MAX1204
5V, 8-Channel, Serial, 10-Bit ADC
with 3V Digital Interface
16
Maxim Integrated
Full power-down mode turns off all chip functions
that draw quiescent current, reducing I
DD
and I
SS
typi-
cally to 2µA.
Fast power-down mode turns off all circuitry except the
bandgap reference. With fast power-down mode, the
supply current is 30µA. Power-up time can be shortened
to 5µs in internal compensation mode.
The I
DD
shutdown current can increase if any digital input
(DIN, SCLK, CS) is held high in either power-down mode.
The actual shutdown current depends on the state of the
digital inputs, the voltage applied to the digital inputs
(V
IH
), the supply voltage (V
DD
), and the operating temper-
ature. Figure 12c shows the maximum I
DD
increase for
each digital input held high in power-down mode for differ-
ent operating conditions. This current is cumulative, so if
all three digital inputs are held high, the additional shut-
down current is three times the value shown in Figure 12c.
In both software power-down modes, the serial interface
remains operational, but the ADC does not convert.
Table 5 shows how the choice of reference-buffer com-
pensation and power-down mode affects both power-up
delay and maximum sample rate.
In external compensation mode, power-up time is 20ms
with a 4.7µF compensation capacitor (200ms with a 33µF
capacitor) when the capacitor is initially fully discharged.
From fast power-down, start-up time can be eliminated
by using low-leakage capacitors that do not discharge
more than 1/2 LSB while shut down. In power-down, the
capacitor has to supply the current into the reference
(typically 1.5µA) and the transient currents at power-up.
Figures 12a and 12b show the various power-down
sequences in both external and internal clock modes.
Software Power-Down
Software power-down is activated using bits PD1 and
PD0 of the control byte. As shown in Table 6, PD1 and
PD0 also specify clock mode. When software power-
down is asserted, the ADC continues to operate in the
last specified clock mode until the conversion is com-
plete. The ADC then powers down into a low
quiescent-current state. In internal clock mode, the
interface remains active and conversion results can be
clocked out even though the MAX1204 has already
entered a software power-down.
The first logical 1 on DIN is interpreted as a start bit
and powers up the MAX1204. Following the start bit,
the control byte also determines clock and power-down
modes. For example, if the control byte contains PD1 =
1, the chip remains powered up. If PD1 = 0,
power-down resumes after one conversion.
Table 5. Typical Power-Up Delay Times
1332FullDisabled
1332FastDisabled
133
26
26
MAXIMUM
SAMPLING RATE
(ksps)
See Figure 14c
300
5
POWER-UP
DELAY (µs)
Fast/Full
Full
Fast
POWER-DOWN
MODE
4.7
REFERENCE
CAPACITOR
(µF)
ExternalEnabled
REFERENCE
BUFFER
InternalEnabled
InternalEnabled
REFERENCE-BUFFER
COMPENSATION MODE
Full power-down mode00
Fast power-down mode10
PD1
Internal clock mode01
External clock mode11
DEVICE MODEPD0
N/A
Full
Power-Down
GND
SHDN
STATE
External compensationEnabledOpen
Internal compensationEnabledV
DD
REFERENCE-BUFFER
COMPENSATION
DEVICE
MODE
Table 6. Software Shutdown and
Clock Mode
Table 7. Hard-Wired Shutdown and
Compensation Mode
MAX1204
5V, 8-Channel, Serial, 10-Bit ADC
with 3V Digital Interface
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Maxim Integrated
Hardware Power-Down
The SHDN pin places the converter into full
power-down mode. Unlike the software power-down
modes, conversion is not completed; it stops coinci-
dentally with SHDN being brought low. There is no
power-up delay if an external reference, which is not
shut down, is used. SHDN also selects internal or
external reference compensation (Table 7).
Power-Down Sequencing
The MAX1204’s automatic power-down modes can
save considerable power when operating at less than
maximum sample rates. The following sections discuss
the various power-down sequences.
Lowest Power at up to
500 Conversions per Channel per Second
Figure 14a depicts MAX1204’s power consumption for one
or eight channel conversions using full power-down mode
and internal reference compensation. A 0.01µF bypass
capacitor at REFADJ forms an RC filter with the internal
20k reference resistor, with a 0.2ms time constant. To
achieve full 10-bit accuracy, 10 time constants (or 2ms in
this example) are required for the reference buffer to settle.
When exiting FULLPD, waiting this 2ms in FASTPD mode
(instead of just exiting FULLPD mode and returning to nor-
mal operating mode) reduces power consumption by a
factor of 10 or more (Figure 13).
