GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The OP191, OP291, and OP491 are single, dual, and quad micropower, single-supply, 3 MHz bandwidth amplifiers featuring rail-to-rail inputs and outputs. All are guaranteed to operate from a +3 V single supply as well as ±5 V dual supplies.
Fabricated on Analog Devices CBCMOS process, the OPx91 family has a unique input stage that allows the input voltage to safely extend 10 V beyond either supply without any phase inversion or latch-up. The output voltage swings to within millivolts of the supplies and continues to sink or source current all the way to the supplies.
Applications for these amplifiers include portable telecommunications equipment, power supply control and protection, and interface for transducers with wide output ranges. Sensors requiring a rail-to-rail input amplifier include Hall effect, piezo electric, and resistive transducers.
The ability to swing rail-to-rail at both the input and output enables designers to build multistage filters in single-supply systems and to maintain high signal-to-noise ratios.
The OP191/OP291/OP491 are specified over the extended industrial –40°C to +125°C temperature range. The OP191 single and OP291 dual amplifiers are available in 8-lead plastic SOIC surface-mount packages.

 

FEATURES

Single-supply operation: 2.7 V to 12 V
Wide input voltage range
Rail-to-rail output swing
Low supply current: 300 μA/amp
Wide bandwidth: 3 MHz
Slew rate: 0.5 V/μs
Low offset voltage: 700 μV
No phase reversal

 

APPLICATIONS

Industrial process control
Battery-powered instrumentation
Power supply control and protection
Telecommunications
Remote sensors
Low voltage strain gage amplifiers
DAC output amplifiers

 

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Stresses above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only; functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those indicated in the operational section of this specification is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
Absolute maximum ratings apply to both DICE and packaged parts, unless otherwise noted.

 

THERMAL RESISTANCE

θJA is specified for the worst-case conditions; that is, θJA is specified for device in socket for PDIP packages; θJA is specified for device soldered in circuit board for TSSOP and SOIC packages.

 

OUTPUT VOLTAGE PHASE REVERSAL

Some operational amplifiers designed for single-supply operation exhibit an output voltage phase reversal when their inputs are driven beyond their useful common-mode range. Typically, for single-supply bipolar op amps, the negative supply determines the lower limit of their common-mode range.
With these devices, external clamping diodes with the anode connected to ground and the cathode to the inputs prevent input signal excursions from exceeding the device’s negative supply (that is, GND), preventing a condition that could cause the output voltage to change phase. JFET input amplifiers can also exhibit phase reversal, and, if so, a series input resistor is usually required to prevent it.

 

APPLICATIONS INFORMATION

The OP291 accepts rail-to-rail inputs, the input common-mode range includes both ground and the positive supply of 3 V. Furthermore, the rail-to-rail output range ensures the widest signal range possible and maximizes the dynamic range of the system. Also, with its low supply current of 300 μA/device, this circuit consumes a quiescent current of only 600 μA yet still exhibits a gain bandwidth of 3 MHz.
A question may arise about other instrumentation amplifier topologies for single-supply applications. A variation on this topology adds a fifth resistor between the two inverting inputs of the op amps for gain setting. While that topology works well in dual-supply applications, it is inherently inappropriate for single-supply circuits. The same could be said for the traditional three op amp instrumentation amplifier. In both cases, the circuits simply cannot work in single-supply situations unless a false ground between the supplies is created.