Advanced Linear Devices Inc ALD1726EPA, ALD1726EDA, ALD1726PA Datasheet

ADVANCED
LINEAR
DEVICES, INC.

EPAD™ ULTRA MICROPOWER OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

ALD1726E/ALD1726

KEY FEATURES

• EPAD ( Electrically Programmable Analog Device)

• User programmable V

trimmer

OS

• Computer-assisted trimming

• Rail-to-rail input/output

• Compatible with standard EPAD Programmer

• High precision through in-system circuit precision trimming

• Reduces or eliminates V

, PSRR, CMRR and TCVOS errors

OS

• System level “calibration” capability

• Application-Specific Programming mode

• In-System Programming mode

• Electrically programmable to compensate for
external component tolerances

• Achieves 0.01pA input bias current and 50

µV

input offset voltage simultaneously

• Compatible with industry standard pinout

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The ALD1726E/ALD1726 is a monolithic rail-to-rail ultra-micropower
precision CMOS operational amplifier with integrated user programmable
EPAD (Electrically Programmable Analog Device) based offset voltage
adjustment. The ALD1726E/ALD1726 is a direct replacement of the
ALD1706 operational amplifier, with the added feature of user-program­mable offset voltage trimming resulting in significantly enhanced total
system performance and user flexibility. EPAD technology is an exclusive
ALD design which has been refined for analog applications where preci­sion voltage trimming is necessary to achieve a desired performance. It
utilizes CMOS FETs as in-circuit elements for trimming of offset voltage
bias characteristics with the aid of a personal computer under software
control. Once programmed, the set parameters are stored indefinitely
within the device even after power-down. EPAD offers the circuit designer
a convenient and cost-effective trimming solution for achieving the very
highest amplifier/system performance.

The ALD1726E/ALD1726 operational amplifier features rail-to-rail input
and output voltage ranges, tolerance to over-voltage input spikes of
300mV beyond supply rails, extremely low input currents of 0.01pA typical,
high open loop voltage gain, useful bandwidth of 200KHz, slew rate of 0.17
V/µs, and low typical supply current of 25µA.

BENEFITS

• Eliminates manual and elaborate
system trimming procedures

• Remote controlled automated trimming

• In-System Programming capability

• No external components

• No internal chopper clocking noise

• No chopper dynamic power dissipation

• Simple and cost effective

• Small package size

• Extremely small total functional
volume size

• Low system implementation cost

• Micropower and Low Voltage

APPLICATIONS

• Sensor interface circuits

• Transducer biasing circuits

• Capacitive and charge integration circuits

• Biochemical probe interface

• Signal conditioning

• Portable instruments

• High source impedance electrode
amplifiers

• Precision Sample and Hold amplifiers

• Precision current to voltage converter

• Error correction circuits

• Sensor compensation circuits

• Precision gain amplifiers

• Periodic In-system calibration

• System output level shifter

PIN CONFIGURATION

VE2

VE1

1

8

ORDERING INFORMATION

-IN

+IN

V

2

3

-

4

Operating Temperature Range

-55°C to +125°C0°C to +70°C0°C to +70°C
8-Pin 8-Pin 8-Pin

CERDIP Small Outline Plastic Dip
Package Package (SOIC) Package

ALD1726E DA ALD1726E SA ALD1726E PA
ALD1726 DA ALD1726 SA ALD1726 PA

* Contact factory for industrial temperature range

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2

TOP VIEW

DA, PA, SA PACKAGE

+

7

V

OUT

6

5

N/C

FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

The ALD1726E/ALD1726 uses EPADs as in-circuit ele­ments for trimming of offset voltage bias characteristics.
Each ALD1726E/ALD1726 has a pair of EPAD-based cir­cuits connected such that one circuit is used to adjust V

OS

in one direction and the other circuit is used to adjust VOS in
the other direction.

Functional Description of ALD1726E

While each of the EPAD devices is a monotonically adjust­able programmable device, the V

of the ALD1726E can be

OS

adjusted many times in both directions. Once programmed,
the set V

levels are stored permanently, even when the

OS

device power is removed.
The ALD1726E provides the user with an operational ampli-

fier that can be trimmed with user application-specific pro­gramming or in-system programming conditions. User appli­cation-specific circuit programming refers to the situation
where the Total Input Offset Voltage of the ALD1726E (V

OST)

can be trimmed with the actual intended operating conditions.
The ALD1726E is pre-programmed at the factory under

standard operating conditions for minimum equivalent input
offset voltage. It also has a guaranteed offset voltage
program range, which is ideal for applications that require
electrical offset voltage programming.

For example, an application circuit may have +6V and -2.5V
power supplies, and the operational amplifier input is biased
at +0.7V, and the average operating temperature is at 55

°C.

The circuit can be wired up to these conditions within an
environmental chamber, and the ALD1726E can be inserted
into a test socket connected to this circuit while it is being
electrically trimmed. Any error in V
conditions can be automatically zeroed out. The Total V

due to these bias

OS

OS

error is now limited only by the adjustable range and the
stability of V
amplifier. Therefore, this Total V

, and the input noise voltage of the operational

OS

error now includes V

OS

OS

as VOS is traditionally specified; plus the VOS error contribu­tions from PSRR, CMRR, TCV
total V

error term (V

OS

OST

, and noise. Typically this

OS

) is approximately ±50µV for the

ALD1726E.
The V

contribution due to PSRR, CMRR, TCVOS and

OS

external components can be large for operational amplifiers
without trimming. Therefore the ALD1726E with EPAD trim­ming is able to provide much improved system performance
by reducing these other sources of error to provide signifi­cantly reduced V

OST.

