Datasheet

SM73201
www.ti.com SNOSB89B –JUNE 2011–REVISED JUNE 2013
Burst Mode Operation
Normal operation of the SM73201 requires the SCLK frequency to be 20 times the sample rate and the CS rate
to be the same as the sample rate. However, in order to minimize power consumption in applications requiring
sample rates below 250 kSPS, the SM73201 should be run with an SCLK frequency of 5 MHz and a CS rate as
slow as the system requires. When this is accomplished, the SM73201 is operating in burst mode. The SM73201
enters into acquisition mode at the end of each conversion, minimizing power consumption. This causes the
converter to spend the longest possible time in acquisition mode. Since power consumption scales directly with
conversion rate, minimizing power consumption requires determining the lowest conversion rate that will satisfy
the requirements of the system.
PCB LAYOUT AND CIRCUIT CONSIDERATIONS
For best performance, care should be taken with the physical layout of the printed circuit board. This is especially
true with a low V
REF
or when the conversion rate is high. At high clock rates there is less time for settling, so it is
important that any noise settles out before the conversion begins.
Analog and Digital Power Supplies
Any ADC architecture is sensitive to spikes on the power supply, reference, and ground pins. These spikes may
originate from switching power supplies, digital logic, high power devices, and other sources. Power to the
SM73201 should be clean and well bypassed. A 0.1 µF ceramic bypass capacitor and a 1 µF to 10 µF capacitor
should be used to bypass the SM73201 supply, with the 0.1 µF capacitor placed as close to the SM73201
package as possible.
Since the SM73201 has both the V
A
and V
IO
pins, the user has three options on how to connect these pins. The
first option is to tie V
A
and V
IO
together and power them with the same power supply. This is the most cost
effective way of powering the SM73201 but is also the least ideal. As stated previously, noise from V
IO
can
couple into V
A
and adversely affect performance. The other two options involve the user powering V
A
and V
IO
with separate supply voltages. These supply voltages can have the same amplitude or they can be different. V
A
can be set to any value between +4.5V and +5.5V; while V
IO
can be set to any value between +2.7V and +5.5V.
Best performance will typically be achieved with V
A
operating at 5V and V
IO
at 3V. Operating V
A
at 5V offers the
best linearity and dynamic performance when V
REF
is also set to 5V; while operating V
IO
at 3V reduces the power
consumption of the digital logic. Operating the digital interface at 3V also has the added benefit of decreasing the
noise created by charging and discharging the capacitance of the digital interface pins.
Voltage Reference
The reference source must have a low output impedance and needs to be bypassed with a minimum capacitor
value of 0.1 µF. A larger capacitor value of 1 µF to 10 µF placed in parallel with the 0.1 µF is preferred. While the
SM73201 draws very little current from the reference on average, there are higher instantaneous current spikes
at the reference.
V
REF
of the SM73201, like all A/D converters, does not reject noise or voltage variations. Keep this in mind if
V
REF
is derived from the power supply. Any noise and/or ripple from the supply that is not rejected by the external
reference circuitry will appear in the digital results. The use of an active reference source is recommended. The
LM4040 and LM4050 shunt reference families and the SM74601, LM4120, and LM4140 series reference families
are excellent choices for a reference source.
PCB Layout
Capacitive coupling between the noisy digital circuitry and the sensitive analog circuitry can lead to poor
performance. The solution is to keep the analog circuitry separated from the digital circuitry and the clock line as
short as possible. Digital circuits create substantial supply and ground current transients. The logic noise
generated could have significant impact upon system noise performance. To avoid performance degradation of
the SM73201 due to supply noise, avoid using the same supply for the V
A
and V
REF
of the SM73201 that is used
for digital circuitry on the board.
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