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Current Mode Multiplier Features
The EL2082 is a general purpose • Flexible inputs and outputs, all ground referred
variable gain control building block,
• 150MHz large and small-signal bandwidth
built using an advanced proprietary
complementary bipolar process. It is a two-quandrant • 46dB of calibrated gain control range
multiplier, so that zero or negative control voltages do not
• 70dB isolation in disable mode @ 10MHz
allow signal feedthrough and very high attenuation is
possible. The EL2082 works in current mode rather than • 0.15% diff gain and 0.05° diff phase performance at NTSC
voltage mode, so that the input impedance is low and the using application circuit
output impedance is high. This allows very wide bandwidth
• Operates on ±5V to ±15V power supplies
for both large and small signals.
• Outputs may be paralleled to function as a multiplexer
The IIN pin replicates the voltage present on the VIN pin;
therefore, the V IN pin can be used to reject common-mode Applications
noise and establish an input ground reference. The gain
• Level adjust for video signals
control input is calibrated to 1mA/mA signal gain for 1V of
control voltage. The disable pin (E) is TTL-compatible, and • Video faders and mixers
the output current can comply with a wide range of output
• Signal routing multiplexers
voltages.
• Variable active filters
Because current signals rather than voltages are employed,
multiple inputs can be summed and many outputs wire-or'ed • Video monitor contrast control
or mixed.
• AGC
The EL2082 operates from a wide range of supplies and is
• Receiver IF gain control
available in standard 8-pin plastic DIP or 8-pin SO.
• Modulation/demodulation
EL2082 • General “cold” front-panel control of AC signals
(8-PIN SO, PDIP)
TOP VIEW Ordering Information
PART
NUMBER TEMP. RANGE PACKAGE PKG. NO.
EL2082CN 0°C to +75°C 8-Pin PDIP MDP0031
1 CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.
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EL2082
CAUTION: Stresses above those listed in “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress only rating and operation of the
device at these or any other conditions above those indicated in the operational sections of this specification is not implied.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All parameters having Min/Max specifications are guaranteed. Typical values are for information purposes only. Unless otherwise noted, all tests
are at the specified temperature and are pulsed tests, therefore: TJ = TC = TA
VPSRR Offset Voltage Power Supply Rejection Ratio, VS = ±5V to ±15V Full 60 80 dB
IPSRR Offset Current Power Supply Rejection Ratio, VS = ±5V to ±15V Full 1 10 µA/V
IBVIN VIN Bias Current Full -10 10 µA
RINV VIN Input Impedance; VIN = -10V, +10V Full 0.5 1.0 MΩ
Nlini Signal Nonlinearity; IIN = -0.7mA, -0.35mA, 0mA, +0.35mA, +0.7mA Full 0.10 0.4 %
ROUT Output Impedance VOUT = -10V, +10V Full 0.25 0.5 MΩ
VOUT Output Swing; VGAIN = 2V, IIN ±2 mA, RL = 4.0k Full -11 +11 V
VIOG VOS, Gain Control, Extrapolated from V GAIN = 0.1V, 1V Full -15 15 mV
AI Current Gain, IIN ±350µA Full 0.9 1.0 1.1 mA/mA
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Frequency Response in
Current Gain Flatness Voltage Input Mode
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Output Capacitance vs
Output Voltage Enable Pin Response
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Applications Information RIN would typically be 1kΩ for video level inputs, or 10kΩ for
±10V instrumentation signals. The higher the value of R IN
The EL2082 is best thought of as a current-conveyor with
(the lower the input current), the lower the distortion levels of
variable current gain. A current input to the IIN pin will be
the EL2082 will be. An approximate expression of the
replicated as a current driven out the I OUT pin, with a gain
nonlinearity of the EL2082 is:
controlled by V GAIN. Thus, an input of 1mA will produce an
output current of 1mA for V GAIN = 1V. An input of 1mA will 2
Nonlinearity ( % ) = 0.3*II N ( mA )
produce an output of 2mA for V GAIN = 2V. The useable
VGAIN range is zero to +2V. A negative level on V GAIN, even Optimum input current level is a tradeoff between distortion
only -20mV, will yield very high signal attenuation. and signal-to-noise-ratio. The distortion and input range do
The EL2082 in Conjunction with Op-Amps not change appreciably with V GAIN levels; distortion is set by
input currents alone.
