LTC2282
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
analog inputs can be driven single-ended with slightly
worse harmonic distortion. The CLK input is single-ended.
The LTC2282 has two phases of operation, determined by
the state of the CLK input pin.
Each pipelined stage shown in Figure 1 contains an ADC,
a reconstruction DAC and an interstage residue amplifier.
In operation, the ADC quantizes the input to the stage and
the quantized value is subtracted from the input by the
DAC to produce a residue. The residue is amplified and
output by the residue amplifier. Successive stages operate
out of phase so that when the odd stages are outputting
their residue, the even stages are acquiring that residue
and vice versa.
When CLK is low, the analog input is sampled differentially
directly onto the input sample-and-hold capacitors, inside
the “Input S/H” shown in the Functional Block Diagram.
At the instant that CLK transitions from low to high, the
sampled input is held. While CLK is high, the held input
voltage is buffered by the S/H amplifier which drives the
first pipelined ADC stage. The first stage acquires the
output of the S/H during this high phase of CLK. When
CLK goes back low, the first stage produces its residue
which is acquired by the second stage. At the same
time, the input S/H goes back to acquiring the analog
input. When CLK goes back high, the second stage pro-
duces its residue which is acquired by the third stage.
An identical process is repeated for the third, fourth and
fifth stages, resulting in a fifth stage residue that is sent
to the sixth stage ADC for final evaluation.
Each ADC stage following the first has additional range to
accommodate flash and amplifier offset errors. Results
from all of the ADC stages are digitally synchronized such
that the results can be properly combined in the correction
logic before being sent to the output buffer.
SAMPLE/HOLD OPERATION AND INPUT DRIVE
Sample/Hold Operation
Figure 2 shows an equivalent circuit for the LTC2282 CMOS
differential sample-and-hold. The analog inputs are con-
nected to the sampling capacitors (CSAMPLE) through NMOS
transistors. The capacitors shown attached to each input
(CPARASITIC) are the summation of all other capacitance
associated with each input.
During the sample phase when CLK is low, the transistors
connect the analog inputs to the sampling capacitors and
they charge to and track the differential input voltage. When
CLK transitions from low to high, the sampled input voltage
is held on the sampling capacitors. During the hold phase
when CLK is high, the sampling capacitors are disconnected
from the input and the held voltage is passed to the ADC
core for processing. As CLK transitions from high to low,
the inputs are reconnected to the sampling capacitors to
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LTC2282
VDD
15Ω
AIN+
VDD
CPARASITIC
1pF
15Ω
AIN–
CLK
CPARASITIC
1pF
VDD
CSAMPLE
4pF
CSAMPLE
4pF
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Figure 2. Equivalent Input Circuit
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