[time-nuts] 50 ohm Driver
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Wed Mar 4 18:47:13 EST 2015
Hi
If you want to drive out of a 50 ohm source into your 50 ohm load *and*
get 5V into the load … that’s a fancy amp. 10V power and some careful
work to get it going.
If you just want to get roughly 5V into a 50 ohm load, then it’s a matter of how
many gates you decide to parallel. If you go with “32 ma” drivers, you should
be able to get it done with 8 of them in parallel. Drive them all off of a single
dedicated fast gate that’s on the same supply. Probably best to stuff
a 20 or 30 ohm resistor in series with each of the outputs. If it’s *got* to
be a full 5V, don’t use the resistors.
Bob
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Martyn Smith <martyn at ptsyst.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A quick question.
>
> My output driver for a simple amplifier.
>
> I use three gates (in parallel with resistors) from a 74AC14 to give me about 0-3.2V into 50 ohm.
>
> I want to have a driver that gives me a full 0-5V (at least 0-4.5V) swing into 50 ohms.
>
> Can anyone recommend an IC that can delivery this.
>
> But it needs to have similar jitter performance to the 74AC14.
>
> I use it up to 10 MHz.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Martyn
>
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