SBASAE3 December   2025 ADS125H18

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 5 Specifications
    1. 5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 5.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 5.3 Recommended Operating Conditions
    4. 5.4 Thermal Information
    5. 5.5 Electrical Characteristics
    6. 5.6 Timing Requirements
    7. 5.7 Switching Characteristics
    8. 5.8 Timing Diagrams
    9. 5.9 Typical Characteristics
  7. 6 Parameter Measurement Information
    1. 6.1  Offset Error Measurement
    2. 6.2  Offset Drift Measurement
    3. 6.3  Gain Error Measurement
    4. 6.4  Gain Drift Measurement
    5. 6.5  NMRR Measurement
    6. 6.6  CMRR Measurement
    7. 6.7  PSRR Measurement
    8. 6.8  SNR Measurement
    9. 6.9  INL Error Measurement
    10. 6.10 THD Measurement
    11. 6.11 SFDR Measurement
    12. 6.12 Noise Performance
    13. 6.13 TUE (Total Unadjusted Error) Measurement
  8. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1  Voltage Divider and Input Multiplexer
      2. 7.3.2  Input Range
      3. 7.3.3  ADC Reference Voltage
      4. 7.3.4  Power Supplies
        1. 7.3.4.1 AVDD and AVSS
        2. 7.3.4.2 IOVDD
        3. 7.3.4.3 CAPA and CAPD
        4. 7.3.4.4 Power-On Reset (POR)
      5. 7.3.5  Clock Operation
        1. 7.3.5.1 Internal Oscillator
        2. 7.3.5.2 External Clock
      6. 7.3.6  Modulator
      7. 7.3.7  Digital Filter
        1. 7.3.7.1 Digital Filter Latency
        2. 7.3.7.2 Sinc3 and Sinc4 Filters
        3. 7.3.7.3 Sinc4 + Sinc1 Cascade Filter
        4. 7.3.7.4 50/60Hz Notch Filters
      8. 7.3.8  FIFO Buffer
        1. 7.3.8.1 FIFO Buffer Read and Write
        2. 7.3.8.2 FIFO Overflow and Underflow
        3. 7.3.8.3 FIFO Depth Indicator
        4. 7.3.8.4 FIFO Enable and Flush
        5. 7.3.8.5 FIFO Thresholds
      9. 7.3.9  Channel Auto-Sequencer
        1. 7.3.9.1 Auto-Sequencer: Basic Operation
        2. 7.3.9.2 Sequencer Modes
          1. 7.3.9.2.1 Single-Shot Mode
          2. 7.3.9.2.2 Single Step Continuous Conversion Mode
          3. 7.3.9.2.3 Single Sequence Mode
          4. 7.3.9.2.4 Continuous Sequence Mode
        3. 7.3.9.3 Configuring the Auto-Sequencer
        4. 7.3.9.4 Starting and Stopping the Sequencer
        5. 7.3.9.5 Auto-Sequencer and DRDY Behavior
      10. 7.3.10 Offset and Gain Calibration
      11. 7.3.11 Digital PGA
      12. 7.3.12 General Purpose IOs (GPIOs)
        1. 7.3.12.1 DRDY Output
        2. 7.3.12.2 FAULT Output
      13. 7.3.13 Open Wire Current Source (OWCS)
      14. 7.3.14 Open Wire Detection with ADC 0-code output
      15. 7.3.15 System Monitors
        1. 7.3.15.1 Internal Short (Offset Calibration)
        2. 7.3.15.2 Internal Temperature Sensor
        3. 7.3.15.3 External Reference Voltage Readback
        4. 7.3.15.4 Power-Supply Readback
        5. 7.3.15.5 Resistor Divider Supply Readback
      16. 7.3.16 Monitor Flags, Indicators and Counters
        1. 7.3.16.1  Reset (RESETn flag)
        2. 7.3.16.2  AVDD Undervoltage Monitor (AVDD_UVn flag)
        3. 7.3.16.3  Reference Undervoltage Monitor (REV_UVn flag)
        4. 7.3.16.4  Modulator Overrange Monitor (MOD_OVR_FAULTn flag)
        5. 7.3.16.5  Register Map CRC (REG_MAP_CRC_FAULTn flag)
        6. 7.3.16.6  Memory Map CRC (MEM_INTERNAL_FAULTn flag)
        7. 7.3.16.7  FIFO Overflow (FIFO_OFn flag) and FIFO Underflow (FIFO_UFn flag)
