AN1481: Using DCP for Video Gain and Cable Compensation

Application Note 1481
Author: Dave Laing
Using DCP for Video Gain and Cable Compensation
There are times when video gain control is needed. DCP’s are
often overlooked for this application as they are thought to
have too low a bandwidth for video applications. Yet, by
selecting the proper DCP, the circuit bandwidth can be
extended to sufficiently support NTSC and PAL, as well as
HDTV video.
Here are 4 DCP Solutions that will be
Covered
1. Video Gain from 0.5 to Gain of 2
2. Low Noise Video Gain Control
3. Low Noise Cable Compensation
4. Low Noise Video Gain Control and Cable Compensation
Compensation
Max
DCP
Min
P-3
X9317 - 1k
Figure 2 uses two small capacitors, C2 and C3, for bandwidth
recovery to compensate for the bandwidth loss of the DCP. The
capacitors are very small value, which have little risk of
causing excess peaking. The stray DCP capacitance can cause
excessive band width lost when wiper is at low end of the DCP.
The wiper has ~25pF to ground forming an RC pole with the
resistance of the DCP. The pole causes high frequency
bandwidth roll-off.
When the wiper is at the bottom of the DCP by adding C2, you
have an AC divider with the DCPs internal capacitance. This
forms the same divider ratio as the DC resistive divider of the
DCP. Thus, the AC and DC gains are equal and you have
reduced the risk of excessive peaking. Due to the non-linearity
of the AC performance of the DCP, we added C4 to boost the
gain at the middle of the DCP range. C4 generates a little
positive feed back to compensate for the loss at this
mid-range.
DCP
10pF
C1
C4
~200
25pF
The high operating capacitance of the CMOS switches used in
the DCPs with large end to end resistance values reduces the
DCP’s signal bandwidth (see Figure 1). A low end-to-end
resistance value DCPs should be used for video to maintain as
large a bandwidth as possible. The X9317ZS8Z is a good
choice as its end-to-end resistance is 1kΩ.
Bandwidth Enhancement
C2
10pF
10pF
~200
P-6
10pF
GAIN = 4
C3
25pF
P-5
FIGURE 2. VIDEO GAIN DCP BANDWIDTH COMPENSATION
FIGURE 1. DCP SPICE MODEL
A conventional gain control design, using a DCP, provides input
signal attenuation and is followed by a fixed gain op amp.
However, in a video application, the DCP will require bandwidth
compensation.
Video Gain from 0.5 to Gain of 2
Figure 2 shows a basic design. Note that no terminal of the
DCP is left open. This reduces the chance of induced noise.
The gain control, in this configuration, is as linear as the DCP’s
linearity. The video termination requires the typical gain of 2
but using the DCP as shown in Figure 2, as a voltage divider,
requires an extra gain of 2. For comparison, using a DCP in the
op amp feedback path would lower the bandwidth due to the
internal C’s as shown in Figure 1. The design must overcome
the effect of these DCP parasitic capacitors on bandwidth. The
DCP is configured as a voltage divider, see Figure 2. An extra
gain of 2 is required to overcome this voltage divider loss. But,
the added gain will double the op amp noise. Since the op amp
noise is very small, as compared to the video signal, this
additional gain will not be an issue except, for large screen
displays.
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Circuit Biasing
The X9317 DCP is a 0V to 5V supply part. Yet, the composite
video signal is AC-coupled and the DCP would see minus
voltage which would exceed the device’s absolute maximum
ratings. To correct for this, a two diode clamp (D1 and D2) is
used to clamp the sync tip to approximately 100mV above
ground, see Figure 3. The 100mV is the result of the difference
in the bias current of the diode D2 about 16-to-1 ratio to D1
Current. The clamp circuit also reduces some power line noise
on the video input signal. At the beginning of each line the
sync tip is clamped to zero. Thus, any AC noise will also be
clamped to zero, reducing the AC noise.
CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures.
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cable. There is also an output series resistor (75Ω) for
backloaded cable driving.
DCP
If there is no output cable load then the op amp gain may be set
at two by changing the value of the gain and feedback resistors
RG and RF to 1kΩ each.
D1
0.1µF
DCP
50k
82
C3
47µF
R6
330
The X9317 is a 3-wire up/down logic control DCP and the data
sheet will give all the details needed for its proper control
operation over the 3-wire interface. Note that we do not cover the
3-wire interface operation in this application note. Please refer to
the X9317 data sheet for details:
http://www.intersil.com/data/fn/fn8183.pdf
FIGURE 3. INPUT DIODE CLAMP AND BIASED NETWORK
Test Results
For the DCP to attenuate the incoming signal, one end must be
grounded. By placing C3 from the bottom of the DCP to ground,
we form an AC Ground. However, when the DCP wiper is at the
bottom, there will be no video output. We need to offset this node
to allow for a desired level of video out. By using R6 = 330Ω, we
form a 4:1 divider with the DCP end-to-end resistance. Thus, if
the input is 2V, the output of the DCP would be ¼ or 0.5V and the
gain of 4 of the amplifier, would be 2V output of the amplifier.
The testing of this attenuation design was done with 1VP-P AC
signal to represent a standard 1Vpp video signal. The DCP was
adjusted to a 1VP-P out with different input AC levels and was
tested to determine the 3dB bandwidth.
TABLE 1. FIGURE 4 TEST RESULTS
The C3 capacitor is large enough to maintain an average value of
the video signal, which can vary from ~0.4VDC to ~1VDC, is
unipolar and the average value is video content dependent. Due
to the size of C3, bias is very slow moving, the range of bias will
work with the DCP and op amp. The op amp is a 0V to 5V supply
part. Thus, the sync-tip will change from 0.1V to 0.5V caused by
the DCP setting and the video content. This may require using an
output coupling capacitor to remove this DC bias.
INPUT
(VP-P)
OUTPUT
(VP-P)
BW
(MHz)
0.5
1.0
23.5
1.0
1.0
17
1.8
1.0
32
Summary: The bandwidth of the design supports the bandwidth
requirements for composite video.
The circuit, in Figure 4, is shown with R1= 82Ω input termination
to ground for a 75 cable input. But why? The 82Ω resistor is in
parallel with the series combination of 1k DCP and R6, 330Ω
resistor. Thus, it provides about 75 termination for the incoming
Key Design - External comp (C4 and C2) were added to
compensate for the effects of DCP.
+5V
DIODE
CLAMP
+5V
D2
30k
R4
X9317 - 1k
DCP
P-3
D1
0.1µF C1
C2
C4
R8
75
RF
10pF
RG
P-6
330
47µF
+
-
50
500
33 F
R7
~200
Max
R5
50k
R1
82
12 F
25pF
Min
10pF
P-5
D2
+5V
30k
DIODE
CLAMP
C5
150µF
1.5k
GAIN = 4
X9317
R6
C3
1
INC
VDD
8
2
U/D
7
3
RH
4
Vss
CS
RL
RW
6
5
FIGURE 4. COMPLETE VIDEO GAIN W/CABLE COMPENSATION
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0.1µF
VIDEO AMP
75
1k
150
In this design, we will show how to use a DCP to program the
video gain. “Low Noise Video Cable Compensation” on page 6
addresses Cable Compensation for loss of bandwidth due to the
cable and “Combination - Programmable Video Gain with Cable
Compensation” on page 9 combines the video gain and cable
compensation while addressing the signal to noise (SNR) issue.
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Low Noise Video Gain Control
Video Gain Control Problem
VIDEO GAIN DCP
X9317 - 1k
DCP
RH P-6 Max
25pF
10pF
~200
10pF
High performance is a requirement for medical video and
projection video applications need low noise to maintain image
quality. This video design was done using standard design
techniques but was not optimized for low noise, see “Video Gain
from 0.5 to Gain of 2” on page 1. In this section, we will develop a
new design which will address the low noise requirements.
