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Common Mode Terminated
at all Frequencies
1 mH
R
CM
+
R
.
T
LMH6521
-
R
T
1 mH
R
CM
Figure 5. Amplifier With Common Mode Load
Common Mode Shorted to
Ground at High Frequencies
1 mH
R
T
+
LMH6521
R
T
.
-
1 mH
Figure 6. Amplifier With High-Frequency Common Mode Load
Differential signal paths are chosen due to their immunity to many forms of noise. This is because most
distant noise sources will couple into a differential signal path as common-mode noise rather than
differential noise. In theory, common-mode noise on a differential signal path is of little concern since
many elements in the signal path will “reject” the common-mode noise. This is correct in many cases.
However, care must still be taken to keep the signal free from excessive noise. One reason is that at very
high frequencies many active elements do not have very good common-mode rejection (CMRR). Baluns
are one circuit element that have poor CMRR at very high frequencies. Many amplifiers also have trouble
suppressing common-mode noise at very high frequencies. Many high-speed analog-to-digital converters
(ADC) do not even specify CMRR at all.
-10
Maximum Gain
16dB Attenuation
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
1
10
100
1000
FREQUENCY (MHz)
Figure 7. CMRR of the LMH6522 DVGA
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AN-2235 Circuit Board Design for LMH6517/21/22 and Other High-Speed
IF/RF Feedback Amplifiers
SNOA869A–April 2012–Revised May 2013
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