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REV. B
AD7851
PIN FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
Pin No. Mnemonic Description
1 CONVST Convert Start. Logic input. A low-to-high transition on this input puts the track-and-hold into its hold
mode and starts conversion. When this input is not used, it should be tied to DV
DD
.
2 BUSY Busy Output. The busy output is triggered high by the falling edge of CONVST or rising edge of CAL and
remains high until conversion is completed. BUSY is also used to indicate when the AD7851 has completed
its on-chip calibration sequence.
3 SLEEP Sleep Input/Low Power Mode. A Logic 0 initiates a sleep and all circuitry is powered down, including the
internal voltage reference, provided there is no conversion or calibration being performed. Calibration data
is retained. A Logic 1 results in normal operation. See Power-Down section for more details.
4 REF
IN
/Reference Input/Output. This pin is connected to the internal reference through a series resistor and is the
REF
OUT
reference source for the analog-to-digital converter. The nominal reference voltage is 4.096 V and this appears
at the pin. This pin can be overdriven by an external reference or can be taken as high as AV
DD
. When this
pin is tied to AV
DD
, or when an externally applied reference approaches V
DD
, then the C
REF1
pin should also
be tied to AV
DD
.
5AV
DD
Analog Positive Supply Voltage, 5.0 V ± 5%.
6, 12 AGND Analog Ground. Ground reference for track and hold, reference, and DAC.
7C
REF1
Reference Capacitor (0.1 µF ceramic disc in parallel with a 470 nF tantalum). This external capacitor is
used as a charge source for the internal DAC. The capacitor should be tied between the pin and AGND.
8C
REF2
Reference Capacitor (0.01 µF ceramic disc). This external capacitor is used in conjunction with the on-chip
reference. The capacitor should be tied between the pin and AGND.
9 AIN(+) Analog Input. Positive input of the pseudo-differential analog input. Cannot go below AGND or above
AV
DD
at any time and cannot go below AIN(–) when the unipolar input range is selected.
10 AIN(–) Analog Input. Negative input of the pseudo-differential analog input. Cannot go below AGND or above
AV
DD
at any time.
11 NC No Connect Pin.
13 AMODE Analog Mode Pin. This pin allows two different analog input ranges to be selected. A Logic 0 selects range
0 to V
REF
(i.e., AIN(+) – AIN(–) = 0 to V
REF
). In this case, AIN(+) cannot go below AIN(–) and AIN(–)
cannot go below AGND. A Logic 1 selects range –V
REF
/2 to +V
REF
/2 (i.e., AIN(+) – AIN(–) = –V
REF
/2 to
+V
REF
/2). In this case, AIN(+) cannot go below AGND so that AIN(–) needs to be biased to +V
REF
/2 to
allow AIN(+) to go from 0 V to +V
REF
V.
14 POLARITY Serial Clock Polarity. This pin determines the active edge of the serial clock (SCLK). Toggling this pin will
reverse the active edge of the serial clock (SCLK). A Logic 1 means that the serial clock (SCLK) idles high
and a Logic 0 means that the serial clock (SCLK) idles low. It is best to refer to the timing diagrams and
Table IX for the SCLK active edges.
15 SM1 Serial Mode Select Pin. This pin is used in conjunction with the SM2 pin to give different modes of opera-
tion as described in Table X.
16 SM2 Serial Mode Select Pin. This pin is used in conjunction with the SM1 pin to give different modes of opera-
tion as described in Table X.
17 CAL Calibration Input. This pin has an internal pull-up current source of 0.15 µA. A Logic 0 on this pin resets all
calibration control logic and initiates a calibration on its rising edge. There is the option of connecting a 10 nF
capacitor from this pin to DGND to allow for an automatic self-calibration on power-up. This input overrides
all other internal operations. If the autocalibration is not required, then this pin should be tied to a logic high.
18 DV
DD
Digital Supply Voltage, 5.0 V ± 5%.
19 DGND Digital Ground. Ground reference point for digital circuitry.
20 DOUT Serial Data Output. The data output is supplied to this pin as a 16-bit serial word.
21 DIN Serial Data Input. The data to be written is applied to this pin in serial form (16-bit word). This pin can act as
an input pin or as a input and output pin depending on the serial interface mode the part is in (see Table X).
22 CLKIN Master Clock Signal for the Device (6 MHz or 7 MHz). Sets the conversion and calibration times.
23 SCLK Serial Port Clock. Logic input/output. The SCLK pin is configured as an input or output, dependent on the
type of serial data transmission (self-clocking or external-clocking) that has been selected by the SM1 and
SM2 pins. The SCLK idles high or low depending on the state of the POLARITY pin.
24 SYNC This pin can be an input level triggered active low (similar to a chip select in one case and to a frame sync
in the other) or an output (similar to a frame sync) pin depending on SM1, SM2 (see Table X).