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Positive Voltage Output Circuit
V
OUT
R
FB
C
1
0 V +2.5V£ £
OUT
GND
GND
-2.5V
V
OUT
V
IN
V
REF
+2.5VReference
V
DD
V
DD
DAC7811
OPA277
OPA277
I 2
OUT
I 1
OUT
Bipolar Output Section
V
OUT
+
ǒ
D
0.5 2
N
*1
Ǔ
V
REF
(2)
I 1
OUT
R
FB
C
1
GND
V
DD
V
DD
+2.5V
(+10V)
V
REF
V
OUT
C
2
U3
OPA277
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5kW
- £ £2.5V V
OUT
+2.5V
(- £10V V
OUT
£ +10V)
U2
OPA277
DAC7811
I 2
OUT
DAC7811
SBAS337C – APRIL 2005 – REVISED JULY 2007
As Figure 30 illustrates, in order to generate a positive voltage output, a negative reference is input to the
DAC7811. This design is suggested instead of using an inverting amp to invert the output as a result of resistor
tolerance errors. For a negative reference, V
OUT
and GND of the reference are level-shifted to a virtual ground
and a –2.5V input to the DAC7811 with an op amp.
Figure 30. Positive Voltage Output Circuit
The DAC7811, as a 2-quadrant multiplying DAC, can be used to generate a unipolar output. The polarity of the
full-scale output I
OUT
is the inverse of the input reference voltage at V
REF
.
Some applications require full 4-quadrant multiplying capabilities or bipolar output swing. As shown in Figure 31 ,
external op amp U3 is added as a summing amp and has a gain of 2X that widens the output span to 5V. A
4-quadrant multiplying circuit is implemented by using a 2.5V offset of the reference voltage to bias U3.
According to the circuit transfer equation given in Equation 2 , input data (D) from code 0 to full-scale produces
output voltages of V
OUT
= –2.5V to V
OUT
= +2.5V.
External resistance mismatching is the significant error in Figure 31 .
Figure 31. Bipolar Output Circuit
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