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Kevin Duke TI Precision Designs: Verified Design Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC TI Precision Designs Circuit Description TI Precision Designs are analog solutions created by TI’s analog experts. Verified Designs offer the theory, component selection, simulation, complete PCB schematic & layout, bill of materials, and measured performance of useful circuits. Circuit modifications that help to meet alternate design goals are also discussed. This unipolar to bipolar signal conditioning circuit uses an op amp with negative feedback and three resistors in a modified summing amplifier configuration to generate high-voltage bipolar outputs from a generic single supply unipolar digital-to-analog converter (DAC). This design will take consideration for generating voltage outputs commonly used in industrial process control applications and for driving reactive loads such as long cables also common in industrial applications. The fundamentals of the design can be extended to condition any unipolar DAC to any bipolar range of operation. Design Resources Design Archive TINA-TI™ DAC8560 OPA188 Ask The Analog Experts WEBENCH® Design Center TI Precision Designs Library All Design files SPICE Simulator Product Folder Product Folder RG1 RFB VREF RG2 VOUT DAC + An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this TI reference design addresses authorized use, intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers and information. TINA-TI is a trademark of Texas Instruments WEBENCH is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 1 www.ti.com 1 Design Summary The design requirements are as follows:  DAC Supply Voltage: +5 V dc  Amplifier Supply Voltage: ±15 V dc  Input: 3-wire, 24-bit SPI  Output: ±10 V dc The design goals and performance are summarized in Table 1. Figure 1 depicts the measured transfer function of the design with a triangle wave output. Table 1: Comparison of Design Goal, Simulation, and Measured Performance Goal Simulated Measured Total Unadjusted Error (%FSR) 0.250 0.230 0.0939 Capacitive Drive (nF) 20 20 20 Figure 1: Full-Scale Output of Design 2 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 2 Theory of Operation A more complete schematic for this design, including capacitive load compensation, is shown in Figure 2. The dc transfer function is based on the ratio of the feedback resistor RFB and gain setting resistors RG1 and RG2. RG1 RFB CCOMP VREF RG2 VOUT + DAC8560 RISO OPA188 CLOAD Figure 2: Complete Circuit Schematic The dc transfer function for this design is defined as:  R R  R VOUT  1  FB  FB VDAC  FB VREF RG 2  RG 2 RG1  2.1 (1) Choosing Resistor Values The amplifier in this circuit uses negative feedback to ensure that the voltage at the inverting and noninverting terminals are equal. When the DAC output is at zero-scale (0 V) the inverting terminal is a virtual ground so no current will flow across RG1, this causes the circuit to function as an inverting amplifier with gain equal to RFB / RG2. When the DAC output is full-scale (VREF) the inverting terminal potential is equal to VREF so no current will flow across RG2, this causes the circuit to function as a non-inverting amplifier with gain equal to (1 + RFB / RG1). A simple three-step process can be used to select the resistor values used to realize any bipolar output range using any generic unipolar DAC. For this design VREF was selected to be 2.5 V, a very common internal reference value for a generic DAC and a readily available external reference value. The desired output range for this design is ±10 V. First, using the transfer function shown in Equation 1, consider the negative full-scale output case when VDAC is equal to 0 V, VREF is equal to 2.5 V, and VOUT is equal to -10 V. This case is used to calculate the ratio of RFB to RG2 and is shown explicitly in Equation 2.  R R  R  10V  1  FB  FB 0  FB 2.5V  RG 2  RG 2 RG1   10V   (2) RFB 2.5V  RG 2 RFB  4 * RG 2 SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 3 www.ti.com Second, consider the positive full-scale output case when VDAC is equal to 2.5 V, VREF is equal to 2.5 V, and VOUT is equal to 10 V. This case is used to calculate the ratio of RFB to RG1 and is shown explicitly in Equation 3.  