ATA00501 AGC Transimpedance Amplifier SONET OC-1 PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET-Rev 1.5 FEATURES · Single +5 Volt Supply · Automatic Gain Control · -43 dBm Sensitivity · 0 dBm Optical Overload · 70 MHz Bandwidth VDD2 VDD1 GND GND 19F APPLICATIONS IIN · OC-1 Receiver · FITL · Low Noise RF Amplifier 1992 VOUT GND GND GND GND CBY CBY GND CAGC GND S2 12 Pin 4 Sided SQFP Package D1C PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The ANADIGICS ATA00501 is a 5V low noise transimpedance amplifier with AGC designed to be used in OC-1 fiber optic links. The device is used in conjunction with a photodetector (PIN diode or avalanche photodiode) to convert an optical signal into an output voltage. The ATA00501 has a bandwidth of 70MHz and a dynamic range in excess of 40dB. It is manufactured in a GaAs MESFET process and available in bare die form or a 12 pin SQFP package. VDD AGC 70K 60K CAGC + 4pF IIN - 35 + 0.8 VGA GND or neg.supply 20pF PATENT PENDING VOUT GND CBY Photodetector cathode must be connected To IIN for proper AGC operation Figure 1: ATA00501 Equivalent Circuit 08/2001 1 ATA00501 Table 1: ATA00501D1C Pad Description (Die Only) PAD D E S C R IP TION VD D 1 VD D 1 P osi ti ve supply for i nput gai n stage VD D 2 VD D 2 P osi ti ve supply for second gai n stage IIN TIA Input C urrent V OUT TIA Output Voltage C A GC E xternal A GC C apaci tor C BY C OMME N T C onnect detector cathode for proper operati on Requi res external D C block 70K * C A GC = A GC ti me constant Input gai n stage bypass capaci tor >56 pF 12 11 10 VDD2 VDD1 GND 925 um 19F IIN 9 2 8 3 7 1992 VOUT GND GND 1 GND GND GND CBY CBY GND CAGC GND 4 1250 um 5 Figure 3: Pin Layout Figure 2: Bonding Pad Layout (Die Only) Table 2:ATA00501S2C Pin Description P IN D E S C R IP TION P IN D E S C R IP TION 1 NC 7 V OUT 2 GND 8 GND 3 IIN 9 NC 4 C BY 10 VDD 5 GND 11 GND 6 C AGC 12 NC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Table 3: Absolute Maximum Ratings V DD1 7.0 V V DD2 7.0 V IIN 5 mA TA Operati ng Temp. - 40 o C to 125 o C TS Storage Temp. - 65 o C to 150 o C Stresses in excess of the absolute ratings may cause permanent damage. Functional operation is not implied under these conditions. Exposure to absolute ratings for extended periods of time may adversely affect reliability. 21. 6 PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 ATA00501 Table 4: Electrical Specifications PAR AME TE R MIN Transresi stance(RL=¥ ,Idc<500nA ) Transresi stance (R L=50 ) (1) B andwi th -3dB TYP MAX U N IT 55 KW 15 28 KW 50 70 MHz Input Resi stance (2) 1500 W Output Resi stance 30 50 60 Input Offset Voltage 1.5 1.6 1.9 Output Offset Voltage Offset Voltage D ri ft W Volts 1.8 Volts 1 mV /oC A GC Threshold (IIN) (3) 5 10 mA Opti cal Overload (4) -3 0 dB m A GC Ti me C onstant (6) m se c 16 Opti cal S ensi ti vi ty - D IE (7) - 43 dB m Opti cal S ensi ti vi ty - S QFP (7) -41 dB m S upply C urrent 30 45 mA + 5.0 + 6.0 Volts Operati ng Voltage Range + 4.5 Operati ng Temperature Range - 40 85 o C Notes: (1) f=50MHz (2) Measured with IIN below AGC Threshold. During AGC, input impedance will decrease proportionally to IIN (3) Defined as the IIN where Transresistance has decreased by 50%. (4) See note on Indirect Measurement of Optical Overload. (5) See note on Measurement of Input Referred Noise Current. (6) CAGC = 56 pF (7) Parameter is guaranteed (not tested) by design and characterization data @ 51Mb/s, assuming detector responsivity of 0.9 PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 3 ATA00501 APPLICATION INFORMATION VDD 0.1µF NC VDD 12 56pF GND NC VDD2 9 2 8 3 7 VDD 60C IIN GND IIN NC 0.1µF Vout 1992 VOUT GND GND 10 1 GND PIN 11 56pF GND GND CBY CBY 56pF GND CAGC OUT GND GND or Neg.Supply 4 5 6 56pF 56 pF 56 pF Figure 4: ATA 00501D1C Typical Bonding Figure 5: ATA 00501S2C External Circuit Power Supplies and General Layout Considerations The ATA00501S2C may be operated from a positive supply as low as + 4.5 V and as high as + 6.0 V. Below + 4.5 V, bandwidth, overload and sensitivity will degrade, while at + 6.0 V, bandwidth, overload and sensitivity improve (see Bandwidth vs. Temperature curves). Use of surface mount, low inductance power supply bypass capacitors (>=56pF) are essential for good high frequency and low noise performance. The power supply bypass capacitors should be mounted on or connected to a good low inductance ground plane. degradation in bandwidth and sensitivity (see Bandwidth vs. CT curves). 