
MAX4144/MAX4145/MAX4146
High-Speed, Low-Distortion,
Differential Line Receivers
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5
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
100k
1M
10M
100M
1G
MAX4144
LARGE-SIGNAL GAIN
vs. FREQUENCY (AV = +2)
MAX4144/4146-07
FREQUENCY (Hz)
NORMALIZED
GAIN
(dB)
VOUT = 2VP-P
4
3
-6
100k
1M
10M
100M
1G
MAX4145
LARGE-SIGNAL GAIN
vs. FREQUENCY (AV = +1)
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
MAX4144/46
TOC-8
FREQUENCY (Hz)
NORMALIZED
GAIN
(dB)
0
1
2
VOUT = 2VP-P
5
-5
0.1
1
10
100
1,000
MAX4146 SMALL-SIGNAL GAIN
vs. FREQUENCY (AV = +10)
-3
MAX4144/6
TOC-09
FREQUENCY (Hz)
NORMALIZED
GAIN
(dB)
-1
1
3
4
-4
-2
0
2
VOUT = 2VP-P
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
100k
1M
10M
100M
1G
MAX4146
LARGE-SIGNAL GAIN
vs. FREQUENCY (AV = +100)
MAX4144/4146-10
FREQUENCY (Hz)
NORMALIZED
GAIN
(dB)
VOUT = 2VP-P
TIME (10ns/div)
MAX4144
SMALL-SIGNAL
PULSE RESPONSE (AV = +2)
IN
OUT
GND
VOLTAGE
(20mV/div)
MAX4144
toc11
GND
TIME (10ns/div)
GND
MAX4144/4146 toc12
IN
OUT
VOLTAGE
(50mV/div)
MAX4145
SMALL-SIGNAL
PULSE RESPONSE (AV = +1)
TIME (10ns/div)
MAX4146
SMALL-SIGNAL
PULSE RESPONSE (AV = +10)
IN
OUT
GND
VOLTAGE
(20mV/div)
MAX4144 toc13
TIME (10ns/div)
MAX4146
SMALL-SIGNAL
PULSE RESPONSE (AV = +100)
GND
VOLTAGE
IN
OUT
1mV/div
20mV/div
MAX4144
toc14
_____________________________Typical Operating Characteristics (continued)
(VCC = +5V, VEE = -5V, SHDN = 0V, RL = 150
Ω, TA = +25°C, unless otherwise noted.)
0.5
0.4
-0.5
0.1
1
10
100
1000
MAX4146 0.1dB GAIN FLATNESS
vs. FREQUENCY (AV = +10)
0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
MAX4144/46
TOC06
FREQUENCY (Hz)
NORMALIZED
GAIN
(dB)
0.1
0.2
0.3
VOUT = 100mVRMS