LTC1409 LINER [Linear Technology], LTC1409 Datasheet - Page 10

• Manufacturer Part Number: LTC1409
• Description: 12-Bit, 800ksps Sampling A/D Converter with Shutdown
• Manufacturer: LINER [Linear Technology]

APPLICATIONS
LTC1409
value is expressed in decibels relative to the RMS value of
a full-scale input signal.
Full Power and Full Linear Bandwidth
The full power bandwidth is that input frequency at which
the amplitude of the reconstructed fundamental is
reduced by 3dB for a full-scale input signal.
The full linear bandwidth is the input frequency at which
the S/(N + D) has dropped to 68dB (11 effective bits). The
LTC1409 has been designed to optimize input bandwidth,
allowing the ADC to undersample input signals with fre-
quencies above the converter’s Nyquist Frequency. The
noise floor stays very low at high frequencies; S/(N + D)
becomes dominated by distortion at frequencies far
beyond Nyquist.
Driving the Analog Input
The differential analog inputs of the LTC1409 are easy to
drive. The inputs may be driven differentially or as a
single-ended input (i.e., the –A
+A
Any unwanted signal that is common mode to both
inputs will be reduced by the common mode rejection of
the sample-and-hold circuit. The inputs draw only one
small current spike while charging the sample-and-hold
capacitors at the end of conversion. During conversion
the analog inputs draw only a small leakage current. If the
source impedance of the driving circuit is low then the
LTC1409 inputs can be driven directly. As source imped-
ance increases so will acquisition time (see Figure 6). For
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IN
and –A
IN
inputs are sampled at the same instant.
U
–100
–120
–20
–40
–60
–80
0
INFORMATION
0
U
fb – fa
2fa – fb
IN
50k
input is grounded). The
W
100k
Figure 5. Intermodulation Distortion Plot
U
150k
2fb – fa
2fa
FREQUENCY (Hz)
200k
fa + fb
minimum acquisition time, with high source impedance,
a buffer amplifier should be used. The only requirement
is that the amplifier driving the analog input(s) must
settle after the small current spike before the next conver-
sion starts (settling time must be 150ns for full through-
put rate).
Choosing an Input Amplifier
Choosing an input amplifier is easy if a few requirements
are taken into consideration. First, to limit the magnitude
of the voltage spike seen by the amplifier from charging
the sampling capacitor, choose an amplifier that has a
low output impedance (< 100 ) at the closed-loop band-
width frequency. For example, if an amplifier is used in a
gain of 1 and has a unity-gain bandwidth of 50MHz, then
the output impedance at 50MHz should be less than
100 . The second requirement is that the closed-loop
2fb
250k
Figure 6. Acquisition Time vs Source Resistance
0.01
2fa + fb
0.1
10
1
0.01
300k
3fa
f
f
f
SAMPLE
IN1
IN2
= 88.19580078kHz
= 111.9995117kHz
fa + 2fb
SOURCE RESISTANCE (k )
0.1
= 800kHz
350k
3fb
LTC1409 • F05
1
400k
10
LTC1409 • F06
100