Programmable Transimpedance,
Current to Bits Receiver µModule
ADA4355
Data Sheet
FEATURES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
High performance, current input, data acquisition µModule
that includes a TIA, analog filter, ADC driver, and ADC
3 selectable TZ settings: 2 kΩ, 20 kΩ, and 200 kΩ
Internal 1.8 V LDO for the ADC
All passive components including supply decoupling
Small form factor: 12.00 mm × 6.00 mm CSP_BGA
Operation from a single 3.3 V supply
Full-scale input current to 800 µA (TZ = 2 kΩ)
Fast input overload recovery
High analog input current to 40 mA
Analog filter for noise reduction and antialias filtering
Selectable 1.0 MHz and 100 MHz LPF bandwidth
Low input referred current noise: 16 pA rms
TZ = 200 kΩ, 65,536 averages, 1 MHz analog filter
Supports input pulse widths down to 10 ns
14-bit ADC with sample rate up to 125 MSPS
Serial LVDS data output
The ADA4355 is a complete, high performance, current input
µModule®. For space savings, the ADA4355 includes all the
required active and passive components to realize a complete
current to bits data acquisition solution, supporting a small
form factor, optical modules as well as multichannel systems.
The high speed transimpedance amplifier (TIA) of the device
supports 10 ns pulse widths, allowing high spatial resolution for
Time of Flight (ToF) measurements. Additionally, the ADA4355
includes three TIA gain (TZ) settings to maximize dynamic range.
An internal, selectable, analog low-pass filter (LPF) can limit
the device bandwidth with a corner frequency of 100 MHz to
minimize broadband noise while also serving as an antialiasing
filter for the 125 MSPS ADC. For lower bandwidth signals, or
wider signal pulses (for example, 20 µs or wider), the filter can
be set to a corner frequency of 1.0 MHz to provide additional
noise reduction.
SPI control interface
The 14-bit ADC converts the amplified voltage signal at a rate of
up to 125 MSPS and outputs the digitized signals through two
serial, low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) data lanes,
operating at rates of up to 1 Gbps per lane. The data clock
output (DCO) operates at frequencies of up to 500 MHz and
supports double data rate (DDR) operation.
Quiescent power: 546 mW, LDO enabled
Temperature range: −40°C to +85°C
APPLICATIONS
Current to voltage conversion
Chemical analyzers
Mass spectroscopy
Time of Flight
Fiber optic sensing
OTDR
Optical amplifiers
The ADA4355 exhibits fast overdrive recovery from a large
input current signal and is available in a 12.00 mm × 6.00 mm
CSP_BGA package with a −40°C to +85°C operating temperature
range.
Reconfigurable optical add and drop multiplexers (ROADM)
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
VCC
VLDEN
VLD
VEA/VED
2
LDO
BANDWIDTH
LPF
LVDS LANES
SPI SIGNALS
INPUT
TIA
2
ADC
SPI
GSEL0,
GSEL1
ADA4355
FSEL
GND
CLKN CLKP
Figure 1.
Rev. A
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