the data sheet for information on reading data
from the serial port.
In the event the A/D conversion command
(CONV going positive) is issued during the con-
version state, the current conversion will be
terminated and a new conversion will be initi-
ated.
Voltage Reference
The CS5509 uses a differential voltage reference
input. The positive input is VREF+ and the
negative input is VREF-. The voltage between
VREF+ and VREF- can range from 1 volt mini-
mum to 3.6 volts maximum. The gain slope will
track changes in the reference without recalibra-
tion, accommodating ratiometric applications.
Analog Input Range
The analog input range is set by the magnitude
of the voltage between the VREF+ and VREF-
pins. In unipolar mode the input range will
equal the magnitude of the voltage reference. In
bipolar mode the input voltage range will equate
to plus and minus the magnitude of the voltage
reference. While the voltage reference can be as
great as 3.6 volts, its common mode voltage can
be any value as long as the reference inputs
VREF+ and VREF- stay within the supply volt-
ages VA+ and GND. The differential input
voltage can also have any common mode value
as long as the maximum signal magnitude stays
within the supply voltages.
The A/D converter is intended to measure dc or
low frequency inputs. It is designed to yield ac-
curate conversions even with noise exceeding
the input voltage range as long as the spectral
components of this noise will be filtered out by
the digital filter. For example, with a 3.0 volt
reference in unipolar mode, the converter will
accurately convert an input dc signal up to
3.0 volts with up to 15% overrange for 60 Hz
noise. A 3.0 volt dc signal could have a 60 Hz
12
CS5509
Unipolar Input
Voltage
>(VREF - 1.5 LSB)
VREF - 1.5 LSB
VREF/2 - 0.5 LSB
+0.5 LSB
<(+0.5 LSB)
Output
Codes
Bipolar Input
Voltage
FFFF >(VREF - 1.5 LSB)
FFFF
FFFE VREF - 1.5 LSB
8000
7FFF
-0.5 LSB
0001
0000 -VREF +0.5 LSB
0000 <(-VREF +0.5 LSB)
Note: Table excludes common mode voltage on the
signal and reference inputs.
Table 1. Output Coding
component which is 0.5 volts above the maxi-
mum input of 3.0 (3.5 volts peak; 3.0 volts dc
plus 0.5 volts peak noise) and still accurately
convert the input signal (XIN = 32.768 kHz).
This assumes that the signal plus noise ampli-
tude stays within the supply voltages.
The CS5509 converters output data in binary
format when converting unipolar signals and in
offset binary format when converting bipolar
signals. Table 1 outlines the output coding for
both unipolar and bipolar measurement modes.
Converter Performance
The CS5509 A/D converter has excellent linear-
ity performance. Calibration minimizes the
errors in offset and gain. The CS5509 device
has no missing code performance to 16-bits.
Figure 4 illustrates the DNL of the CS5509. The
converter achieves Common Mode Rejection
(CMR) at dc of 105 dB typical, and CMR at 50
and 60 Hz of 120 dB typical.
The CS5509 can experience some drift as tem-
perature changes. The CS5509 uses
chopper-stabilized techniques to minimize drift.
Measurement errors due to offset or gain drift
can be eliminated at any time by recalibrating
the converter.
DS125F1