ALD500

ADVANCED LINEAR DEVICES, INC. ALD500AU/ALD500A/ALD500 PRECISION INTEGRATING ANALOG PROCESSOR APPLICATIONS 4 1/2 digits to 5 1/2 digits plus sign measurements Precision analog signal processor Precision sensor interface High accuracy DC measurement functions Portable battery operated instruments Computer peripheral PCMCIA GENERAL DESCRIPTION The ALD500AU/ALD500A/ALD500 are integrating dual slope analog processors, designed to operate on ±5V power supplies for building precision analog-to-digital converters. The ALD500AU/ALD500A/ ALD500 feature specifications suitable for 18 bit/17 bit/16 bit resolution conversion, respectively. Together with three capacitors, one resistor, a precision voltage reference, and a digital controller, a precision Analog to Digital converter with auto zero can be implemented. The digital controller can be implemented by an external microcontroller, under either hardware (fixed logic) or software control. For ultra high resolutio...