RC damping of the output is difficult to prevent while main-
taining adequate sensitivity. However, the major carry from
01111111 to 10000000 provides an accurate indicator of settling
time. This code change does not require the normal 6.2 time
constants to settle to within ±0.2% of the final value, and thus
settling time is observed at lower values of IREF.
DAC08 switching transients or “glitches” are very low and can
be further reduced by small capacitive loads at the output at a
DAC08
minor sacrifice in settling time. Fastest operation can be
obtained by using short leads, minimizing output capacitance
and load resistor values, and by adequate bypassing at the
supply, reference, and VLC terminals. Supplies do not require
large electrolytic bypass capacitors because the supply current
drain is independent of input logic states; 0.1 µF capacitors at
the supply pins provide full transient protection.
VCL
0.7V
+VREF
0.1µF
VL
FOR TURN-ON, VL = 2.7V
FOR TURN-OFF, VL = 0.7V
1kΩ
MINIMUM
CAPACITANCE
Q1
VIN
1µF
1kΩ
+5V
50µF
1µF
Q2
VOUT 1×
PROBE
RREF
R15
14 5
15
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
4
DAC08
2
13 3 16
0.01µF
IOUT
100kΩ 2kΩ
15kΩ
–15V
+0.4V
0V
0V
–0.4V
0.1µF
0.1µF
+15V –15V
0.1µF
Figure 33. Settling Time Measurement
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