AD9101AE Analog Devices Inc, AD9101AE Datasheet - Page 5

• Manufacturer Part Number: AD9101AE
• Manufacturer: Analog Devices Inc

Specifications of AD9101AE

• Number Of Sample And Hold Elements: 1
• Power Supply Requirement: Dual
• Single Supply Voltage (typ): Not RequiredV
• Single Supply Voltage (min): Not RequiredV
• Single Supply Voltage (max): Not RequiredV
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not Compliant

THEORY OF OPERATION
The AD9101 employs a new and unique track-and-hold archi-
tecture. Previous commercially available high speed track-and-
holds used an open loop input buffer, followed by a diode
bridge, hold capacitor and output buffer (closed or open loop)
with an FET device usually connected to the hold capacitor.
This architecture required mixed device technology and, usu-
ally, hybrid construction. The sampling rate of these hybrids has
been limited to 20 MSPS for 12-bit accuracy. Distortion gener-
ated in the front-end amplifier/bridge limited the dynamic range
performance to the “mid –70 dBFS” for analog input signals of
less than 10 MHz. Broadband and switch-generated noise lim-
ited the SNR of previous track-and-holds to about 70 dB.
The AD9101 is a monolithic device using a high frequency
complementary bipolar process to achieve new levels of high
speed precision. Its architecture completely breaks from the tra-
ditional architecture described above. The hold switch has been
integrated into the first stage closed-loop buffer. This innova-
tion provides error (distortion) correction for both the switch
and buffer while still achieving slew rates representative of an
open-loop design. In addition, acquisition slew current for the
hold capacitor is higher than the traditional diode bridge switch
configurations, removing a main contributor to the limits of
maximum sampling rate, input frequency and distortion.
The closed-loop output amplifier includes zero voltage bias cur-
rent cancellation, which results in high-temperature droop rates
close to those found in FET type inputs. This closed-loop am-
plifier inherently provides high speed loop correction and has
extremely low distortion even when heavily loaded.
Extremely fast time constant linearity (7 ns to 0.01% for a 4 V
output step) ensures that the output amplifier does not limit the
AD9101 sampling rate or analog input frequency. (The acquisi-
tion and settling time are primarily limited only by the input
sampler.) The output is transparent to the overall AD9101 hold
mode distortion levels for loads as low as 50 .
Full-scale track and acquisition slew rates achieved by the
AD9101 are 1800 V/ s and 1700 V/ s, respectively. When com-
bined with excellent phase margin (typically 5% overshoot),
wide bandwidth, and dc gain accuracy, acquisition time to
0.01% is only 11 ns.
Acquisition Time
Acquisition time is the amount of time it takes the AD9101 to
reacquire the analog input when switching from hold-to-track
mode. The interval starts at the 50% clock transition point and
ends when the input signal is reacquired to within a specified er-
ror band at the hold capacitor.
The hold-to-track switch delay (t
from this acquisition time for 12-bit performance because it is a
charging time and analog output delay that occurs when moving
from hold to track; this delay is typically 1.5 ns. Therefore, the
track time required for the AD9101 is the acquisition time
which includes t
the settled voltage at the hold capacitor and does not include the
delay and settling time of the output amplifier. The example in
Figure 1 illustrates why the output amplifier does not contribute
to the overall acquisition time.
The exaggerated illustration in Figure 1 shows that V
settled to within x% of its final value, but V
limitations, finite BW, power supply ringing, etc.) has not settled
REV. 0
DHT
. Note that the acquisition time is defined as
DHT
) cannot be subtracted
OUT
(due to slew rate
HC
has
–5–
during the track time. However, since the output amplifier al-
ways “tracks” the front end circuitry, it “catches up” and di-
rectly superimposes itself (less about 500 ps of analog delay) to
V
can be about 1.2 ns to 1 mV, and is significantly less than the
hold time, acquisition time should be referenced to the hold
capacitor.
Most of the hold settling time and output acquisition time are
due to the sampler and the switch network. (Output acquisition
time is as seen on a scope at the output. This is typically 1.7 ns
longer than actual acquisition time.) For track time, the output
amplifier contributes only about 5 ns of the total; in hold mode,
it contributes 1.7 ns (as stated above).
A stricter definition of acquisition would actually include both
the acquisition and track-to-hold settling times to a defined ac-
curacy. To obtain 12-bit+ distortion levels and 50 MSPS opera-
tion, the minimum recommended track and hold times are
12 ns and 8 ns, respectively. To drive an 8-bit flash converter
(such as the AD9002) with a 2 V p-p full-scale input, hold time
to 1 LSB accuracy will be limited primarily by the aperture time
of the encoder, rather than by the AD9101. This makes it pos-
sible to reduce track time to as little as 5 ns, with hold time cho-
sen to optimize the encoder’s performance.
Though acquisition time and track-to-hold settling time to
1/2 LSB (0.4%) accuracy are 6 ns and 4 ns respectively, it is still
possible to achieve –45 dB SNR performance at clock speeds to
125 MSPS. This is because the settling error is roughly propor-
tional to the signal level and is partially cancelled due to the
high phase margin of the input sampler.
Hold vs. Track Mode Distortion
In many traditional high speed, open-loop track-and-holds,
track mode distortion is often much better than hold mode dis-
tortion. Track mode distortion does not include nonlinearities
due to the switch network, and does not correlate to the relevant
hold mode distortion. But since hold mode distortion has tradi-
tionally been omitted from manufacturer’s specification tables,
users have had to discover for themselves the effective overall
hold mode distortion of the combined T/H and encoder.
HC
. Since the small signal settling time of the output amplifier
Figure 1. Acquisition Time at Hold Capacitor
t
1.5ns
DHT
SAMPLER
V
V
HC
OUT
HC
TRACK
V
HC
ACQUISITION TIME
AT HC TO X%
AMP
TRACK-TO-HOLD
INDUCED GLITCH
TS
HOLD
AD9101
V
OUT