Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- FEATURES
- APPLICATIONS
- DESCRIPTION
- ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
- THERMAL INFORMATION
- ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- PIN CONFIGURATIONS
- TIMING DIAGRAM
- TIMING REQUIREMENTS
- TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS: DAC at AVDD = 5.5 V
- TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS: DAC AT AVDD = 3.6 V
- TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS: DAC AT AVDD = 2.7 V
- THEORY OF OPERATION
- DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER (DAC)
- RESISTOR STRING
- OUTPUT AMPLIFIER
- TWO-WIRE, I2C-COMPATIBLE INTERFACE
- DACx578 I2C UPDATE SEQUENCE
- POWER-ON RESET TO ZERO-SCALE OR MIDSCALE
- LDAC FUNCTIONALITY
- POWER-DOWN COMMANDS
- CLEAR CODE REGISTER AND CLR PIN
- SOFTWARE RESET FUNCTION
- OPERATING EXAMPLES: DAC7578
- Example 1: Write Mid Scale to Data Buffer A and Update Channel A Output
- Example 2: Power-Down Channel B, C, and H with Hi-Z Output
- Example 3: Read-back the value of the input register of DAC Channel G
- Example 4: Write multiple bytes of data to Channel F. Write Full Scale and then Quarter Scale to Channel F
- Example 5: Write Mid Scale and then Full Scale to all DAC channels.
- APPLICATION INFORMATION
- PARAMETER DEFINITIONS
- Revision History

V - 5 mV/div
OUT
SCL - 5 V/div
Time (1 s/div)m
Clock Feedthrough Impulse ~ 0.5n V-s
External Reference = 2.5 V
V - 2 mV/div
OUT
AV - 2 V/div
DD
~ 1.8 mV
PP
Time (10 ms/div)
External Reference = 2.5 V
DAC = Zero Scale
DACs Unloaded
V - 2 mV/div
OUT
AV - 2 V/div
DD
Time (20 ms/div)
External Reference = 2.5 V
DAC = Mid Scale
DACs Unloaded
V - 1 mV/div
OUT
AV - 2 V/div
DD
Time (10 ms/div)
DAC = Zero Scale
V - 500 V/div
OUT
m
Time (2 s/div)m
LDAC Clock
Feed-Through
LDAC - Trigger Pulse
5 V/div
From Code 800h to 801h
External Reference = 2.5 V
LDAC Clock
Feed-Through
V - 500 V/div
OUT
m
LDAC - Trigger Pulse
5 V/div
Time (2 s/div)m
From Code 801h to 800h
External Reference = 2.5 V
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SBAS496A –MARCH 2010–REVISED AUGUST 2010
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS: DAC AT AV
DD
= 2.7 V (continued)
At T
A
= 25°C, external reference used, DAC output not loaded, and all DAC codes in straight binary data format, DAC7578
graphs shown (unless otherwise noted).
CLOCK FEEDTHROUGH POWER-ON GLITCH
400 kHz, MIDSCALE RESET TO ZERO SCALE
Figure 101. Figure 102.
POWER-ON GLITCH
RESET TO MIDSCALE POWER-OFF GLITCH
Figure 103. Figure 104.
GLITCH ENERGY: GLITCH ENERGY:
2.7V, 12-BIT, 1LSB STEP, RISING EDGE 2.7V, 12-BIT, 1LSB STEP, FALLING EDGE
Figure 105. Figure 106.
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