LMC6462 Dual/LMC6464 Quad Micropower, Rail-to-Rail Input and Output CMOS Operational
Amplifier
General Description
The LMC6462/4 is a micropower version of the popular
LMC6482/4, combining Rail-to-Rail Input and Output Range
with very low power consumption.
The LMC6462/4 provides an input common-mode voltage
range that exceeds both rails.The rail-to-rail output swing of
the amplifier, guaranteed for loads down to 25 kΩ, assures
maximum dynamic sigal range. This rail-to-rail performance
of the amplifier, combined with its high voltage gain makes it
unique among rail-to-rail amplifiers. The LMC6462/4 is an
excellent upgrade for circuits using limited common-mode
range amplifiers.
The LMC6462/4, with guaranteed specifications at 3V and
5V, is especially well-suited for low voltage applications. A
quiescent power consumption of 60 µW per amplifier (at V
=
3V) can extend the useful life of battery operated systems.
The amplifier’s 150 fA input current, low offset voltage of
0.25 mV, and 85 dB CMRR maintain accuracy in
battery-powered systems.
8-Pin DIP/SO
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Features
(Typical unless otherwise noted)
n Ultra Low Supply Current 20 µA/Amplifier
n Guaranteed Characteristics at 3V and 5V
n Rail-to-Rail Input Common-Mode Voltage Range
n Rail-to-Rail Output Swing
(within 10 mV of rail, V
n Low Input Current 150 fA
n Low Input Offset Voltage 0.25 mV
=
S
5V and R
Applications
n Battery Operated Circuits
n Transducer Interface Circuits
n Portable Communication Devices
If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required,
please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/
Distributors for availability and specifications.
ESD Tolerance (Note 2)2.0 kV
Differential Input Voltage
Voltage at Input/Output Pin(V
Supply Voltage (V
+−V−
)16V
Current at Input Pin (Note 12)
Current at Output Pin
(Notes 3, 8)
Current at Power Supply Pin40 mA
Lead Temp. (Soldering, 10 sec.)260˚C
±
Supply Voltage
+
) + 0.3V, (V−) − 0.3V
±
5mA
±
30 mA
Operating Ratings (Note 1)
Supply Voltage3.0V ≤ V
Junction Temperature Range
LMC6462AM, LMC6464AM−55˚C ≤ T
LMC6462AI, LMC6464AI−40˚C ≤ T
LMC6462BI, LMC6464BI−40˚C ≤ T
Thermal Resistance (θ
)
JA
N Package, 8-Pin Molded DIP115˚C/W
M Package, 8-Pin Surface Mount193˚C/W
N Package, 14-Pin Molded DIP81˚C/W
M Package, 14-Pin
Surface Mount126˚C/W
+
≤ 15.5V
≤ +125˚C
J
≤ +85˚C
J
≤ +85˚C
J
Storage Temperature Range−65˚C to +150˚C
Junction Temperature (Note 4)150˚C
5V DC Electrical Characteristics
Unless otherwise specified, all limits guaranteed for T
limits apply at the temperature extremes.
Note 1: Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate limits beyond which damage to the device may occur. Operating Ratings indicate conditions for which the device is intended to be functional, but specific performance is not guaranteed. For guaranteed specifications and the test conditions, see the Electrical Characteristics.
Note 2: Human body model, 1.5 kΩ in series with 100 pF. All pins rated per method 3015.6 of MIL-STD-883. This is a class 2 device rating.
Note 3: Applies to both single supply and split-supply operation. Continuous short circuit operationatelevatedambienttemperaturecanresultinexceedingthe maxi-
mum allowed junction temperature of 150˚C. Output currents in excess of
Note 4: The maximum power dissipation is a function of T
−TA)/θJA. All numbers apply for packages soldered directly into a PC board.
Note 5: Typical Values represent the most likely parametric norm.
Note 6: All limits are guaranteed by testing or statistical analysis.
+
Note 7: V
Note 8: Do not short circuit output to V
Note 9: V
Note 10: Input referred, V
Note 11: Connected as Voltage Follower with 2V step input. Number specified is the slower of either the positive or negative slew rates.
Note 12: Limiting input pin current is only necessary for input voltages that exceed absolute maximum input voltage ratings.
Note 13: Guaranteed limits are dictated by tester limitations and not device performance. Actual performance is reflected in the typical value.
Note 14: For guaranteed Military Temperature Range parameters see RETSMC6462/4X.
=
+
=
=
15V, V
15V. Connected as Voltage Follower with 10V step input. Number specified is the slower of either the positive or negative slew rates.