        8. 7.3.16.8  FIFO CRC Fault (FIFO_CRC_FAULTn flag)
        9. 7.3.16.9  GPIO Readback
        10. 7.3.16.10 SPI CRC Fault (SPI_CRC_FAULTn flag)
        11. 7.3.16.11 Register Write Fault (REG_WRITE_FAULTn flag)
        12. 7.3.16.12 DRDY Indicator (DRDY bit)
        13. 7.3.16.13 Sequencer Active Indicator (SEQ_ACTIVE bit)
        14. 7.3.16.14 Sequence Step Indicator (STEP_INDICATOR[4:0])
        15. 7.3.16.15 ADC Conversion Counter (CONV_COUNT[3:0])
        16. 7.3.16.16 FIFO Depth Indicator (FIFO_DEPTH[8:0])
        17. 7.3.16.17 Completed Sequence Counter (SEQ_COUNT[3:0])
      17. 7.3.17 Test DAC (TDAC)
      18. 7.3.18 Parallel Post Filters
        1. 7.3.18.1 Configuring the Parallel Post Filters
        2. 7.3.18.2 Frequency Response of the Parallel Post Filters
        3. 7.3.18.3 Settling Times and DRDY Behavior When Using the Post Filters
        4. 7.3.18.4 Examples of Recommended Post Filter Settings
      19. 7.3.19 Chip Select Forwarding
        1. 7.3.19.1 Configuring the CS forward feature
        2. 7.3.19.2 CS Forward Timeout
        3. 7.3.19.3 CS Forward Header, Frame, and State Diagram
        4. 7.3.19.4 Disabling the CS-FWD mode
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 Power-Scalable Speed Modes
      2. 7.4.2 Sequencer Functional Modes
      3. 7.4.3 Idle Mode and Standby Mode
      4. 7.4.4 Power-Down Mode
      5. 7.4.5 Reset
        1. 7.4.5.1 RESET Pin
        2. 7.4.5.2 Reset by SPI Register Write
        3. 7.4.5.3 Reset by SPI Input Pattern
      6. 7.4.6 Synchronization
      7. 7.4.7 Conversion-Start Delay Time
    5. 7.5 Programming
      1. 7.5.1  Serial Interface (SPI)
      2. 7.5.2  Serial Interface Signals
        1. 7.5.2.1 Chip Select (CS)
        2. 7.5.2.2 Serial Clock (SCLK)
        3. 7.5.2.3 Serial Data Input (SDI)
        4. 7.5.2.4 Serial Data Output/Data Ready (SDO/DRDY)
        5. 7.5.2.5 Data Ready (DRDY) Pin
      3. 7.5.3  Serial Interface Communication Structure
        1. 7.5.3.1 SPI Frame
        2. 7.5.3.2 STATUS Header
        3. 7.5.3.3 SPI CRC
      4. 7.5.4  Device Commands
        1. 7.5.4.1 No-Operation
        2. 7.5.4.2 Read Conversion Data
        3. 7.5.4.3 Read Register Command
        4. 7.5.4.4 Write Register Command
        5. 7.5.4.5 Read FIFO Buffer Command
      5. 7.5.5  Continuous Read Mode
        1. 7.5.5.1 Read Conversion Data in Continuous Read Mode
        2. 7.5.5.2 Read Registers in Continuous Read Mode
        3. 7.5.5.3 Read FIFO Buffer in Continuous Read Mode
      6. 7.5.6  SPI communication after POR or Reset
      7. 7.5.7  DRDY Pin Behavior
      8. 7.5.8  Daisy-Chain Operation
      9. 7.5.9  3-Wire SPI Mode
        1. 7.5.9.1 3-Wire SPI Mode Frame Re-Align
      10. 7.5.10 Conversion Data
      11. 7.5.11 Data Ready
        1. 7.5.11.1 DRDY Pin and SDO/DRDY Pin
        2. 7.5.11.2 DRDY Bit
        3. 7.5.11.3 Clock Counting
    6. 7.6 Register Map
      1. 7.6.1 ADS125H18 Status and General Configuration Page
      2. 7.6.2 ADS125H18 Step Configuration Page
  9. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
      1. 8.1.1 Serial Interface Connections
      2. 8.1.2 Interfacing with Multiple Devices
      3. 8.1.3 Unused Inputs and Outputs
      4. 8.1.4 Device Initialization
    2. 8.2 Typical Applications
      1. 8.2.1 2-Terminal V/I PLC Analog Input Module
        1. 8.2.1.1 Design Requirements
        2. 8.2.1.2 Detailed Design Procedure