41. C T = 0.5 pF 0.09 Bandwidth (GHz) General Layout Considerations Since the gain stages of the transimpedance amplifier have an open loop bandwidth in excess of 1.0 GHz, it is essential to maintain good high frequency layout practices. To prevent oscillations, a low inductance RF ground plane should be made available for power supply bypassing. Traces that can be made short should be made short, and the utmost care should be taken to maintain very low capacitance at the photodiode-TIA interface (IIN), excess capacitance at this node will cause a Figure 6: Bandwidth vs. Temperature VDD = 5.5 V 0.08 VDD = 5.0 V 0.07 0.06 0.05 VDD = 4.5 V 0.04 -40 PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 10 60 Temperature (C) 85 ATA00501 Figure 7: Bandwidth vs. CT 90 1.44 70 VDD = 5.5 V 60 VDD= 5.0 V 1.24 .84 .64 50 Rf VDD = 4.5 V VDD= 4.5 V 40 .44 .24 IIN 30 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 - 2.1 - 1.6 Note: All performance curves are typical @ TA =25 oC unless otherwise noted. IIN Connection (Refer to the equivalent circuit diagram.) Bonding the detector cathode to IIN (and thus drawing current from the ATA00501) improves the dynamic range. Although the detector may be used in the reverse direction for input currents not exceeding 25mA, the specifications for optical overload will not be met. Figure 8: Transimpedance vs. IIN 22 19 16 IIN 50 13 7 VDD = 5.5 V 4 VDD = 4.5 V -1.6 -1.1 IIN (mA DC) -0.6 - 0.6 .04 - 0.1 IIN (mA DC) VOUT Connection The output pad should be connected via a coupling capacitor to the next stage of the receiver channel (filter or decision circuits), as the output buffers are not designed to drive a DC coupled 50 ohm load (this would require an output bias current of approximately 36 mA to maintain a quiescent 1.8 Volts across the output load). If VOUT is connected to a high input impedance decision circuit (>500 ohms), then a coupling capacitor may not be required, although caution should be exercised since DC offsets of the photo detector/TIA combination may cause clipping of subsequent gain or decision circuits. Figure 10: VOUT vs. IIN Heavy AGC Output Collapse VDD = 5.5 V Linear Region Rf IIN 1 vOUT VDD = 4.5 V -0.1 -4 -3 -2 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 ( 2.4 2.2 o 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 VOUT (Volts) 10 Transimpedance (K Ohm) 25 50 - 1.1 CT(pF) -2.1 1.04 VDD = 5.5 V Bandwidth (GHz) B(3dB)≈ A/ 2π Rf (Cin +Ct) 80 Bandwidth (MHz) Figure 9: Bandwidth vs. IIN -1 IIN (mA DC) PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 5 ATA00501 - 40 VDD = 5.5 V V = 5.0V DD VDD = 4.5V 10 Temperature oC 60 CBY Connection The C BY pad must be connected via a low inductance path to a surface mount capacitor of at least 56pF (additional capacitance can be added in parallel with the 56 pF or 220 pF capacitors to improve low frequency response and noise performance). Referring to the equivalent circuit diagram and the typical bonding diagram, it is critical that the connection from CBY to the bypass capacitor use two bond wires for low inductance, since any high frequency impedance at this node will be fed back to the open loop amplifier with a resulting loss of transimpedance bandwidth. Two pads are provided for this purpose. Measurement of Input Referred Noise Current The Input Noise Current is directly related to sensitivity . It can be defined as the output noise voltage (Vout), with no input signal, (including a 30 MHz lowpass filter at the output of the TIA) divided by the AC transresistance. Figure 12: Input Referred Noise Spectral Density 7 Hz 1.9 1.85 1.8 1.75 1.7 1.65 1.6 1.55 1.5 Indirect Measurement of Optical Overload Optical overload can be defined as the maximum optical power above which the BER (bit error rate) increases beyond 1 error in 10 10 bits. The ATA00501D1C is 100% tested at die sort by a DC measurement which has excellent correlation with an