ADT7518
 
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DAC Reference Inputs 
VREF and this can be increased to 0 V to 2 VREF. Increasing the 
output voltage span to 2 VREF can be done by setting D0 = 1 for 
DAC A (internal temperature sensor) and D1 = 1 for DAC B 
(external temperature sensor) in the DAC configuration register 
(Address 1Bh). 
There is an input reference pin for the DACs. This reference 
input is buffered (see Figure 40).  
The advantage with the buffered input is the high impedance it 
presents to the voltage source driving it. The user can have an 
external reference voltage as low as 1 V and as high as VDD. The 
restriction of 1 V is due to the footroom of the reference buffer. 
The output voltage is capable of tracking a maximum temp-
erature range of 128癈 to +127癈, but the default setting is  
40癈 to +127癈. If the output voltage range is 0 V to VREF-IN 
(VREF-IN = 2.25 V), then this corresponds to 0 V representing  
40癈, and 1.48 V representing +127癈. This, of course, will 
give an upper deadband between 1.48 V and VREF.  
The 
LDAC
 configuration register controls the option to select 
between internal and external voltage references. The default 
setting is for external reference selected. 
Output Amplifier 
The internal and external analog temperature offset registers 
can be used to vary this upper deadband and, consequently, the 
temperature that 0 V corresponds to. Table 6 and Table 7 give 
examples of how this is done using a DAC output voltage span 
of VREF and 2 VREF, respectively. Simply write in the temperature 
value, in twos complement format, at which 0 V is to start. For 
example, if using the DAC A output and 0 V to start at 40癈, 
program D8h into the internal analog temperature offset reg-
ister (Address 21h). This is an 8-bit register and has a temp-
erature offset resolution of only 1癈 for all device models. Use 
the formulas following the tables to determine the value to 
program into the offset registers. 
The output buffer amplifier can generate output voltages to 
within 1 mV of either rail. Its actual range depends on the value 
of VREF, gain, and offset error. 
If a gain of 1 is selected (Bits 0 to 3 of the DAC configuration 
register = 0), the output range is 0.001 V to VREF.  
If a gain of 2 is selected (Bits 0 to 3 of the DAC configuration 
register = 1), the output range is 0.001 V to 2 V
REF
. Because of 
clamping, however, the maximum output is limited to V
DD
  
0.001 V.  
The output amplifier can drive a load of 4.7 k& to GND or VDD, 
in parallel with 200 pF to GND or VDD (see Figure 5). The 
source and sink capabilities of the output amplifier can be seen 
in the plot of Figure 16.  
Table 6. Thermal Voltage Output (0 V to VREF) 
O/P Voltage (V)     Default 癈  
Max 癈  
Sample 癈  
0  
40  
128  
0  
0.5  
+17  
71  
+56  
1  
+73  
15  
+113  
1.12  
+87  
1  
+127  
1.47  
+127  
+39  
UDB  
1.5  
UDB
+42  
UDB  
2  
UDB  
+99  
UDB  
2.25  
UDB  
+127  
UDB  
The slew rate is 0.7 V/祍 with a half-scale settling time to  
?.5 LSB (at 8 bits) of 6 祍. 
Thermal Voltage Output 
The ADT7518 can output voltages that are proportional to 
temperature. DAC A output can be configured to represent the 
temperature of the internal sensor while DAC B output can be 
configured to represent the external temperature sensor. Bits C5 
and C6 of the Control Configuration 3 register select the temp-
erature proportional output voltage. Each time a temperature 
measurement is taken, the DAC output is updated. The output 
resolution for the ADT7518 is 8 bits with a 1癈 change corres-
ponding to 1 LSB change. The default output range is 0 V to  
                                                                   
 
 Upper deadband has been reached. DAC output is not capable of 
increasing. See Fig
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Figure 41. Signal Conditioning for External Diode Temperature Sensor