LTC1667CG Linear Technology, LTC1667CG Datasheet - Page 14

• Manufacturer Part Number: LTC1667CG
• Description: IC D/A CONV 14BIT 50MSPS 28-SSOP
• Manufacturer: Linear Technology

Specifications of LTC1667CG

• Settling Time: 20ns
• Number Of Bits: 14
• Data Interface: Parallel
• Number Of Converters: 1
• Voltage Supply Source: Dual ±
• Power Dissipation (max): 180mW
• Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Mounting Type: Surface Mount
• Package / Case: 28-SSOP
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO
LTC1666/LTC1667/LTC1668
Operating with Reduced Output Currents
The LTC1666/LTC1667/LTC1668 are specified to operate
with full-scale output current, I
10mA down to 1mA. This can be useful to reduce power
dissipation or to adjust full-scale value. However, the DC
and AC accuracy is specified only at I
DC and AC accuracy will fall off significantly at lower I
values. At I
typically degrade to the 14-bit to 13-bit level, compared to
16-bit to 15-bit typical accuracy at 10mA I
ing I
roughly in proportion to 1/I
mance (SFDR) is affected much more by reduced I
than it is by reduced digital amplitude (see Typical Perfor-
mance Characteristics). Therefore it is usually better to
make large gain adjustments digitally, keeping I
equal to 10mA.
Output Configurations
Based on the specific application requirements, the
LTC1666/LTC1667/LTC1668 allow a choice of the best of
several output configurations. Voltage outputs can be
generated by external load resistors, transformer coupling
or with an op amp I-to-V converter. Single-ended DAC
output configurations use only one of the outputs, prefer-
ably I
Differential mode configurations use the difference be-
tween I
V
much better accuracy in most AC applications. Because
the DAC chip is the point of interface between the digital
input signals and the analog output, some small amount
of noise coupling to I
of that digital noise is common mode and is canceled by
the differential mode circuit. Other significant digital noise
components can be modeled as V
single-ended mode, I
is fully present at full scale. In differential mode, I
noise is cancelled at midscale input, corresponding to zero
analog output. Many AC signals, including broadband and
multitone communications signals with high peak to aver-
age ratios, stay mostly near midscale.
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DIFF
OUTFS
, as shown in equation 11. Differential mode gives
OUT A
OUT A
, to produce a single-ended voltage output.
from 1mA, the accuracy improves rapidly,
OUTFS
and I
= 1mA, the LTC1668 INL and DNL
OUT B
U
OUT A
OUTFS
to generate an output voltage,
U
and I
OUTFS
noise is gone at zero scale and
OUT B
OUTFS
. Note that the AC perfor-
REF
W
is unavoidable. Most
, from the nominal
OUTFS
or I
OUTFS
OUTFS
= 10mA, and
U
. Increas-
noise. In
OUTFS
OUTFS
OUTFS
OUTFS
Differential Transformer-Coupled Outputs
Differential transformer-coupled output configurations
usually give the best AC performance. An example is
shown in Figure 5. The advantages of transformer cou-
pling include excellent rejection of common mode distor-
tion and noise over a broad frequency range and conve-
nient differential-to-single-ended conversion with isola-
tion or level shifting. Also, as much as twice the power can
be delivered to the load, and impedance matching can be
accomplished by selecting the appropriate transformer
turns ratio. The center tap on the primary side of the
transformer is tied to ground to provide the DC current
path for I
average of the I
equal to avoid biasing the core. This is especially impor-
tant for compact RF transformers with small cores. The
circuit in Figure 5 uses a Mini-Circuits T1-1T RF trans-
former with a 1:1 turns ratio. The load resistance on
I
resistor of 50 , and the 1:1 turns ratio means the output
impedance from the transformer is 50 . Note that the
load resistors are optional, and they dissipate half of the
output power. However, in lab environments or when
driving long transmission lines it is very desirable to have
a 50 output impedance. This could also be done with a
50 resistor at the transformer secondary, but putting
the load resistors on I
it reduces the current through the transformer. At signal
frequencies lower than about 1MHz, the transformer core
size required to maintain low distortion gets larger, and at
some lower frequencies this becomes impractical.
OUT A
Figure 5. Differential Transformer-Coupled Outputs
and I
OUT A
LTC1666/
LTC1667/
LTC1668
OUT B
I
I
OUT A
OUT B
OUT A
and I
is equivalent to a single differential
50
50
and I
OUT B
OUT A
110
OUT B
. For low distortion, the DC
and I
currents must be exactly
MINI-CIRCUITS
OUT B
T1-1T
is preferred since
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