AD1555/AD1556CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION The AD1555 operates from a dual analog supply (± 5 V), The AD1555/AD1556 chipset is a complete sigma-delta 24-bit while the digital part of the AD1555 operates from a +5 V A/D converter with very high dynamic range intended for the supply. The AD1556 operates from a single 3.3 V or 5 V measurement of low frequency signals up to a few kHz such as supply. Each device exhibits low power dissipation and can those in seismic applications. be configured for standby mode. The AD1555 contains an analog multiplexer, a fully differential Figure 7 illustrates a typical operating circuit. programmable gain amplifier and a fourth order sigma-delta modulator. The analog multiplexer allows selection of one fully MULTIPLEXER AND PROGRAMMABLE GAIN differential input from two different external inputs, an internal AMPLIFIER (PGA) ground reference or an internal full-scale voltage reference. The Analog Inputs fully differential programmable gain amplifier (PGA) has five gain The AD1555 has two sets of fully differential inputs AIN and settings of 1, 2.5, 8.5, 34, and 128, which allow the part to handle TIN. The common-mode rejection capability of these inputs a total of five different input ranges: 1.6 V rms, 636 mV rms, generally surpasses the performance of conventional program- 187 mV rms, 47 mV rms, and 12.4 mV rms that are programmed mable gain amplifiers. The very high input impedance, typically via digital input pins (CB0 to CB4). The modulator that operates higher than 140 MΩ, allows direct connection of the sensor to nominally at a sampling frequency of 256 kHz, outputs a bit- the AD1555 inputs, even through serial resistances. Figure 7 stream whose ones-density is proportional to its input voltage. illustrates such a configuration. The passive filter between the This bitstream can be filtered using the AD1556, which is a sensor and the AD1555 is shown here as an example. Other digital finite impulse low pass filter (FIR). The AD1556 outputs filter structures could be used, depending on the specific require- the data in a 24-bit word over a serial interface. The cutoff ments of the application. Also, the Johnson noise (√4 k TRB) of frequency and output rate of this filter can be programmed via the serial resistance should be taken into consideration. For an on-chip register or by hardware through digital input pins. instance, a 1 kΩ serial resistance reduces by approximately 1.3 dB The dynamic performance and the equivalent input noise vary the dynamic performance of a system using a gain setting of with gain and output rate as shown in Table I. The use of the 128 at an output word rate FO = 500 Hz. For applications different PGA gain settings allows enhancement of the total system where the sensor inputs must be protected against severe dynamic range up to 146 dB (gain of 34 or 128 and FO = 250 Hz). AC SINETESTDC TESTSOURCESOURCE3UNUSED AD1555 PINS MUST BE LEFTTEM2UNCONNECTED;PAD780 +VIN+5VUNUSED AD1556 INPUT PINS MUST BE3146+5V–5VVTIED TO DGND OR VOUTGNDO/PL.ADG609100nF100nF100nF48DBDACLOCK SOURCESERIAL DATA151522F1.024MHzINTERFACE98ADSP-21xxx ORP3222825232216PGAOUT MODIN REFIN REFCAP1 AGND3CS 1775R/WTIN (+)CB0...CB4CB0...CB4188RSELTIN (–)15MFLGMFLG30TDATA1713MDATAMDATATO OTHER AD1555sSCLK19R1R35AD155518DINAIN (+)MCLKMCLK14+5VDOUTTC1511SENSOR:DRDYGEOPHONE,C3152019ERRORHYDROPHONE...VLT2C26100nF10FAD1556TO OTHER AD1556sAIN (–)R2R4DGND3116SYNCHARDWARE25+VAGND1–VAAGND2ACONTROLRESET3, 261274, 20, 21RESETD3710+5V–5VH/S100nF100nFV10F10FLDGND11, 22, 44100nF12, 23, 24, 34VDIG Figure 7. Typical Operating Circuit –16– REV. B