Rad-tolerant 36V instrumentation amplifier with differential ADC driver
The differential input, rail-to-rail output in-amp offers signal processing performance for low-level sensor telemetry data critical to communication satellites. High integration reduces system size, weight and power (SWAP) costs, and accelerates time to market.
The ISL70617SEH claims higher common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) and power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) than alternatives, at all gain settings. Designers can program the in-amp’s gain from 0.1 to 10,000 using two external resistors. The device is wafer-by-wafer guaranteed to 75 krad (Si) with a low dose rate exposure of 10 mrad/sec, which more closely resembles the space environment than the high dose rate testing used with other devices. The ISL70617SEH uses Intersil’s silicon on insulator process to provide single event latch-up (SEL) and single event burnout (SEB) robustness of 60 MeV in heavy ion environments. Its single event transient (SET) performance of <10 µsec eliminates the need for extra filtering.
The ISL70517SEH joins the ISL70617SEH, and offers similar features but implements a differential input and rail-to-rail single-ended output. Both in-amps allow designers to power the input/output stages from different supplies using individual power supply pins. Designers are able to take the input signals riding on a high common-mode voltage and level shift them to a low voltage device. For example, Intersil’s in-amps can protect downstream ICs from high voltage signals by tying the amplifier’s rail-to-rail output to an ADC’s low voltage power supply. This also preserves the ADC maximum input dynamic range and eliminates ADC input overdrive.
Features include
• Low input offset of 30 µV, and low input bias current of 0.2 nA
• CMRR and PSRR of 120 dB typical for attenuating, gaining and filtering sensor signals to improve signal quality
• Operating range from ±4V to ±18V covers the majority of analogue supply rails
• Closed loop -3 dB BW 0.3 MHz (AV = 1k) to 5.5 MHz (A = 0.1)
• Extended operating temperature range of -55°C to +125°C
• Electrically screened to DLA SMD# 5962-15246
• Acceptance tested to a higher dose level of 75 krad(Si), wafer-by-wafer
• Lowest dose rate (0.01 rad(Si)/s) radiation tolerance of 75 krad(Si)
• SEB LETTH (VS = ±18V) immune up to 60 MeV•cm²/mg
The ISL70617SEH differential I/O instrumentation amplifier and ISL70517SEH single-ended instrumentation amplifier are available in 24-lead ceramic flatpack packages. Evaluation boards are available to evaluate device features and performance, and SEE and total dose testing reports are available for both devices.
Intersil; www.intersil.com/products/isl70617seh
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