Current fCLK e 2 MHz, CS e ‘‘1’’ 2.8 6 mA(max) Ib Vb Supply Current fCLK e 2 MHz, CS e ‘‘1’’ 2.8 6 mA(max) 3 AC Electrical Characteristics The following specifications apply for DVCC e AVCC e a 5.0V, Vb e b5.0V, tr e tf e 20 ns unless otherwise specified. Boldface limits apply for TA e TJ e TMIN to TMAX; all other limits TA e TJ e 25§ C. (Notes 6 and 7) Symbol fCLK Parameter Conditions Typical (Note 9) Limit (Notes 10, 18) Units (Limits) 2.0 MHz MHz(min) MHZ(max) Clock Frequency 0.5 4.0 Clock Duty Cycle tC 50 Conversion Time Acquisition Time (Note 15) tZ Auto Zero Time RSOURCE e 50X fCLK e 2.0 MHz fCLK e 2.0 MHz tCAL Calibration Time tW(CAL)L Calibration Pulse Width tW(WR)L Minimum WR Pulse Width tACC Maximum Access Time (Delay from Falling Edge of RD to Output Data Valid) CL e 100 pF TRI-STATE Control (Delay from Rising Edge of RD to Hi-Z State) RL e 1 kX, CL e 100 pF t0H, t1H tPD(INT) % %(min) %(max) 27(1/fCLK) a 300 ns (max) 7(1/fCLK) 3.5 7(1/fCLK) a 300 ns (max) ms 26 26 1/fCLK(max) 27(1/fCLK) fCLK e 2.0 MHz tA 40 60 13.5 ms 13 ms 1396 1/fCLK fCLK e 2.0 MHz 698 706 ms (max) (Note 16) 60 200 ns(min) 60 200 ns(min) 50 85 ns(max) 30 90 ns(max) 100 175 ns(max) Maximum Delay from Falling Edge of RD or WR to Reset of INT Note 1: Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur. Operating Ratings indicate conditions for which the device is functional, but do not guarantee specific performance limits. For guaranteed specifications and test conditions, see the Electrical Characteristics. The guaranteed specifications apply only for the test conditions listed. Some performance characteristics may degrade when the device is not operated under the listed test conditions. Note 2: All voltages are measured with respect to AGND and DGND, unless otherwise specified. Note 3: When the input voltage (VIN) at any pin exceeds the power supply rails (VIN k Vb or VIN l (AVCC or DVCC), the current at that pin should be limited to 5 mA. The 20 mA maximum package input current rating allows the voltage at any four pins, with an input current limit of 5 mA, to simultaneously exceed the power supply voltages. Note 4: The maximum power dissipation must be derated at elevated temperatures and is dictated by TJMAX (maximum junction temperature), iJA (package junction to ambient thermal resistance), and TA (ambient temperature). The maximum allowable power dissipation at any temperature is PDmax e (TJmax b TA)/iJA or the number given in the Absolute Maximum Ratings, whichever is lower. For this device, TJmax e 125§ C, and the typical thermal resistance (iJA) of the ADC1241 with CMJ, BIJ, and CIJ suffixes when board mounted is 47§ C/W. Note 5: Human body model, 100 pF discharged through a 1.5 kX resistor. Note 6: Two on-chip diodes are tied to the analog input as shown below. Errors in the A/D conversion can occur if these diodes are forward biased more than 50 mV. TL/H/10554 – 3 This means that if AVCC and DVCC are minimum (4.75 VDC) and V b is maximum ( b 4.75 VDC), full-scale must be s 4.8 VDC. 4 AC Electrical Characteristics (Continued) Note 7: A diode exists between AVCC and DVCC as shown below. TL/H/10554 – 4 To guarantee accuracy, it is required that the AVCC and DVCC be connected together to a power supply with separate bypass filters at each VCC pin. Note 8: Accuracy is guaranteed at fCLK e 2.0 MHz. At higher and lower clock frequencies accuracy may degrade. See curves in the Typical Performance Characteristics Section. Note 9: Typicals are at TJ e 25§ C and represent most likely parametric norm. Note 10: Limits are guaranteed to National’s AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Level). Note 11: Positive linearity error is defined as the deviation of the analog value, expressed in LSBs, from the straight line that passes through positive full scale and zero. For negative linearity error the straight line passes through negative full scale and zero. (See Figures 1b and 1c ). Note 12: The ADC1241’s self-calibration technique ensures linearity, full scale, and offset errors as specified, but noise inherent in the self-calibration process will result in a