EL2111
range requirement 25% and the output offset is shifted to
2.1V you can take a gain of 1.5 and have a standard NTSC
1V at the 75Ω load.
Printed Circuit Layout
The EL2111 is well behaved, and easy to apply in most
applications. However, a few simple techniques will help
assure rapid, high quality results. As with any high frequency
device, good PCB layout is necessary for optimum
A simple transistor, capacitor and resistor sync tip clamp
may be used when the input is already AC coupled to set the
sync tip to ground. This gives the input a fixed DC level and
can be used like a direct coupled input. The clamp uses a
PNP transistor with the collector at ground and the base has
a 200kΩ resistor to 5V. The emitter connects to the amplifier
input and a capacitor from the video input. The clamp
functions as an inverted Beta current source for input bias
current with plus inputs and a clamp to ground for minus
performance. Ground-plane construction is highly
recommended, as is good power supply bypassing. A 0.1µF
ceramic capacitor is recommended for bypassing both
supplies. Pin lengths should be as short as possible, and
bypass capacitors should be as close to the device pins as
possible. For good AC performance, parasitic capacitances
should be kept to a minimum at both inputs and at the
output. Resistor values should be kept under 5kΩ because
of the RC time constants associated with the parasitic
capacitance. Metal-film and carbon resistors are both
acceptable, use of wire-wound resistors is not recommended
because of their parasitic inductance. Similarly, capacitors
should be low-inductance for best performance.
inputs. The R and R resistors are removed for the clamp
A
B
option (Figure 4).
2N3904
200K
RC
Clamp
Option
PNP
12K
R
1.4VB
A
47µF
CI
47µF
CO
+
-
V
OUT
36
2.1VB
V AMP
1V
AMP
RO
V
IN
1K
RF
5V
+
–
V1
Video
1V
+
–
FIGURE 4.
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