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Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why?

From Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why?
Date 2017-12-21 19:48 -0800
Organization Rowland Institute
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Joerg wrote...
>
>On a design I am working right now I need to drive differential cables 
>at up to 100MHz and with gusto, several volts swing. I'd use coax 
>instead but the customer is king. Looking at the various diff amps du 
>jour I consistently find specs like this:
>
>http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ths4503.pdf
>
>That example has all the performance data at an even higher load 
>resistance of 800ohms. Considering that regular ribbon is around 100ohms 
>diff and even grandpa's old TV cable was 300ohms, what good does that do?
>
>I guess now I have to not just find a diff amp but also add an analog 
>diff buffer IC (if they still exist) or roll my own transistor stuff. 
>Which will double as a space heater where I really can't use heat. Grumble!

 In Aoe III, Table 5.10, page 375, covers full differential
 amplifiers, with diff IN+OUT, listing about 45 parts.  Many
 are intended to drive ADCs, etc., rather than low-Z cables. 

 Two differential outputs at +2 and -2 volts, driving a back-
 terminated 100-ohm differential load, will experience a
 load current of 4V/200 ohms = 20mA, which isn't too bad.

 2 volts amplitude at 100mHz requires an wA = 1260 V/us
 slew rate. That's within the range of the THS4503 specs.
 I tabulated the Vpp-out max and the slew rates, and many
 parts are dramatically faster then the THS4503.   I'm
 sorry I didn't tabulate the maximum output currents.


-- 
 Thanks,
    - Win

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Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-21 15:48 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-12-21 18:53 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 09:31 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-12-21 19:48 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 09:34 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com - 2017-12-24 09:37 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-21 19:55 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-21 19:59 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 09:39 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 12:07 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-12-22 12:54 -0800
      Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 13:29 -0800
        Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-12-22 14:06 -0800
          Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 14:19 -0800
            Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-12-22 14:40 -0800
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                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-22 16:30 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-22 16:57 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-22 20:33 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-23 08:21 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-23 10:20 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-23 11:33 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-12-23 13:56 -0500
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                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-12-23 14:11 -0500
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-23 11:42 -0800
  Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? LM <sala.nimi@mail.com> - 2017-12-23 21:36 +0200
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-23 12:18 -0800
  Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com> - 2017-12-25 00:56 -0800
    Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-25 08:51 -0500
      Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-25 07:26 -0800
        Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-25 10:46 -0500
          Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-25 07:51 -0800
            Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-25 12:53 -0500
              Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-25 09:58 -0800
              Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-25 11:39 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> - 2017-12-25 17:16 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-27 16:17 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-12-27 19:06 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-28 00:47 -0800
                Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-12-27 16:38 -0800
        Re: Diff amps spec at 500ohms plus, why? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-12-27 18:03 -0800
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