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UNDERSTANDING THE DDC112鈥檚 CONTINUOUS
AND NON-CONTINUOUS MODES
By Jim Todsen
This application bulletin provides additional information on
how the DDC112鈥檚 continuous and non-continuous modes
work and how to effectively operate the part in either mode.
It is intended to supplement the information in the DDC112鈥檚
data sheet and therefore skips some of the basic explanations
of operation. For a good introduction to the DDC112, please
refer to the data sheet.
A brief overview of the continuous and non-continuous
modes is given first. Then, the state diagram of the state
machine controlling the modes is shown and discussed.
Timing diagrams follow that illustrate operation in both
modes. Finally, some special considerations are explained.
OVERVIEW
The DDC112 is a dual-channel, dual-integrator analog-to-
digital converter (ADC). Designed for use with current
output sensors such as photodiodes, it integrates the applied
current for a user-controlled integration period, T
INT
. Using
a dual-integrator for each channel allows the input signal to
be continuously integrated, as will be explained below.
When the integration is complete, the outputs of the appro-
priate integrators are multiplexed to a single, 20-bit voltage
ADC which generates the final digital readings. Figure 1
shows a simplified block diagram of the DDC112.
S
A
Side A
Channel 1
S
B
Side B
20-Bit
Digital Word
Voltage
ADC
S
A
Side A
Channel 2
S
B
Side B
FIGURE 1. DDC112 Block Diagram.
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1998 Burr-Brown Corporation
AB-131
Printed in U.S.A. May, 1998