R R  R 10V  1  FB  FB 2.5  FB 2.5V  RG 2  RG 2 RG1  (3)  R  10V  1  FB 2.5V   RG1  RG1  RFB 3 Finally, seed the ideal value of RG2 to calculate the ideal values of RFB and RG2. The key considerations for seeding the value of RG2 should be the drive strength of the reference source as well as choosing small resistor values to minimize noise contributed by the resistor network. For this design R G2 was chosen to be 8.25kΩ which will limit the peak current draw from the reference source to ~333µA under nominal conditions, which is well within the 20mA limit of the DAC8560. In this case, the ideal and nearest 0.1% tolerance, 0603 package values for each resistor are identical. Table 2: Values of Resistor Network Resistor Value RG1 11kΩ RG2 8.25kΩ RFB 33kΩ Standard values for 0.1% resistors can be an obstacle for this design and it may take multiple iterations of seeding the values to find real components or they may not exist. Work-arounds can include utilizing multiple resistors in series and/or parallel, using potentiometers for analog trim calibration, or providing extra gain in the output circuit and applying digital calibration. In systems where the output voltage must reach the design goal end-points (±10 V) it may be desirable to apply additional gain to the circuit. This approach may contribute additional overall system error since the end-point errors will vary from system to system. For this design, the exact values calculated in the design process will be used to keep error analysis easy to follow. To deliver a “near-universal” cable drive solution, CLOAD is chosen to be relatively large compared to typical cable capacitance such that its capacitance will dominate the reactive load seen by the output amplifier. To drive larger capacitive loads RISO, CCOMP, and CLOAD may need to be adjusted. 4 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 3 3.1 Component Selection DAC Selection For convenience, devices with an external reference option or devices with accessible internal references are desirable in this application since the reference is used to create an offset. The DAC selection in this design should primarily be based on dc error contributions typically described by offset-error, gain-error, and integral non-linearity error. Occasionally additional specifications are provided that summarize endpoint errors of the DAC typically called zero-code error and full-scale error. For ac applications additional consideration may be placed on slew rate and settling time. 3.2 Amplifier Selection Amplifier input offset voltage (VOS) is a key-consideration for this design. VOS of an operational amplifier is a typical datasheet specification but in-circuit performance is also impacted by drift over temperature, the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR), and power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) so consideration should be given to these parameters as well. For ac operation additional considerations should be made concerning slew rate and settling time. Input-bias current (IB) can also be a factor, but typically the resistor network is implemented with sufficiently small resistor values that the effects of input-bias current are negligible. 3.3 Passive Component Selection Resistor matching for the op amp resistor network is critical for the success of this design and components should be chosen with tight tolerances. For this design 0.1% resistor values are implemented but this constraint may be adjusted based on application specific design goals. Resistor matching will contribute to both offset error and gain error in this design, as shown in the simulation section of this document. The tolerance of stability components RISO and CCOMP is not critical and 1% components are acceptable. SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 5 www.ti.com 4 4.1 Simulation DAC DC Transfer Function The TINA-TI™ schematic shown in Figure 3 implements the circuit using an ideal op amp and the ideal resistor values as obtained in the design process. This model is used to simulate system offset and gain errors that are contributed by the DAC8560. The DAC8560 is modeled by an ideal voltage source sweeping from 0 V to 2.50 V along with a non-inverting amplifier with gain to simulate the effects of the DAC8560 typical gain error of ±0.05% FSR. Additionally, a series voltage source of 5 mV is included to model the typical DAC8560 