Book description
Operational amplifiers play a vital role in modern electronics design. The latest op amps have powerful new features, making them more suitable for use in many products requiring weak signal amplification, such as medical devices, communications technology, optical networks, and sensor interfacing. The Op Amp Applications Handbook may well be the ultimate op amp reference book available. This book is brimming with up-to-date application circuits, valuable design tips, and in-depth coverage of the latest techniques to simplify op amp circuit designs, and improve their performance. As an added bonus, a selection on the history of op amp development provides an extensive and expertly researched overview, of interest to anyone involved in this important area of electronics.* Seven major sections packed with technical information* Anything an engineer will want to know about designing with op amps can be found in this book* Op Amp Applications Handbook is a practical reference for a challenging engineering field.
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Op Amp History Highlights
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Chapter 1: Op Amp Basics
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Op Amp Basics
- SECTION 1-1: Introduction
- SECTION 1-2: Op Amp Topologies
- SECTION 1-3: Op Amp Structures
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SECTION 1-4: Op Amp Specifications
- Input Offset Voltage, VOS
- Input Bias Current, IB
- Input Impedance
- Manipulating Op Amp Noise Gain and Signal Gain
- Open-Loop Gain And Open-Loop Gain Nonlinearity
- Op Amp Frequency Response
- Operational Amplifier Noise
- Op Amp Distortion
- Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR), Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR)
- SECTION 1-5: Precision Op Amps
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SECTION 1-6: High Speed Op Amps
- Introduction
- Voltage Feedback (VFB) Op Amps
- VFB Op Amps Designed on Complementary Bipolar Processes
- A New VFB Op Amp Architecture for “Current-on-Demand” Performance, Lower Power, and Improved Slew Rate
- Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps
- Effects of Feedback Capacitance in Op Amps
- High Speed Current-to-Voltage Converters, and the Effects of Inverting Input Capacitance
- Noise Comparisons between VFB and CFB Op Amps
- DC Characteristics of High Speed Op Amps
- Chapter 2: Specialty Amplifiers
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Chapter 3: Using Op Amps with Data Converters
- SECTION 3-1: Introduction
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SECTION 3-2: ADC/DAC Specifications
- ADC and DAC Static Transfer Functions and DC Errors
- Quantization Noise in Data Converters
- ADC Input-Referred Noise
- Calculating Op Amp Output Noise and Comparing it with ADC Input-Referred Noise
- Quantifying and Measuring Converter Dynamic Performance
- Signal-to-Noise-and-Distortion Ratio (SINAD), Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), and Effective Number of Bits (ENOB)
- Analog Bandwidth
- Harmonic Distortion, Worst Harmonic, Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), Total Harmonic Distortion Plus Noise (THD + N)
- Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR)
- Two-Tone Intermodulation Distortion (IMD)
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SECTION 3-3: Driving ADC Inputs
- Introduction
- Op Amp Specifications Key to ADC Applications
- Driving High Resolution Sigma-Delta Measurement ADCs
- Op Amp Considerations for Multiplexed Data Acquisition Applications
- Driving Single-Supply Data Acquisition ADCs with Scaled Inputs
- Driving ADCs with Buffered Inputs
- Driving Buffered Differential Input ADCs
- Driving CMOS ADCs with Switched Capacitor Inputs
- Single-Ended ADC Drive Circuits
- Op Amp Gain Setting and Level Shifting in DC-Coupled Applications
- Drivers for Differential Input ADCs
- Driving ADCs with Differential Amplifiers
