Dual Sample and Hold
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SNIU028A – February 2016 – Revised April 2016
Copyright © 2016, Texas Instruments Incorporated
ADC12 Overview
Figure 8-13. PMBus Addressing
8.14 Dual Sample and Hold
The Dual Sample and Hold is primarily designed to support accurate measurement of electrical power in
AC/DC converters. Sampling of both current and voltage signal simultaneously will provide no delay in the
measurement sequence in order to increase the measurement precision. This feature can be turned on
via clearing of bit-8 through bit-10 in ADCCTRL register. It is worth noting that this mechanism can not
hold more than a single voltage at a time.
The operation and configuration of Dual sample and hold is as follows:
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Dual sample and hold provides simultaneous sampling of two ADC inputs. This is simply done by
sampling and holding one channel exactly at the time a second channel is sampled for conversion and
converting the sample and hold channel at a later event in the current measurement sequence.
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Channels 2, 1 and 0 are the ONLY channels with sample and hold capability. These channels can be
sampled simultaneously with certain other “converting channels”.
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Only One “Dual sample and hold channel” can be selected per ADC sequence. Selection of this single
channel is controlled by bypass firmware controlled bits and shown in
. In other words only
one of the channels (0, 1 and 2) can be held for upcoming “Dual Sample Measurement”.
Table 8-3. Selection of “Dual Sample and Hold” Channel
BYPASS_EN[2]
BYPASS_EN[1]
BYPASS_EN[0]
BYPASS_EN[2:0] value
in hex
Selected Dual
Sample/Hold Channel
1
1
0
0x6
Channel 0
1
0
1
0x5
Channel 1
0
1
1
0x3
Channel 2