Min P-3 RL
P-5
RW
FIGURE 5. BASIC ADJUSTABLE VIDEO GAIN USING DCP CONTROL
COMPARISON
“Video Gain from 0.5 to Gain of 2” on page 1 uses a fixed gain of
4x and the DCP acting as a voltage divider to attenuate the video
for a fixed 1VP-P output. The video as well as the noise is gained
by 4x amp to achieve a 1V output level. This has an adverse
effect on the normal level video signal-to-noise ratio which is not
desirable for good image quality when the input video is 1V. At
0.5V video input the amp noise is the same for both designs and
the low noise design is half the amp noise at 1V video input.
Design Considerations
Implementation of the DCP in the feedback loop as a gain
control and not as an attenuator is shown in Figure 2. We have
the Video Gain DCP out of the signal path and now as the Video
Gain Control pot. The drawback to this design is the DCP stray
capacitance and parasitic effects which limit the bandwidth. The
parasitics cause gain changes within the frequency band of
interest.
We can reduce some of the parasitic capacitance by
configurating the DCP. Tying the RW wiper and RL of the DCP
terminal to ground, we have effectively removed these pin’s
parasitic capacitance. Now we have just the single 10pF of RH
and the DCP resistance to ground on the (-) summing node (see
Figure 5).
Problem: if you run the pot to the top (Max, RH), you have the
~200 wiper resistance to limit the gain but the wiper resistance
can vary up to 30%. We want to limit the gain to about 4. Thus,
the overall resistance of DCP leg would need to be about 330Ω.
Solution: placing a 150Ω resistor at the (-) to the Video Amp, we
insure a max gain of about 4. This 150Ω resistor has a second
function, to isolate the stray capacitance of the DCP RH pin from
the op amp summing node. This is to prevent capacitive loading
of the node and the possibility of the op amp going into
oscillations.
Unexpected Issue: We experience a high frequency gain loss of a
few dB with the DCP at a max DC gain of 4, up to about 4MHz.
We discovered that looking closer at the DCP wiper FETs, even
though it is small, ~200Ω, the wiper resistance does influence
the overall gain when the DCP is near the Max gain (see Figure 7
the tail off of the lower trace).
WIPER
200Ω
TYP
CGD
CGS
LOW Z
INTERNAL
FET
FIGURE 6. BASIC DCP WIPER FET
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FIGURE 7. EFFECTS OF THE DCP WIPER PARASITICS
The Impedance change due to the wiper is small but does impact
the overall gain as it becomes more of the controlling impedance
of the gain network. By lowering the impedance of the series
150Ω resistor as the wiper impedance increases, we can
maintain the overall value of RG constant at the higher gains and
higher frequency. A simple method is to parallel some value of
capacitance with the 150Ω such that the impedance will
decrease proportionally with the RW impedance increase.
75
1k
150
VIDEO GAIN DCP
X9317 - 1k
RH P-6 Max
DCP
Min P-3 RL
25pF
10pF
Solution
75
~200
Looking at the lower trace in Figure 7, the top trace is the input
and the lower trace the output, Notice that at the right side of the
bottom trace, the gain seems to be a lower gain than at the left
end. This is the wiper FET changing impedance with frequency.
VIDEO AMP
10pF
As the frequency increases so does the magnitude of the
negative feedback, which drives the Gate somewhat out of
saturation. As the FET comes out of saturation an FET starts to
operate in a non saturated region. This results in lowering the
gain of the Video Amp by increasing RG. Thus, the wiper becomes
a frequency dependent impedance at higher frequency and will
have a negative impact on the higher gain settings.
