在電源設(shè)計(jì)中，工程人員時(shí)常會(huì)面臨控制 IC 驅(qū)動(dòng)電流不足的問題，或者因?yàn)殚l極驅(qū)動(dòng)損耗導(dǎo)致控制 IC 功耗過大。為解決這些問題，工程人員通常會(huì)採(cǎi)用外部驅(qū)動(dòng)器。目前許多半導(dǎo)體廠商都有現(xiàn)成的 MOSFET 積體電路驅(qū)動(dòng)器解決方案，但因?yàn)槌杀究剂浚こ處熗鶗?huì)選擇比較低價(jià)的獨(dú)立元件。
Single-Ended and Differential S-Parameters
Differential circuits have been important incommunication systems for many years. In the past,differential communication circuits operated at lowfrequencies, where they could be designed andanalyzed using lumped-element models andtechniques. With the frequency of operationincreasing beyond 1GHz, and above 1Gbps fordigital communications, this lumped-elementapproach is no longer valid, because the physicalsize of the circuit approaches the size of awavelength.Distributed models and analysis techniques are nowused instead of lumped-element techniques.Scattering parameters, or S-parameters, have beendeveloped for this purpose [1]. These S-parametersare defined for single-ended networks. S-parameterscan be used to describe differential networks, but astrict definition was not developed until Bockelmanand others addressed this issue [2]. Bockelman’swork also included a study on how to adapt single-ended S-parameters for use with differential circuits[2]. This adaptation, called “mixed-mode S-parameters,” addresses differential and common-mode operation, as well as the conversion betweenthe two modes of operation.This application note will explain the use of single-ended and mixed-mode S-parameters, and the basicconcepts of microwave measurement calibration.
