OPA2822UG4 Datasheet, PDF (20/33 Pages) Texas Instruments – Dual, Wideband, Low-Noise Operational Amplifier

Inverting operation offers some interesting opportunities to
increase the available signal bandwidth. When the source
impedance is matched by the gain resistor (Figure 10 for
example), the signal gain is (1 + R_F/R_G) while the noise gain
is (1 + R_F/2R_G). This reduces the noise gain almost by half,
extending the signal bandwidth and increasing the loop gain.
For instance, setting R_F = 500Ω in Figure 10 will give a signal
gain for the amplifier of 5V/V. However, including the 50Ω
source impedance reflected through the 1:2 transformer will
give an additional 100Ω source impedance for the noise gain
analysis for each of the amplifiers. This reduces the noise gain
to 1 + 500Ω/200Ω = 3.5V/V and results in an amplifier
bandwidth of at least 240MHz/3.5 = 68MHz.
DRIVING CAPACITIVE LOADS
One of the most demanding and yet very common load
conditions for an op amp is capacitive loading. Often, the
capacitive load is the input of an ADC, including additional
external capacitance which may be recommended to im-
prove ADC linearity. A high-speed, high open-loop gain
amplifier like the OPA2822 can be very susceptible to de-
creased stability and closed-loop frequency response peak-
ing when a capacitive load is placed directly on the output
pin. When the amplifier’s open-loop output resistance is
considered, this capacitive load introduces an additional pole
in the signal path that can decrease the phase margin.
Several external solutions to this problem have been sug-
gested. When the primary considerations are frequency
response flatness with low noise and distortion, the simplest
and most effective solution is to isolate the capacitive load
from the feedback loop by inserting a series isolation resistor
between the amplifier output and the capacitive load. This
does not eliminate the pole from the loop response, but
instead shifts it and adds a zero at a higher frequency. The
additional zero acts to cancel the phase lag from the capaci-
tive load pole, thus increasing the phase margin and improv-
ing stability.
The Typical Characteristics show the recommended R_S ver-
sus capacitive load and the resulting frequency response at
the load. For the OPA2822 operating at a gain of +2, the
frequency response at the output pin is already slightly
peaked without the capacitive load, requiring relatively high
values of R_S to flatten the response at the load. One way to
reduce the required R_S value is to use the noise gain
adjustment circuit of Figure 12.
50Ω Source
50Ω
1/2
R_{NG OPA2822}
R_F
402Ω
R_G
402Ω
The resistor across the two inputs, R_NG, can be used to
increase the noise gain while retaining the desired signal
gain. This can be used either to improve flatness at low gains
or to reduce the required value of R_S in capacitive load
driving applications. This circuit was used with R_NG adjusted
to produce the gain flatness curve in the Typical Character-
istics. As shown in that curve, an R_NG of 452Ω will give an NG
of 3 giving exceptional frequency response flatness at a
signal gain of +2. Equation 4 shows the calculation for R_NG
given a target noise gain (NG) and signal gain (G):
R_NG
=
R_F +
NG
R_SG
−G
(4)
where R_S = Total Source Impedance on the Noninverting
Input [25Ω in Figure 12]
G = Signal Gain [1 + (R_F/R_G)]
NG = Noise Gain Target
Using this technique to get initial frequency response flat-
ness will significantly reduce the required series resistor
value to get a flat response at the capacitive load. Using the
best-case noise gain of 3 with a signal gain of 2 allows the
required R_S to be reduced, as shown in Figure 13. Here, the
required R_S versus Capacitive Load is replotted along with
data from the Typical Characteristics. This demonstrates that
the use of R_NG = 452Ω across the inputs results in much
lower required R_S values to achieve a flat response.
100
NG = 2, R_NG = ∞
10
NG = 3, R_NG = 452Ω
1
10
100
Capacitive Load (pF)
1000
FIGURE 13. Required R_S vs Noise Gain.
DISTORTION PERFORMANCE
The OPA2822 is capable of delivering exceptionally low
distortion through approximately 5MHz signal frequency.
While principally intended to provide very low noise and
distortion through the maximum ADSL frequency of 1.1MHz,
the OPA2822 in a differential configuration can deliver lower
than –85dBc distortions for a 4V_PP swing through 5MHz. For
applications requiring extremely low distortion through higher
frequencies, consider higher slew rate amplifiers such as the
OPA687 or OPA2681.
FIGURE 12. Noise Gain Tuning for Noninverting Circuit.
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