0.1µF
360pF
In Figure 6 on page 3, the design of these FETs is such that the
capacitance Gate to Drain (CGD) and Gate to Source (CGS) are
about the same. Since the wiper capacitance, from this basic
model, is about 25pF and the wiper is the drain of this wiper FET,
then CGD is about 25pF. Now looking at the wiper FET when it is
at or near RH and we are driving the wiper (Drain) with a 5MHz
video signal, the CGD, will form a negative feedback path to the
Gate.
P-5
RW
FIGURE 8. VIDEO GAIN DCP WITH WIPER COMPENSATION
Note: this solution is for the selected DCP X9317 as other DCPs
would have different parasitic.
Using this configuration, we applied a standard NTSC video signal
with the active video sweeping from 50kHz to 5.0MHz over a
typical short length of cable [<25’]. This short length cable does
not cause any approachable frequency loss.
The wiper capacitance can be considered as a lumped
capacitance but in reality it is distributed. For this application, we
found using a lumped capacitance approach was sufficient to
support the test results. Yet, we do represent the wiper
distributed capacitance using the symbolism as shown in
Figure 9 for the 25pF capacitance on the wiper terminal, P-5.
The RC forms a frequency variable impedance to boost the
high-end loss. Since we have a 150Ω resistor, we need to select a
capacitance with <150Ω impedance at 5MHz. We found through
testing, that using a 360pF in parallel with the 150Ω
compensated for the DCP wiper impedance (see Figure 8).
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Summary
Max
DCP
Min
10pF
~200
10pF
P-6
Figure 11, is the results of iSim simulation of Figure 10. The
Green trace is with the DCP at RH, minimum gain and the Blue
trace is with the DCP at RL, Maximum gain.
P-3
X9317 - 1k
10
25pF
GAIN (dB)
0
P-5
-10
-20
FIGURE 9. DCP PARASITIC CAPACITANCE
We discovered when the wiper is at RL we should have a gain of
about 2. However, we found, at high frequencies, we have
additional losses of about a few dB. What happens, is the pot
should have a resistance of 1k + 150Ω which yields a DC gain
just slightly under 2. Yet, the results show the gain was lower
than expected but only at the high frequencies. As with any DCP,
the internal resistor string is made up of a series resistors
switched in and out of the signal path by FETs. These FETs have a
similar feedback issue as does the wiper FET. Thus we need to
take a similar approach to solve this problem. Even though the
wiper resistance and the DCP's parasitic capacitance form a
parallel RC network, this internal 10pF from RH to ground is not
sufficient to recover the frequency loss. We need to increase the
capacitance and do so by placing an external capacitor from RH
to ground. By adding an external 22pF across the (-) summing
node to ground, will compensate for the loss at low-end gain.
However, the capacitive loading the (-) summing node might
cause instability resulting in oscillation. We added 75Ω at the
summing node in series with the 22pF to isolate the node from
the added capacitance but still retain the HF gain compensation.
The added 75Ω will not affect the DC gain as it is capacitively
isolated from ground.
-30
100k
200k
400k
1M
2M
4M
10M
20M
40M
100M
FREQUENCY (Hz)
FIGURE 11. iSiM SIMULATION OF THE GAIN
The simulation shows the gain is relatively constant over the
video frequency range.
Note: all scope trace scales are 500mV per division for both top
and bottom traces. The Video signal spans 0.1MHz to 5MHz. Also,
we are only interested in the envelope shape of the video signal
from 0.1MHz to 5MHz and not the fine details of the content of
these envelopes.
Low Noise Gain Control Figure 10 Test
Results
The min and max 10% range of the DCP are slightly over
compensated at 5MHz so the most important mid 80% of the
range will have a flat frequency response.
