This DM interference can seriously degrade output SNR when VS is in the single mVrange and VGL is in the hundreds of mV.
To reduce the interference, Vd, steps are taken to reduce the input capacitances to ground. This can be accomplished by using an isolation amplifier (Section 2.4.2)
in conjunction with a guard shield and external shield,
as shown in Figure 3.40.
Here, the guard shield is tied to the amplifier ground and is made to float with respect to ‘true ground’ as a consequence of the RF power supply of the isolation amplifier.
The current in the ground loop and hence, the magnitude of the DM
interference voltage, is reduced at least twenty-fold because the capacitance from either
amplifier input to true ground (C1G, C2G) is now reduced by the external shield and is of
the order of 1 pF. The same voltage divider is used to calculate Vd.