repeatability uncertainty of g 0.20 LSB. Note 13: If TA changes then an Auto-Zero or Auto-Cal cycle will have to be re-started, see the typical performance characteristic curves. Note 14: After an Auto-Zero or Auto-Cal cycle at the specified power supply extremes. Note 15: If the clock is asynchronous to the falling edge of WR an uncertainty of one clock period will exist in the interval of tA, therefore making the minimum tA e 6 clock periods and the maximum tA e 7 clock periods. If the falling edge of the clock is synchronous to the rising edge of WR then tA will be exactly 6.5 clock periods. Note 16: The CAL line must be high before any other conversion is started. Note 17: The specifications for these parameters are valid after an Auto-Cal cycle has been completed. Note 18: A military RETS electrical test specification is available on request. At time of printing, the ADC1241CMJ/883 RETS specification complies fully with the boldface limits in this column. TL/H/10554 – 5 FIGURE 1a. Transfer Characteristic 5 AC Electrical Characteristics (Continued) TL/H/10554 – 6 FIGURE 1b. Simplified Error Curve vs Output Code Without Auto-Cal or Auto-Zero Cycles TL/H/10554 – 7 FIGURE 1c. Simplified Error Curve vs Output Code After Auto-Cal Cycle Typical Performance Characteristics Zero Error Change vs Ambient Temperature Zero Error vs VREF TL/H/10554 – 8 6 Typical Performance Characteristics (Continued) Linearity Error vs VREF Linearity Error vs Clock Frequency Full Scale Error Change vs Ambient Temperature Bipolar Signal-toNoise a Distortion Ratio vs Input Frequency Unipolar Signal-toNoise a Distortion Ratio vs Input Frequency Bipolar Signal-toNoise a Distortion Ratio vs Input Source Impedance Bipolar Signal-toNoise a Distortion Ratio vs Input Signal Level Unipolar Signal-toNoise a Distortion Ratio vs Input Signal Level Bipolar Spectral Response with 10 kHz Sine Wave Input Bipolar Spectral Response with 1 kHz Sine Wave Input Unipolar Spectral Response with 1 kHz Sine Wave Input Unipolar Spectral Response with 10 kHz Sine Wave Input TL/H/10554 – 21 7 Test Circuits TL/H/10554 – 10 TL/H/10554–9 TL/H/10554 – 12 TL/H/10554–11 FIGURE 2. TRI-STATE Test Circuits and Waveforms Timing Diagrams Auto-Cal Cycle (CS e 1, WR e X, RD e X, AZ e X, X e Don’t Care) TL/H/10554 – 13 8 Timing Diagrams (Continued) Normal Conversion with Auto-Zero (CAL e 1, AZ e 0) TL/H/10554 – 14 Normal Conversion without Auto-Zero (CAL e 1, AZ e 1) TL/H/10554 – 15 9 1.0 Pin Descriptions DVCC (28), AVCC (4) V b (5) DGND (14), AGND (3) VREF (2) The reference input voltage pin. To maintain accuracy the voltage at this pin should not exceed the AVCC or DVCC by more than 50 mV or go below 3.5 VDC. VIN (1) The analog input voltage pin. To guarantee accuracy the voltage at this pin should not exceed VCC by more than 50 mV or go below Vb by more than 50 mV. The Chip Select control input. This input is active low and enables the WR and RD functions. CS (10) RD (11) WR (7) CLK (8) The Auto-Calibration control input. When CAL is low the ADC1241 is reset and a calibration cycle is initiated. During the calibration cycle the values of the comparator offset voltage and the mismatch errors in the capacitor reference ladder are determined and stored in RAM. These values are used to correct the errors during a normal cycle of A/D conversion. AZ (6) The Auto-Zero control input. With the AZ pin held low during a conversion, the ADC1241 goes into an auto-zero cycle before the actual A/D conversion is started. This Auto-Zero cycle corrects for the comparator offset voltage. The total conversion time (tC) is increased by 26 clock periods when Auto-Zero is used. The End-of-Conversion control output. This output is low during a conversion or a calibration cycle. INT (13) The TRI-STATE output pins. The output is in two’s complement format with DB12 the sign bit, DB11 the MSB and DB0 the LSB. 2.0 Functional Description The ADC1241 is a 12-bit plus sign A/D converter with the capability of doing Auto-Zero or Auto-Cal routines to minimize zero, full-scale and linearity errors. It is a successiveapproximation A/D converter consisting of a DAC, comparator and a successive-approximation register (SAR). AutoZero is an internal calibration sequence that corrects for the A/D’s zero error caused by the comparator’s offset voltage. Auto-Cal is a calibration cycle that not only corrects zero error but also corrects for full-scale and linearity errors caused by DAC inaccuracies. Auto-Cal minimizes the errors of the ADC1241 without the need of trimming during its fabrication. An Auto-Cal cycle can restore the accuracy of the ADC1241 at any time, which ensures its long term stability. 