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Data Sheet

Figure 4. Ladder Force/Sense Circuit

Figure 5. Reference Ladder Circuit

equal:

equal:

Figure 5 shows an example of expected voltage drops for

Analog Input

with respect to the voltage reference. (See Voltage Refer-

ence section.)

The drive requirements for the analog inputs are very

minimal when compared to most other converters due to

the CDK1304 extremely low input capacitance of only 5pF

and very high input resistance of 50kΩ.

The analog input should be protected through a series

resistor and diode clamping circuit as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 6. Recommended Input Protection Circuit

Calibration

The CDK1304 uses an auto-calibration scheme to ensure

10-bit accuracy over time and temperature. Gain and off-

set errors are continually adjusted to 10-bit accuracy dur-

ing device operation. This process is completely transpar-

ent to the user.

Upon powerup, the CDK1304 begins its calibration al-

gorithm. In order to achieve the calibration accuracy

required, the offset and gain adjustment step size is a

fraction of a 10-bit LSB. Since the calibration algorithm

is an oversampling process, a minimum of 10,000 clock

cycles are required. This results in a minimum calibration

time upon powerup of 400μs (for a 25MHz clock). Once

calibrated, the CDK1304 remains calibrated over time and

temperature.

Since the calibration cycles are initiated on the rising edge

of the clock, the clock must be continuously applied for

the CDK1304 to remain in calibration.