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Description of Operation and Application
Information
Product Description
The EL5172 and EL5372 are wide bandwidth, low power
and single/differential ended to single-ended output
amplifiers. The EL5172 is a single channel differential to
single-ended amplifier. The EL5372 is a triple channel
differential to single-ended amplifier. The EL5172 and
EL5372 are internally compensated for closed loop gain of
+1 or greater. Connected in gain of 1 and driving a 500
load, the EL5172 and EL5372 have a -3dB bandwidth of
250MHz. Driving a 150 load at gain of 2, the bandwidth is
about 50MHz. The bandwidth at the REF input is about
450MHz. The EL5172 and EL5372 are available with a
power-down feature to reduce the power while the amplifier
is disabled.
Input, Output and Supply Voltage Range
The EL5172 and EL5372 have been designed to operate
with a single supply voltage of 5V to 10V or split supplies
with its total voltage from 5V to 10V. The amplifiers have an
input common mode voltage range from -4.3V to 3.3V for
±5V supply. The differential mode input range (DMIR)
between the two inputs is about from -2.3V to +2.3V. The
input voltage range at the REF pin is from -3.6V to 3.3V. If
the input common mode or differential mode signal is outside
the above-specified ranges, it will cause the output signal to
be distorted.
The output of the EL5172 and EL5372 can swing from -3.8V
to 3.6V at 500 load at ±5V supply. As the load resistance
becomes lower, the output swing is reduced respectively.
Overall Gain Settings
The gain setting for the EL5172 and the EL5372 is similar to
the conventional operational amplifier. The output voltage is
equal to the difference of the inputs plus V
REF
and then
times the gain, as expressed in Equation 1.
FIGURE 23.
Choice of Feedback Resistor and Gain Bandwidth
Product
For applications that require a gain of +1, no feedback
resistor is required; just short the OUT pin to the FB pin. For
gains greater than +1, the feedback resistor forms a pole
with the parasitic capacitance at the inverting input. As this
pole becomes smaller, the amplifier's phase margin is
reduced. This causes ringing in the time domain and
peaking in the frequency domain. Therefore, R
F
has some
maximum value that should not be exceeded for optimum
performance. If a large value of R
F
must be used, a small
capacitor in the few Pico farad range in parallel with R
F
can
help to reduce the ringing and peaking at the expense of
reducing the bandwidth.
The bandwidth of the EL5172 and EL5372 depends on the
load and the feedback network. R
F
and R
G
appear in
parallel with the load for gains other than +1. As this
combination gets smaller, the bandwidth falls off.
Consequently, R
F
also has a minimum value that should not
be exceeded for optimum bandwidth performance. For a
gain of +1, R
F
= 0 is optimum. For the gains other than +1,
optimum response is obtained with R
F
between 500 to
1k. For A
V
= 2 and R
F
= R
G
= 1k, the BW is about 80MHz
and the frequency response is very flat.
The EL5172 and EL5372 have a gain bandwidth product of
100MHz. For gains 5, its bandwidth can be predicted using
Equation 2:
Driving Capacitive Loads and Cables
The EL5172 and EL5372 can drive 56pF capacitance in
parallel with 500 load to ground with 4dB of peaking at a
gain of +1. If less peaking is desired in applications, a small
series resistor (usually between 5 to 50) can be placed in
series with each output to eliminate most peaking. However,
this will reduce the gain slightly. If the gain setting is greater
than 1, the gain resistor R
G
can then be chosen to make-up
for any gain loss which may be created by the additional
series resistor at the output.
When used as a cable driver, double termination is always
recommended for reflection-free performance. For those
applications, a back-termination series resistor at the
amplifier's output will isolate the amplifier from the cable and
allow extensive capacitive drive. However, other applications
may have high capacitive loads without a back-termination
resistor. Again, a small series resistor at the output can help
to reduce peaking.
Disable/Power-Down
The EL5172 and EL5372 can be disabled and its outputs
placed in a high impedance state. The turn-off time is about
1.4µs and the turn-on time is about 150ns. When disabled,
the amplifier's supply current is reduced to 80µA for I
S
+ and
120µA for I
S
- typically, thereby effectively eliminating the
V
O
V
IN
+V
IN
-V
REF
+ 1
R
F
R
G
--------
+



