LTC2185/LTC2184/LTC2183
Applications Information
1.25V
LTC2185
VREF
2.2µF
5Ω
1.25V BANDGAP
REFERENCE
0.625V
TIE TO VDD FOR 2V RANGE;
TIE TO GND FOR 1V RANGE;
RANGE = 1.6 • VSENSE FOR
0.625V < VSENSE < 1.300V
SENSE
C2
0.1µF
C3
0.1µF
– + REFH
+ – REFL
C1
– + REFH
+ – REFL
C1: 2.2µF LOW INDUCTANCE
INTERDIGITATED CAPACITOR
TDK CLLE1AX7S0G225M
MURATA LLA219C70G225M
AVX W2L14Z225M
OR EQUIVALENT
RANGE
DETECT
AND
CONTROL
BUFFER
INTERNAL ADC
HIGH REFERENCE
0.8x
DIFF AMP
INTERNAL ADC
LOW REFERENCE
218543 F08a
Figure 8a. Reference Circuit
At sample rates below 110Msps an interdigitated capaci-
tor is not necessary for good performance and C1 can
be replaced by a standard 2.2µF capacitor between REFH
and REFL (see Figure 8b). The capacitors should be as
close to the pins as possible (not on the back side of the
circuit board).
Figure 8c and Figure 8d show the recommended circuit
board layout for the REFH/REFL bypass capacitors. Note
that in Figure 8c, every pin of the interdigitated capacitor
(C1) is connected since the pins are not internally connected
C3
0.1µF
C1
2.2µF
REFH LTC2185
REFL
REFH
C2
0.1µF
REFL
CAPACITORS ARE 0402 PACKAGE SIZE
218543 F08b
Figure 8b. Alternative REFH/REFL Bypass Circuit
in some vendors’ capacitors. In Figure 8d the REFH and
REFL pins are connected by short jumpers in an internal
layer. To minimize the inductance of these jumpers they
can be placed in a small hole in the GND plane on the
second board layer.
Figure 8c. Recommended Layout for the REFH/REFL
Bypass Circuit in Figure 8a
Figure 8d. Recommended Layout for the REFH/REFL Bypass
Circuit in Figure 8b.
1.25V
EXTERNAL
REFERENCE
VREF
2.2µF
SENSE
1µF
LTC2185
218543 F09
Figure 9. Using an External 1.25V Reference
Encode Input
The signal quality of the encode inputs strongly affects
the A/D noise performance. The encode inputs should
be treated as analog signals – do not route them next to
digital traces on the circuit board. There are two modes
of operation for the encode inputs: the differential encode
mode (Figure 10), and the single-ended encode mode
(Figure 11).
The differential encode mode is recommended for si-
nusoidal, PECL, or LVDS encode inputs (Figure 12 and
Figure 13). The encode inputs are internally biased to 1.2V
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