Once the top and bottom resistors are
known, the expected nominal output voltage using Equation 3 cn be calculated. As the reference and the resistor values have deviations from
the nominal values (or uncertainties), the designer can calculate the expected
output voltage error using Equation 4. Equation 4 was derived using the derivative method, and assumes the error variables are
uncorrelated, and both resistors (RF_TOPx and RF_BOTx) have
the same tolerance. The real output voltage range can be calculated using Equation 5.
Equation 3.
Equation 4.
Equation 5.
where:
- RF_TOPx is the
selected top resistor for the resistive voltage divider in Ohms (Ω).
- RF_BOTx is the
selected bottom resistor for the resistive voltage divider in Ohms (Ω).
- VREFx = 599.48mV (typ. at 25°C) or 598.39mV (center
across temperature).
- VREFx_ACC is the
reference accuracy as a numeric value (0.01). The accuracy across voltage
and temperature is ± 1%, for more details refer
to VOLTAGE REFERENCE in Section 6.5.
- RTOL is the
resistor tolerance (same for the top and bottom resistors) as a numeric
value. For example, for a 0.1% tolerance resistors, we use 0.001.