Datasheet

AD7674
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degradation of the conversion result could occur. This is
particularly important during the second half of the conversion
phase because the AD7674 provides error correction circuitry
that can correct for an improper bit decision made during the
first half of the conversion phase. For this reason, it is
recommended that when an external clock is being provided, it
is a discontinuous clock that only toggles when BUSY is low or,
more importantly, that it does not transition during the latter
half of BUSY high.
External Discontinuous Clock Data Read after
Conversion
Though maximum throughput cannot be achieved using this
mode, it is the most recommended of the serial slave modes.
Figure 42 shows the detailed timing diagrams of this method.
After a conversion is complete, indicated by BUSY returning
low, the result of this conversion can be read while both
CS
and
RD
are low. Data is shifted out MSB first with 18 clock pulses,
and is valid on the rising and falling edge of the clock.
Among the advantages of this method, the conversion
performance is not degraded because there are no voltage
transients on the digital interface during the conversion process.
Also, data can be read at speeds up to 40 MHz, accommodating
both slow digital host interface and the fastest serial reading.
Finally, in this mode only, the AD7674 provides a daisy-chain
feature using the RDC/SDIN input pin to cascade multiple
converters together. This feature is useful for reducing
component count and wiring connections when desired (for
instance, in isolated multiconverter applications).
An example of the concatenation of two devices is shown in
Figure 44. Simultaneous sampling is possible by using a
common
CNVST
signal. It should be noted that the RDC/SDIN
input is latched on the edge of SCLK opposite the one used to
shift out data on SDOUT. Thus, the MSB of the upstream
converter follows the LSB of the downstream converter on the
next SCLK cycle.
SCLK
SDOUT
D17 D16 D1 D0D15
X17 X16 X15 X1 X0 Y17 Y16
BUSY
SDIN
INVSCLK = 0
X17 X16X
123 1617181920
EXT/INT = 1 RD = 0
t
35
t
36
t
37
t
31
t
32
t
34
t
16
t
33
CS
03083-0-042
Figure 42. Slave Serial Data Timing for Reading (Read after Convert)