UG-471
Evaluation Board User Guide
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Signal Amplifier
The RDAC can be operated as an inverting or noninverting
signal amplifier supporting linear or pseudologarithmic gains.
Table 6 shows the available configurations.
The noninverting amplifier with linear gain is shown in Figure 4,
and the gain is defined in Equation 3.
AW2
WB2
R
R
G
+
=
1
(3)
where:
R
WB2
is the code loaded for the R
WB2
resistance.
R
AW2
is the code loaded for the R
AW2
resistance.
1
1008-
004
VOUT2
V
IN
RDAC2
R42
C1
10nF
W2
B2
A2
B2
W2
R41
1.7kΩ
A2
R43
Figure 4. Linear Noninverting Amplifier
R43 and R42 can be used to set the maximum and minimum
gain limits.
The noninverting amplifier with pseudologarithmic gain is
shown in Figure 5, and the gain is defined in Equation 4.
RDAC2
RDAC2
G
−
+
=
256
1
(4)
where:
RDAC2
is the code loaded in the RDAC2.
1
1008-
005
VOUT2
V
IN
RDAC2
R42
C1
10nF
W2
B2
A2
B2
W2
R41
1.7kΩ
A2
R43
Figure 5. Pseudologarithmic Noninverting Amplifier
R43 and R42 can be used to set the maximum and minimum
gain limits.
The inverting amplifier with linear gain is shown in Figure 6,
and the gain is defined in Equation 5.
Note that the input signal, V
IN
, must be negative.
AW2
WB2
R
R
G
−
=
(5)
where:
R
WB2
is the code loaded for the R
WB2
resistance.
R
AW2
is the code loaded for the R
AW2
resistance.
1
1008-
006
VOUT2
V
IN
RDAC2
R42
C1
10nF
W2
B2
W2
A2
B2
R41
1.7kΩ
R43
A2
Figure 6. Linear Inverting Amplifier
R43 and R42 can be used to set the maximum and minimum
gain limits.
The inverting amplifier with pseudologarithmic gain is shown
in Figure 7, and the gain is defined in Equation 6.
2
256
2
RDAC
RDAC
G
−
−
=
(6)
where:
RDAC2
is the code loaded in the RDAC2.
VOUT2
V
IN
RDAC2
R42
C1
10nF
W2
B2
A2
B2
W2
R41
1.7kΩ
A2
R43
1
1008-
107
Figure 7. Pseudologarithmic Inverting Amplifier
R43 and R42 can be used to set the maximum and minimum
gain limits.