DIODE
CLAMP
+5V
R4
30k
+0.7V
D1
D2
0.1µF
VIDEO AMP
75
1k
VIDEO GAIN DCP
150
360pF
22pF
75
50k
82
R1
R5
FIGURE 12. VIDEO DCP AT MIN SETTING
X9317 - 1k DCP
RH P-6 Max
RL RL
Min P-3
10pF
~200
10pF
25pF
P-5
RW
FIGURE 10. COMPLETE DETAILED VIDEO GAIN CONTROL
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VIDEO AMP
VIDEO GAIN DCP
X9317 - 1k DCP
RL P-3
RH
Max
Min P-6
1k
100pF
1k
P-5
10pF
~200
10pF
25pF
C3
RW
FIGURE 15. BASIC CABLE COMPENSATION NETWORK USING A
DCP
FIGURE 13. VIDEO DCP AT MID SCALE
cable but at different frequencies will have different losses
depending on the different characteristics of the cables. RG-59
comes in low loss, standard loss and hi-loss cable (miniature
cable). RF Coax is specifically designed for RF frequencies but
has high loss at lower frequencies (under 5MHz) due to the
copper clad iron core center conductor.
To correct for cable losses, resulting in losses at higher
frequencies, the concept is a simple programmable RC peaking
network in the gain leg of the video amp. If we change the gain of
the video amp to compensate for the frequency losses of the
cable, we can have a system with near flat gain over the desired
frequency range, 0.1MHz to 5MHz. Using a DCP, we can
compensate for a range of cable peaking problems. Figure 15 is
a basic diagram of this concept. The cable compensation video
gain amp is set to a gain of 2 with a 1kΩ resistor from summing
node to ground. This circuitry will give us both AC peaking gain
control and a small range of Video gain.
FIGURE 14. VIDEO DCP AT MAX SETTING
Note: Input was double loaded to prevent amplifier clipping.
Similar to the programmable Video gain circuitry in “Low Noise
Video Gain Control” on page 3, but using a series RC network
with the DCP replacing the R, we can offer a simple solution. We
still have a few similar issues to address:
1. Capacitive loading of the op amp summing node which can
cause the summing node of the Video Op-Amp to oscillate.
Test Results
Figures 12, 13 and 14 Top Trace is a video scan test pattern used
for the Input signal. We use this pattern as it covers the required
bandwidth. The Bottom Trace is the corresponding output. The
envelope shape demonstrates the effect of the design over the
desired frequency spectrum: Trace A and B - 500mV/div
@10µs/div. As you can see, the gain is effected by the DCP
parasitic capacitance to some extent. Yet, it is relative flat over
the spectrum. This will support non-professional video
applications.
Low Noise Video Cable Compensation
What if you need Cable Compensation/Peaking but don’t need
Gain control? The typical video coax used is RG-59. This is a 75Ω
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2. The selection of the series C for the peaking network plus
compensate for the DCP parasitic capacitance.
Capacitive Loading of the Summing Node
As with the Programmable Video Amp, the series C is isolated
from the summing node by placing a resistor in series to the
Video Amp (-) input. This 75Ω resistor, shown in Figure 16 as R9,
will isolate the fixed capacitance from the summing node. As in
the Video Gain DCP, the 75Ω resistor will have no impact on the
DC gain as it is isolated from ground via the series capacitor C3.
The resistor prevents capacitive loading of the node and prevents
the possibility of the op amp going into oscillations.
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+5V
R4
30k
+0.7V
DIODE
CLAMP
D1
+5V
0.1µF
EL8103
50k
R30
75
C1
R1
U1
75
R15
R2
CABLE COMP
DCP
X9317 - 1k DCP
RH RH
Max P-6
10pF
~200
P-5
100pF R
9
C3
75
1k
10pF
RL P-3 Min
1k
25pF
RW
FIGURE 16. CABLE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT
Selecting the Value of the Series C3 and
Dealing with the Parasitic Capacitance
Here we address two issues:
1. What is a reasonable size for the series C3 to address the
cable losses on the higher frequencies.
2. Reducing the effect of the DCP RH capacitance on the series
R9C3 network.
