DG428/429
Siliconix
S-56532—Rev. H, 19-Jan-98 11
Detailed Description
The internal structure of the DG428/DG429 includes a
5-V logic interface with input protection circuitry
followed by a latch, level shifter, decoder and finally the
switch constructed with parallel n- and p-channel
MOSFETs (see Figure 1).
The input protection on the logic lines A0, A1, A2, EN and
control lines WR, RS shown in Figure 1 minimizes
susceptibility to ESD that may be encountered during
handling and operational transients.
The logic interface is a CMOS logic input with its supply
voltage from an internal +5 V reference voltage. The
output of the input inverter feeds the data input of a D type
latch. The level sensitive D latch continuously places the
DX input signal on the QX output when the WR input is
low, resulting in transparent latch operation. As soon as
WR returns high the latch holds the data last present on
the Dn input, subject to the “Minimum Input Timing
Requirements” table.
Following the latches the Qn signals are level shifted and
decoded to provide proper drive levels for the CMOS
switches. This level shifting ensures full on/off switch
operation for any analog signal level between the V+ and
V– supply rails.
The EN pin is used to enable the address latches during
the WR pulse. It can be hard wired to the logic supply or
to V+ if one of the channels will always be used (except
during a reset) or it can be tied to address decoding
circuitry for memory mapped operation. The RS pin is
used as a master reset. All latches are cleared regardless
of the state of any other latch or control line. The WR pin
is used to transfer the state of the address control lines to
their latches, except during a reset or when EN is low (see
Truth Tables).
Applications
Bus Interfacing
The DG428/DG429 minimize the amount of interface
hardware between a microprocessor system bus and the
analog system being controlled or measured. The internal
TTL compatible latches give these multiplexers write-only
memory, that is, they can be programmed to stay in a
particular switch state (e.g., switch 1 on) until the
microprocessor determines it is necessary to turn different
switches on or turn all switches off (see Figure 10).
The input latches become transparent when WR is held
low; therefore, these multiplexers operate by direct
command of the coded switch state on A2, A1, A0. In this
mode the DG428 is identical to the popular DG408. The
same is true of the DG429 versus the popular DG409.
During system power-up, RS would be low, maintaining
all eight switches in the off state. After RS returned high
the DG428 maintains all switches in the off state.
When the system program performs a write operation to
the address assigned to the DG428, the address decoder
provides a CS active low signal which is gated with the
WRITE (WR) control signal. At this time the data on the
DATA BUS (that will determine which switch to close) is
stabilizing. When the WR signal returns to the high state,
(positive edge) the input latches of the DG428 save the
data from the DATA BUS. The coded information in the
A0, A1, A2 and EN latches is decoded and the appropriate
switch is turned on.
The EN latch allows all switches to be turned off under
program control. This becomes useful when two or more
DG428s are cascaded to build 16-line and larger
multiplexers.