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AD8400/AD8402/AD8403
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Digital Potentiometers
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
8
8-BIT
LATCH
CK
RS
8
8-BIT
LATCH
CK
RS
8
8-BIT
LATCH
CK
RS
8
8-BIT
LATCH
CK
RS
SHDN
DAC
SELECT
A1, A0
2
1
2
10-BIT
SERIAL
LATCH
CK Q
RS
D
RS
SDO
AD8403
V
DD
DGND
SDI
CLK
CS
8
3
4
RDAC1
SHDN
W1
B1
AGND1
A1
RDAC2
SHDN
W2
B2
AGND2
A2
RDAC3
SHDN
W3
B3
AGND3
A3
RDAC4
SHDN
W4
B4
AGND4
A4
FEATURES
256-Position
Replaces 1, 2, or 4 Potentiometers
1 k
, 10 k
, 50 k
Power Shutdown—Less than 5 A
3-Wire SPI-Compatible Serial Data Input
10 MHz Update Data Loading Rate
2.7 V to 5.5 V Single-Supply Operation
Midscale Preset
, 100 k
APPLICATIONS
Mechanical Potentiometer Replacement
Programmable Filters, Delays, Time Constants
Volume Control, Panning
Line Impedance Matching
Power Supply Adjustment
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The AD8400/AD8402/AD8403 provide a single, dual or quad
channel, 256 position digitally controlled variable resistor (VR) device.
These devices perform the same electronic adjustment function as
a potentiometer or variable resistor. The AD8400 contains a single
variable resistor in the compact SO-8 package. The AD8402 contains
two independent variable resistors in space-saving SO-14 surface-
mount packages. The AD8403 contains four independent variable
resistors in 24-lead PDIP, SOIC, and TSSOP packages. Each part
contains a fixed resistor with a wiper contact that taps the fixed
resistor value at a point determined by a digital code loaded into the
controlling serial input register. The resistance between the wiper and
either endpoint of the fixed resistor varies linearly with respect to the
digital code transferred into the VR latch. Each variable resistor
offers a completely programmable value of resistance, between the A
terminal and the wiper or the B terminal and the wiper. The fixed
A to B terminal resistance of 1 k
, 10 k
, 50 k
, or 100 k
has a
±
1%
channel-to-channel matching tolerance with a nominal temperature
coefficient of 500 ppm/
°
C. A unique switching circuit minimizes the
high glitch inherent in traditional switched resistor designs avoiding
any make-before-break or break-before-make operation.
Each VR has its own VR latch that holds its programmed resistance
value. These VR latches are updated from an SPI compatible serial-
to-parallel shift register that is loaded from a standard 3-wire
serial-input digital interface. Ten data bits make up the data word
clocked into the serial input register. The data word is decoded where
the first two bits determine the address of the VR latch to be loaded,
the last eight bits are data. A serial data output pin at the opposite end
of the serial register allows simple daisy-chaining in multiple VR
applications without additional external decoding logic.
The reset (
RS
) pin forces the wiper to the midscale position by
loading 80
H
into the VR latch. The
SHDN
pin forces the resistor
to an end-to-end open circuit condition on the A terminal and
shorts the wiper to the B terminal, achieving a microwatt power
shutdown state. When
SHDN
is returned to logic high, the
previous latch settings put the wiper in the same resistance
setting prior to shutdown. The digital interface is still active in
shutdown so that code changes can be made that will produce
new wiper positions when the device is taken out of shutdown.
The AD8400 is available in both the SO-8 surface-mount and the
8-lead plastic DIP package.
The AD8402 is available in both surface mount (SO-14) and
14-lead plastic DIP packages, while the AD8403 is available in a
narrow body 24-lead plastic DIP and a 24-lead surface-mount
package. The AD8402/AD8403 are also offered in the 1.1mm thin
TSSOP-14/TSSOP-24 packages for PCMCIA applications. All
parts are guaranteed to operate over the extended industrial tem-
perature range of –40
°
C to +125
°
C.
CODE – Decimal
100
75
50
25
0
0
64
128
192
255
R
W
(
W
(
A
R
WA
R
WB
Figure 1. RWA and RWB vs. Code