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LT1969
APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO
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and assuming R
P
>> R
L
, we require
V
a
= V
o
(1 – 1/n)
solving
R
F
/R
P
= 1 – 1/n
So to reduce the back-termination by a factor of 3 choose
R
F
/R
P
= 2/3. Note that the overall gain is increased to:
V
o
/V
i
= (1 + R
F
/R
G
+ R
F
/R
P
)/[2(1 – R
F
/R
P
)]
ADSL Driver Requirements
The LT1969 is an ideal choice for ADSL upstream (CPE)
modems. The key advantages are: ±200mA output drive
with only 1.7V worst-case total supply voltage headroom,
high bandwidth, which helps achieve low distortion, low
quiescent supply current of 7mA per amplifier and a
space-saving, thermally enhanced MS10 package.
An ADSL remote terminal driver must deliver an average
power of 13dBm (20mW) into a 100Ω line. This corre-
sponds to 1.41V
RMS
into the line. The DMT-ADSL peak-to-
average ratio of 5.33 implies voltage peaks of 7.53V into
the line. Using a differential drive configuration and trans-
former coupling with standard back-termination, a trans-
former ratio of 1:2 is well suited. This is shown on the front
page of this data sheet along with the distortion perfor-
mance vs line voltage at 200kHz, which is beyond ADSL
requirements. Note that the distortion is better than
–73dBc for all swings up to 16V
P-P
into the line. The gain
of this circuit from the differential inputs to the line voltage
is 10. Lower gains are easy to implement using the
compensation techniques of Figure 5. Table 2 shows the
drive requirements for this standard circuit.
The above design is an excellent choice for desktop
applications and draws typically 550mW of power. For
portable applications, power savings can be achieved by
reducing the back-termination resistor using positive feed-
back as shown in Figure 9. The overall gain of this circuit
Figure 9. Power Saving ADSL Modem Driver
–
+
8.45Ω
1k
523Ω
1.21k
1.21k
523Ω
1µF
–V
i
V
i
A
V
= 10
–
+
8.45Ω
1969 F09
1k
1:1
100Ω
Table 2. ADSL Upstream Driver Designs
STANDARD LOW POWER
Line Impedance 100Ω 100Ω
Line Power 13dBm 13dBm
Peak-to-Average Ratio 5.33 5.33
Transformer Turns Ratio 2 1
Reflected Impedance 25Ω 100Ω
Back-Termination Resistors 12.5Ω 8.35Ω
Transformer Insertion Loss 1dB 0.5dB
Average Amplifier Swing 0.79V
RMS
0.87V
RMS
Average Amplifier Current 31.7mA
RMS
15mA
RMS
Peak Amplifier Swing 4.21V Peak 4.65V Peak
Peak Amplifier Current 169mA Peak 80mA Peak
Total Average Power Consumption 550mW 350mW
Supply Voltage Single 12V Single 12V