ADCMP580/ADCMP581/ADCMP582
APPLICATION INFORMATION
GND
POWER/GROUND LAYOUT AND BYPASSING
The ADCMP58x family of comparators is designed for very
high speed applications. Consequently, high speed design
techniques must be used to achieve the specified performance.
It is critically important to use low impedance supply planes,
particularly for the negative supply (ꢀEE), the output supply
plane (ꢀCCO), and the ground plane (GND). Individual supply
planes are recommended as part of a multilayer board. Provid-
ing the lowest inductance return path for the switching currents
ensures the best possible performance in the target application.
50Ω
50Ω
Q
Q
16mA
It is also important to adequately bypass the input and output
supplies. A 1 μF electrolytic bypass capacitor should be placed
within several inches of each power supply pin to ground. In
addition, multiple high quality 0.1 μF bypass capacitors should
be placed as close as possible to each of the ꢀEE, ꢀCCI, and ꢀCCO
supply pins and should be connected to the GND plane with
redundant vias. High frequency bypass capacitors should be
carefully selected for minimum inductance and ESR. Parasitic
layout inductance should be strictly avoided to maximize the
effectiveness of the bypass at high frequencies.
V
EE
Figure 24. Simplified Schematic Diagram of the ADCMP580 CML Output Stage
GND/V
CCO
Q
Q
ADCMP58x FAMILY OF OUTPUT STAGES
Specified propagation delay dispersion performance is achieved
by using proper transmission line terminations. The outputs of
the ADCMP580 family comparators are designed to directly
drive 400 mꢀ into 50 Ω cable or microstrip/stripline transmis-
sion lines terminated with 50 Ω referenced to the proper return.
The CML output stage for the ADCMP580 is shown in the
simplified schematic diagram in Figure 24. Each output is
back-terminated with 50 Ω for best transmission line matching.
The outputs of the ADCMP581/ADCMP582 are illustrated in
Figure 25; they should be terminated to −2 ꢀ for ECL outputs of
ADCMP581 and ꢀCCO − 2 ꢀ for PECL outputs of ADCMP582.
As an alternative, Thevenin equivalent termination networks
can also be used. If these high speed signals must be routed
more than a centimeter, either microstrip or stripline techniques
are required to ensure proper transition times and to prevent
excessive output ringing and pulse width-dependent propagation
delay dispersion.
V
EE
Figure 25. Simplified Schematic Diagram of the
ADCMP581/ADCMP582 ECL/PECL Output Stage
USING/DISABLING THE LATCH FEATURE
LE
The latch inputs (LE/ ) are active low for latch mode and are
internally terminated with 50 Ω resistors to the ꢀTT pin. When
using the ADCMP580, ꢀTT should be connected to ground.
When using the ADCMP581, ꢀTT should be connected to −2 ꢀ.
When using the ADCMP582, ꢀTT should be connected externally
to ꢀCCO − 2 ꢀ, preferably with its own low inductance plane.
When using the ADCMP580, the latch function can be disabled
LE
by connecting the
pin to ꢀEE with an external pull-down
resistor and by leaving the LE pin to ground. To prevent excessive
power dissipation, the resistor should be 1 kΩ for the ADCMP580.
When using the ADCMP581 comparators, the latch can be
LE
disabled by connecting the
pin to ꢀEE with an external 750 Ω
resistor and leaving the LE pin connected to −2 ꢀ. The idea is to
create an approximate 0.5 ꢀ offset using the internal resistor as
half of the voltage divider. The ꢀTT pin should be connected as
recommended.
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