
Preliminary Technical Data
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD5744/64 is a quad 14/16-bit, serial input, bipolar voltage
output DAC. It operates from supply voltages of ±11.4 V to
±16.5 V and has a buffered output voltage of up to ± 10.5 V.
Data is written to the AD5744/64 in a 24-bit word format, via a
3-wire serial interface. The device also offers an SDO pin, which
is available for daisy chaining or readback.
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The AD5744/64 incorporates a power-on reset circuit, which
ensures that the DAC registers power up loaded with 0x0000.
The AD5744/64 also features a digital I/O port that may be
programmed via the serial interface, an analog temperature
sensor, on-chip 10 ppm/°C voltage reference, on-chip reference
buffers and per channel digital gain and offset registers.
DAC ARCHITECTURE
The DAC architecture of the AD5744/64 consists of a 14/16-bit
current-mode segmented R-2R DAC. The simplified circuit
diagram for the DAC section is shown in Figure 13.
The four MSBs of the 14/16-bit data word are decoded to drive
15 switches, E1 to E15. Each of these switches connects one of
the 15 matched resistors to either AGND or IOUT. The
remaining 12 bits of the data word drive switches S0 to S11 of
the 12-bit R-2R ladder network.
2R
E15
Vref
2R
E14
E1
2R
S11
R
R
R
2R
S10
2R
12 BIT R-2R LADDER
V
OUT
2R
S0
2R
AGND
R/8
4 MSBs DECODED INTO
15 EQUAL SEGMENTS
Figure 7. DAC Ladder Structure
REFERENCE BUFFERS
The AD5744/64 can operate with either an external or internal
reference. The reference inputs (REFAB and REFCD) have an
input range up to 5 V. This input voltage is then used to provide
a buffered positive and negative reference for the DAC cores.
The positive reference is given by
+ V
REF
= 2* V
REF
While the negative reference to the DAC cores is given by
-V
REF
= -2*V
REF
These positive and negative reference voltages (along with the
gain register values) define the output ranges of the DACs.
SERIAL INTERFACE
The AD5744/64 is controlled over a versatile 3-wire serial
interface that operates at clock rates of up to 30 MHz and is
compatible with SPI, QSPI, MICROWIRE and DSP standards.
Input Shift Register
The input shift register is 24 bits wide. Data is loaded into the
device MSB first as a 24-bit word under the control of a serial
clock input, SCLK. The input register consists of a read/write
bit, three register select bits, three DAC address bits and 14/16
data bits as shown in Table 8.The timing diagram for this
operation is shown in Figure 2.
Upon power-up the DAC registers are loaded with zero code
(0x0000). The corresponding output voltage depends on the
state of the BIN/2sCOMP pin. If the BIN/2sCOMP pin is tied to
DGND then the data coding is 2sComplement and the outputs
will power-up to 0V. If the BIN/2sCOMP pin is tied high then
the data coding is Offset binary and the outputs will power-up
to Negative Full-scale.
Standalone Operation
The serial interface works with both a continuous and noncon-
tinuous serial clock. A continuous SCLK source can only be
used if SYNC is held low for the correct number of clock cycles.
In gated clock mode, a burst clock containing the exact number
of clock cycles must be used and SYNC must be taken high after
the final clock to latch the data. The first falling edge of SYNC
starts the write cycle. Exactly 24 falling clock edges must be
applied to SCLK before SYNC is brought back high again; if
SYNC is brought high before the 24
th
falling SCLK edge, the
write is aborted. If more than 24 falling SCLK edges are applied
before SYNC is brought high, the input data will be corrupted.
The input register addressed is updated on the rising edge of
SYNC. In order for another serial transfer to take place, SYNC
must be brought low again. After the end of the serial data
transfer, data is automatically transferred from the input shift
register to the input register of the addressed DAC.
When the data has been transferred into the input register of
the addressed DAC, all DAC registers and outputs can be
updated by taking LDAC low while SYNC is high.