
Features
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120MHz bandwidth at +24dBm output
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Low distortion
(2nd/3rd: -60/-62dBc @ 20MHz and 10dBm)
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Output short circuit protection
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User-definable output impedance, gain,
and compensation
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Internal current limiting
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Direct replacement for CLC560
Applications
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Output amplification
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Arbitrary waveform generation
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ATE systems
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Cable/line driving
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Function generators
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SAW drivers
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Flash A/D driving and testing
General Description
The KH560 is a wideband DC coupled, amplifier that
combines high output drive and low distortion. At
an output of +24dBm (10V
pp
into 50
), the -3dB
bandwidth is 120MHz. As illustrated in the table
below, distortion performance remains excellent
even when amplifying high-frequency signals to high
output power levels.
With the output current internally limited to 250mA,
the KH560 is fully protected against shorts to ground
and can, with the addition of a series limiting resistor
at the output, withstand shorts to the ±15V supplies.
The KH560 has been designed for maximum flexibility
in a wide variety of demanding applications. The
two resistors comprising the feedback network set
both the gain and the output impedance, without
requiring the series backmatch resistor needed by
most op amps. This allows driving into a matched
load without dropping half the voltage swing
through a series matching resistor. External compen-
sation allows user adjustment of the frequency
response. The KH560 is specified for both maximally
flat frequency response and 0% pulse overshoot
compensations.
The combination of wide bandwidth, high output
power, and low distortion, coupled with gain, output
impedance and frequency response flexibility, makes
the KH560 ideal for waveform generator applications.
Excellent stability driving capacitive loads yields
superior performance driving ADC’s, long transmission
lines, and SAW devices. A companion part, the
KH561, offers higher full power bandwidth for
broadband sinusoidal applications.
The KH560 is constructed using thin film resistor/bipolar
transistor technology, and is available in the following
versions:
KH560AI
KH560AK
-25°C to +85°C
-55°C to +125°C
24-pin Ceramic DIP
24-pin Ceramic DIP,
features burn-in
and hermetic testing
24-pin Ceramic DIP,
environmentally screened
and electronically tested
to MIL-STD-883
KH560AM
-55°C to +125°C
KH560
Wideband, Low Distortion Driver Amplifier
www.fairchildsemi.com
REV. 1A February 2001
Large Signal Pulse Response
O
Time (5ns/div)
A
v
= +20
A
v
= -20
Typical Distortion Performance
Output
Power
10dBm
18dBm
24dBm
20MHz
2nd
-60
-51
-46
50MHz
2nd
-50
-40
-33
100MHz
2nd
-54
-36
3rd
-62
-48
-38
3rd
-54
-40
-25
3rd
-44
-29
4
19
23
21
20
15
10
5
18
8
+
-
Compensation
V
o
-V
CC
All undesignated
pins are internally
unconnected. May
be grounded if
desired.
+V
CC
V+
V-