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Product data sheet Rev. 03 — 2 July 2012 18 of 25
Integrated Device Technology
DAC1401D125
Dual 14-bit DAC, up to 125 Msps
Table 7 shows the output current as a function of the input data, when I
O(fs)
= 20 mA.
10.5 Full-scale current adjustment
The DAC1401D125 integrates one 1.25 V reference and two current sources to adjust the
full-scale current in both DACs.
The internal reference configuration is shown in Figure 19.
The bias current is generated by the output of the internal regulator connected to the
inverting input of the internal operational amplifiers. The external resistors R
A
and R
B
are
connected to pins AVIRES and BVIRES, respectively. This configuration is optimal for
temperature drift compensation because the bandgap can be matched with the voltage on
the feedback resistors.
The relationship between full-scale output current (I
O(fs)
) at the output of channel A or
channel B and the resistor is:
(2)
The output current of the two DACs is typically fixed at 20 mA when both resistors R
A
and
R
B
are set to 1.5 k. The operational range of DAC1401D125 is from 2 mA to 20 mA.
It is recommended to decouple pin REFIO using a 100 nF capacitor.
Table 7. DAC transfer function
Data DA13/DB13 to DA0/DB0 IOUTAP/IOUTBP IOUTAN/IOUTBN
0 00 0000 0000 0000 0 mA 20 mA
... ... ... ...
8192 10 0000 0000 0000 10 mA 10 mA
... ... ... ...
16383 11 1111 1111 1111 20 mA 0 mA
Fig 19. Internal reference configuration
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1.25 V REFERENCE
CURRENT
SOURCE
AGND
AGND
REFIO
AVIRES
BVIRES
R
A
CURRENT
SOURCE
AGND
R
B
100 nF
I
Ofs
24V
REFIO
R
A
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