PRBS optical overload measurement. The measurement consists of sinking a negative current (see VOUT vs IIN figure) from the TIA and determining the point of output voltage collapse. Also the input node virtual ground during heavy AGC is checked to verify that the linearity (i.e. pulse width distortion) of the amplifier has not been compromised. pA/ Input Offset Voltage Figure 11: Input Offset Voltage vs. Temperature Rf 6 5 50 CT 4 C T=1.0pF 3 2 1 CT =0.5pF - 0.1 1 10 100 1000 Frequency (MHz) FIgure 13: Input Referred Noise vs Temperature Input Referred Noise in (nA RMS) Sensitivity and Bandwidth In order to guarantee sensitivity and bandwidth performance, the TIA is subjected to a comprehensive series of tests at the die sort level (100% testing at 25 oC) to verify the DC parametric performance and the high frequency performance (i.e. adequate |S21|) of the amplifier. Acceptably high |S21| of the internal gain stages will ensure low amplifier input capacitance and hence low input referred noise current. Transimpedance sensitivity and bandwidth are then guaranteed by design and correlation with RF and DC die sort test results. Input Referred Noise Test Circuit 10 VDD = 4.5 V 25dB 9 8 0.5pF 30 MHz LPF TIA 7 VDD =5.5V 6 η(dBm) = 10 LOG R 5 -40 0 40 Temperature ( C) 0 61. 6500 in PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 80 ATA00501 AGC Capacitor It is important to select an external AGC capacitor of high quality and appropriate size. The ATA00501D1C has an on-chip 70 KW resistor with a shunt 4 pF capacitor to ground. Without external capacitance the chip will provide an AGC time constant of 280 nS. For the best performance in a typical 51MB/s SONET receiver, a minimum AGC capacitor of 56pF is recommended. This will provide the minimum amount of protection against pattern sensitivity and pulse width distortion on repetitive data sequences during high average optical power conditions. Conservative design practices should be followed when selecting an AGC capacitor, since unit to unit variability of the internal time constant and various data conditions can lead to data errors if the chosen value is too small. Phase Response At frequencies below the 3dB bandwidth of the device, the transimpedance phase response is characteristic of a single pole transfer function (as shown in the Phase vs Frequency curve). The output impedance is essentially resistive up to 1000 MHz. Figure 14: Phase (IIN to VOUT) 180 Degrees 200 220 240 Rf IIN VOUT 0.5pF 50 100 150 Frequency (MHz) PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - Rev 1.5 08/2001 7 ATA00501 PACKAGE OUTLINE 0.245 (6.22) 0.230 (5.84) 0.065 (1.65) 0.055 (1.40) 0.165 (4.19) 0.152 (3.86) 7° 0o 0.047 (1.19) 0.032 (0.81) 12 11 0.035 (.89) 0.020 (.51) 10 0.018 (.460) 0.012 (.300) 1 9 2 8 3 7 0.000 (0.00) 0.020 (.51) 4 5 0.021X45° 4 Sides 0.015 (.38) 0.000 (0.00) 6 0.024 (.61) 0.018 (.46) 4X 0.023X45° 0.011 (.28) 0.007 (.18) 0.032 BSC (0.81) Figure 15: ATA00501S2C Package Pin-Out (S2C) Dimensions in Inches (Millimeters) ORDERING INFORMATION PAR T N U MB ER PAC K AGE OPTION PAC K AGE D ESC R IPTION ATA00501D 1C D 1C Die ATA00501S2C S 2C 12 Pi n 4 Si ded SQFP Package ANADIGICS, Inc. 141 Mount Bethel Road Warren, New Jersey 07059, U.S.A. Tel: +1 (908) 668-5000 Fax: +1 (908) 668-5132 URL: http://www.anadigics.com E-mail: [email protected] IMPORTANT NOTICE ANADIGICS, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to its products or to discontinue any product at any time without notice. The product specifications contained in Advanced Product Information sheets and Preliminary Data Sheets are subject to change prior to a products formal introduction. Information in Data Sheets have been carefully checked and are assumed to be reliable; however, ANADIGICS assumes no responsibilities for inaccuracies. ANADIGICS strongly urges customers to verify that the information they are using is current before placing orders. WARNING ANADIGICS products are not intended for use in life support appliances, devices or systems. Use of an ANADIGICS product in any such application without written consent is prohibited. 8 PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET - REV 1.5 08/2001