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Figure 2. Power solution for isolated bipolar supply system with low supply ripple.


and simplify the bill of materials. If much higher levels of PSRR are required from the LDO regulator to further reduce the switching ripple in the MHz range, then LDO regulators like the LT3094/LT3045 should be considered. The choice of how much PSRR is required in the LDO stage will depend on the PSRR of the components, like ADCs, DACs, and amplifiers that are powered from the supply rails. Generally, higher PSRR LDO regulators are less efficient due to higher quiescent current. CN-0345 and CN-0385 are two examples of reference designs that implement this solution by using the ADP5070. These designs are for precision multichannel data acquisition using precision ADCs such as the 18-/20-bit AD4003/AD4020. In CN-0345, an LC tank circuit is used to filter the switching ripple from the ADP5070 instead of using an LDO regulator as shown in Figure 1. In reference design CN-0385, positive and negative LDO regulators (ADP7118 and ADP7182) are used after the ADP5070 to filter the switching ripple. An example for powering a bipolar 20-bit precision DAC like the AD5791 with the ADP5070 can be found in the evaluation board user guide. These examples show how high levels of precision performance can be maintained while using switching regulators like the ADP5070 to generate bipolar supplies in applications such as data acquisition and precision power supplies/sources.


ISOLATED BIPOLAR POWER SUPPLIES When a precision test and measurement instrument needs to be isolated for safety reasons, this brings challenges in delivering sufficient power efficiently across the isolation barrier. In multichannel isolated instruments, channel-to-channel isolation means a power solution per channel. This necessitates a compact power solution that can deliver power efficiently. Figure 2 shows a solution for delivering isolated power with bipolar rails. The ADuM3470 and LTM8067 allow us to deliver power over the isolation barrier up to ~400mA at 5V isolated output with high efficiency. The LTM8067 is a µModule solution integrating the transformer and other components that simplify the design and layout of the isolated power solution while minimising the PCB footprint and bill of materials. The LTM8067 isolates up to 2kVrms. For even lower output ripple, the LTM8068 incorporates an output LDO regulator that reduces the output ripple from 30mVrms to 20µVrms at the expense of the lower output current of 300mA. The ADuM3470 family uses an external transformer to deliver isolated power while also integrating digital isolation channels for data transfer and control of ADCs and DACs. Depending on how the isolation solution is


configured, the isolated power output can be followed with a


power solution similar to Figure 1, as shown in


Figure 2 to generate ±15V rails on the isolated side from a single positive supply. Alternatively, the ADuM3470 design can be configured to generate bipolar supplies directly without the need for an extra switcher stage. This results in a smaller PCB area solution at the expense of efficiency. The ADuM3470 isolates up to 2.5kVrms, but the ADuM4470 family can be used for higher levels of voltage isolation up to 5kVrms.


CN-0385 is an example of a reference design that implements the ADuM3470 solution, as seen in Figure 2. The ADP5070 is used on the isolated side to generate the bipolar ±16V rails from an isolated 5.5V. This reference design makes use of the digital isolated channels also included in the


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