offset error. Since an INL model is not as straight forward, it will be calculated from the datasheet. This will not mimic the real device behavior since it does not include a zero-code error model, but will be sufficient to estimate performance over the linear region of operation of the DAC. Rg1 11k Rg2 8.25k R2 10k Rfb 33k R1 5 - Vout - VREF 2.5 + + Gerror_dac + + Vos_dac 5m IOP2 VDAC DAC8560 Figure 3: TINA-TI™ - DAC End-Point Error Schematic The dc transfer function simulation results of the circuit in Figure 3 are shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4. The results will be used along with the simulation results of the op amp and resistor tolerances to determine overall system offset error, gain error, and total unadjusted error (TUE). Table 3: Simulated DAC Performance 6 Parameter Simulated Value Negative Full-Scale Voltage (V) -9.96 Zero-Scale Voltage (V) 0.04 Positive Full-Scale Voltage (V) 10.05 Offset Error (% FSR) 0.200 Gain Error (% FSR) 0.050 INL Error (%FSR) 0.006 Total Unadjusted Error (%FSR) 0.206 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 10.00 10.05 V Output Voltage (V) 5.00 0.00 40 mV -5.00 -9.96 V -10.00 0.00 1.25 DAC Voltage (V) 2.50 Figure 4: TINA-TI™ - DC Transfer Characteristic The following equations were used to calculate the error parameters in Table 3 based on the information in Figure 4. The total unadjusted error equation uses a root-sum-squared (RSS) technique to sum uncorrelated error sources.  VOUT MidScale OffsetError(% FSR)    VOUT  VOUT Ideal( MIN ) Ideal( MAX )  GainError%FSR  V OUT( MAX ) INLERROR(% FSR)      *100    VOUT( MIN )  VOUTIdeal ( MAX )  VOUTIdeal ( MIN )  VOUTIdeal ( MAX )  VOUTIdeal ( MIN ) * 100 INLERROR LSB * LSB * GAIN *100 VOUTIdeal( MAX )  VOUTIdeal( MIN ) TUE% FSR  OffsetError% FSR  GainError% FSR  INLERROR% FSR 2 SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 (4) 2 (6) 2 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated (5) (7) 7 www.ti.com 4.2 Op Amp & Passives DC Transfer Function The TINA-TI™ schematic shown in Figure 5 implements the OPA188 model and Monte-Carlo analysis for the resistor network with 0.1% tolerances and a normal distribution. In this simulation the DAC will be represented by an ideal voltage source sweeping from 0 V to 2.5 V. This model is used to simulate the offset error and gain error contributed by the resistors and op amp. The Monte Carlo dc transfer function is depicted in Figure 6. RG2 11k V1 15 RFB 33k C1 1u VCC Ccomp 150p VSS C4 100p C5 100n RG1 8.25k U1 OPA188 +V + Cload 20n V2 -15 C2 1u + VREF 2.5 VOUT Riso 70 VSS VDAC C6 100p C7 100n VCC Figure 5: TINA-TI™ - DC Transfer Characteristic 20.00 VOUT[1] A:(0; -9.994482) VOUT[2] A:(0; -10.004337) VOUT[3] A:(0; -10.00028) VOUT[4] A:(0; -9.999935) VOUT[5] A:(0; -10.00237) VOUT[6] A:(0; -10.002995) VOUT[7] A:(0; -10.001513) VOUT[8] A:(0; -10.002818) VOUT[9] A:(0; -9.996655) VOUT[10] A:(0; -9.99337) Output Voltage (V) 10.00 VOUT[1] A:(1.25; -107.339128u) VOUT[2] A:(1.25; 684.300937u) VOUT[3] A:(1.25; -448.4154u) VOUT[4] A:(1.25; 107.987098u) VOUT[5] A:(1.25; -786.022041u) VOUT[6] A:(1.25; -1.738254m) VOUT[7] A:(1.25; -969.044351u) VOUT[8] A:(1.25;VOUT[9] -443.762704u) VOUT[9] A:(1.25; -56.172436u) VOUT[10] A:(1.25; 1.785828m) 0.00 VOUT[1] A:(2.5; 9.994267) VOUT[2] A:(2.5; 10.005706) VOUT[3] A:(2.5; 9.999384) VOUT[4] A:(2.5; 10.000151) VOUT[5] A:(2.5; 10.000798) VOUT[6] A:(2.5; 9.999518) VOUT[7] A:(2.5; 9.999575) VOUT[8] A:(2.5; 10.001931) VOUT[9] A:(2.5; 9.996543) VOUT[10] A:(2.5; 9.996942) -10.00 -20.00 0.00 1.25 DAC Voltage (V) 2.50 Figure 6: TINA-TI™ - Monte-Carlo Simulation of Output Circuit 8 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com The results of a 10 iteration Monte-Carlo simulation of the output circuit are shown in Table 4. Table 4: Output Circuit Monte-Carlo Results Min Max Average Std. Dev. (σ) Offset Error (mV) -1.738 1.785 -0.197 0.958 Full-Scale Range (V) 19.988 20.010 19.999 0.006 Full-Scale |Error| (mV) 0.086 11.251 4.972 N/A The standard deviation of the Monte-Carlo results can be used to generate a more realistic error figure for the system by multiplying the standard deviation by 3, commonly referred to as a 3-σ system. This error figure should encompass 99.7% of the systems, leaving out absolute worst-case resistor mis-matches that are highly unlikely to occur. These errors