MAX1098/MAX1099
10-Bit Serial-Output Temperature Sensors
with 5-Channel ADC
12 ______________________________________________________________________________________
Converter Operation
Figure 2 shows a simplified model of the converter
input structure. Once initiated, a voltage conversion
requires 64 f
CLK
periods, where f
CLK
is the internal
master clock. Each conversion is preceded by 13 f
CLK
periods of warm-up time, performed in twelve 4 f
CLK
period cycles, and followed by three f
CLK
periods to
load the output register. SSTRB falls at the beginning of
a conversion and rises at the end of a conversion.
Inputs IN+ and IN- charge capacitors C
HOLDP
and
C
HOLDN
, respectively, during the acquisition interval
that occurs during the first f
CLK
period of the first con-
version cycle. In the second f
CLK
period, the T/H
switches open so that charge is retained on C
HOLDP
and C
HOLDN
as a sample of the differential voltage
between IN+ and IN-. This charge is transferred to the
ADC during the third and fourth f
CLK
periods.
The reference sampling process begins in the second
conversion cycle and continues until the conversion is
complete. Sampling occurs during the second and
fourth f
CLK
periods to yield an effective doubling of the
reference voltage. The reference sampling requirement
is signal dependent and may or may not occur in every
subsequent conversion cycle.
Temperature conversion is nothing more than subtract-
ing the results of two sequential voltage conversions. The
only difference is that output registers are not loaded at
the end of the first conversion. Thus, temperature con-
versions require 2 x 64 - 3 = 125 f
CLK
periods. Figures
3a and 3b show timing diagrams for voltage and tem-
perature conversions, respectively.
Track/Hold
The T/H stage for the MAX1098/MAX1099 is a simple
switched-capacitor sampling operation. The time
required for the T/H stage to acquire an input signal is
a function of how fast its input capacitance is charged.
If the signal source impedance is high, the acquisition
time lengthens and more time must be allowed
between conversions. The acquisition time (t
ACQ
) is the
maximum time the device takes to acquire the signal.
Calculate this with the following equation:
t
ACQ
= 7 (R
s
+ R
IN
) C
IN
where R
s
is the source impedance of the input signal,
R
IN
is the T/H input impedance (40kΩ), and C
IN
is the
