AD7740TERMINOLOGYPOWER SUPPLY REJECTION RATIO (PSRR)INTEGRAL NONLINEARITY This indicates how the apparent input voltage of the VFC is For the VFC, Integral Nonlinearity (INL) is a measure of the maxi- affected by changes in the supply voltage. The input voltage is mum deviation from a straight line passing through the actual kept constant at 2 V, VREF is 2.5 V and the VDD supply is varied endpoints of the VFC transfer function. The error is expressed in ⫾10% at 3.3 V and ±5% at 5 V. The ratio of the apparent change % of the actual frequency span: in input voltage to the change in VDD is measured in dBs. Frequency Span = FOUT(max) – FOUT(min) OUTPUTFREQUENCYOFFSET ERRORFOUT Ideally, the output frequency for 0 V input voltage is 10% of 0.9 fCLKIN f GAIN ERROR CLKIN in unbuffered mode. The deviation from this value referred to the input is the offset error at BUF = 0. In buffered mode the minimum output frequency (corresponding to 0.10 V minimum input voltage) is 13.2% of fCLKIN at VREF = 2.5 V. The deviation IDEAL from this value referred to the input is the offset error at BUF = 1. WITH OFFSET ERROR ONLY Offset error is expressed in mV. WITH OFFSET ERROR ANDGAIN ERRORGAIN ERROR0.1 This is a measure of the span error of the VFC. The gain is the fCLKININPUT scale factor that relates the input VIN to the output FOUT. VOLTAGE0 The gain error is the deviation in slope of the actual VFC transfer OFFSETREFINVINERROR characteristic from the ideal expressed as a percentage of the full- scale span. See Figure 2. Figure 2. Offset and Gain OFFSET ERROR DRIFT This is a measure of the change in Offset Error with changes in temperature. It is expressed in µV/°C. GAIN ERROR DRIFT This is a measure of the change in Gain Error with changes in temperature. It is expressed in (ppm of span)/°C. REV. C – 5 –