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Figure 2b. Analog Input Equivalent Circuit for
Large Filter Capacitances
Figure 2a. Analog Input Equivalent Circuit
Reference
A low noise, stable reference is required to ensure full
performance. The LT
®
1790 and LT6660 are adequate
for most applications. The LT6660 is available in 2.5V,
3V, 3.3V and 5V versions, and the LT1790 is available in
1.25V, 2.048V, 2.5V, 3V, 3.3V, 4.096V and 5V versions.
The exceptionally low input noise allows the input range to
be optimized for the application by changing the reference
voltage. The V
REF
input must be decoupled with a 10µF
capacitor in parallel with a 0.1µF capacitor, so verify that
the device providing the reference voltage is stable with
capacitive loads.
If the voltage reference is 5V and can supply 5mA, it can
be used for both V
REF
and V
DD
. V
DD
must be connected
to a clean analog supply, and a quiet 5V reference voltage
makes a convenient supply for this purpose.
Input Filtering
The noise and distortion of the input amplifier and other
circuitry must be considered since they will add to the ADC
noise and distortion. Therefore, noisy input circuitry should
be filtered prior to the analog inputs to minimize noise. A
simple 1‑pole RC filter is sufficient for many applications.
The analog inputs of the LTC2302/LTC2306 can be modeled
as a 55pF capacitor (C
IN
) in series with a 100Ω resistor
(R
ON
) as shown in Figure 2a. C
IN
gets switched to the
selected input once during each conversion. Large filter
RC time constants will slow the settling of the inputs. It
is important that the overall RC time constants be short
enough to allow the analog inputs to completely settle to
12‑bit resolution within the acquisition time (t
ACQ
) if DC
accuracy is important.
When using a filter with a large C
FILTER
value (e.g., 1µF),
the inputs do not completely settle and the capacitive in
‑
put switching currents are averaged into a net DC current
(I
DC
). In this case, the analog input can be modeled by an
equivalent resistance (R
EQ
= 1/(f
SMPL
• C
IN
)) in series with
an ideal voltage source (V
REF
/2) as shown in Figure 2b.
The magnitude of the DC current is then approximately
I
DC
= (V
IN
– V
REF
/2)/R
EQ
, which is roughly proportional
to V
IN
. To prevent large DC drops across the resistor
R
FILTER
, a filter with a small resistor and large capacitor
should be chosen. When running at the minimum cycle
time of 2µs, the input current equals 106µA at V
IN
= 5V,
which amounts to a full‑scale error of 0.5LSB when using
a filter resistor (R
FILTER
) of 4.7Ω. Applications requiring
lower sample rates can tolerate a larger filter resistor for
the same amount of full‑scale error.
C
IN
55pF
R
ON
100Ω
R
SOURCE
V
IN
LTC2302
LTC2306
INPUT
(CH0, CH1
IN
+
, IN
–
)
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R
EQ
1/(f
SMPL
• C
IN
)
V
REF
/2
R
FILTER
I
DC
V
IN
LTC2302
LTC2306
INPUT
(CH0, CH1
IN
+
, IN
–
)
C
FILTER
+
–