4.9Auxiliary DACs, LCD Contrast Converter

Auxiliary DACs generate AFC, AGC and power control signals for the RF system. These three D/A converters are updated when the corresponding data is received from the DSP. In fewer than 5 μs after the corresponding registers are written to, the output has settled to within 1 LSB of its new value (see Table 4±10).

Table 4±10. Auxiliary D/A Converters

PARAMETER

TEST CONDITIONS

MIN TYP

MAX

UNIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVDD > 3 V² ,

AUXFS [1:0] = 00

0.2

2.5

 

Output range

AVDD > 4.5 V² ,

AUXFS [1:0] = 10

0.2

4

V

 

AVDD > 5 V² ,

AUXFS [1:0] = 11

0.2

4.5

 

Resolution AGC, AFC, PWRCONT

 

 

8

 

bits

DACs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution LCDCONTR DAC

 

 

4

 

bits

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain + offset error (full scale) AGC,

 

 

 

± 3%

 

AFC, PWRCONT DAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain + offset error (full scale)

 

 

 

± 7%

 

LCDCONTR DAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Differential nonlinearity

 

 

± 0.75

± 1

LSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integral nonlinearity

 

 

± 0.75

± 1

LSB

² Range settings depends only on AUXFS [1:0]. The supply voltage is not detected.

The LCDCONTR output is used by the microcontroller to adjust the contrast of the liquid-crystal display (LCD). This converter is a separate 4-bit DAC.

The auxiliary DACs can be powered down. The AGC and AFC DACs have dedicated bits in the MIntCtrl register to enable the DACs. The PWRCONT DAC is enabled by the TXEN bit in the DStatCtrl register. The LCDCONTR DAC is enabled when the LCDEN bit of the LCD D/A register clears to 0, the four data bits being left justified. The AFC, AGC, and PWRCONT DACs are disabled after powerup or after a reset of the TCM4300. After power up or reset, the default AUXFS[1:0] is 00. When the DACs are powered down, their output terminals go to a high-impedance state and can tolerate any voltage present on the terminal that falls within the supply range.

The slope and the corresponding output values for the auxiliary DACs are listed in Table 4±11 and Table 4±12.

Table 4±11. Auxiliary D /A Converters Slope (AGC, AFC, PWRCONT)

 

 

NOMINAL LSB

NOMINAL OUTPUT VOLTAGE

NOMINAL OUTPUT VOLTAGE

AUXFS[1:0]

 

FOR DIGITAL CODE = 128

FOR DIGITAL CODE = 256³

SLOPE

VALUE

SETTING

(MIDRANGE)

(MAX VALUE)

 

(V)

 

 

(V)

(V)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

2.5/256

0.0098

1.25

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

01

Do not use

Do not use

Do not use

Do not use

 

 

 

 

 

10

4/256

0.0156

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

11

4.5/256

0.0176

2.25

4.5

 

 

 

 

 

³ The maximum input code is 255. The value shown for 256 is extrapolated.

4±10

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