Product Information
Features
- WIDE GAIN CONTROL RANGE: 77dB
- SMALL PACKAGE: SO-8
- WIDE SIGNAL BANDWIDTH: 30MHz
- LOW VOLTAGE NOISE: 2.2nV/
Hz - FAST GAIN SLEW RATE: 300dB/us
- APPLICATIONS
- OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
- AGC AMPLIFIERS
- ULTRASOUND
- SONAR
- ACTIVE FILTERS
- LOG AMPLIFIERS
- IF CIRCUITS
- CCD CAMERAS
Description
The VCA610 is a wideband, continuously variable, voltage-controlled gain amplifier. It provides linear-dB gain control with high impedance inputs. It is designed to be used as a flexible gain-control element in a variety of electronic systems.
The VCA610 has a gain-control range of 77dB (�38.5dB to +38.5dB) providing both gain and attenuation for maximum flexibility in a small SO-8. The broad attenuation range can be used for gradual or controlled channel turn-on and turn-off for applications in which abrupt gain changes can create artifacts or other errors. In addition, the output can be disabled to provide �77dB of attenuation. Group delay variation with gain is typically less than ±2ns across a bandwidth of 1MHz to 15MHz.
The VCA610 has a noise figure of 3.5dB (with an RS of 200) including the effects of both current and voltage noise. Instantaneous output dynamic range is 70dB for gains of 0dB to +38.5dB with 1MHz noise bandwidth. The output is capable of driving 100
. The high-speed, 300dB/�s, gain-control signal is a unipolar (0V to �2V) voltage that varies the gain linearly in dB/V over a �38.5dB to +38.5dB range.
The VCA610 is designed with a very fast overload recovery time of only 200ns. This allows a large signal transient to overload the output at high gain, without obscuring low-level signals following closely behind. The excellent overload recovery time and distortion specifications optimize this device for low-level doppler measurements.