- Overvoltage Considerations
- SECTION 3-4: Driving ADC/DAC Reference Inputs
- SECTION 3-5: Buffering DAC Outputs
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Chapter 4: Sensor Signal Conditioning
- SECTION 4-1: Introduction
- SECTION 4-2: Bridge Circuits
- SECTION 4-3: Strain, Force, Pressure and Flow Measurements
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SECTION 4-4: High Impedance Sensors
- Photodiode Preamplifier Design
- Preamplifier Offset Voltage and Drift Analysis
- Thermoelectric Voltages as Sources of Input Offset Voltage
- Preamplifier AC Design, Bandwidth, and Stability
- Photodiode Preamplifier Noise Analysis
- Input Voltage Noise
- Photodiode Circuit Trade-off
- Compensation of a High Speed Photodiode I/V Converter
- Op Amp Selection for Wideband Photodiode I/V Converters
- High Speed Photodiode Preamp Design
- High Speed Photodiode Preamp Noise Analysis
- High Impedance Charge Output Sensors
- Low Noise Charge Amplifier Circuit Configurations
- 40dB Gain Piezoelectric Transducer Amplifier Operates on Reduced Supply Voltages for Lower Bias Current
- Hydrophones
- Op Amp Performance: JFET versus Bipolar
- A pH Probe Buffer Amplifier
- SECTION 4-5: Temperature Sensors
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Chapter 5: Analog Filters
- SECTION 5-1: Introduction
- SECTION 5-2: The Transfer Function
- SECTION 5-3: Time Domain Response
- SECTION 5-4: Standard Responses
- SECTION 5-5: Frequency Transformations
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SECTION 5-6: Filter Realizations
- Single-Pole RC
- Passive LC Section
- Integrator
- General Impedance Converter
- Active Inductor
- Frequency-Dependent Negative Resistor (FDNR)
- Sallen-Key
- Multiple Feedback
- State Variable
- Biquadratic (Biquad)
- Dual Amplifier Band Pass (DAPB)
- Twin-T Notch
- Bainter Notch
- Boctor Notch
- “1 - Band Pass” Notch
- First Order All-Pass
- Second Order All-Pass
- SECTION 5-7: Practical Problems in Filter Implementation
- SECTION 5-8: Design Examples
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Chapter 6: Signal Amplifiers
- SECTION 6-1: Audio Amplifiers
- SECTION 6-2: Buffer Amplifiers and Driving Capacitive Loads
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SECTION 6-3: Video Amplifiers
- Video Signals and Specifications
- Differential Gain And Phase Specifications
- Video Formats in Graphics Display Systems
- Bandwidth Considerations in Video Applications
- Video Signal Transmission
- Transmission Line Driver Lab
- Video Line Drivers
- Video Distribution Amplifier
- Differential Line Drivers/Receivers
- Approaches To Video Differential Driving/Receiving
- Inverter-Follower Differential Driver
- Cross-Coupled Differential Driver
- Fully Integrated Differential Drivers
- A 4-Resistor Differential Line Receiver
- Active Feedback Differential Line Receiver
- A Cable-Tap or Loopthrough Amplifier
- High Speed Clamping Amplifiers
- Flash Converter with Clamp Amp Input Protection
- High Speed Video Multiplexing with Op Amps Utilizing Disable Function
- Programmable Gain Amplifier using the AD813 Current Feedback Video Op Amp
- Integrated Video Multiplexers and Crosspoint Switches
- Single Supply Video Applications
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SECTION 6-4: Communication Amplifiers
- Communications-Specific Specifications
- Distortion Specifications
- Noise Specifications
- Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs) in Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
- Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCAs)
- Digitally Controlled Variable Gain Amplifiers for CATV Upstream Data Line Drivers
- xDSL Upstream Data Line Drivers
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SECTION 6-5: Amplifier Ideas
- High Efficiency Line Driver
- A Simple Wide Bandwidth Noise Generator
- Single-Supply Half- and Full-Wave Rectifier
- Paralleled Amplifiers Drive Loads Quietly
- Power-Down Sequencing Circuit for Multiple Supply Applications