=
(EQ. 1)
-
+
-
+
G/B V
O
EN
V
IN
+
V
IN
-
V
REF
FB
R
G
R
F
Gain BW 100MHz=
(EQ. 2)
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power consumption. The amplifier's power-down can be
controlled by standard CMOS signal levels at the ENABLE
pin. The applied logic signal is relative to V
S
+ pin. Letting the
EN
pin float or applying a signal that is less than 1.5V below
V
S
+ will enable the amplifier. The amplifier will be disabled
when the signal at EN
pin is above V
S
+ - 0.5V. If a TTL
signal is used to control the enabled/disabled function,
Figure 24 could be used to convert the TTL signal to CMOS
signal.
FIGURE 24.
Output Drive Capability
The EL5172 and EL5372 have internal short circuit
protection. Its typical short circuit current is ±95mA. If the
output is shorted indefinitely, the power dissipation could
easily increase such that the part will be destroyed.
Maximum reliability is maintained if the output current never
exceeds ±60mA. This limit is set by the design of the internal
metal interconnections.
Power Dissipation
With the high output drive capability of the EL5172 and
EL5372, it is possible to exceed the +135°C absolute
maximum junction temperature under certain load current
conditions. Therefore, it is important to calculate the
maximum junction temperature for the application to
determine if the load conditions or package types need to be
modified for the amplifier to remain in the safe operating
area.
The maximum power dissipation allowed in a package is
determined according to Equation 3:
•T
JMAX
= Maximum junction temperature
•T
AMAX
= Maximum ambient temperature
JA
= Thermal resistance of the package
Assuming the REF pin is tied to GND for V
S
= ±5V
application, the maximum power dissipation actually
produced by an IC is the total quiescent supply current times
the total power supply voltage, plus the power in the IC due
to the load, or:
For sourcing, use Equation 4:
For sinking, use Equation 5:
Where:
•V
S
= Total supply voltage
•I
SMAX
= Maximum quiescent supply current per channel
•V
OUT
= Maximum output voltage of the application
•R
LOAD
= Load resistance
•I
LOAD
= Load current
i = Number of channels
By setting the two PD
MAX
equations equal to each other, we
can solve the output current and R
LOAD
to avoid the device
overheat.
Power Supply Bypassing and Printed Circuit
Board Layout
As with any high frequency device, a good printed circuit
board layout is necessary for optimum performance. Lead
lengths should be as short as possible. The power supply
pin must be well bypassed to reduce the risk of oscillation.
For normal single supply operation, where the V
S
- pin is
connected to the ground plane, a single 4.7µF tantalum
capacitor in parallel with a 0.1µF ceramic capacitor from V
S
+
to GND will suffice. This same capacitor combination should
be placed at each supply pin to ground if split supplies are to
be used. In this case, the V
S
- pin becomes the negative
supply rail.
For good AC performance, parasitic capacitance should be
kept to a minimum. Use of wire wound resistors should be
avoided because of their additional series inductance. Use
of sockets should also be avoided if possible. Sockets add
parasitic inductance and capacitance that can result in
compromised performance. Minimizing parasitic capacitance
at the amplifier's inverting input pin is very important. The
feedback resistor should be placed very close to the
inverting input pin. Strip line design techniques are
recommended for the signal traces.
1k
10k
5V
EN
CMOS/TTL
PD
MAX
T
JMAX
T
AMAX
JA
---------------------------------------------
=
(EQ. 3)
PD
MAX
V
S
I
SMAX
V
S
+ V
OUT
V
OUT
R
LOAD
--------------------
i+=
(EQ. 4)
PD
MAX
V
S
I
SMAX
V
OUT
V
S
- I
LOAD
i+=
(EQ. 5)
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Typical Applications
FIGURE 25. TWISTED PAIR CABLE RECEIVER
FIGURE 26. COMPENSATED LINE RECEIVER
As the signal is transmitted through a cable, the high
frequency signal will be attenuated. One way to compensate
for this loss is to boost the high frequency gain at the
receiver side.
Level Shifter and Signal Summer
The EL5172 and EL5372 contains two pairs of differential
pair input stages, which make sure that the inputs are all
high impedance inputs. To take advantage of the two high
impedance inputs, the EL5172 and EL5372 can be used as
a signal summer to add two signals together. One signal can
be applied to VIN+, the second signal can be applied to REF
and V
IN
- is ground. The output is equal to Equation 6:
Also, the EL5172 and EL5372 can be used as a level shifter
by applying a level control signal to the REF input.
0
V
FB
V
INB
V
REF
EL5172,
EL5372
EL5173,
EL5373
V
OUT
50
50
Z
O
= 100
V
IN
50
50
R
2
V
FB
V
INB
V
REF
EL5172,
EL5372
V
OUT
V
IN
50
50
R
1
R
3
C
1
Z
O
= 100
f
A
f
C
f
GAIN
(dB)
1 + R
2
/R
1
1 + R
2
/(R
1
+ R
3
)
V
O
V
IN
+V
REF
Gain+=
(EQ. 6)
EL5172, EL5372

EL5372IUZ

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Description:
Differential Amplifiers EL5372IUZ TRPL 200MHZ DIFFERNTLCVR
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