AD8037-EB Analog Devices Inc, AD8037-EB Datasheet - Page 20

• Manufacturer Part Number: AD8037-EB
• Description: BOARD EVAL FOR AD8037
• Manufacturer: Analog Devices Inc
• Series: CLAMPIN™r

Specifications of AD8037-EB

• Rohs Status: RoHS non-compliant
• Channels Per Ic: 1 - Single
• Amplifier Type: Voltage Feedback
• Output Type: Single-Ended
• Slew Rate: 1500 V/µs
• -3db Bandwidth: 270MHz
• Current - Output / Channel: 70mA
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Current - Supply (main Ic): 18.5mA
• Voltage - Supply, Single/dual (±): ±3 V ~ 6 V
• Board Type: Fully Populated
• Utilized Ic / Part: AD8037

AD8036/AD8037
Thus for either positive or negative input signals, the output is
unity times the absolute value of the input signal. The circuit
can be easily configured to produce the negative absolute value
of the input by applying the input to V
The circuit can get to within about 40 mV of ground during the
time when the input crosses zero. This voltage is fixed over a
wide frequency range and is a result of the switching between
the conventional op amp input and the clamp input. But because
there are no diodes to rapidly switch from forward to reverse bias,
the performance far exceeds that of diode based full wave rectifiers.
The 40 mV offset mentioned can be removed by adding an off-
set to the circuit. A 27.4 kΩ input resistor to the inverting input
will have a gain of 0.01, while changing the gain of the circuit
by only 1%. A plus or minus 4 V dc level (depending on the
polarity of the rectifier) into this resistor will compensate for
the offset.
Full wave rectifiers are useful in many applications including
AM signal detection, high frequency ac voltmeters and various
arithmetic operations.
Amplitude Modulator
In addition to being able to be configured as an amplitude
demodulator (AM detector), the AD8037 can also be config-
ured as an amplitude modulator as shown in Figure 15.
The positive input of the AD8037 is driven with a square wave
of sufficient amplitude to produce clamping action at both the
high and low levels. This is the higher frequency carrier signal.
MODULATION IN
CARRIER IN
274
100
R
G
274
R
AD8037
F
V
V
V
H
H
L
+5V
–5V
H
0.1 F
0.1 F
instead of V
10 F
10 F
L
.
AM OUT
The modulation signal is applied to both the input of a unity
gain inverting amplifier and to V
V
To understand the circuit operation, it is helpful to first con-
sider a simpler circuit. If both V
–0.5 V and the carrier and modulation inputs driven as above,
the output would be a 2 V p-p square wave at the carrier fre-
quency riding on a waveform at the modulating frequency. The
inverting input (modulation signal) is creating a varying offset to
the 2 V p-p square wave at the output. Both the high and low
levels clamp at twice the input levels on the clamps because the
noise gain of the circuit is two.
When V
at a dc level, a more complicated situation results. The resulting
waveform is composed of an upper envelope and a lower enve-
lope with the carrier square wave in between. The upper and
lower envelope waveforms are 180° out of phase as in a typical
AM waveform.
The upper envelope is produced by the upper clamp level being
offset by the waveform applied to the inverting input. This offset
is the opposite polarity of the input waveform because of the
inverting configuration.
The lower envelope is produced by the sum of two effects. First,
it is offset by the waveform applied to the inverting input as in
the case of the simplified circuit above. The polarity of this off-
set is in the same direction as the upper envelope. Second, the
output is driven in the opposite direction of the offset at twice
the offset voltage by the modulation signal being applied to V
This results from the noise gain being equal to two, and since
there is no inversion in this connection, it is opposite polarity
from the offset.
The result at the output for the lower envelope is the sum of
these two effects, which produces the lower envelope of an
amplitude modulated waveform. See Figure 16.
The depth of modulation can be modified in this circuit by
changing the amplitude of the modulation signal. This changes
the amplitude of the upper and lower envelope waveforms.
The modulation depth can also be changed by changing the dc
bias applied to V
lower envelope waveforms stay constant, but the spacing between
them changes. This alters the ratio of the envelope amplitude to
the amplitude of the overall waveform.
H
is biased at 0.5 V dc.
L
is driven by the modulation signal instead of being held
H
. In this case the amplitudes of the upper and
L
L
, the lower clamping input.
and V
H
were dc biased at
L
.