Datasheet

OPA691
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SBOS226D
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FIGURE 14. Internal ESD Protection.
External
Pin
+V
CC
–V
CC
Internal
Circuitry
design handbook for microstrip and stripline layout tech-
niques). A 50Ω environment is normally not necessary on
board, and in fact, a higher impedance environment will
improve distortion, as shown in the Distortion versus Load
plots. With a characteristic board trace impedance defined
based on board material and trace dimensions, a matching
series resistor into the trace from the output of the OPA691
is used as well as a terminating shunt resistor at the input of
the destination device. Remember also that the terminating
impedance will be the parallel combination of the shunt
resistor and the input impedance of the destination device:
this total effective impedance should be set to match the
trace impedance. The high output voltage and current capa-
bility of the OPA691 allows multiple destination devices to be
handled as separate transmission lines, each with their own
series and shunt terminations. If the 6dB attenuation of a
doubly-terminated transmission line is unacceptable, a long
trace can be series-terminated at the source end only. Treat
the trace as a capacitive load in this case and set the series
resistor value as shown in the plot of R
S
versus Capacitive
Load. This will not preserve signal integrity as well as a
doubly-terminated line. If the input impedance of the destina-
tion device is low, there will be some signal attenuation due
to the voltage divider formed by the series output into the
terminating impedance.
e) Socketing a high-speed part like the OPA691 is not
recommended. The additional lead length and pin-to-pin
capacitance introduced by the socket can create an ex-
tremely troublesome parasitic network which can make it
almost impossible to achieve a smooth, stable frequency
response. Best results are obtained by soldering the OPA691
onto the board.
INPUT AND ESD PROTECTION
The OPA691 is built using a very high speed complementary
bipolar process. The internal junction breakdown voltages
are relatively low for these very small geometry devices.
These breakdowns are reflected in the Absolute Maximum
Ratings table. All device pins have limited ESD protection
using internal diodes to the power supplies, as shown in
Figure 14.
These diodes provide moderate protection to input overdrive
voltages above the supplies as well. The protection diodes
can typically support 30mA continuous current. Where higher
currents are possible (e.g., in systems with ±15V supply parts
driving into the OPA691), current-limiting series resistors
should be added into the two inputs. Keep these resistor
values as low as possible since high values degrade both
noise performance and frequency response.