Rainbow Electronics ADC08060 - Manual (Page 15)

Applications Information
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V
RT
should always be at least 1.0V more positive than V
RB
to minimize noise.
V
RM
(pin 9) is the center of the reference ladder and should
be bypassed to a clean, quiet point in the analog ground
plane with a 0.1 µF capacitor. DO NOT allow this pin to float.
2.0 THE ANALOG INPUT
The analog input of the ADC08060 is a switch followed by an
integrator. The input capacitance changes with the clock
level, appearing as 3 pF when the clock is low, and 4 pF
when the clock is high. The sampling nature of the analog
input causes current spikes that result in voltage spikes at
the analog input pin. Any circuit used to drive the analog
input must be able to drive that input and to settle within the
clock high time. The LMH6702 has been found to be a good
amplifier to drive the ADC08060.
Figure 4 shows an example of an input circuit using the
LMH6702. Any input amplifier should incorporate some gain
as operational amplifiers exhibit better phase margin and
transient response with gains above 2 or 3 than with unity
gain. If an overall gain of less than 3 is required, attenuate
the input and operate the amplifier at a higher gain, as
shown in Figure 4.
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FIGURE 3. Driving the reference to force desired values requires driving with a low impedance source.
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