Hello all,
I am using the AD7746 to read a small capacitance value. I use both channels but both present an oscillation that will be critical for my application. When I try to read a 4pF capacitor I get a signal that starts around 0.5pF, linearly increases up to 0.7pF and then drops back to 0.5pF almost periodically with a period of around 3 minutes. First, the read capacitance value is way off the real value, it is supposed to be calibrated from factory and my application is very simple so I don't think I should calibrate it but that could be fixed with the DAC and offset. On the other hand, the oscillation is always present. Is there a known issue with this CDC? Attached is a figure showing my problem.
Thank you