
TMC1185
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
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and bottom reference (+2.25V), it is not necessary to do so. 
In all cases the center point, V
CM
 , should be bypassed to 
ground in order to provide a low impedance AC ground.
If the signal needs to be DC coupled to the input of the 
TMC1185, an operational amplifier input circuit is required. 
In the differential input mode, any single-ended signal 
must be modified to create a differential signal. This can be 
accomplished by using two operational amplifiers, one in the 
noninverting mode for the input and the other amplifier in the 
inverting mode for the complementary input. The low 
distortion circuit in Figure 7 will provide the necessary input 
shifting required for signals centered around ground. It also 
employs a diode for output level shifting to guarantee a low 
distortion +3.25V output swing. Another DC-coupled circuit 
is shown in Figure 8. Other amplifiers can be used in place of 
the OPA642s if the lowest distortion is not necessary. If out-
put level shifting circuits are not used, care must be taken to 
select operational amplifiers that give the necessary perfor-
mance when swinging to +3.25V with a 
±
5V supply opera-
tional amplifier. The OPA620 and OPA621, or the lower 
power OPA650 or OPA651 can be used in place of the 
OPA642s in Figure 7. In that configuration, the OPA650 and 
OPA651 will typically swing to within 100mV of positive 
full scale. If the OPA621 or OPA651 is used, the input buffer 
must be configured in a gain of 2.
The TMC1185 can also be configured with a single-ended 
input full scale range of +0.25V to +4.25V by tying the 
complementary input to the common-mode reference 
voltage as shown in Figure 9. This configuration will result 
in increased even-order harmonics, especially at higher input 
frequencies. However, this tradeoff may be quite acceptable 
for time-domain applications. The driving amplifier must 
give adequate performance with a +0.25V to +4.25V output 
swing in this case.
Figure 9. Single-Ended Input Connection
External References and Adjustment of 
Fullscale Range
The internal reference buffers are limited to approximately 
1mA of output current. As a result, these internal +1.25V and 
+3.25V references may be overridden by external references 
that have at least 25mA of output drive capability. In this 
instance, the common-mode voltage will be set halfway 
between the two references. This feature can be used to 
adjust the gain error, improve gain drift, or to change the full 
scale input range of the TMC1185. Changing the full scale 
range to a lower value has the benefit of easing the swing 
requirements of external input amplifiers. The external 
references can vary as long as the value of the external top 
reference (REFT
EXT
) is less than or equal to +3.4V and the 
value of the external bottom reference (REFB
EXT
) is greater 
than or equal to +1.1V and the difference between the 
external references are greater than or equal to 800mV.
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26
27
CM
IN
IN
TMC1185
0.1
μ
F
Single-Ended
Input Signal
Full Scale = +0.25V to +4.25V with internal references.
22pF
65-1185-16
Figure 8. A Wideband DC-Coupled, 
Single-Ended to Differential Input Driver Circuit
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W
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OTA
OPA660
OPA660
200
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+1
+1
OPA131
1nF
OTA
–5V
+5V
DC-Coupled
Input Signal
27 IN
22 CM
26 IN
TMC1185
NOTE: Power supplies and bypassing not shown. The measured SNR performance with 12.5MHz input 
signal is 57dB with this driver circuit.
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500
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500
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1k
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243
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3
B
2
3
6
2
8
5
C
6
6
1
8
5
C 
E
E
3
2
B
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W
C
15pF
22pF
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22pF
0.1
μ
F
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V
OUT
–5V
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W