EVAL-AD5252EBZ Analog Devices Inc, EVAL-AD5252EBZ Datasheet - Page 23

• Manufacturer Part Number: EVAL-AD5252EBZ
• Description: EVALUATION BOARD
• Manufacturer: Analog Devices Inc

Specifications of EVAL-AD5252EBZ

• Main Purpose: Digital Potentiometer
• Utilized Ic / Part: AD5252
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Secondary Attributes: -
• Embedded: -
• Primary Attributes: -
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

LAYOUT AND POWER SUPPLY BIASING
It is always a good practice to employ a compact, minimum
lead-length layout design. The leads to the input should be as
direct as possible, with a minimum conductor length. Ground
paths should have low resistance and low inductance.
Similarly, it is also good practice to bypass the power supplies
with quality capacitors. Low equivalent series resistance (ESR)
1 μF to 10 μF tantalum or electrolytic capacitors should be
applied at the supplies to minimize any transient disturbance
and filter low frequency ripple. Figure 39 illustrates the basic
supply-bypassing configuration for the AD5251/AD5252.
The ground pin of the AD5251/AD5252 is used primarily as a
digital ground reference. To minimize the digital ground
bounce, the AD5251/AD5252 ground terminal should be joined
remotely to the common ground (see Figure 39).
DIGITAL POTENTIOMETER OPERATION
The structure of the RDAC is designed to emulate the
performance of a mechanical potentiometer. The RDAC
contains a string of resistor segments with an array of analog
switches that act as the wiper connection to the resistor array.
The number of points is the resolution of the device. For
example, the AD5251/AD5252 emulate 64/256 connection
points with 64/256 equal resistance, R
provide better than 1.5%/0.4% resolution.
Figure 40 provides an equivalent diagram of the connections
between the three terminals that make up one channel of the
RDAC. Switches SW
switches SW(0) to SW(2
the setting decoded from the data bit). Because the switches are
nonideal, there is a 75 Ω wiper resistance, R
is a function of supply voltage and temperature: Lower supply
voltages and higher temperatures result in higher wiper
resistances. Consideration of wiper resistance dynamics is
important in applications in which accurate prediction of
output resistance is required.
Figure 39. Power Supply-Bypassing Configuration
V
V
DD
SS
C3
C4
+
10μF
+ C2
10μF
A
and SW
C1
N – 1
0.1μF
0.1μF
) can be on at a time (determined by
B
are always on, but only one of
AD5251/AD5252
V
V
DD
SS
S
, allowing them to
GND
W
. Wiper resistance
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PROGRAMMABLE RHEOSTAT OPERATION
If either the W-to-B or W-to-A terminal is used as a variable
resistor, the unused terminal can be opened or shorted with W;
such operation is called rheostat mode (see Figure 41). The
resistance tolerance can range ±20%.
The nominal resistance of the AD5251/AD5252 has 64/256
contact points accessed by the wiper terminal, plus the B terminal
contact. The 6-/8-bit data-word in the RDAC register is decoded
to select one of the 64/256 settings. The wiper’s first connection
starts at the B terminal for Data 0x00. This B terminal connection
has a wiper contact resistance, R
nominal resistance. The second connection (the AD5251 10 kΩ
part) is the first tap point where R
R
value increase moves the wiper up the resistor ladder until the
last tap point is reached at R
simplified diagram of the equivalent RDAC circuit.
The general equation that determines the digitally programmed
output resistance between W and B is
where:
D is the decimal equivalent of the data contained in the
RDAC latch.
R
W
AB
= 156 Ω + 75 Ω) for Data 0x01, and so on. Each LSB data
is the nominal end-to-end resistance.
AD5251: R
AD5252: R
Figure 41. Rheostat Mode Configuration
DIGITAL
CIRCUITRY
OMITTED FOR
CLARITY
WB
WB
R
B
Figure 40. Equivalent RDAC Structure
A
REGISTER
DECODER
S
(D) = (D/64) × R
(D) = (D/256) × R
= R
WIPER
RDAC
AND
AB
W
/2
N
WB
A
B
R
R
R
S
S
S
= 9893 Ω. See Figure 40 for a
W
W
SW(2
SW(2
, of 75 Ω, regardless of the
WB
SW(1)
SW(0)
AB
SW
SW
AB
= 231 Ω (R
N
+ 75 Ω
N
A
B
AD5251/AD5252
– 2)
+ 75 Ω
– 1)
B
A
W
A
B
W
X
X
X
WB
= R
AB
/64 +
(1)
(2)