Using a 1kΩ DCP in series with 100pF will fix the 3dB point to
where we want it (see Figure 16). RH capacitance is typically
10pF. Simple rule of thumb gives us a starting point. That is, if
you have two capacitors, one is 10x that of the other, the larger
one will dominate to where the smaller one can be, for all
intensive purposes, ignored.
Using a 100pF cap in series with the 1kΩ DCP will give us a
starting point. Figure 17 is the iSim simulations of the circuit as
shown in Figure 16, where the GREEN line is the op amp with a
gain of 2, no cable compensation [wiper at Minimum]. The BLUE
line is with the maximum Cable Comp [wiper at Maximum], only
the wiper resistance, 200Ω, in series with the 100pF to ground.
Note: The simulation model does not take into account any
parasitics; they are meant to validate the basic circuit will be able
to program the peaking to meet our needs.
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Low Noise Video Cable Compensation with DCP Simulation and Actual Test Results
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GAIN (dB)
-5
-10
-15
-25
-30
-35
100k 200k 400k
1M
2M
4M
10M 20M 40M 100M
FREQUENCY (Hz)
FIGURE 17. CABLE COMPENSATION DCP AT MIN[GREEN] AND MAX [BLUE]
FIGURE 18. CABLE COMPENSATION DCP AT MINIMUM
FIGURE 19. CABLE COMPENSATION DCP AT MAXIMUM
The iSim simulation model lacks a complete parasitic model but
does show the cable compensation, peaking, at 4MHz.
RF coax with copper clad iron core center wire will have more DC
resistance and more loss at low frequency and can affect
performance with video. Special cable compensation is needed
with RF coax for the added DC loss.
Summary: Figures 18 and 19, The Top Trace is a video scan test
pattern used for the Input signal. We use this pattern as it covers
the required bandwidth. The Bottom Trace is the corresponding
output. The envelope shape demonstrates the effect of the
design over the desired frequency spectrum:
Note: The envelope shape, over the 0.1MHz to 5MHz sweep
range, shows the results of the cable compensation network of
the DCP at minimum and maximum settings. As you can see at
the maximum setting (Figure 19), we have the desired results of
high frequency peaking.
The Cable Compensation (Figure 16), DCP is capacitive coupled
to the peaking circuit, which is used to adjust the RC time
constant and thus, the gain peaking.
Comment on Video Coax
Video coax comes in a variety of types from very low loss to
typical loss to high loss. Different cables with different losses will
change the length that this design can compensate. This may
also change cable compensation needed.
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Note: To correct for DC Cable losses, the video gain change is
normally small.
Video Cable Compensation DCP Comments
1. This design can be used with input or output coax cables from
250 feet up to about 1000 feet long depending on the quality
of the coax cable used.
2. Coax Cable losses are not linear [~6dB/octave] over the entire
video frequency span. Since the Sync Tip is most susceptible
to this problem, you may need to selectively tune the cable
compensation network. By using band selective peaking in
conjunction with the overall cable compensation network, you
can tune the overall performance to match the specific cable
used.
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+5V
R4
DIODE
CLAMP
DIODE
30k
+0.7V
D1
+5V
0.1µF
EL8103
R30
75
R1
50k
C1
75
R15
U1
R2
1k
CABLE COMP DCP
P-5
C3
R9
X9317
75
10pF
100pF
R8
C4
25pF
RW
Sync Tip Flatness
1k
~200
10pF
X9317 - 1k DCP
RH RH
RL P-3 Min
Max P-6
1
INC
VDD
8
2
U/D
CS
RL
RW
7
3
RH
4
Vss
6
5
R11
Sync Tip Amplitude
FIGURE 20. CABLE COMPENSATION WITH SELECTIVE SYNC TUNING
Improving Sync Tip Flatness and Amplitude
To improve the sync tip amplitude (see Figure 20), adding R11 in
parallel with C3 will act as band pass boots to recover the lost
amplitude on the Sync Tip at the desired frequency. For the
flatness, we used a series low pass filter RC network in parallel
with C3 to flatten out the Sync Tip. The Cable Comp network C3,
C4, R8, R9 and R11 is dependent on the coax cable used. The
values are usually determined by quantitative testing. But, here
are a few ranges you can start with to correct the impact of the
cable on the sync tip: [The values are set with max cable length
on the input and AC DCP set for max compensation]
The R11 in the range of 1kΩ to 10kΩ is set for sync tip
amplitude.