are summarized in Table 5. The equations used to calculate each error are shown below: OffsetError(% FSR)  GainError(% FSR)  3 *  OffsetError VOUTIdeal( MAX )  VOUTIdeal( MIN ) *100 3 *  GainError *100 VOUTIdeal( MAX )  VOUTIdeal( MIN ) (8) (9) Table 5: Simulated Output Circuit Performance 4.3 Parameter Simulated Value Offset Error (% FSR) 0.0143 Gain Error (% FSR) 0.1004 INL Error (%FSR) 0.0000 Total Unadjusted Error (%FSR) 0.1014 System dc Transfer Function The combined accuracy of simulation results of the DAC and output circuit are summarized in Table 6. The values were calculated using a RSS technique similar to that shown in Equation 7. The output circuit contributes very low error to the system which allows for the DACs performance to dominate what is seen at the output. In this case the DAC errors are gained up by 8 since the 0-2.5 V range was scaled up to ±10 V. If less gain is applied to the DAC output signal its error contributions will decrease. Table 6: Simulated Circuit Performance Parameter Simulated Value Offset Error (% FSR) 0.200 Gain Error (% FSR) 0.112 INL Error (%FSR) 0.012 Total Unadjusted Error (%FSR) 0.230 SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 9 www.ti.com 4.4 Step Response The step response of the design is shown in Figure 7. The results show that the output settles to the proper value with very little overshoot and ringing while driving the 20nF C LOAD, indicating a stable design. The stable response was obtained by manipulating the compensation components, RISO and CCOMP. See Reference 1 more information on stability. 6.20 Output Voltage (V) 6.15 6.10 6.05 6.00 0.00 25.00u Time (s) 50.00u Figure 7: TINA-TI™ - Step Response 10 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 5 PCB Design The PCB schematic and bill of materials can be found in Appendix A. 5.1 PCB Layout The PCB layout for this design is shown in Figure 8. For this layout follow general PCB layout guidelines. Pay particular attention to placement and routing of the summing node at the inverting input of the op amp. This node should be kept small, placed as close to the inverting input terminal as possible, and a pour cut out should be included on all pours below the inverting node to reduce parasitic capacitance. Figure 8: PCB Layout SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 11 www.ti.com 6 6.1 Verification & Measured Performance Transfer Function The graph in Figure 9 was collected by applying input codes ranging from 0 to 65535 to the DAC and measuring the output voltage on a single system. 10 8 6 Output Voltage (V) 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 Input Code (Decimal) Figure 9: Output Voltage vs. Input Code To easily visualize the error of the system the difference between the ideal output voltage and measured output voltage of the circuit in %FSR is plotted in Figure 10. The average error across the full-scale range of codes shown in Figure 10 is 0.017%FSR and the two-point line of best fit analysis of the same unit indicates a total unadjusted error of 0.0167%FSR – indicating that the two-point line of best fit is an accurate estimate of typical system accuracy, although there are outliers. 12 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 0.04 0.035 Output Error (%FSR) 0.03 0.025 0.02 0.015 0.01 0.005 0 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 Input Code (Decimal) Figure 10: Output Voltage Error vs. Input Code The average results observed over 8 units are shown in Table 7. These results were measured using a two-point line of best fit measured at codes 485 and 64714 to be consistent with the specifications provided in the DAC8560 datasheet. The equations used to calculate these values are shown in Equations 10 and 11. Table 7: Measured Circuit Performance Parameter Measured Value Offset Error (% FSR) 0.0705 Gain Error (% FSR) 0.0125 INL Error (%FSR) 0.0060 Total Unadjusted Error (%FSR) 0.0939 GainError(% FSR)  OffsetError(% FSR) SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 V OUTREAL ( 64714)    VOUTREAL ( 485)  VOUTIDEAL( 64714)  VOUTIDEAL( 485) VOUTIDEAL( 64714)  VOUTIDEAL( 485)  *100  VOUTREAL ( 64714)  VOUTREAL ( 485)  VOUTREAL ( 485)   * 485   10   64714  485    *100 VOUTIDEAL( MAX )  VOUTIDEAL( MIN ) (10) (11) Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 13 www.ti.com 6.2 Transient Response To