        3. 8.2.1.3 Application Performance Plots - Crosstalk
      2. 8.2.2 3-Terminal V/I PLC Analog Input Module
      3. 8.2.3 2 -Terminal V/I PLC Analog Input Module With Solid State Switch
      4. 8.2.4 2-Terminal, single ended V/I PLC Analog Input Module
      5. 8.2.5 2-Terminal, I-Input PLC Analog Input Module
    3. 8.3 Power Supply Recommendations
      1. 8.3.1 Power Supplies
      2. 8.3.2 Power-Supply Sequencing
      3. 8.3.3 Power-Supply Decoupling
    4. 8.4 Layout
      1. 8.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 8.4.2 Layout Example
  10. 9 Device and Documentation Support
    1. 9.1 Documentation Support
      1. 9.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 9.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 9.3 Support Resources
    4. 9.4 Trademarks
    5. 9.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 9.6 Glossary
  11. 10Revision History
  12. 11Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

8.4.1 Layout Guidelines

The following basic recommendations for the ADS125H18 layout help achieve the best possible performance of the ADC.

  • For best performance, dedicate an entire PCB layer to a ground plane and do not route any other signal traces on this layer. However, depending on restrictions imposed by specific end equipment, a dedicated ground plane is not always practical. If ground plane separation is necessary, make a direct connection of the planes at the device. Do not connect individual ground planes at multiple locations to avoid the creation of unintentional ground loops.
  • Use ceramic capacitors (for example, X7R grade) for the power-supply decoupling capacitors. High-K capacitors (Y5V) are not recommended. Place the required capacitors as close as possible to the device pins using short, direct traces. Placing the bypass capacitors on the same layer as close to the device yields the best results.
  • Route digital traces away from all analog inputs and associated components to minimize interference.
  • Provide good ground return paths. Signal return currents flow on the path of least impedance. If the ground plane is cut or has other traces that block the current from flowing right next to the signal trace, another path must be found to return to the source and complete the circuit. If forced into a larger path, the chance that the signal radiates increases. Sensitive signals are more susceptible to EMI interference.
  • Consider the resistance and inductance of the routing. Often, traces for the inputs have resistances that react with the input bias current and cause an added error voltage. Reducing the loop area enclosed by the source signal and the return current reduces the inductance in the path. Reducing the inductance reduces the EMI pickup and reduces the high-frequency impedance at the input of the device.
  • Watch for parasitic thermocouples in the layout. Dissimilar metals going from each analog input to the sensor can create a parasitic thermocouple that can add an offset to the measurement. Differential inputs must be matched for both the inputs going to the measurement source.
  • Fill void areas on signal layers with ground fill.
  • When applying an external clock, be sure the clock is free of overshoot and glitches. A source-termination resistor placed at the clock buffer often helps reduce overshoot. Glitches present on the clock input can lead to noise within the conversion data.