Data Sheet
AD5780
THEORY OF OPERATION
The AD5780 is a high accuracy, fast settling, single, 18-bit,
serial input, voltage output DAC. It operates from a VDD supply
voltage of 7.5 V to 16.5 V and a VSS supply of −16.5 V to −2.5 V.
Data is written to the AD5780 in a 24-bit word format via a 3-wire
serial interface. The AD5780 incorporates a power-on reset
circuit that ensures the DAC output powers up to 0 V with the
VOUT pin clamped to AGND through a ~6 kΩ internal resistor.
DAC ARCHITECTURE
The architecture of the AD5780 consists of two matched DAC
sections. A simplified circuit diagram is shown in Figure 50.
The six MSBs of the 18-bit data-word are decoded to drive
63 switches, E0 to E62. Each of these switches connects one
of 63 matched resistors to either the buffered VREFP or buffered
VREFN voltage. The remaining 12 bits of the data-word drive
the S0 to S11 switches of a 12-bit voltage mode R-2R ladder
network.
VREFP
R
2R 2R
S0
R
R
2R ... 2R
S1 ... S11
VOUT
2R 2R ... 2R
E62 E61... E0
VREFN
12-BIT R-2R LADDER SIX MSBs DECODED INTO
63 EQUAL SEGMENTS
Figure 50. DAC Ladder Structure Serial Interface
SERIAL INTERFACE
The AD5780 has a 3-wire serial interface (SYNC, SCLK, and
SDIN) that is compatible with SPI, QSPI, and MICROWIRE
interface standards, as well as most DSPs (see Figure 2 for a
timing diagram).
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, which can operate at up to 35 MHz. The
input register consists of a R/W bit, three address bits, and
20 data bits as shown in Table 6. The timing diagram for this
operation is shown in Figure 2.
Table 6. Input Shift Register Format
MSB
LSB
DB23
DB22
DB21
DB20
DB19 to DB0
R/W
Register address
Register data
Table 7. Decoding the Input Shift Register
R/W
Register Address
X1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
Description
No operation (NOP). Used in readback operations.
Write to the DAC register.
Write to the control register.
Write to the clearcode register.
Write to the software control register.
Read from the DAC register.
Read from the control register.
Read from the clearcode register.
1 X is don’t care.
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