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to an external oscillator), the LTC2489 output data rate
can be increased. The duration of the conversion cycle is
41036/f
EOSC
. If f
EOSC
= 307.2kHz, the converter behaves
as if the internal oscillator is used.
An increase in f
EOSC
over the nominal 307.2kHz will trans-
late into a proportional increase in the maximum output
data rate (up to a maximum of 100sps). The increase in
output rate leads to degradation in offset, full-scale error,
and effective resolution as well as a shift in frequency
rejection.
A change in f
EOSC
results in a proportional change in the
internal notch position. This leads to reduced differential
mode rejection of line frequencies. The common mode
rejection of line frequencies remains unchanged, thus fully
differential input signals with a high degree of symmetry
on both the IN
+
and IN
–
pins will continue to reject line
frequency noise.
An increase in f
EOSC
also increases the effective dynamic
input and reference current. External RC networks will
continue to have zero differential input current, but the
time required for complete settling (580ns for f
EOSC
=
307.2kHz) is reduced, proportionally.
Once the external oscillator frequency is increased above
1MHz (a more than 3X increase in output rate) the ef
-
fectiveness of internal auto calibration circuits begins to
degrade. This results in larger offset errors, full-scale errors,
and decreased resolution, as shown in Figures 19 to 26.
Easy Drive ADCs Simplif
y Measurement of High
Impedance Sensors
Delta-Sigma ADCs, with their high accuracy and high noise
immunity, are ideal for directly measuring many types
of sensors. Nevertheless, input sampling currents can
overwhelm high source impedances or low-bandwidth,
micropower signal conditioning circuits. The LTC2489
applicaTions inForMaTion
solves this problem by balancing the input currents, thus
simplifying or eliminating the need for signal conditioning
circuits.
A common application for a delta-sigma ADC is thermistor
measurement. Figure 28 shows two examples of thermis
-
tor digitization benefiting from the Easy Drive technology.
The first cir
cuit (applied to input channels CH0 and CH1)
uses balanced reference resistors in order to balance the
common mode input/reference voltage and balance the
differential input sour
ce resistance. If reference resistors
R1 and R4 are exactly equal, the input current is zero and
no errors result. If these resistors have a 1% tolerance,
the maximum error in measured resistance is 1.6W due
to a shift in common mode voltage; far less than the 1%
error of the reference resistors themselves. No amplifier
is required, making this an ideal solution in micropower
applications.
Easy Drive also enables very low power, low bandwidth
amplifiers to drive the input to the LTC2489. As shown in
Figure 28, CH2 is driven by the LT1494. The LT1494 has
excellent DC specs for an amplifier with 1.5µA supply
current (the maximum offset voltage is 150µV and the
open loop gain is 100,000). Its 2kHz bandwidth makes
it unsuitable for driving conventional delta sigma ADCs.
Adding a 1kW, 0.1µF filter solves this problem by providing
a charge reservoir that supplies the LTC2489 instantaneous
current, while the 1k resistor isolates the capacitive load
from the LT1494.
Conventional delta sigma ADCs input sampling current
lead to DC errors as a result of incomplete settling in the
external RC network.
The Easy Drive technology cancels the differential input
current. By balancing the negative input (CH3) with a 1kW,
0.1µF network errors due to the common mode input cur
-
rent are cancelled.