TPCE636 User Manual Issue 1.0.2
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7.9.2 ADC digital Output Coding
Differential common mode voltage is compensated by the analog input stage. In addition, the differential
input voltage is reduced by an analogue divider which is built with a differential operational amplifier. The
feedback resistors of this operational amplifier determine the divider value. The two resistance values 4.7kΩ
and 931Ω build the divider of 5.0483. With the ADC LTC2323-16's maximum analogue differential input
voltage range of ±4.096V a theoretical maximum of ±20.677 V differential input voltage range is given for a
TPCE636 analog input channel.
Due to the ADC’s true differential inputs, the ADC output coding significantly differs compared to a single-
ended input.
Analogue to a single-ended input, where the range setting directly describes the ground related input voltage
range, the ADC range setting describes the range of ground related voltages that can be tied to the ADC
differential inputs. This results in an extended input voltage range, since the ADC measures the voltage
between the differential inputs VIN- and VIN+.
An Example: The TPCE636 voltage range is ±10V, so the allowed (single-ended, ground related) voltage on
each ADC input pin is ±10V. When we examine the two largest differential voltages, we get following results:
VIN-
VIN+
ADC Input Value
-10V
+10V
+20V
+10V
-10V
-20V
Table 7-14: ADC Data Coding Example
The example shows that the range of differential ADC input values is -20V to +20V, which results to a full
scale range of 40V for the ±10V ADC Input Range.
The TPCE636 data coding is two’s complement.
Description
TPCE636
LTC2323-16
Digital Code
Full Scale Range
41.35470 V
8.192 V
-
Least Significant Bit
631 μV
125 µV
-
Full Scale (pos.)
20.67735 V
4.095875 V
0x7FFF
FSR - 1LSB
20.67672 V
4.095750 V
0x7FFE
Mi 1LSB
631
µV
125 V
0x0001
Midscale
0.0 V
0.0 V
0x0000
Midscale – 1LSB
-
631
µV
-125 µV
0xFFFF
-FSR + 1LSB
-20.67735 V
-4.095875 V
0x8001
Full Scale (neg.)
-20.67798 V
-4.096000 V
0x8000
Table 7-15: ADC Data Coding