Figure 12b. Timing Diagram for Power-Down Modes (Internal Clock)
FULL
POWER-DOWN
POWERED
UP
POWERED UP
DATA VALID
DATA VALID
INTERNAL CLOCK MODE
SX
XXXX
10 S 00
XXXXX
S
MODE
DOUT
DIN
CLOCK
MODE
SETS INTERNAL
CLOCK MODE
SETS FULL
POWER-DOWN
CONVERSION
CONVERSION
SSTRB
Figure 12a. Timing Diagram for Power-Down Modes (External Clock)
POWERED UP
FULL
POWER-
DOWN
POWERED
UP
POWERED UP
DATA VALID
(10 + 2 DATA BITS)
DATA VALID
(10 + 2 DATA BITS)
DATA
INVALID
EXTERNAL
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
SX
XXXX
11 S 01
XXXXX XX XXX
S11
FAST
POWER-DOWN
MODE
DOUT
DIN
CLOCK
MODE
SHDN
SETS EXTERNAL
CLOCK MODE
SETS EXTERNAL
CLOCK MODE
SETS FAST
POWER-DOWN
MODE
MAX1204
5V, 8-Channel, Serial, 10-Bit ADC
with 3V Digital Interface
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Maxim Integrated
Lowest Power at Higher Throughputs
Figure 14b shows power consumption with external-
reference compensation in fast power-down, with one and
eight channels converted. The external 4.7µF compensa-
tion requires a 50µs wait after power-up. This circuit com-
bines fast multichannel conversion with the lowest power
consumption possible. Full power-down mode can
increase power savings in applications where the
MAX1204 is inactive for long periods of time, but where
intermittent bursts of high-speed conversions are required.
External and Internal References
The MAX1204 can be used with an internal or external
reference. An external reference can be connected
directly at the REF terminal or at the REFADJ pin.
An internal buffer is designed to provide 4.096V at REF
for the MAX1204. Its internally trimmed 2.44V reference
is buffered with a 1.68 nominal gain.
Internal Reference
The MAX1204’s full-scale range with internal reference is
4.096V with unipolar inputs and ±2.048V with bipolar
inputs. The internal reference voltage is adjustable to
±1.5% with the circuit of Figure 17.
External Reference
An external reference can be placed at either the input
(REFADJ) or the output (REF) of the MAX1204’s internal
buffer amplifier. The REFADJ input impedance is typical-
ly 20k. At REF, the input impedance is a minimum of
12k for DC currents. During conversion, an external
reference at REF must deliver up to 350µA DC load cur-
rent and have an output impedance of 10 or less. If the
reference has higher output impedance or is noisy,
bypass it close to the REF pin with a 4.7µF capacitor.
Using the buffered REFADJ input makes buffering of
the external reference unnecessary. To use the direct
REF input, disable the internal buffer by tying REFADJ
to V
DD
. In power-down, the input bias current to
REFADJ can be as much as 25µA with REFADJ tied to
V
DD
. Pull REFADJ to GND to minimize the input bias
current in power-down.
Transfer Function and Gain Adjust
Figure 15 depicts the nominal, unipolar input/output
(I/O) transfer function, and Figure 16 shows the bipolar
I/O transfer function. Code transitions occur halfway
between successive integer LSB values. Output coding
is binary with 1 LSB = 4mV (4.096V/1024) for
unipolar operation and 1 LSB = 4mV [(4.096V/2 -
-4.096V/2)/1024] for bipolar operation.
Figure 13. MAX1204 FULLPD/FASTPD Power-Up Sequence
100
DIN
REFADJ
REF
2.5V
0V
4V
0V
101 1 11100 101
FULLPD FASTPD NOPD FULLPD FASTPD
2ms WAIT
COMPLETE CONVERSION SEQUENCE
t
BUFFEN
15µs
τ = RC = 20k x C
REFADJ
(ZEROS)
CH1 CH7
(ZEROS)
Figure 12c. Additional I
DD
Shutdown Supply Current vs. V
IH
for Each Digital Input at a Logic 1
0
-60
10
5
TEMPERATURE (°C)
SUPPLY CURRENT PER INPUT (µA)
100
25
20
15
-20 60 140
40
35
30
20
(V
DD
- V
IH
) = 1.95V
(V
DD
- V
IH
) = 2.55V
(V
DD
- V
IH
) = 2.25V

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Analog to Digital Converters - ADC 10-Bit 8Ch 133ksps 5V Precision ADC
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