AD8057/AD8058

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REV. A

For zero volts input, the outputs of the op amps want to be at

2.5 V, which is the midsupply level of the A-to-D. This is ac-

complished by first taking the 2.5 V reference output of the

A-to-D and dividing it by two by a pair of 1 k

Ω resistors. The

resulting 1.25 V is applied to each op amp’s positive input. This

voltage is then multiplied by the gain of 2 of the op amps to

provide a 2.5 V level at each output.

The assumption for this circuit is that the input signal is bipolar

with respect to round and the circuit must be dc coupled. This

implies the existence of a negative supply elsewhere in the system.

This circuit uses –5 V as the negative supply for the AD8058.

If the AD8058 negative supply were tied to ground, there would

be a problem at the input of the noninverting op amp. The

input common-mode voltage can only go to within 1 V of the

negative rail. Since this circuit requires that the positive inputs

operate with a 1.25 V bias, there is not enough room to swing

this voltage in the negative direction. The inverting stage does

not have this problem, because its common-mode input voltage

remains fixed at 1.25 V. If dc-coupling is not required, various

ac-coupling techniques can be used to eliminate this problem.

Layout

The AD8057 and AD8058 are high speed op amps and should

be used in a board layout that follows standard high speed de-

sign rules. All the signal traces should be as short and direct as

possible. In particular, the parasitic capacitance on the inverting

input of each device should be kept to a minimum to avoid

excessive peaking and other undesirable performance.

The power supplies should be bypassed very close to the power

pins of the package with 0.1

µF in parallel with a larger, approxi-

mately 10

µF tantalum capacitor. These capacitors should be

connected to a ground plane that is either on an inner layer, or

fills the area of the board that is not used for other signals.