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THEORY OF OPERATION
CIRCUIT OPERATION
D/A Converter
V
OUT
 V
REF

D
16384
(1)
Digital interface connections omitted for clarity.
Switches S1 and S2 are closed. V must be powered.
DD
DGND
V
REF
X
R
FB
X
I
OUT
X
V
DD
From other DACs A
GND
R R R
R
S2 S1
2R 2R 2R
5 kW
A
GND
F
A
GND
X
DAC8803
SBAS340C – JANUARY 2005 – REVISED FEBRUARY 2006
The DAC8803 contains four, 14-bit, current-output, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) respectively. Each DAC
has its own independent multiplying reference input. The DAC8803 uses a 3-wire SPI-compatible serial data
interface, with a configurable asynchronous RS pin for half-scale (MSB = 1) or zero-scale (MSB = 0) preset. In
addition, an LDAC strobe enables four channel simultaneous updates for hardware synchronized output voltage
changes.
The DAC8803 contains four current-steering R-2R ladder DACs. Figure 58 shows a typical equivalent DAC.
Each DAC contains a matching feedback resistor for use with an external I-to-V converter amplifier. The R
FB
X pin
is connected to the output of the external amplifier. The I
OUT
X terminal is connected to the inverting input of the
external amplifier. The A
GND
X pin should be Kelvin-connected to the load point in the circuit requiring the full
14-bit accuracy.
The DAC is designed to operate with both negative or positive reference voltages. The V
DD
power pin is only
used by the logic to drive the DAC switches on and off. Note that a matching switch is used in series with the
internal 5 k Ω feedback resistor. If users are attempting to measure the value of R
FB
, power must be applied to
V
DD
in order to achieve continuity. The DAC output voltage is determined by V
REF
and the digital data (D)
according to Equation 1 :
Note that the output polarity is opposite to the V
REF
polarity for dc reference voltages.
Figure 58. Typical Equivalent DAC Channel
The DAC is also designed to accommodate ac reference input signals. The DAC8803 accommodates input
reference voltages in the range of -15 V to +15 V. The reference voltage inputs exhibit a constant nominal input
resistance of 5 k Ω , ±20%. On the other hand, the DAC outputs I
OUT
A, B, C, D are code-dependent and produce
various output resistances and capacitances.
The choice of external amplifier should take into account the variation in impedance generated by the DAC8803
on the amplifiers' inverting input node. The feedback resistance, in parallel with the DAC ladder resistance,
dominates output voltage noise. For multiplying mode applications, an external feedback compensation capacitor
(C
FB
) may be needed to provide a critically damped output response for step changes in reference input
voltages.
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