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- From: schaerer@isi.ethz.ch (Thomas Schaerer)
- Subject: Re: Opamp Based Integrator
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.184417.20722@bernina.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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- References: <1992Dec12.103134.25831@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:44:17 GMT
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- Kong Kritayakirana (kong@leland.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
-
- : 1. I don't need an opamp with awesome slew rate to make an integrator, right?
-
- That's not so easy! The large-signal-bandwidth is given by maximum output-
- voltageswing and the slew-rate. So, you must know the maximum outputfre-
- quency the integrator must work with which amplitude.
-
- Formula: dU out |
- ------ | = 2 * PI * f * Upeak out
- dt |max
-
- The opamp internal slew-rate must be higher than the slew-rate given by
- your integrator! That's important for precission. If you want a highprecis-
- sion integrator for dymamics you should take an opamp with a slew-rate
- what is 10 times faster than the "slew-rate" of your integrator.
-
-
-
- : 2. How do I deal with Voffset problem.
-
- If the opamp has no offsetcompensation-inputs, you must use the noninverting-
- input of the opamp. The deviation of this input from ground compensate the
- the offsetvoltage. You can make the offsetcompensation adjustable by a pot-
- meter with low voltagerange.
-
-
-
- : 3. This is going to be used in a high precision, low noise data acquisition.
- : The professor I work for doesn't know anything about electronics, but he
- : WANTS LOWEST POSSIBLE noise. What opamp should I use for Vinput with band
- : width of about 500kHz. The circuit is NOT a power circuit.
-
- For very less noise: It's dependet from sourceimpedance and the used
- opamp. For high-imp. it's better opamp with fet-
- input-stage, for low-imp. take such with bipolar
- pnp-input-stage. The first case, it dominate the
- input-voltage-noise and in the second case it domi-
- nate the input-current-noise which generate a vol-
- tage-noise in the source-impedance.
-
- Back to the slew-rate: With a sinus-frequency of 500 kHz and a output-
- voltage-swing of 10 V peak you must take a opamp
- with 30 Volt per microsecond or more. And don't
- forget you first question. Now you can give the
- answer of your question. You need really a fast
- opamp!
-
-
- So I hope I can help you. But I think the better way for you is to learn
- about this stuff from good electronics-book.
-
- Bye Thomas
-