Fluke 8842a instruction manual Analog-to-Digital Converter

8842A

Instruction Manual

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Figure 5-9. Analog-to-Digital Converter

The conversion process is broken up into an autozero period followed by five measurement intervals. (A timing diagram is shown in Figure 5-5.) Six bits of the final A/D sample are obtained during each interval.

During the first compare period (shown in Figure 5-9), the A/D Converter determines the value of the scaled input voltage (Vin) by comparing Vin to the output of the DAC. Each of the DAC bit-switches is tried in sequence and kept or rejected (left closed or reopened) depending on the output polarity of the A/D Amplifier, which is configured as a comparator. This process produces a string of six bits which is stored in the Timing/Data Control circuit (the digital portion of U101).

During the following remainder-store period (Figure 5-10), the difference between the Vin and the DAC output is multiplied by 16 by the A/D Amplifier and stored on capacitor C102. During subsequent compare and remainder-store periods, the remainder voltage is connected to the input of U103 and is resolved to six bits; the remainder voltage (multiplied by 16) is stored alternately on capacitor C102 and C103. Each of the five compare periods thus produces a six-bit nibble which is stored in the Timing/Data Control circuit.

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