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LMH6881: Setting common mode voltage for 3.3V differential ADC application

Part Number: LMH6881

Hello, 

We would like to use the LMH6881 differential output to interface to a differential 3.3V STM32 ADC. This would require us to set the common mode output voltage to 1.65V for our desired maximum range. According to the datasheet it's recommended to keep the common mode between 2-3V (p. 20), due to poor voltage swing and distortion performance. If we acknowledge that we only want 0-3.3V output range, is there any other performance problem we should be concerned about? It's not clear whether the datasheet says the op-amp will perform poorly, or if it's just saying we're restricting it's full scale output due to shifting the bias point. Any insight would be appreciated, thanks!

  • Hi Alex,

    As the datasheet states, if you set the OCM to half of 1.65V there will be poor distortion performance because it is outside the optimum range. However, section 8.1.3.3 along with Figures 45 and 46 discuss how termination resistors can be used to adjust the common mode voltage for lower voltage ADC applications such as this.

    Please let me know if you have any other questions.

    Thanks,

    Nick