
REV. A
AD7470/AD7472
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OPERATING MODES
The AD7470 and AD7472 have two possible modes of opera-
tion depending on the state of the
CONVST
pulse at the end of
a conversion, Mode 1 and Mode 2. There is a continuous clock
on the CLK IN pin.
Mode 1 (High Speed Sampling)
In this mode of operation the
CONVST
pulse is brought high
before the end of conversion i.e., before the BUSY goes low (see
Figure 10). If the
CONVST
pin is brought from high to low while
BUSY is high, the conversion is restarted. When operating in
this mode a new conversion should not be initiated until 135 ns
after BUSY goes low. This acquisition time allows the track/
hold circuit to accurately acquire the input signal. As mentioned
earlier, a read should not be done during a conversion. This
mode facilitates the fastest throughput times for the AD7470/
AD7472.
Mode 2 (Sleep Mode)
Figure 13 shows AD7470/AD7472 in Mode 2 operation where
the ADC goes into sleep mode after conversion. The
CONVST
line is brought low to initiate a conversion and remains low until
after the end of conversion. If
CONVST
goes high and low
again while BUSY is high, the conversion is restarted. Once the
BUSY line goes from a high to a low, the
CONVST
line has its
status checked and, if low, the part enters sleep mode.
The device wakes up again on the rising edge of the
CONVST
signal. There is a wake-up time of typically 1
μ
s after the rising
edge of
CONVST
before the BUSY line can go high to indicate
start of conversion. BUSY will only go high once
CONVST
goes
low. The
CONVST
line can go from a high to a low during this
wake-up time, but the conversion will still not be initiated until
after the 1
μ
s wake-up time. Superior power performance can be
achieved in this mode of operation by waking up the AD7470
and AD7472 only to carry out a conversion.
Burst Mode
Burst mode on the AD7470/AD7472 is a subsection of Mode 1
and Mode 2, the clock is noncontinuous. Figure 12 shows how
the ADC works in burst mode for Mode 2. The clock needs
only to be switched on during conversion, minimum of 12 clock
cycles for the AD7470 and 14 clock cycles for the AD7472. As
the clock is off during nonconverting intervals, system power is
saved. The BUSY signal can be used to gate the CLK IN pulses.
The ADC does not begin the conversion process until the first
CONVST
BUSY
CS
RD
DBx
t
WAKEUP
t
CONVERT
Figure 13. Mode 2 Operation
CLK IN rising edge after BUSY goes high. The clock needs to
start less than two clock cycles away from the
CONVST
active
edge otherwise INL deteriorates; e.g., if the clock frequency is
28 MHz the clock must start within 71.4 ns of
CONVST
going
low. In Figure 12 the A-D converter section is put into sleep
mode once conversion is completed and on the rising edge of
CONVST
it is woken up again; the user must be wary of the
wake-up time as this will reduce the sampling rate of the ADC.
V
DRIVE
The V
DRIVE
pin is used as the voltage supply to the output driv-
ers and is a separate supply from AV
DD
and DV
DD
. The purpose
of using a separate supply for the output drivers is that the user
can vary the output high voltage, V
OH
, from the V
DD
supply to
the AD7470/AD7472. For example, if AV
DD
and DV
DD
is using
a 5 V supply, the V
DRIVE
pin can be powered from a 3 V supply.
The ADC has better dynamic performance at 5 V than at 3 V,
so operating the part at 5 V, while still being able to interface to
3 V parts, pushes the AD7470/AD7472 to the top bracket of
high performance 10-bit/12-bit A/Ds. Of course, the ADC can
have its V
DRIVE
and DV
DD
pins connected together and be pow-
ered from a 3 V or 5 V supply.
All outputs are powered from V
DRIVE
. These are all the data out
pins and the BUSY pin. The
CONVST
,
CS
,
RD
and CLK IN
signals are related to the DV
DD
voltage.
POWER-UP
It is recommended that the user performs a dummy conversion
after power-up, as the first conversion result could be incorrect.
This also ensures that the parts is in the correct mode of opera-
tion. The recommended power-up sequence is as follows:
1 > GND
4 > Digital Inputs
2 > V
DD
5 > REF IN
3 > V
DRIVE
6 > V
IN
Power vs. Throughput
The two modes of operation for the AD7470 and AD7472 will
produce different power versus throughput performances, Mode
1 and Mode 2; see Operating Modes section of the data sheet
for more detailed descriptions of these modes. Mode 2 is the
Sleep Mode of the part and it achieves the optimum power
performance.