LT6600-15
Very Low Noise, Differential
Amplifier and 15MHz Lowpass Filter
FEATURES
DESCRIPTION
TheLT®6600-15combinesafullydifferentialamplifierwitha
4thorder15MHzlowpassfilterapproximatingaChebyshev
frequency response. Most differential amplifiers require
many precision external components to tailor gain and
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Programmable Differential Gain via Two External
Resistors
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Adjustable Output Common Mode Voltage
Operates and Specified with 3V, 5V, 5V Supplies
0.5dB Ripple 4th Order Lowpass Filter with 15MHz
Cutoff
76dB S/N with 3V Supply and 2V Output
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bandwidth. In contrast, with the LT6600-15, two external
resistors program differential gain, and the filter’s 15MHz
cutoff frequency and passband ripple are internally set.
The LT6600-15 also provides the necessary level shifting
to set its output common mode voltage to accommodate
the reference voltage requirements of A/Ds.
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P-P
Low Distortion, 2V , 800Ω Load, V = 3V
P-P
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1MHz: 86dBc 2nd, 90dBc 3rd
10MHz: 63dBc 2nd, 69dBc 3rd
Fully Differential Inputs and Outputs
Compatible with Popular Differential Amplifier
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Using a proprietary internal architecture, the LT6600-15
integrates an antialiasing filter and a differential amplifier/
driverwithoutcompromisingdistortionorlownoiseperfor-
mance. Atunitygainthemeasuredinbandsignal-to-noise
ratio is an impressive 76dB. At higher gains the input
referred noise decreases so the part can process smaller
input differential signals without significantly degrading
the output signal-to-noise ratio.
Pinouts
SO-8 Package
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APPLICATIONS
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High Speed ADC Antialiasing and DAC Smoothing in
Networking or Cellular Base Station Applications
The LT6600-15 also features low voltage operation. The
differential design provides outstanding performance for
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High Speed Test and Measurement Equipment
Medical Imaging
Drop-In Replacement for Differential Amplifiers
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a 2V signal level while the part operates with a single
P-P
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3V supply.
L, LT, LTC and LTM are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
The LT6600-15 is packaged in an SO-8 and is pin compat-
ible with standalone differential amplifiers.
TYPICAL APPLICATION
An 8192 Point FFT Spectrum
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LTC2249
3V
LT6600-15
INPUT 10.7MHz
–10
2V
SAMPLE
3V
P-P
–20
f
= 80MHz
0.1μF
–30
–40
–50
R
536ꢀ
5.6pF
IN
3
+
1
7
2
8
V
25ꢀ
25ꢀ
–
4
+
A
+
–
–60
–70
V
MID
D
5.6pF
5.6pF
OUT
–
IN
V
0.01μF
OCM
–80
–
5
V
+
IN
V
V
CM
–90
R
6
IN
536ꢀ
–100
–110
–120
2.2μF
GAIN = 536ꢀ/R
IN
660015 TA01a
20
FREQUENCY (MHz)
0
10
30
40
660015 TA01b
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