Help Determining Possible Damage to an ADC in a MAX10

[MKirk4]

Hello,

I have a question about a MAX10 based medical device that provides RF Field therapy and uses the ADC to sample field-strength feedback for closed-loop control. It checks and errors upon sampling a field strength below the low limit setpoint. The device has been generating random and intermittent errors in field tests.

Testing has revealed that our system has been exposing the ADC inputs to voltages beyond the recommended 3.6V max range. The concern is whether the ADC has become damaged or simply behaves incoherently after having been exposed to the out of range voltages.

Please see the attached power point slides describing the issue and I will greatly appreciate your input.

Thanks!

MKirk

[AnandRaj_S_Intel]

Hi MKirk,

Try by enabling/disabling the clamp diode, we can limit overshoot or undershoot.See if it works.

Also refer below link page 5

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/an/an447.pdf

1. ADC is fine as per the report, The test for linearity confirms that. but according to datasheet page 5 Maximum Allowed undershoot to –2.0 V for input currents less than 100 mA and periods shorter than 20 ns.

However Intel is not recommending or guaranteeing the performance at  Absolute Maximum Ratings.

Please do check old case with similar issuse

https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P00003yyKZHSA2/max-10-open-drain-in-analog-banks

Regards

Anand

[MKirk4]

Thanks Anand, Do you or anyone here on the forum have experience with latch up of the A/D circuitry when it is overdriven? Is that a possible result of over driving? I am trying to explain some very unusual A/D readings (intermittent and seemingly random) from some field data gathered on this design. It would appear from the data that the A/D circuitry temporarily locked up and then recovered. Thanks, Martin Martin Kirk Engineering Supervisor Regenesis Biomedical, Inc. 5301 North Pima Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85250 USA Martin.Kirk@regenesisbio.com<mailto:Martin.Kirk@regenesisbio.com> Office: 602-428-7046 Cell: 480-297-3286 Toll Free: 877-970-4970 Toll Free Fax: 866-857-8792 www.Regenesisbio.com<http://www.regenesisbio.com/> HIPAA NOTICE: This transmission may contain confidential information including Protected Health Information that is legally privileged and protected. If you are not the intended recipient of this information or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify Regenesis Biomedical immediately at 877-970-4970 or by email at HIPAA@regenesisbio.com<mailto:HIPAA@regenesisbio.com> , and destroy the original message without using, copying or distributing all or any portion of the message.