2.1 DIGITAL INTERFACE On power up, a calibration sequence should be initiated by pulsing CAL low with CS, RD, and WR high. To acknowledge the CAL signal, EOC goes low after the falling edge of CAL, and remains low during the calibration cycle of 1396 clock periods. During the calibration sequence, first the comparator’s offset is determined, then the capacitive DAC’s mismatch error is found. Correction factors for these errors are then stored in internal RAM. A conversion is initiated by taking CS and WR low. The AZ (Auto Zero) signal line should be tied high or low during the conversion process. If AZ is low an auto zero cycle, which takes approximately 26 clock periods, occurs before the actual conversion is started. The auto zero cycle determines the correction factors for the comparator’s offset voltage. If AZ is high, the auto zero cycle is skipped. Next the analog input is sampled for 7 clock periods, and held in the capacitive DAC’s ladder structure. The EOC then goes low, signaling that the analog input is no longer being sampled and that the A/D successive approximation conversion has started. During a conversion, the sampled input voltage is successively compared to the output of the DAC. First, the acquired input voltage is compared to analog ground to determine its polarity. The sign bit is set low for positive input voltages and high for negative. Next the MSB of the DAC is set high with the rest of the bits low. If the input voltage is greater than the output of the DAC, then the MSB is left high; otherwise it is set low. The next bit is set high, making the output of the DAC three quarters or one quarter of full scale. A comparison is done and if the input is greater than the new DAC value this bit remains high; if the input is less than the new DAC value the bit is set low. This process continues until each bit has been tested. The result is then stored in the output latch of the ADC1241. Next EOC goes high, and INT goes low to signal the end of the conversion. The result can now be read by taking CS and RD low to enable the DB0 – DB12 output buffers. The Read control input. With both CS and RD low the TRI-STATE output buffers are enabled and the INT output is reset high. The Write control input. The converison is started on the rising edge of the WR pulse when CS is low. The external clock input pin. The clock frequency range is 500 kHz to 4 MHz. CAL (9) EOC (12) DB0 – DB12 (15 – 27) The digital and analog positive power supply pins. The digital and analog power supply voltage range of the ADC1241 is a 4.5V to a 5.5V. To guarantee accuracy, it is required that the AVCC and DVCC be connected together to the same power supply with separate bypass filters (10 mF tantalum in parallel with a 0.1 mF ceramic) at each VCC pin. The analog negative supply voltage pin. Vb has a range of b4.5V to b5.5V and needs a bypass filter of 10 mF tantalum in parallel with a 0.1 mF ceramic. The digital and analog ground pins. AGND and DGND must be connected together externally to guarantee accuracy. The Interrupt control output. This output goes low when a conversion has been completed and indicates that the conversion result is available in the output latches. Reading the result or starting a conversion or calibration cycle will reset this output high. 10 2.0 Functional Description (Continued) Digital Control Inputs A/D Function CS WR RD CAL AZ ß ß ß ß 1 0 ß 1 ß 1 X X 1 ß 1 ß X 1 1 1 1 1 ß 0 1 1 0 0 X X Start Conversion without Auto-Zero Read Conversion Result without Auto-Zero Start Conversion with Auto-Zero Read Conversion Result with Auto-Zero Start Calibration Cycle Test Mode (DB2, DB3, DB5 and DB6 become active) FIGURE 1. Function of the A/D Control Inputs The table in Figure 1 summarizes the effect of the digital control inputs on the function of the ADC1241. The Test Mode, where RD is high and CS and CAL are low, is used by the factory to thoroughly check out the operation of the ADC1241. Care should be taken not to inadvertently be in this mode, since DB2, DB3, DB5, and DB6 become active outputs, which may cause data bus contention. 