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. Outside this
range, the converter indicates the overrange or the
underrange condition using distinct output codes.
Input signals applied to the analog input pins may extend
by 300mV below ground and above V
CC
. In order to limit
any fault current, resistors of up to 5k may be added in
series with the pins without affecting the performance of
the device. In the physical layout, it is important to main-
tain the parasitic capacitance of the connection between
these series resistors and the corresponding pins as low
as possible; therefore, the resistors should be located as
close as practical to the pins. The effect of the series
resistance on the converter accuracy can be evaluated
from the curves presented in the Input Current/Reference
Current sections. In addition, series resistors will intro-
duce a temperature dependent offset error due to the input
leakage current. A 10nA input leakage current will develop
a 1LSB offset error on an 8k resistor if V
REF
= 5V. This error
has a very strong temperature dependency.
Output Data Format
The LTC2433-1 serial output data stream is 19 bits long.
The first 3 bits represent status information indicating the
conversion state and sign. The next 16 bits are the conver-
sion result, MSB first. The third and fourth bit together are
also used to indicate an underrange condition (the differ-
ential input voltage is below 鈥揊S) or an overrange condi-
tion (the differential input voltage is above +FS).
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