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TheLF155,LF156,LF157series areopampswithJ-
FETinputtransistors.TheseJFETshavelargereverse
breakdownvoltagesfromgatetosourceor drainelimi-
natingtheneedofclampsacrosstheinputs.Therefore
large differentialinput voltagescan easily beaccom-
modatedwithoutalargeincreaseofinputcurrents.The
maximum differential input voltage is independentof
thesupplyvoltage.However,neitherofthenegativein-
putvoltagesshouldbe allowedto exceedthenegative
supplyas this will cause large currentsto flowwhich
canresultin adestroyedunit.Exceedingthenegative
common-modelimit oneitherinputwillcauseareversal
of thephasetotheoutputandforcethe amplifieroutput
to the correspondinghigh or lowstate. Exceedingthe
negativecommon-modelimit on bothinputs will force
theamplifieroutputtoahighstate.Inneithercasedoes
a latch occur since raising the input back within the
common-moderangeagainputstheinputstageand
thustheamplifierinanormaloperatingmode.Exceed-
ingthepositivecommon-modelimitonasingleinputwill
notchangethephaseoftheoutputhowever,ifbothin-
putsexceedthelimit, theoutputof theamplifier will be
forcedtoahighstate.Theseamplifierswill operatewith
thecommon-modeinputvoltageequaltothe positive
supply. In fact, the common-modevoltagecanex-
ceedthepositivesupplybyapproximately100mVinde-
pendentof supply volt-age and over thefull operat-
ingtemperaturerange.The positive suplly can there-
forebeusedasareferenceonaninputas,forexample,
inasupplycurrentmonitorand/orlimiter. Precautions-
shouldbetakentoensurethatthepowersupplyforthe
integratedcircuitneverbecomesre-versedinpolarity
orthattheunitisnotinadvertentlyin-stalledbackwards
ina socket as an unilimited currentsurge throughthe
resultingforwarddiodewithin theIC couldcausefusin-
goftheinternalconductorsandresultinadestroyedunit.
Becausetheseamplifiers areJFETratherthanMOS-
FET input op amps they do not require special han-
dling.
AllofthebiascurrentsintheseamplifiersaresetbyFET
currentsources. The drain currents for the amplifiers
are therefore essentially independent of supply volt-
ages.
Aswith mostamplifiers,careshouldbetakenwithlead
dress,componentsplacementandsupplydecoupling
inordertoensurestability.Forexample,resistorsfrom
theoutputtoan inputshouldbe placedwith thebody
closetotheinputtominimiz”pickup”andmaximize the
frequencyof the feedbackpoleby minimizing theca-
pacitancefromtheinput toground.
A feedbackpoleis createdwhenthe feedbackaround
anyamplifier is resistive. The parallel resistance and
capacitancefromtheinput of thedevice(usuallythe in-
vertinginput)toacgroundsetthefrequencyofthepole.In
many instances the frequency of this pole is much
greaterthantheexpected3dBfrequencyof the closed
loopgainandconsequentlythereisnegligibleeffecton
stabilitymargin. However, if thefeedbackpoleis less
than approximately six time the expected 3 dB fre-
quencyaleadcapacitorshouldbeplacedfromtheout-
puttotheinputoftheopamp.Thevalueofthatadded
capacitorshouldbesuchthattheRC timeconstantof
thiscapacitorandtheresistanceitparallels isgreater
thanor equal to theoriginal feedbackpoletime con-
stant.
APPLICATION HINTS
LF155 - LF156 - LF157
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