ADC3908D025: Interfacing of Single ended signal to ADC3908D025. Output is coming negative in parts

Part Number: ADC3908D025

Tool/software:

Hello Team,

I have two sensor inputs. One is differential output connected to channel A of the ADC3908D025 ADC and one is single ended output connected to channel B of the ADC. VCM pin is not used. ADC is configured as DDR (M0 = LOW), ADC data (M1 = LOW), and for the differential input, M2 = GND i.e. 2s complement. I am getting the differential data correctly. However, for the single ended output I am not getting the readings properly. The single ended signal has a DC offset of 900mV and spans from 266mV to 1.4V. I have tried M2= AVDD, i.e. binary offset, but the reading are different in the sense DC offset reduced to 200mV from 900mV and highest peak reading is correct at 1.4V, but lowest peaks are clipped to 0. I tried M2 = 1V, but there also, we are getting some negative values whereas the signal is completely positive wrt GND of ADC. Can you help a bit in understanding why the problem is occurring and suggest how to interface the single ended signal to the ADC.

Second doubt is, internal reference of the ADC is 1.2V, but can we give a signal higher than 1.2V since AVDD is 1.8V? In that case, what will be the output?

Thanks and Regards,

Bhargav Saikia.

  • Hi Bhargav,

    Please provide a schematic diagram so that I see exactly how you implemented the SE input on CHB.

    Are you following what is outlined in the 7.3.1.1 Single Ended Input section?

    Regards,

    Rob

  • Hi Rob,

    I understand that as per the section 7.3.1.1, VCM should be connected to the negative input to give offset. However, the single ended signal connected to positive input already has a 900mV offset and so we thought of connecting negative input to GND. We have already tried connecting VCM to negative channel and increased the offset on the positive channel from 900mV to 1.25V. So, it is working now.

    Thank you for your quick support.