The MC1490 is an integrated circuit featuring wide–range AGC for use in
RF/IF amplifiers and audio amplifiers over the temperature range, –40° to
+85°C.
• High Power Gain:50 dB Typ at 10 MHz
45 dB Typ at 60 MHz
35 dB Typ at 100 MHz
• Wide Range AGC: 60 dB Min, DC to 60 MHz
• 6.0 V to 15 V Operation, Single Polarity Supply
• See MC1350D for Surface Mount
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WIDEBAND AMPLIFIER
WITH AGC
SEMICONDUCTOR
TECHNICAL DATA
MAXIMUM RATINGS
Power Supply Voltage V
AGC Supply V
Input Differential Voltage V
Operating Temperature Range T
Storage Temperature Range T
Junction Temperature T
(TA = +25°C, unless otherwise noted.)
Rating Symbol Value Unit
CC
AGC
ID
A
stg
J
+18 Vdc
V
CC
5.0 Vdc
–40 to +85 °C
–65 to +150 °C
+150 °C
ORDERING INFORMATION
Device
MC1490P TA = –40° to +85°C Plastic
Operating
Temperature Range Package
Representative Schematic Diagram
2
V
CC
1.5 k
V
AGC
(–)
(+)
70
5
470
2.0 k
4
Inputs
6
66
5.0 k
1.1 k
Pins 3 and 7 should both be connected to circuit ground.
1.1 k
470
5.0 k
8.4 k
1.4 k
5.6 k
12.1 k5.5 k
2.8 k
1.9k
200
Substrate
45
200
7
200
3
2.8 k
Vdc
8
(+)
Outputs
(–)
1
8
1
P SUFFIX
PLASTIC PACKAGE
CASE 626
PIN CONNECTIONS
Output
1
(–)
2
V
CC
GND
Inverting
Parameter Symbol 30 60 Unit
Input
Reflection
Coefficient
Output
Reflection
Coefficient
Forward
Transmission
Coefficient
Reverse
Transmission
Coefficient
4
Input
SCATTERING PARAMETERS
(VCC = +12 Vdc, TA = +25°C, Zo = 50 Ω)
3
(Top View)
|S11|
θ11
|S22|
θ22
|S21|
θ21
S
12
θ12
–+
0.95
–7.3
0.99
–3.0
16.8
128
0.00048
84.9
8
7
6
5
f = MHz
Typ
Output
(+)
Substrate
Ground
Noninverting
Input
AGC
Input
0.93
–16–deg
0.98
–5.5–deg
14.7
64.3–deg
0.00092
79.2–deg
MOTOROLA ANALOG IC DEVICE DATA
Motorola, Inc. 1996 Rev 5
1
MC1490
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic
Power Supply Current Drain – I
AGC Range (AGC) 5.0 V Min to 7.0 V Max 19 M
Output Stage Current (Sum of Pins 1 and 8) – I
Single–Ended Power Gain RS = RL = 50 Ω 19 G
Noise Figure RS = 50 Ohms 19 NF – 6.0 – dB
Power Dissipation – P
Figure 1. Unneutralized Power Gain versus
Frequency (T uned Amplifier, See Figure 19)
70
VCC = 12 Vdc
60
50
40
30
20
(SINGLE–ENDED OUTPUT)
, UNNEUTRALIZED GAIN (dB)
P
10
G
0
10
20 50 100 200
f, FREQUENCY (MHZ)
(VCC = 12 Vdc, f = 60 MHz, BW = 1.0 MHz, TA = 25°C)
Figure Symbol Min Typ Max Unit
CC
AGC
O
P
D
Figure 2. V oltage Gain versus Frequency
(Video Amplifier, See Figure 20)
50
40
30
20
10
, SINGLE–ENDED VOLTAGE GAIN (dB)
C
A
0
0.1 1.0 10 100 1000
– – 17 mA
–60 – – dB
4.0 – 7.5 mA
40 – – dB
– 168 204 mW
VCC = 12 VdcRL = 1.0 k
RL = 100
Ω
RL = 10
Ω
f, FREQUENCY (MHZ)
Figure 3. Dynamic Range: Output Voltage versus
Input V oltage (Video Amplifier, See Figure 20)
10
VCC = 12 Vdc
5.0
V
= 0 V
5(AGC)
f = 1.0 MHz
1.0
0.5
0.1
, OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V RMS)
0.05
O
V
0.01
0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10 20 50 100
RL = 1.0 k
100
Ω
en, INPUT VOLTAGE (mVRMS)
10
Ω
2
Figure 4. V oltage Gain versus Frequency
(Video Amplifier, See Figure 20)
50
VCC = 6.3 Vdc
40
30
20
10
, SINGLE VOLTAGE GAIN (dB)
V
A
0
0.3 0.5 1.0 3.0 5.0 10 30 50 100 300
RL = 1.0 k
100
Ω
Ω
f, FREQUENCY (MHZ)
MOTOROLA ANALOG IC DEVICE DATA
MC1490
Figure 5. V oltage Gain and Supply Current versus
Supply V oltage (Video Amplifier, See Figure 20)
45
f = 1.0 MHz
40
Rl = 1.0
Ω
A
V
35
30
25
I
CC
20
15
10
, SINGLE–ENDED VOLTAGE GAIN (dB)
V
A
5.0
0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10 12 14 16
VCC, SUPPLY VOLTAGE (V)
Figure 7. T ypical Gain Reduction
versus AGC Current
0
10
20
100 < R
30
40
50
, GAIN REDUCTION (dB)
R
60
G
70
80
–40 –20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
I
AGC CURRENT (µA)
AGC
AGC
< 100 k
24
21
18
15
12
9.0
6.0
3.0
0
Figure 6. T ypical Gain Reduction
versus AGC Voltage
0
10
20
V
R(AGC)
R
AGC
30
40
50
, GAIN REDUCTION (dB)
R
60
G
, SUPPLY CURRENT (mAdc)
C
I
70
R
AGC
= 0
R
= 5.6 k
Ω
AGC
Ω
80
0 3.0 6.0 9.0 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
V
AGC VOLTAGE (Vdc)
R(AGC),
Figure 8. Fixed T uned Power Gain Reduction versus
T emperature (See Test Circuit, Figure 19)
50
40
30
20
10
,POWER GAIN (dB)
0
p
G
–10
–20
5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0
VCC = 12 Vdc
f = 60 MHz
R
= 5.6 k
AGC
V
R(AGC),
Ω
+75°C
AGC VOLTAGE (Vdc)
5
R
AGC
0°C
+125°C
MC1490P
= 100 k
+25°C
–55°C
Ω
Figure 9. Power Gain versus Supply V oltage
(See T est Circuit, Figure 19)
80
70
60
f = 60 MHz
50
40
30
, POWER GAIN (dB)
p
20
G
G
P
10
0
0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10 12 14 16
VCC, POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE (V)
MOTOROLA ANALOG IC DEVICE DATA
Figure 10. Noise Figure versus Frequency
10
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
NF, NOISE FIGURE (dB)
2.0
1.0
0
15 20 25 30 35 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
f, FREQUENCY (MHz)
RS Optimized
for minimum NF
150
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