- Programmable Pulse Generator Using the AD8037 Clamping Amplifier
- Full-Wave Rectifier Using the AD8037 Clamping Amplifier
- AD8037 Clamping Amplifier Amplitude Modulator
- Sync Inserter Using the AD8037 Clamping Amplifier
- AD8037 Clamped Amplifier As Piecewise Linear Amplifier
- Using the AD830 Active Feedback Amplifier as an Integrator
- Instrumentation Amplifier with 290MHz Gain-Bandwidth
- Programmable Gain Amplifier with Arbitrary Attenuation Step Size
- A Wideband In Amp
- Negative Resistance Buffer
- Cross-Coupled In Amps Provide Increased CMR
- SECTION 6-6: Composite Amplifiers
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Chapter 7: Hardware and Housekeeping Techniques
- SECTION 7-1: Introduction to Hardware and Housekeeping Techniques
- SECTION 7-2: Passive Components
- SECTION 7-3: PCB Design Issues
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SECTION 7-4: Op Amp Power Supply Systems
- Linear IC Regulation
- Some Linear Voltage Regulator Basics
- Pass Devices
- ±15 V Regulator Using Adjustable Voltage ICs
- Low Dropout Regulator Architectures
- Charge-Pump Voltage Converters
- Unregulated Inverter and Doubler Charge Pumps
- Regulated Output Charge-Pump Voltage Converters
- Linear Post Regulator for Switching Supplies
- Power Supply Noise Reduction and Filtering
- Capacitors
- Ferrites
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SECTION 7-4: Op Amp Protection
- In-Circuit Overvoltage Protection
- Clamping Diode Leakage
- A Flexible Voltage Follower Protection Circuit
- CM Over-Voltage Protection Using CMOS Channel Protectors
- Inverting Mode Op Amp Protection Schemes
- Amplifier Output Voltage Phase-Reversal
- Fixes For Output Phase—Reversal
- Protecting In Amps Against Overvoltage
- Out-of-Circuit Overvoltage Protection
- ESD Models and Testing
- SECTION 7-5: Thermal Considerations
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SECTION 7-6: EMI/RFI Considerations
- EMI/RFI Mechanisms
- EMI Noise Sources
- EMI Coupling Paths
- Noise Induced by Near-Field Interference
- Passive Components: Arsenal Against EMI
- A Review of Shielding Concepts
- Input-Stage RFI Rectification Sensitivity
- Background: Op amp and In Amp RFI Rectification Sensitivity Tests
- An Analytical Approach: BJT RFI Rectification
- Reducing RFI Rectification within Op Amp and In Amp Circuits
- Op Amp Inputs
- In Amp Inputs
- Amplifier Outputs and EMI/RFI
- Printed Circuit Board Design for EMI/RFI Protection
- Carefully Choose Logic Devices
- Design PCBs Thoughtfully
- Designing Controlled Impedances Traces on PCBs
- Microstrip PCB transmission lines
- Some Microstrip Rules of Thumb
- Symmetric Stripline PCB Transmission Lines
- Some Pros and Cons of Embedding Traces
- Transmission Line Termination Rule of Thumb
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SECTION 7-7: Simulation, Breadboarding and Prototyping
- Analog Circuit Simulation
- Macromodel versus Micromodel
- The ADSpice Op Amp Macromodels
- Input and Gain/Pole Stages
- Frequency-Shaping Stages
- Macromodel Output Stages
- Model Transient Response
- The Noise Model
- Current Feedback Amplifier Models
- Simulation Must Not Replace Breadboarding
- Simulation is a Tool to be Used “Wisely”
- Know the Models
- Understand PCB Parasitics
- Simulation Speeds the Design Cycle
- SPICE Support
- Model Support
- Acknowledgments:
- Breadboard and Prototyping Techniques
- Deadbug Prototyping
- Solder-Mount Prototyping
- Milled PCB Prototyping
- Beware of Sockets
- Some Additional Prototyping Points
- Evaluation Boards
- General-Purpose Op Amp Evaluation Boards
- Dedicated Op Amp Evaluation Boards
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Op Amp History
- SUBJECT INDEX
- ANALOG DEVICES’ PARTS INDEX
- STANDARD DEVICE PARTS INDEX
Product information
- Title: Op Amp Applications Handbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2004
- Publisher(s): Newnes
- ISBN: 9780080491998
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