Datasheet
  AD9553 
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By default, a read request reads the register value that is currently 
in use by the AD9553. However, setting Register 0x04[0] = 1 
causes the buffered registers to be read instead. The buffered 
registers are the ones that take effect during the next I/O update. 
AD9553
CORE
CONTROL REGISTERS
SERIAL
CONTROL
PORT
REGISTER BUFFERS
13
14
12
OM1/SCLK
OM0/SDIO
OM2/CS
EXECUTE AN
INPUT/OUTPUT
UPDATE
REGISTER
UPDATE
08565-007
Figure 35. Relationship Between the Serial Control Port Register Buffers  
and the Control Registers 
INSTRUCTION WORD (16 BITS) 
The MSB of the instruction word (see Table 25) is R/
W
, which 
indicates whether the instruction is a read or a write. The next 
two bits, W1 and W0, are the transfer length in bytes. The final 
13 bits are the address bits (Address Bits[A12:A0]) at which the 
read or write operation is to begin. 
For a write, the instruction word is followed by the number of 
bytes of data indicated by Bits[W1:W0], which is interpreted 
according to Table 24. 
Address Bits[A12:A0] select the address within the register map 
that is written to or read from during the data transfer portion 
of the communication cycle. The AD9553 uses all of the 13-bit 
address space. For multibyte transfers, this address is the starting 
byte address. 
MSB/LSB FIRST TRANSFERS 
The AD9553 instruction word and byte data can be MSB first or 
LSB first. The default for the AD9553 is MSB first. The LSB first 
mode can be set by writing a 1 to Register 0x00[6] and requires 
that an I/O update be executed. Immediately after the LSB first 
bit is set, all serial control port operations are changed to LSB 
first order. 
When MSB first mode is active, the instruction and data bytes 
must be written from MSB to LSB. Multibyte data transfers in 
MSB first format start with an instruction byte that includes the 
register address of the most significant data byte. Subsequent 
data bytes must follow in order from high address to low address. 
In MSB first mode, the serial control port internal address gen-
erator decrements for each data byte of the multibyte transfer cycle. 
When LSB first = 1 (LSB first), the instruction and data bytes 
must be written from LSB to MSB. Multibyte data transfers  
in LSB first format start with an instruction byte that includes 
the register address of the least significant data byte followed  
by multiple data bytes. The serial control port internal byte 
address generator increments for each data byte of the multibyte 
transfer cycle. 
The AD9553 serial control port register address decrements from 
the register address just written toward 0x00 for multibyte I/O 
operations if the MSB first mode is active (default). If the LSB 
first mode is active, the serial control port register address 
increments from the address just written toward 0x34 for 
multibyte I/O operations. 
Unused addresses are not skipped during multibyte I/O operations. 
The user should write the default value to a reserved register and 
should write only zeros to unmapped registers. Note that it is more 
efficient to issue a new write command than to write the default 
value to more than two consecutive reserved (or unmapped) 
registers. 
Table 25. Serial Control Port, 16-Bit Instruction Word, MSB First 
MSB                              LSB 
I15  I14  I13  I12  I11  I10  I9  I8  I7  I6  I5  I4  I3  I2  I1  I0 
R/
W
  W1  W0  A12  A11  A10  A9  A8  A7  A6  A5  A4  A3  A2  A1  A0 
Table 26. Definition of Terms Used in Serial Control Port Timing Diagrams 
Parameter  Description 
t
CLK
  Period of SCLK 
t
DV
  Read data valid time (time from falling edge of SCLK to valid data on SDIO) 
t
DS
  Setup time between data and rising edge of SCLK 
t
DH
  Hold time between data and rising edge of SCLK 
t
S
  Setup time between 
CS
 and SCLK 
t
H
  Hold time between 
CS
 and SCLK 
t
HIGH
  Minimum period that SCLK should be in a logic high state 
t
LOW
  Minimum period that SCLK should be in a logic low state 