In-System Programming refers to the condition where the
EPAD adjustment is made after the ALD1726E has been
inserted into a circuit board. In this case, the circuit design
must provide for the ALD1726E to operate in normal mode
and in programming mode. One of the benefits of in-system
programming is that not only is the ALD1726E offset voltage
from operating bias conditions accounted for, any residual
errors introduced by other circuit components, such as resis-

tor or sensor induced voltage errors, can also be corrected.
In this way, the “in-system” circuit output can be adjusted to
a desired level eliminating other trimming components.

Functional Description of ALD1726

The ALD1726 is pre-programmed at the factory under stan­dard operating conditions for minimum equivalent input offset
voltage. The ALD1726 offers similar programmable features
as the ALD1726E, but with more limited offset voltage pro­gram range. It is intended for standard operational amplifier
applications where little or no electrical programming by the
user is necessary.

USER PROGRAMMABLE V

FEATURE

OS

Each ALD1726E/ALD1726 has two pins named VE1 and
VE2 which are internally connected to an internal offset bias
circuit. VE1/VE2 have initial typical values of 1.0 to 1.5 Volt.
The voltage on these pins can be programmed using the ALD
E100 EPAD Programmer and the appropriate Adapter Mod­ule. The useful programming range of VE1 and VE2 is 1.2
Volt to 3.0 Volts. VE1 and VE2 pins are programming pins,
used during programming mode. The Programming pin is
used during electrical programming to inject charge into the
internal EPADs. Increases of VE1 decrease the offset volt­age while increases of VE2 increase the offset voltage of the
operational amplifier. The injected charge is permanently
stored and determines the offset voltage of the operational
amplifier. After programming, VE1 and VE2 terminals must
be left open to settle on a voltage determined by internal bias
currents.

During programming, the voltages on VE1 or VE2 are in­creased incrementally to set the offset voltage of the opera­tional amplifier to the desired Vos. Note that desired V

OS

can
be any value within the offset voltage programmable ranges,
and can be either zero, a positive value or a negative value.
This V

value can also be reprogrammed to a different

OS

value at a later time, provided that the useful VE1 or VE2
programming voltage range has not been exceeded. VE1 or
VE2 pins can also serve as capacitively coupled input pins.

Internally, VE1 and VE2 are programmed and connected
differentially. Temperature drift effects between the two
internal offset bias circuits cancel each other and introduce
less net temperature drift coefficient change than offset
voltage trimming techniques such as offset adjustment with
an external trimmer potentiometer.

While programming, V+, VE1 and VE2 pins may be alter­nately pulsed with 12V (approximately) pulses generated by
the EPAD Programmer. In-system programming requires the
ALD1726E/ALD1726 application circuit to accommodate
these programming pulses. This can be accomplished by
adding resistors at certain appropriate circuit nodes. For
more information, see Application Note AN1700.

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Supply voltage, V

+

Differential input voltage range -0.3V to V
Power dissipation 600 mW
Operating temperature range PA,SA package 0°C to +70°C

DA package -55°C to +125°C
Storage temperature range -65°C to +150°C
Lead temperature, 10 seconds +260°C

13.2V
+

+0.3V

OPERATING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
T

A

= 25

oC

V

= ±2.5V unless otherwise specified

S

1726E 1726

Parameter Symbol Min Typ Max Min Typ Max Unit Test Conditions

Supply Voltage V

Initial Input Offset Voltage

Offset Voltage Program Range

1

2

Programmed Input Offset V
Voltage Error

Total Input Offset Voltage

Input Offset Current

Input Bias Current

Input Voltage Range

3

4

5

5

6

V

V

∆V

V

I

I

V

OS

B

S
+

OS i

OS

OS

OST

IR

±1.0 ±5.0 ±1.0 ±5.0 V

2.0 10.0 2.0 10.0 V Single Supply

50 100 75 150 µVR

≤ 100KΩ

S

±10 ±20 ±1 ±5mV

50 100 75 150 µV At user specified

target offset voltage

50 100 75 150 µV At user specified

target offset voltage

0.01 10 0.01 10 pA TA = 25°C
240 240 pA 0°C ≤ TA ≤ +70°C

0.01 10 0.01 10 pA TA = 25°C

-0.3 5.3 -0.3 5.3 V V+ = +5V

-2.8 +2.8 -2.8 +2.8 V VS = ±2.5V

Input Resistance R

Input Offset Voltage Drift

7

IN

TCV

OS

Initial Power Supply PSRR
Rejection Ratio

8

Initial Common Mode CMRR
Rejection Ratio

Large Signal Voltage Gain A

8

V

14

10

77µV/°CRS ≤ 100KΩ

i

i

80 80 dB RS ≤ 100KΩ

83 83 dB RS ≤ 100KΩ

32 100 32 100 V/mV RL =1MΩ

10

14

Ω

20 20 V/mV 0°C ≤ TA ≤ +70°C

VO low 0.001 0.01 0.001 0.01 V RL =1MΩ V+ = 5V

Output Voltage Range VO high 4.99 4.999 4.99 4.999 V 0°C ≤ TA ≤ +70°C

VO low -2.48 -2.40 -2.48 -2.40 V RL =100KΩ
VO high 2.40 2.48 2.40 2.48 V 0°C ≤ TA ≤ +70°C

Output Short Circuit Current I

\* NOTES 1 through 9, see section titled "Definitions and Design Notes".

SC

200 200 µA

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