AD8141/AD8142

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The desired differential output in this example is 1.4 V p-p

because the terminated input signal is 0.7 V p-p and the closed-

loop gain = 2. The actual differential output voltage is equal to

(0.725 V p-p)(2 kΩ/1038.3 Ω) = 1.4 V p-p. This illustrates how

AD8142 SYNC-ON-COMMON-MODE

The AD8142 includes on-chip, sync-on-common-mode circuitry

common-mode output voltages of each of the R, G, and B drivers.

The circuit encodes the horizontal and vertical sync pulses in a

way that results in low radiated energy. A simplified circuit that

illustrates how the pulses are encoded is shown in Figure 41.

For a more detailed description of the sync scheme, see the

Applications Information section.

DRIVING A CAPACITIVE LOAD

A purely capacitive load can react with the output impedance of

the drivers to reduce phase margin, resulting in high frequency

ringing in the pulse response. The best way to minimize this effect

is to place the source termination resistors immediately at the

amplifier outputs to minimize parasitic capacitances formed by

unnecessarily long traces.

The sync-on-common-mode circuit generates a current based

on the voltage applied to the SYNC LEVEL input pin (Pin 18)

with respect to the negative supply. With SYNC LEVEL input

above the negative supply. Using a resistor divider, a voltage can

maximum deviation of the common-mode outputs from their

and the supply voltage is 5 V, then the common-mode outputs

the equations defined in the Applications Information section.

DISABLE

The AD8141 and AD8142 have disable pins that, when pulled high,

significantly reduce the power consumed while simultaneously

placing the outputs in high-Z states. The disable feature can be

used to multiplex two drivers. See Figure 17, Figure 19, and

Figure 22 for the disabled input-to-output isolation, output

impedance, and response performance. The threshold levels

for the disable pin are listed in Table 1.

An output glitch occurs whenever the disable feature is asserted or

deasserted. See the Applications Information section for details.

For the positive supplies between 2.5 V and 5 V, the sync-on-

common-mode circuit can be used by directly applying standard

inputs adhere to standard logic thresholds (see Table 1 for the

driven directly off the output of a computer video card without

circuit are well matched to eliminate false switching transients. This

maximizes common-mode balance and minimizes radiated energy.

H

V

V

H

HR

R

R

R

R

R

H

V

SYNC LEVEL

H

V

H

R

V

MIRROR

MIRROR

V

V

V

Figure 41. Sync-On-Common-Mode Simplified Circuit