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DRV1100
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
INTERNAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
The DRV1100 is a true differential input to differential
output fixed gain amplifier. Operating on a single +5V
power supply, it provides an internally fixed differential
gain of +3 and a common-mode gain of +1 from the input to
output. Fabricated on an advanced CMOS process, it offers
very high input impedance along with a low impedance
230mA output drive. Figure 1 shows a simplified internal
block diagram.
In+
In–
Out+
Out–
Buffer
Preamp
FIGURE 1. Simplified DRV1100 Internal Block Diagram.
To achieve the maximum dynamic range, operate the
DRV1100 with the inputs centered at VDD/2. This will place
the output differential swing centered at VDD/2 for maxi-
mum swing and lowest distortion. Purely differential input
signals will produce a purely differential output signal. A
single ended input signal, applied to one input of the
DRV1100, with the other input at a fixed voltage, will
produce both a differential and common-mode output signal.
This is an acceptable mode of operation when the DRV1100
is driving an element with good common-mode rejection
(such as a transformer).
DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT VOLTAGE AND POWER
Applying the balanced differential output voltage of the
DRV1100 to a load between the outputs will produce a peak-
to-peak voltage swing that is twice the swing of each
individual output. This is illustrated in Figure 2 where the
common-mode voltage is VDD /2. For a load connected
between the outputs, the only voltage that matters is the
differential voltage between the two outputs—the common-
mode voltage does not produce any load current in this case.
The peak power that the DRV1100 can deliver into a
differential load is VP2/RL. The Typical Performance Curves
show the maximum Vp-p versus load and frequency. The
peak voltage (Vp) equals 1/2 of the peak-to-peak voltage
(Vp-p). Squaring 1/2 of the Vp-p and dividing by the load
will give the peak power. For example, the Typical Perfor-
mance Curves show that on +5V supply the DRV1100 will
deliver 6.8Vp-p into 15Ω at 500kHz. The peak load power
under this condition is (6.8Vp-p/2)2/15Ω = 770mW.
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
The DRV1100 is designed for operation on a single +5V
supply. For loads > 200Ω, each output will swing rail to rail.
This gives a peak-to-peak differential output swing that is
approximately = 2 • VDD. For best distortion performance,
the power supply should be decoupled to a good ground
plane immediately adjacent to the package with a 0.1µF
capacitor. In addition, a larger electolytic supply decoupling
capacitor (6.8µF) should be near the package but can be
shared among multiple devices.
DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE APPLICATIONS
The DRV1100 is particularly suited to the high power, low
distortion, requirements of a twisted pair driver in digital
communications applications. These include HDSL (High
bit rate Digital Subscriber Lines), ADSL (Asymmetrical
Digital Subscriber Lines), and RADSL (Rate adaptive ADSL).
Figure 3 shows a typical transformer coupled xDSL line
driver configuration. In general, the DRV1100 is usable for
output power requirements up to 17dBm with a crest factor
up to 6 (crest factor is the ratio of peak to rms voltage).
To calculate the required amplifier power for an xDSL
application—
• Determine the average power required onto the line in the
particular application. The DRV1100 must be able to
deliver twice this power (+3dB) to account for the power
FIGURE 2. DRV1100 Single Ended and Differential Output
Waveforms.
Out+
V
DD
/2
Out–
V
DD
/2
Load
0V
V
P
V
P
V
P
V
P