OP470
R1
CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING AND POWER
SUPPLY CONSIDERATIONS
The OP470 is unity-gain stable and is capable of driving large
capacitive loads without oscillating. Nonetheless, good supply
bypassing is highly recommended. Proper supply bypassing
reduces problems caused by supply line noise and improves the
capacitive load driving capability of the OP470.
OP470
2V/ꢀs
In the standard feedback amplifier, the op amp’s output resistance
combines with the load capacitance to form a low pass filter that
adds phase shift in the feedback network and reduces stability.
A simple circuit to eliminate this effect is shown in Figure 11.
The added components, C1 and R3, decouple the amplifier
from the load capacitance and provide additional stability. The
values of C1 and R3 shown in Figure 11 are for a load capaci-
tance of up to 1000 pF when used with the OP470.
Figure 12. Pulsed Operation
During the fast feedthrough-like portion of the output, the input
protection diodes effectively short the output to the input, and a
current, limited only by the output short-circuit protection, will
be drawn by the signal generator. With Rf £ 500 W, the output
is capable of handling the current requirements (IL < 20 mA at
10 V); the amplifier will stay in its active mode and a smooth
transition will occur.
V+
C2
10ꢀF
+
When Rf > 3 kW, a pole created by Rf and the amplifier’s input
capacitance (2 pF) creates additional phase shift and reduces
phase margin. A small capacitor (20 pF to 50 pF) in parallel
with Rf helps eliminate this problem.
C3
0.1ꢀF
R2
APPLICATIONS
Low Noise Amplifier
C1
R1
1000pF
V
R3
IN
A simple method of reducing amplifier noise by paralleling
amplifiers is shown in Figure 13. Amplifier noise, depicted in
Figure 14, is around 2 nV/÷Hz @ 1 kHz (R.T.I.). Gain for each
paralleled amplifier and the entire circuit is 1000. The 200 W
resistors limit circulating currents and provide an effective out-
put resistance of 50 W. The amplifier is stable with a 10 nF
capacitive load and can supply up to 30 mA of output drive.
50ꢅ
V
OP470
OUT
100ꢅ*
C4
C
L
10ꢀF
1000pF
+
C5
0.1ꢀF
*
*SEETEXT
V–
PLACE SUPPLY DECOUPLING
CAPACITORS AT OP470
+15V
V
R3
IN
Figure 11. Driving Large Capacitive Loads
200ꢅ
1/4
R1
OP470E
In applications where the OP470’s inverting or noninverting
inputs are driven by a low source impedance (under 100 W) or
connected to ground, if V+ is applied before V–, or when V is
disconnected, excessive parasitic currents will flow. Most applica-
tions use dual tracking supplies and with the device supply pins
properly bypassed, power-up will not present a problem. A source
resistance of at least 100 W in series with all inputs (Figure 11)
will limit the parasitic currents to a safe level if V– is discon-
nected. It should be noted that any source resistance, even 100 W,
adds noise to the circuit. Where noise is required to be kept at a
minimum, a germanium or Schottky diode can be used to clamp
the V- pin and eliminate the parasitic current flow instead of
using series limiting resistors. For most applications, only one
diode clamp is required per board or system.
50ꢅ
R2
50kꢅ
–15V
R6
200ꢅ
1/4
R4
OP470E
50ꢅ
R5
50kꢅ
V
= 1000V
IN
OUT
R9
200ꢅ
1/4
R7
OP470E
50ꢅ
R8
50kꢅ
UNITY-GAIN BUFFER APPLICATIONS
When Rf £ 100 W and the input is driven with a fast, large
signal pulse(> 1 V), the output waveform will look as shown
in Figure 12.
R12
200ꢅ
1/4
R10
OP470E
50ꢅ
R11
50kꢅ
Figure 13. Low Noise Amplifier
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