OPA172-Q1 Datasheet, PDF (25/36 Pages) Texas Instruments – 36-V, Single-Supply, 10-MHz, Rail-to-Rail Output Automotive Grade Operational Amplifiers

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OPA172-Q1, OPA2172-Q1, OPA4172-Q1
SBOS809 – NOVEMBER 2016
9.2.3 JFET-Input Low-Noise Amplifier
Figure 51 shows a low-noise composite amplifier built by adding a low noise JFET pair (Q1 and Q2) as an input
preamplifier for the OPA172-Q1. Transistors Q3 and Q4 form a 2-mA current sink that biases each JFET with 1
mA of drain current. Using 3.9-kΩ drain resistors produces a gain of approximately 10 in the input amplifier,
making the extremely-low, broadband-noise spectral density of the JFET pair, Q1 and Q2, the dominant noise
source of the amplifier. The output impedance of the input differential amplifier is large enough that a FET-input
amplifier such as the OPA172-Q1 provides superior noise performance over bipolar-input amplifiers.
The gain of the composite amplifier is given by Equation 3.
A_V = (1 + R3 / R4)
(3)
The resistances shown are standard 1% resistor values that produce a gain of approximately 100 (99.26) with
68° of phase margin. Gains less than 10 may require additional compensation methods to provide stability.
Select low resistor values to minimize the resistor thermal noise contribution to the total output noise.
VCC
VEE
VCC
V1
15 V
V2
15 V
R1
3.9 kŸ
LSK489
R2
3.9 kŸ
VEE
++
VCC
VOUT
R3
1.13 kŸ
Q1
Q2
VCC
R4
R6
11.5 Ÿ
Q3
27.4 kŸ
MMBT4401
Q4
MMBT4401
R5
300 Ÿ
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Figure 51. JFET-Input Low-Noise Amplifier
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