Datasheet
Triple Differential Receiver with 
300 Meter Adjustable Line Equalization 
Data Sheet 
AD8122 
Rev. 0 
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FEATURES 
Compensates cables up to 300 meters for wideband video 
60 MHz equalized BW at 300 meters of UTP cable 
120 MHz equalized BW at 150 meters of UTP cable 
Fast time domain performance 
70 ns settling time to 1% at 300 meters of UTP cable 
7 ns rise/fall times with 2 V step at 300 meters of UTP cable 
3 frequency response gain adjustment pins 
High frequency peaking adjustment (V
PEAK
) 
Output low-pass filter cutoff adjustment (V
FI LTE R
) 
Broadband flat gain adjustment (V
GAIN
) 
Selectable for UTP or coaxial compensation 
DC output offset adjustment pin (V
OFFSET
) 
Low output offset voltage: ±4 mV at G = 1 
Compensates both RGB and YPbPr 
2 on-chip comparators with hysteresis can be used  
for common-mode sync pulse extraction 
Available in 40-lead, 6 mm × 6 mm LFCSP 
APPLICATIONS 
Keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) 
Digital signage 
RGB video over UTP cables 
Professional video projection and distribution 
HD video 
Security video 
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM 
OUT
R
GAIN
R
OUT
G
GAIN
G
OUT
B
GAIN
B
V
PEAK
V
FILTER
V
OFFSET
V
GAIN
–IN
CMP1
+IN
CMP1
–IN
CMP2
OUT
CMP1
OUT
CMP2
+IN
CMP2
AD8122
COAX/UTP
–IN
R
+IN
R
–IN
G
+IN
G
–IN
B
+IN
B
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Figure 1.  
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
The AD8122 is a high speed, triple differential receiver and 
equalizer that compensates for the transmission losses of UTP 
cables up to 300 meters in length and coaxial cables up to 
200 meters in length. Various gain stages are summed to best 
approximate the inverse frequency response of the cable. Each 
channel features a high impedance differential input with high 
rejection of common-mode (CM) signals that is ideal for inter-
facing directly with the cable. 
The AD8122 has two control inputs for optimal cable 
compensation, one LPF control input, an input to select UTP or 
coaxial cable, and an input to adjust the dc output offset. The cable 
compensation inputs are used to compensate for different cable 
lengths: the V
PEAK
 input controls the amount of high frequency 
peaking, and the V
GAIN
 input adjusts the broadband flat gain to 
compensate for the flat cable loss. The V
FILTER
 input controls the 
cutoff frequency of output low-pass filters on each channel. 
The selection of UTP or coaxial cable compensation responses 
is determined by the binary COAX/
UTP
 input, which can be 
left floating in UTP applications. The V
OFFSET
 input allows the  
dc voltage at the output to be adjusted, which can be useful in 
dc-coupled systems. 
For added flexibility, the gain of each channel can be set to 1  
or 2 using the associated gain control pin. 
The AD8122 is available in a 6 mm × 6 mm, 40-lead LFCSP  
and is rated to operate over the extended temperature range  
of −40°C to +85°C. 










