TSA1203
Figure 24. External reference setting
1kΩ
1.2V
330pF 10nF 4.7μF
VCCA VREFP
VIN
TSA1203
TS821
TS4041
VINB
VREFM
external
reference
Application information
8.3
Driving the differential analog inputs
The TSA1203 is designed to deliver optimum performance when driven on differential
inputs. An RF transformer is an efficient way of achieving this high performance.
Figure 25 describes the schematics. The input signal is fed to the primary of the transformer,
while the secondary drives both ADC inputs. The common mode voltage of the ADC (INCM)
is connected to the center-tap of the secondary of the transformer in order to bias the input
signal around this common voltage, internally set to 0.46V. It determines the DC component
of the analog signal. Being a high-impedance input, it acts as an I/O and can be externally
driven to adjust this DC component. The INCM is decoupled to maintain a low noise level on
this node. Our evaluation board is mounted with a 1:1 ADT1-1WT transformer from Mini
circuits. You might also use a higher impedance ratio (1:2 or 1:4) to reduce the driving
requirement on the analog source.
Each analog input can drive a 1.4 Vpp amplitude input signal, so the resulting differential
amplitude is 2.8 Vpp.
Figure 25. Differential input configuration with transformer
Analog source
ADT1-1
1:1
50Ω
33pF
VIN
TSA1203
channels
VINB I or Q
INCM
330pF 10nF 470nF
17/30