SBASAS3A October 2024 – July 2025 AMC0330R-Q1
PRODMIX
The voltage applied to the REFIN pin determines the output voltage range of the OUT pin, as described in the Analog Output section.
The output buffer is linear in the range of 250mV < VOUT < (VDD2 – 250mV). Outside this range, the output continues to follow the input, but with reduced linearity performance. Eventually the output voltage clips, because the output buffer requires a minimum headroom to GND2 and VDD2. The input-referred linear range that the output buffer supports is a function of VREFIN and is calculated as follows:
For a worst-case calculation, set VOUT, MIN = 250mV, VOUT, MAX = VDD2MIN – 250mV = 2.75V, and VREFIN ≥ 2.7V. Under these worst-case assumptions, the output buffer supports an input voltage range from –1.04V to 1.33V. This range is larger than the specified linear input voltage range of the device. Therefore, the reference voltage is not a limiting item.