AD7298
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TEMPERATURE SENSOR READ
The temperature sensor conversion involves two phases, the
integration phase and the conversion phase as detailed in the
Temperature Sensor Operation section. The integration phase
is initiated on the falling edge of
CS
and once completed the
conversion is automatically initiated internally by the AD7298.
When a temperature conversion integration is initiated, the
T
SENSE
_BUSY signal goes high to indicate that a temperature
conversion is in progress and remains high until the conversion
is completed.
The total time to measure and convert a temperature channel
with the AD7298 is 100 s max. Once the T
SENSE
_BUSY signal
goes low to indicate that the temperature conversion is
completed, 100 ns must elapse prior to the next falling edge
of
CS
. If a minimum of 100 ns is not adhered to between the
falling edge of T
SENSE
_BUSY and the subsequent falling edge of
CS
, the next conversion will be corrupted but the temperature
result that is framed by the
CS
will not be affected. This
restriction is in place to ensure that sufficient acquisition time
is allowed for the next conversion.
Once the T
SENSE
_BUSY signal goes high, the user may provide a
CS
falling edge to frame the read of the previous conversion and
program the control register if required (see ). Figure 31
Once the previous conversion result has been read, any
subsequent
CS
falling edges which occur while the T
SENSE
_BUSY
signal is high are internally ignored by the AD7298. If addi-
tional
CS
falling edges are provided while T
SENSE
_BUSY is high,
the AD7298 provides an invalid digital output of all 1s.
Alternatively, if
CS
remains high while T
SENSE
_BUSY is high,
then the DOUT bus remains in three-state.
If the user writes to the control register during the first 16 SCLK
cycles following T
SENSE
_BUSY going high, the configuration of
the device for the next conversion, which is initiated on the
subsequent
CS
falling edge after T
SENSE
_BUSY goes low, is
altered. If the user configures the part for partial power-down in
a write to the control register during the first 16 SCLK cycles
following T
SENSE
_BUSY going high, the temperature sensor
conversion is aborted and the part enters partial power-down
on the 16
th
SCLK falling edge.
Thus, it is recommended not to write to the control register if
the
CS
signal will be toggling while T
SENSE
_BUSY is high. Care
should be taken to ensure that the WRITE bit is set to zero
during the temperature conversion phase when
CS
is toggling.
If an SCLK frequency of more than 10 kHz is used, the
temperature conversion requires more than one standard
read cycle to complete. In this case, the user can monitor the
T
SENSE
_BUSY signal to determine when the conversion is
completed and the result is available for reading.
CS
SCLK
DOUT
DIN
112161 16 1 16
TEMPERATURE SENSOR RESULT
PREVIOUS CONVERSION
RESULT
CONFIGURE CONTROL REGISTER
FOR NEXT CONVERSION
DATA WRITTEN TO CONTROL
REGISTER CH T
SENSE
SELECTED
T
SENSE
_BUSY
THE TEMPERATURE
CONVERSION IS COMPLETED
t
11
THE TEMPERATURE
INTEGRATION BEGINS
ENSURES ADEQUATE ACQUISITION
TIME FOR NEXT ADC CONVERSION
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Figure 31. Serial Interface Timing Diagram for the Temperature Sensor Conversion