This resistor-load circuit shows a simple method of
converting voltage signals to currents and vice versa: The output current could be terminated with a 1kΩ load
resistor to achieve a nominal voltage gain of 1 at the
VGAIN RL R F + R G EL2082, but the IOUT, load, and stray capacitances would
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GAIN = -----------------
1V R I N + 95Ω R G limit bandwidth greatly. The lowest practical total
capacitance at IOUT is about 12pF, and this gives a 13MHz
bandwidth with a 1kΩ load. In the above example a 100Ω
load is used for an upper limit of 130MHz. The operational
amplifier gives a gain of +10 to bring the overall gain to unity.
Wider bandwidth yet can be had by installing C IN. This is a
very small capacitor, typically 1pF-2pF, and it bolsters the
gain above 100MHz. Here is a table of results for this circuit
used with various amplifiers:
OPERATIONAL 0.1dB
AMPLIFIER POWER SUPPLIES RF RG CIN -3dB BANDWITH BANDWIDTH PEAKING
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Maximum bandwidth is maintained over a gain range of +6 The circuit above gives a negative gain. The main concern of
to -16dB; bandwidth drops at lower gains. If wider gain range this connection involves the total I OUT and stray
with full bandwidth is required, two or more EL2082s can be capacitances at the amplifier's input. When using traditional
cascaded with the I OUT of one directly driving the IIN of the op-amps, the pole caused by these capacitances can make
next. the amplifier less stable and even cause oscillations in
amplifiers whose gain-bandwidth is greater than 5MHz. A
The EL2082 can also be used with an I → V operational
typical cure is to add a capacitor C F in the 2pF-10pF range.
circuit:
This will reduce overall bandwidth, so a capacitor C IN can be
VGAIN RF added to regain frequency response. The ratio C F/C IN is
GAIN = - ------------------ ---------------------------- made equal to RIN/RF.
1V R IN + 95 Ω
Current-feedback amplifiers eliminate this difficulty. Because
their -input is a very low impedance, capacitance at the
summing point of an inverting operational circuit is far less
troublesome. Here is a table of results of various current-
feedback circuits used in the inverting circuit:
OPERATIONAL -3dB
AMPLIFIER POWER SUPPLIES RF RIN RG BANDWIDTH 0.1dB BANDWIDTH PEAKING
EL2020 ±5V 1k 910 _ 29MHz 4.3MHz 0
The EL2120 and EL2090 are suitable in this circuit but they The EL2082 can also be used within an op-amp's feedback
are compensated for 300Ω feedback resistors. R IN would loop:
have to be reduced greatly to obtain unity gain and the 1V R F9 + 95Ω
increased signal currents would cause the EL2082 to display GAIN = - ------------------ -----------------------------
VGAIN RI N
much increased distortion. They could be used if the input
resistor were maintained at 910Ω and R F reduced for a -1/3
gain, or if R F = 1k and an overall bandwidth of 25MHz were
acceptable.
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phase lag of the EL2082 detracts from the phase margin of with increasing gain as well. The typical 12pF sum of
the op-amp, and some overall bandwidth reduction may EL2082 output capacitance in parallel with stray capacitance
result. The EL2082 appears as a 3.0ns delay, well past necessitates the inclusion of CF to prevent a feedback pole.
100MHz. Thus, for a 20MHz loop bandwidth, the EL2082 will Because of this 12pF capacitance at the op-amp -input,
subtract 20MHz x 3.0ns x 360 degrees = 21.6 degrees. The current-feedback op-amps will generally not be useable. As
loop path should have at least 55 degrees of phase margin before, the loop bandwidth and phase margin must
for low ringing in this connection. Loop bandwidth is always accommodate the extra phase lag of the EL2082.
reduced by the ratio R IN/(RIN + RF) with voltage mode op-
The VIN pin can be used instead of the IIN pin so:
amps.
