11.2 SAR ADC
The device provides a 12-bit Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-
Digital Converter.
(2 
) 
(1) 
(3 
) 
(4) 
(5)
Offset Error OSE 
Offset Error OSE 
Gain Error GE
1 LSB (ideal)
V
in(A)
(LSB
ideal
)
(1) Example of an actual transfer curve 
(2) The ideal transfer curve 
(3) Differential non-linearity error (DNL) 
(4) Integral non-linearity error (INL) 
(5) Center of a step of the actual transfer 
curve
code out
4095 
4094 
4093 
4092 
4091 
4090 
5 
4 
3 
2 
1
0
7 
6 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4089 4090 4091 4092 4093 4094 4095
1 LSB ideal =(VrefH-VrefL)/ 4096 = 
3.3V/ 4096 = 0.806 mV 
Total Unadjusted Error 
TUE = +/- 6 LSB = +/- 4.84mV
Figure 10. ADC characteristics and error definitions
ADC modules
SPC5746R Microcontroller Data Sheet, Rev. 6, 06/2017
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