1 Features

1• Relative Accuracy: 1 LSB Max

• Differential Nonlinearity: 1 LSB Max

• 2-mA Full-Scale Current ±20%,

With VREF = ±10 V

• 0.5-μs Settling Time

• Midscale or Zero-Scale Reset

• Separate 4Q Multiplying Reference Inputs

• Reference Bandwidth: 10 MHz

• Reference Dynamics: –105-dB THD

• SPI™-Compatible 3-Wire Interface:

50 MHz

• Double Buffered Registers to Enable

Simultaneous Multichannel Update

• Internal Power-On Reset

• Industry-Standard Pin Configuration

2 Applications

• Automatic Test Equipment

• Instrumentation

• Digitally Controlled Calibration

3 Description

The DAC8812 is a dual, 16-bit, current-output digitalto-

analog converter (DAC) designed to operate from

a single 2.7-V to 5.5-V supply.

The applied external reference input voltage VREF

determines the full-scale output current. An internal

feedback resistor (RFB) provides temperature tracking

for the full-scale output when combined with an

external I-to-V precision amplifier.

A double-buffered, serial data interface offers highspeed,

3-wire, SPI and microcontroller compatible

inputs using serial data in (SDI), clock (CLK), and a

chip-select (CS). A common level-sensitive load DAC

strobe (LDAC) input allows simultaneous update of all

DAC outputs from previously loaded input registers.

Additionally, an internal power-on reset forces the

output voltage to zero at system turnon. An MSB pin

allows system reset assertion (RS) to force all

registers to zero code when MSB = 0, or to midscale

code when MSB = 1.