SBAA483 February 2021 ADS1120 , ADS112C04 , ADS112U04 , ADS114S06 , ADS114S06B , ADS114S08 , ADS114S08B , ADS1220 , ADS122C04 , ADS122U04 , ADS124S06 , ADS124S08 , ADS125H02 , ADS1260 , ADS1261 , ADS1262 , ADS1263
Sensor wire breaks are an uncommon but inevitable challenge in industrial environments, requiring fault identification to enable the host to take corrective action. Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) fall into this category of sensors where wire-break detection is necessary. This application report discusses ways to use features commonly found in delta-sigma (ΔΣ) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to help identify wire breaks for all common RTD configurations.