3.0 Analog Considerations 3.1 REFERENCE VOLTAGE The voltage applied to the reference input of the converter defines the voltage span of the analog input (the difference between VIN and AGND), over which 4095 positive output codes and 4096 negative output codes exist. The A-to-D can be used in either ratiometric or absolute reference applications. The voltage source driving VREF must have a very low output impedance and very low noise. The circuit in Figure 2 is an example of a very stable reference that is appropriate for use with the ADC1241. In a ratiometric system, the analog input voltage is proportional to the voltage used for the A/D reference. When this voltage is the system power supply, the VREF pin can be tied to VCC. This technique relaxes the stability requirement of the system reference as the analog input and A/D reference move together maintaining the same output code for given input condition. 2.2 RESETTING THE A/D All internal logic can be reset, which will abort any conversion in process. The A/D is reset whenever a new conversion is started by taking CS and WR low. If this is done when the analog input is being sampled or when EOC is low, the Auto-Cal correction factors may be corrupted, therefore making it necessary to do an Auto-Cal cycle before the next conversion. This is true with or without Auto-Zero. The Calibration Cycle cannot be reset once started. On power-up the ADC1241 automatically goes through a Calibration Cycle that takes typically 1396 clock cycles. TL/H/10554 – 17 *Tantalum FIGURE 2. Low Drift Extremely Stable Reference Circuit 11 3.0 Analog Considerations (Continued) TL/H/10554 – 18 FIGURE 3. Analog Input Equivalent Circuit ductance tantalum capacitors of 10 mF or greater paralleled with 0.1 mF ceramic capacitors are recommended for supply bypassing. Separate bypass capacitors whould be placed b close to the DVCC, AVCC and V pins. If an unregulated voltage source is available in the system, a separate LM340LAZ-5.0 voltage regulator for the A-to-D’s VCC (and other analog circuitry) will greatly reduce digital noise on the supply line. For absolute accuracy, where the analog input varies between very specific voltage limits, the reference pin can be biased with a time and temperature stable voltage source. In general, the magnitude of the reference voltage will require an initial adjustment to null out full-scale errors. 3.2 INPUT CURRENT A charging current will flow into or out of (depending on the input voltage polarity) of the analog input pin (VIN) on the start of the analog input sampling period (tA). The peak value of this current will depend on the actual input voltage applied. 3.7 THE CALIBRATION CYCLE On power up the ADC1241 goes through an Auto-Cal cycle which cannot be interrupted. Since the power supply, reference, and clock will not be stable at power up, this first calibration cycle will not result in an accurate calibration of the A/D. A new calibration cycle needs to be started after the power supplies, reference, and clock have been given enough time to stabilize. During the calibration cycle, correction values are determined for the offset voltage of the sampled data comparator and any linearity and gain errors. These values are stored in internal RAM and used during an analog-to-digital conversion to bring the overall gain, offset, and linearity errors down to the specified limits. It should be necessary to go through the calibration cycle only once after power up. 3.3 INPUT BYPASS CAPACITORS An external capacitor can be used to filter out any noise due to inductive pickup by a long input lead and will not degrade the accuracy of the conversion result. 