The C4 ~100pF to 200pF and R8 ~1kΩ to 4kΩ are set for sync tip
flatness.
The C3 and R9 are set for 5MHz amplitude but R9 should not be
<75Ω as the DCP RW resistance is typically 200Ω.
Combination - Programmable
Video Gain with Cable
Compensation
Minor changes occur with each combination when combined and
are listed as follows (see Figure 22):
1. Cable Compensation network - The 1kΩ gain resistor is
replaced with the Video Gain DCP network. The Sync Tip
Amplitude resistor R11 is also replaced by the same Video
Gain DCP network.
2. Video Gain network - We can eliminate the 22pF to ground on
the Programmable Video Gain DCP and replace it with the
Cable Comp DCP network.
3. This design can be used with input or output coax cables from
250 feet up to about 1000 feet long depending on the quality
of the coax cable used. If the max Video DCP and MaxCable
Comp DCP settings are used with 1V video input, you might
experience noticeable clipping of the HF portion of the video
signal. If you do experience unacceptable clipping, try to use
more of the coax on the input and less on the output or use
better coax and do not use both DCPs at Max settings with 1V
video input. Video test signals can have clipping but real video
will seldom have clipping so when there are no good
alternatives, max DCP settings can be used.
Different coax cables have different loss at different frequencies.
A simple solution is to combine the “Combination Programmable Video Gain with Cable Compensation” on page 9
with the “Low Noise Video Cable Compensation” on page 6.
Using this combination will allow compensating a variety of coax
cables with good results.
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+5V
R4
Diode
Clamp
30k
+0.7V
D1
+5V
D2
0.1µF
EL8103
R30
50k
C1
R1
75
75
R15
U1
R2
1k
Cable Comp DCP
VIDEO Gain DCP
X9317 - 1k DCP
10pF
~200
R8
75
R16
150
C4
X9317 - 1k
RH P-6
Max
25pF
25pF
RW
Sync Tip
Flatness
360µF
DCP
Min P-3
P-5
RL
10pF
100 F
R9
~200
P-5
C3
RH RH
Max P-6
10pF
10pF
RL P-3 Min
U2
RW
FIGURE 21. COMPLETE VIDEO GAIN WITH CABLE COMPENSATION
Following are the test results with the DCPs at Minimum, Middle
and Maximum settings. Figures 22 thru 26 show the results of
the design shown in Figure 21 with the two DCPs at the different
settings.
Test Results Using Figure 21
(Figures 22 thru 26)
Here again we use a video scan test pattern for the input signal.
The complete DCP video gain control will yield good video signal
quality while maintaining the all important sync tip flatness. The
value of this design is, you can control the gain and
independently compensate for cable loss using a simple
up/down push button DCP for control.
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Complete Gain Peaking and Cable Compensation, Figure 21 Test Results
FIGURE 22. CABLE COMP AT MINIMUM - VIDEO GAIN DCP MINIMUM
FIGURE 23. CABLE COMP AT MINIMUM – VIDEO GAIN AT MIDDLE
DCP SETTINGS
FIGURE 24. CABLE COMP AT MINIMUM – VIDEO GAIN AT MAXIMUM
DCP SETTINGS
FIGURE 25. CABLE COMP AT MAXIMUM - VIDEO GAIN AT MINIMUM
DCP SETTINGS
FIGURE 26. CABLE COMP AT MAXIMUM - VIDEO GAIN AT MAXIMUM DCP SETTINGS
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