observe a full-scale step response and settling time of the system, a square wave corresponding to the zero-scale code and full-scale code were applied to the digital inputs of the DAC. Figure 11 shows this step response. Figure 11: Full-Scale Step Response 14 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com To test the small signal stability of the design a digital input corresponding to a 200mV output step response centered about midscale output of the system was applied to the DAC. Figure 12 illustrates the resulting step response that shows a small period of digital feedthrough followed by very little overshoot or ringing, indicating a stable design. Figure 12: Small-Signal Stability SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 15 www.ti.com 7 Modifications The components selected in this design were chosen based on the design goals outlined at the beginning of this document. The DAC selection can be very open since the output circuit is applicable to any device and should be made based on specific design goals. Alternative DACs may provide enhanced linearity, gain error, and offset error as well as alternative interface options, channel count, resolution, and other auxiliary features. Table 7 shows a few DACs that may be used in place of the DAC8560. Modifications to improve the accuracy of this design are possible by choosing a more precise DAC and by utilizing an external reference source. For this design, delivering a very low-cost solution was a critical parameter and some sacrifices were made. Additionally, the implementation of external calibration can greatly enhance results. Table 8: Alternate DAC Options DAC Gain Error (Typ) Offset Error (Typ) INL Error (Typ) Resolution Channel Count DAC8560 ±0.05 %FSR ±5 mV ±8 LSB 16 bits 1 DAC8562/3 ±0.01 %FSR ±1 mV ±4 LSB 16 bits 2 DAC8564 ±0.05 %FSR ±5 mV ±4 LSB 16 bits 4 DAC8568 ±0.01 %FSR ±1 mV ±4 LSB 16 bits 8 DAC8411 ±0.05 %FSR ±0.05 mV ±1 LSB 16 bits 1 DAC8881 ±4 LSB ±4 LSB ±0.5 LSB 16 bits 1 The OPA188 is an excellent wide-supply amplifier with very low input offset voltage and input offset voltage drift due to its chopper topology. Other op amps may be selected that offer lower noise, zero cross-over distortion, or higher bandwidth. Designs that deliver a smaller output range have many more options available since the supply voltage requirements are lowered. Table 9: Alternate Op Amp Options 8 Amplifier Max Supply Voltage Offset Voltage (Typ) Offset Drift (Typ) Bandwidth Quiescent Current OPA180 36 V OPA188 36 V 15 µV 0.1 µV/C 2 MHz 450 µA 6 µV 0.085 µV/C 2 MHz 450 µA OPA170 36 V 0.25 mV 0.3 µV/C 1.2 MHz 110 µA OPA211 36 V 30 µV 0.35 µV/C 80 MHz 3.6 µA OPA227 36 V 10 µV 0.1 µV/C 1 MHz 790 µA OPA140 36 V 30 µV 0.35 µV/C 11 MHz 1.8 mA OPA277 36 V 10 µV 0.1 µV/C 1 MHz 790 µA About the Author Kevin Duke is an applications engineer in the precision digital to analog converters group at Texas Instruments where he supports industrial and catalog products and applications. Kevin received his BSEE from Texas Tech University in 2010. 16 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com 9 Acknowledgements & References 1. T. Green (2012). Operational Amplifier Stability, Part 10 of 15: Capacitor Loop Stability: Riso with Dual Feedback. Available: http://www.en-genius.net/site/zones/acquisitionZONE/technical_notes/acqt_050712 SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 17 www.ti.com Appendix A. A.1 Electrical Schematic Figure A-1: Electrical Schematic 18 Passive Name in Text Passive Name in Schematic RG1 R1 RG2 R2 RFB R3 RISO R4 CCOMP C7 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 www.ti.com A.2 Bill of Materials Figure A-2: Bill of Materials SLAU525-June 2013-Revised June 2013 Bipolar +/-10V Analog Output from a Unipolar Voltage Output DAC Copyright © 2013, Texas Instruments Incorporated 19 IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR TI REFERENCE DESIGNS Texas Instruments Incorporated ("TI") reference designs are solely intended to assist designers (“Buyers”) who are developing systems that incorporate TI semiconductor products (also referred to herein as “components”). Buyer understands and agrees that Buyer remains responsible for using its independent analysis, evaluation and judgment in designing Buyer’s systems and products. 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