IOUT -V
G
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GM = ------------- = -----------
Current-feedback op-amps again solve the summing- 1V R
G + 95 Ω
VIN
junction capacitance problem in this connection. The loop
bandwidth here becomes a matter of transimpedance over
frequency and its phase characteristics. Unfortunately, this
is generally poorly documented in amplifier data sheets. A
rule of thumb is that the transimpedance falls to the value of
the recommended feedback resistor at a frequency of
F- 3dB/4 to F -3dB/2, where F-3dB is the unity-gain closed-
loop bandwidth of the amplifier. The phase margin of the op-
amp is usually close to 90° at this frequency.
In general, R F is initially the recommended value for the FIGURE 5. THE VIN PIN USED AS SIGNAL INPUT
particular amplifier and is then empirically adjusted for
amplifier stability at maximum V GAIN , then RIN is set for the
This connection is useful when a high input impedance is
overall circuit gain required. Sometimes a very small C F can
required. There are a few caveats when using the V IN pin.
be used to improve loop stability, but it often must be in
The first is that VIN has a 250V/µs slew rate limitation. The
series with another resistor of value around R F/2.
second is that the inevitable C STRAY across R G causes a
A virtue of placing the EL2082 in feedback is that the input- gain zero and gain INCREASES above the 1/(2π CSTRAY
referred noise will drop as gain increases. This is ideal for RG) frequency and can peak as much as 20dB with large
level controls that are used to set the output to a constant CSTRAY. A graph of gain vs. frequency for several C STRAYS
level for a variety of inputs as well as AGC loops. is included in the typical performance curves. In general, if
Furthermore, the EL2082 has a relatively constant input wide bandwidth and frequency flatness is desired, the I IN pin
signal amplitude for a variety of input levels, and its distortion should be used.
will be relatively constant and controllable by setting RF.
The VIN pin does make an excellent ground reference pin,
Note that placing the EL2082 in the feedback path causes
for instance when low-frequency noise is to be rejected. The
the circuit bandwidth to vary inversely with gain.
next schematic shows the EL2082 V IN pin rejecting possible
The next circuit shows use of the EL2082 in the feedback 60Hz hum induced on an RF input cable:
path of a non-inverting op-amp:
1V R F + 95Ω
GAIN = -------- -------------------------
VG RG
This example has the same virtues with regards to noise and
distortion as the preceding circuit; and its bandwidth shrinks
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Dual EL2082 Fader with EL2030 Dual EL2082 Fader with EL2030
NTSC Differential Gain Error NTSC Differential Phase Error
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The circuit sums two inputs A and B, such that the sum of Variable Filters
their respective path gains is unity, as controlled by the This circuit is the familiar state-variable configuration, similar
potentiometer. When the potentiometer's wiper is fully down, to the bi-quad:
the slightly negative voltage at the V G of the B-side EL2082 VG
F O = -------- ---------------------------------------
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cuts off the B signal to better than 70dB attenuation at 1V 2π ( R + 95Ω )C
3.58MHz. The A-side EL2082 is at unity gain, so the only
(error) signal presented to the op-amp's -input is the same
(error) signal at the I IN of the A-side EL2082. The circuit thus
outputs -AIN. Since the error signal required by the op-amp
is very small, even at video frequencies, the current through
the A-side EL2082 is small and distortion is minimized.
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Negative Components
The following circuit converts a component or two-terminal
network to a variable and even negative replica of that
impedance:
( Z + 95Ω )
Z I N = -------------------------------------
( 1 + -VG ⁄ 1V )
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• The V G channel does not give zero gain for VG < 0; the
output gain reverses - don't use V G < 0
• The V G channel is not slew limited
• Frequency response does not vary with supply voltage
• The V IN channel is not slew limited
• Noise is not modeled
• Temperature effects are not modeled
• CMRR and PSRR are not modeled
• Frequency response does not vary with V G
Unfortunately, the polynomial expressions and two-input
multiplication may not be available on every simulator.
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