AD8361
With the 100 pF capacitor shown in Figures 32–34, the high-
pass corner frequency is about 8 MHz.
the output headroom decreases. The response for lower supply
voltages is similar (in the supply referenced mode, the offset is
smaller), but the dynamic range will be reduced further, as head-
room decreases. Figure 36 shows the response of the AD8361 to
a CW input for various supply voltages.
+V 2.7 – 5.5V
S
100pF
5.0
0.01F
SUPPLY REF
AD8361
4.5
1
2
3
4
SREF
8
7
6
5
VPOS
V rms
4.0
INTERNAL REF
C
IREF
VRMS
FLTR
C
100pF
3.5
RFIN
RFIN
GROUND REF
3.0
R1
75⍀
CFLTR
COMM
PWDN
2.5
2.0
Figure 32. Basic Connections for Ground Referenced Mode
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
+V 2.7 – 5.5V
S
100pF
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.01F
AD8361
INPUT – V rms
1
2
3
4
SREF
VRMS
FLTR
8
7
6
5
VPOS
Figure 35. Output Swing for Ground, Internal and Supply
Referenced Mode. VPOS = 5 V (micro_SOIC Only)
V rms
IREF
C
C
RFIN
RFIN
R1
75⍀
5.5
CFLTR
100pF
5.5V
COMM
PWDN
5.0
4.5
5.0V
Figure 33. Basic Connections for Internal Reference Mode
4.0
3.0V
3.5
+V 2.7 – 5.5V
S
3.0
2.5
100pF
2.0
2.7V
0.01F
AD8361
1.5
1.0
1
2
3
4
SREF
VRMS
FLTR
8
7
6
5
VPOS
V rms
IREF
0.5
0.0
C
C
RFIN
RFIN
R1
75⍀
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
CFLTR
100pF
COMM
PWDN
INPUT – V rms
Figure 36. Output Swing for Supply Voltages of 2.7 V,
3.0 V, 5.0 V and 5.5 V (micro_SOIC Only)
Figure 34. Basic Connections for Supply Referenced Mode
Dynamic Range
The output voltage is nominally 7.5 times the input rms voltage
(a conversion gain of 7.5 V/V rms). Three different modes of
operation are set by the pins SREF and IREF. In addition to the
ground referenced mode shown in Figure 32, where the output
voltage swings from around near ground to 4.9 V on a 5.0 V
supply, two additional modes allow an offset voltage to be added to
the output. In the internal reference mode, (Figure 33), the
output voltage swing is shifted upward by an internal reference
voltage of 350 mV. In supply referenced mode (Figure 34), an
offset voltage of VS/7.5 is added to the output voltage. Table I
summarizes the connections, output transfer function and mini-
mum output voltage (i.e., zero signal) for each mode.
Because the AD8361 is a linear responding device with a nomi-
nal transfer function of 7.5 V/V rms, the dynamic range in dB is
not clear from plots such as Figure 35. As the input level is
increased in constant dB steps, the output step size (per dB)
will also increase. Figure 37 shows the relationship between the
output step size (i.e., mV/dB) and input voltage for a nominal
transfer function of 7.5 V/V rms.
Table I. Connections and Nominal Transfer Function for
Ground, Internal, and Supply Reference Modes
Output
Intercept
(No Signal)
Output Swing
Reference
Mode
Figure 35 shows the output swing of the AD8361 for a 5 V supply
voltage for each of the three modes. It is clear from Figure 35,
that operating the device in either internal reference mode or
supply referenced mode, will reduce the effective dynamic range as
IREF
SREF
Output
Ground
Internal
Supply
VPOS
OPEN COMM
VPOS VPOS
COMM
Zero
0.350 V
VS/7.5
7.5 VIN
7.5 VIN + 0.350 V
7.5 VIN + VS/7.5
REV. A
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