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LT6301

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APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO

Another compensation scheme for noninverting circuits is

shown in Figure 10. The circuit is unity gain at low fre-

output offset is reduced by a factor of ten. The techniques

of Figures 9 and 10 can be combined as shown in Fig-

mid-band and for stability, a gain of 10 or greater at high

frequencies.

In differential driver applications, as shown on the first

page of this data sheet, it is recommended that the gain

setting resistor be comprised of two equal value resistors

connected to a good AC ground at high frequencies. This

ensures that the feedback factor of each amplifier remains

less than 0.1 at any frequency. The midpoint of the

resistors can be directly connected to ground, with the

bypassed to ground with a 1000pF or larger capacitor.

Line Driving Back-Termination

The standard method of cable or line back-termination is

shown in Figure 12. The cable/line is terminated in its

characteristic impedance (50

Ω, 75Ω, 100Ω, 135Ω, etc.).

A back-termination resistor also equal to the chararacteristic

impedance should be used for maximum pulse fidelity of

outgoing signals, and to terminate the line for incoming

signals in a full-duplex application. There are three main

drawbacks to this approach. First, the power dissipated in

the load and back-termination resistors is equal so half of

the power delivered by the amplifier is wasted in the

termination resistor. Second, the signal is halved so the

gain of the amplifer must be doubled to have the same

overall gain to the load. The increase in gain increases

noise and decreases bandwidth (which can also increase

distortion). Third, the output swing of the amplifier is

doubled which can limit the power it can deliver to the load

for a given power supply voltage.

An alternate method of back-termination is shown in

Figure 13. Positive feedback increases the effective back-

Figure 10. Alternate Noninverting Compensation

Figure 11. Combination Compensation

Figure 12. Standard Cable/Line Back Termination

Figure 9. Compensation for Noninverting Gains

(OPTIONAL)

= 1 +

< 5MHz

1

2

< 5MHz

1

2

= 1 (LOW FREQUENCIES)

(HIGH FREQUENCIES)

= 1 +

= 1 AT LOW FREQUENCIES

= 1 +

AT MEDIUM FREQUENCIES

= 1 +

AT HIGH FREQUENCIES

CABLE OR LINE WITH

=

1

2