A Low Power Data Acquisition Solution for High Temperature Applications
Jeff Watson, Maithil Pachchigar · Additional Conferences (Device Packaging HiTEC HiTEN & CICMT) · 2015
An increasing number of industries are calling for low power electronics that operate reliably at temperatures of 175°C and higher. Many of these applications require a precision data acquisition signal chain in order to digitize analog data so that it can be collected and processed. We have previously presented a new 600 kSPS SAR ADC that is rated at 210°C to meet these needs. However, the design of the supporting circuitry for a SAR ADC to achieve optimum performance is not trivial, especially over this wide temperature range. In this work we discuss the design of a complete data acquisition circuit building block that will take an analog sensor input, condition it, and digitize it to an SPI serial data stream. We will also discuss some of the practical aspects of fabricating the circuit to survive this harsh environment. This circuit reference design will be published and available off the shelf to designers of harsh environment systems.