3.4 INPUT SOURCE RESISTANCE The analog input can be modeled as shown in Figure 3 . External RS will lengthen the time period necessary for the voltage on CREF to settle to within (/2 LSB of the analog input voltage. With fCLK e 2 MHz tA e 7 clock periods e 3.5 ms, RS s 1 kX will allow a 5V analog input voltage to settle properly. 3.8 THE AUTO-ZERO CYCLE To correct for any change in the zero (offset) error of the A/D, the auto-zero cycle can be used. It may be necessary to do an auto-zero cycle whenever the ambient temperature changes significantly. (See the curved titled ‘‘Zero Error Change vs Ambient Temperature’’ in the Typical Performance Characteristics.) A change in the ambient temperature will cause the VOS of the sampled data comparator to change, which may cause the zero error of the A/D to be greater than g 1 LSB. An auto-zero cycle will maintain the zero error to g 1 LSB or less. 3.5 NOISE The leads to the analog input pin should be kept as short as possible to minimize input noise coupling. Both noise and undesired digital clock coupling to this input can cause errors. Input filtering can be used to reduce the effects of these noise sources. 3.6 POWER SUPPLIES b Noise spikes on the VCC and V supply lines can cause conversion errors as the comparator will respond to this noise. The A/D is especially sensitive during the auto-zero or auto-cal procedures to any power supply spikes. Low in 12 4.0 Dynamic Performance Power Supply Bypassing Many applications require the A/D converter to digitize ac signals, but the standard dc integral and differential nonlinearity specifications will not accurately predict the A/D converter’s performance with ac input signals. The important specifications for ac applications reflect the converter’s ability to digitize ac signals without significant spectral errors and without adding noise to the digitized signal. Dynamic characteristics such as signal-to-noise a distortion ratio (S/(N a D)), effective bits, full power bandwidth, aperture time and aperture jitter are quantitative measures of the A/D converter’s capability. An A/D converter’s ac performance can be measured using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) methods. A sinusoidal waveform is applied to the A/D converter’s input, and the transform is then performed on the digitized waveform. S/(N a D) is calculated from the resulting FFT data, and a spectral plot may also be obtained. Typical values for S/(N a D) are shown in the table of Electrical Characteristics, and spectral plots are included in the typical performance curves. The A/D converter’s noise and distortion levels will change with the frequency of the input signal, with more distortion and noise occurring at higher signal frequencies. This can be seen in the S/(N a D) versus frequency curves. These curves will also give an indication of the full power bandwidth (the frequency at which the S/(N a D) drops 3 dB). Two sample/hold specifications, aperture time and aperture jitter, are included in the Dynamic Characteristics table since the ADC1241 has the ability to track and hold the analog input voltage. Aperture time is the delay for the A/D to respond to the hold command. In the case of the ADC1241, the hold command is internally generated. When the Auto-Zero function is not being used, the hold command occurs at the end of the acquisition window, or seven clock periods after the rising edge of the WR. The delay between the internally generated hold command and the time that the ADC1241 actually holds the input signal is the aperture time. For the ADC1241, this time is typically 100 ns. Aperture jitter is the change in the aperture time from sample to sample. Aperture jitter is useful in determining the maximum slew rate of the input signal for a given accuracy. For example, an ADC1241 with 100 ps of aperture jitter operating with a 5V reference can have an effective gain variation of about 1 LSB with an input signal whose slew rate is 12 V/ms. 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