The AD6644 input voltage range is offset from ground by 2.4V. Each analog input connects through a 500 Ω resistor to a 2.4 V bias voltage and to the input of a differential buffer ( Figure 21 ). The resistor network on the input properly biases the followers for maximum linearity and range. Therefore, the analog source driving the AD6644 should be ac-coupled to the input pins. Because the differential input impedance of the AD6644 is 1kΩ, the analog input power requirement is only −2dBm, simplifying the driver amplifier in many cases. To take full advantage of this high input impedance, a 20:1 transformer is required. This is a large ratio and could result in unsatisfactory performance. In this case, a lower step-up ratio can be used. The recommended method for driving the analog input of the AD6644 is to use a 4:1 RF transformer. For example, if RT is set to 60.4 Ω and RS is set to 25 Ω, along with a 4:1 transformer, the input matches to a 50 Ω source with a full-scale drive of 4.8 dBm. Series resistors (R S ) on the secondary side of the
transformer should be used to isolate the transformer from the ADC. This limits the amount of dynamic current from the ADC flowing back into the secondary of the transformer. The terminating resistor (RT ) should be placed on the primary side of the transformer.