SLOS823D December 2012 – March 2020 THS4531A
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There are two typical ways to use the THS4531A family with an AC-coupled differential source. In the first method, the source is differential and can be coupled in through two blocking capacitors. The second method uses either a single-ended or a differential source and couples in through a transformer (or balun). Figure 93 shows a typical blocking capacitor approach to a differential input. An optional differential-input termination resistor (RM) is included in this design. This RM element allows the input RG resistors to be scaled up while still delivering lower differential input impedance to the source. In this example, the RG elements sum to show a 500-Ω differential impedance, while the RM element combines in parallel to give a net 100-Ω, AC-coupled, differential impedance to the source. Again, the design proceeds ideally by selecting the RF element values, then the RG to set the differential gain, then an RM element (if needed) to achieve the target input impedance. Alternatively, the RM element can be eliminated, the RG elements set to the desired input impedance, and RF set to the get the differential gain (RF / RG).
The DC biasing here is very simple. The output VOCM is set by the input control voltage; and because there is no DC-current path for the output common-mode voltage, that DC bias also sets the input pins common-mode operating points.