link to page 10 link to page 10 link to page 10 link to page 10 link to page 11 OP177Data SheetPRECISION HIGH GAIN DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERISOLATING LARGE CAPACITIVE LOADS The high gain, gain linearity, CMRR, and low TCVOS of the The circuit shown in Figure 29 reduces maximum slew rate but OP177 make it possible to obtain performance not previously allows driving capacitive loads of any size without instability. available in single stage, very high gain amplifier applications. Because the 100 Ω resistor is inside the feedback loop, the effect See Figure 28. on output impedance is reduced to insignificance by the high R1 R3 open loop gain of the OP177. For best CMR, must equal R2 R4 RF10pF In this example, with a 10 mV differential signal, the maximum errors are listed in Table 6. +15VR20.1µF1MΩR+15VS2INPUT–76100Ω0.1µFOP177OUTPUT3R+C14LOAD0.1µF1kΩ72 –R6 028 3OP177 89- 1kΩ3–15V 002 +4 Figure 29. Isolating Capacitive Loads R40.1µF1MΩBILATERAL CURRENT SOURCE -027 –15V 289 00 The current sources shown in Figure 30 supply both positive Figure 28. Precision High Gain Differential Amplifier and negative currents into a grounded load. Table 6. High Gain Differential Amplifier Performance Note that TypeAmount R4 Common-Mode Voltage 0.1%/V R 5 1 R2 Gain Linearity, Worst Case 0.02% Z O R5 R4 R3 TCV OS 0.0003%/°C TCI R2 R1 OS 0.008%/°C and that for ZO to be infinite R5 R4 R3 must R2 R1 PRECISION ABSOLUTE VALUE AMPLIFIER The high gain and low TCVOS assure accurate operation with inputs from microvolts to volts. In this circuit, the signal always appears as a common-mode signal to the operational amplifiers (for details, see Figure 31). BASIC CURRENT SOURCE100mA CURRENT SOURCER31kΩR3+15VR1100kΩ2R12V–V–2N2222ININR66 50Ω2OP177OP177100kΩ3R23++R2N29075R5R10Ω4990ΩR4–15VIOUT ≤ 15mAIOUT ≤ 100mARI3OUT = VIN R -029 1 × R5 289 GIVEN R3 = R4 + R5, R1 = R2 00 Figure 30. Bilateral Current Source Rev. H | Page 10 of 16 Document Outline FEATURES PIN CONFIGURATION GENERAL DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM REVISION HISTORY SPECIFICATIONS ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS TEST CIRCUITS ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS THERMAL RESISTANCE ESD CAUTION TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS APPLICATIONS INFORMATION GAIN LINEARITY THERMOCOUPLE AMPLIFIER WITH COLD-JUNCTION COMPENSATION PRECISION HIGH GAIN DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER ISOLATING LARGE CAPACITIVE LOADS BILATERAL CURRENT SOURCE PRECISION ABSOLUTE VALUE AMPLIFIER PRECISION POSITIVE PEAK DETECTOR PRECISION THRESHOLD DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER OUTLINE DIMENSIONS ORDERING GUIDE