AD8146/AD8147/AD8148

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Sync pulse amplitudes applied to the AD8147 and AD8148

must be less than or equal to the positive supply voltage. In low

positive supply applications, such as those that use ±2.5 V supplies,

external limiting may be required because many logic families

produce amplitudes up to 5 V. Figure 32 illustrates how to use a

monolithic triple diode to limit a sync pulse with 5 V amplitude

to an amplitude of approximately 2 V.

Driver bandwidth is affected to a small degree when driving the

100 Ω load presented by the two cables, as compared with

driving a typical 200 Ω load. Figure 34 illustrates the AD8146/

AD8147/AD8148 bandwidths when driving a 100 Ω load.

15

–3

FREQUENCY (MHz)

12

9

6

3

0

1000

100

10

1

AD8148

AD8147

AD8146

301Ω

1

6

2

5

3

4

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0V

+5V

INCOMING

SYNC PULSE

0V

+2V

LIMITED

SYNC PULSE

Figure 32. Limiting Sync Pulse Amplitude in Low Positive Supply Applications

DRIVING TWO UTP CABLES WITH ONE DRIVER

Some applications require driving two UTP cables with a single

driver. Each individual driver of the AD8146/AD8147/AD8148

is capable of driving two doubly terminated cables, which places

a differential load of 100 Ω across the outputs of the driver.

Figure 33 illustrates how to drive two cables.

Figure 34. Large Signal Frequency Response Driving 100 Ω Loads

USING THE AD8146 AS A RECEIVER

While the AD8146 excels as a differential driver, it can also be

used as a differential-to-differential receiver applied as an

input buffer that protects a more sophisticated device, such as a

differential crosspoint switch. See Figure 35 for an illustration of

this type of application.

AD8146/AD8147/AD8148

49.9Ω

49.9Ω

100Ω

100Ω

100Ω

UTP

49.9Ω

49.9Ω

100Ω

UTP

incoming common-mode signal, such as encoded sync pulses,

can be reproduced at the AD8146 outputs by stripping it from

The two series 54.9 Ω resistors form a differential termination

resistor of 109.8 Ω, which when loaded with the 1 kΩ differential

input resistance of the AD8146, provides an overall termination

of approximately 100 Ω. The received common-mode voltages

are available at the center taps between the two resistors.

Figure 33. Driving Two UTP Cables With One Driver