CM
7.5V and R
+
connected to 7.5V. For Sourcing tests, 7.5V ≤ VO≤ 11.5V. For Sinking tests, 3.5V ≤ VO≤ 7.5V.
L
+
, when V+is greater than 13V or reliability will be adversely affected.
=
15V and R
=
L
J(max)
100 kΩ connected to 7.5V. Each amp excited in turn with 1 kHz to produce V
±
, θJA, and TA. The maximum allowable power dissipation at any ambient temperature is P
30 mA over long term may adversely affect reliability.
=
O
12 V
.
PP
=
(T
D
J(max)
Typical Performance Characteristics V
Supply Current vs
Supply Voltage
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Sourcing Current vs
Output Voltage
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Sourcing Current vs
Output Voltage
Sinking Current vs
Output Voltage
=
+5V, Single Supply, T
S
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=
25˚C unless otherwise specified
A
Sourcing Current vs
Output Voltage
Sinking Current vs
Output Voltage
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Typical Performance Characteristics V
specified (Continued)
=
+5V, Single Supply, T
S
=
25˚C unless otherwise
A
Sinking Current vs
Output Voltage
Input Voltage Noise
vs Input Voltage
Input Voltage vs
Output Voltage
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Input Voltage
Noise vs Frequency
Input Voltage Noise
vs Input Voltage
Open Loop
Frequency Response
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Input Voltage Noise
vs Input Voltage
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∆VOSvs CMR
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Open Loop Frequency
Response vs Temperature
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Typical Performance Characteristics V
specified (Continued)
=
+5V, Single Supply, T
S
=
25˚C unless otherwise
A
Gain and Phase vs
Capacitive Load
Non-Inverting Large
Signal Pulse Response
Non-Inverting Small
Signal Pulse Response
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Slew Rate vs
Supply Voltage
Non-Inverting Large
Signal Pulse Response
Non-Inverting Small
Signal Pulse Response
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Non-Inverting Large
Signal Pulse Response
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Non-Inverting Small
Signal Pulse Response
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Inverting Large
Signal Pulse Response
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Typical Performance Characteristics V
specified (Continued)
=
+5V, Single Supply, T
S
=
25˚C unless otherwise
A
Inverting Large Signal
Pulse Response
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Inverting Large Signal
Pulse Response
Inverting Small Signal
Pulse Response
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Application Information
1.0 Input Common-Mode Voltage Range
The LMC6462/4 has a rail-to-rail input common-mode voltage range.
supplies with no resulting phase inversion on the output.
Figure 1
shows an input voltage exceeding both
Inverting Small Signal
Pulse Response
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Inverting Small Signal
Pulse Response
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pins, possibly affecting reliability. The input current can be
externally limited to
in
Figure 3
±
5 mA, with an input resistor, as shown
.
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FIGURE 1. An Input Voltage Signal Exceeds
the LMC6462/4 Power Supply Voltage
with No Output Phase Inversion
+
=
The absolute maximum input voltage at V
3V is 300 mV
beyond either supply rail at room temperature. Voltages
greatly exceeding this absolute maximum rating, as in
2
, can cause excessive current to flow in or out of the input
Figure
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FIGURE 2. A±7.5V Input Signal Greatly Exceeds
the 3V Supply in
No Phase Inversion Due to R
Figure 3
Causing
I
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FIGURE 3. Input Current Protection for Voltages
2.0 Rail-to-Rail Output
The approximated output resistance of the LMC6462/4 is
180Ω sourcing, and 130Ω sinking at V
sourcing and 83Ω sinking at V
swing can be estimated as a function of load using the calculated output resistance.
3.0 Capacitive Load Tolerance
The LMC6462/4 can typically drive a 200 pF load with V
5V at unity gain without oscillating. The unity gain follower is
the most sensitive configuration to capacitive load. Direct capacitive loading reduces the phase margin of op-amps. The
combination of the op-amp’s output impedance and the capacitive load induces phase lag. This results in either an underdamped pulse response or oscillation.
Capacitive load compensation can be accomplished using
resistive isolation as shown in
component of the load in parallel to the capacitive component, the isolation resistor and the resistive load create a
voltage divider at the output. This introduces a DC error at
the output.
Exceeding the Supply Voltage
=
S
=
5V.The maximum output
S
Figure 4
. If there is a resistive
3V, and 110Ω
S
Another circuit, shown in
Figure 6
, is also used to indirectly
drive capacitive loads. This circuit is an improvement to the
circuit shown in
Figure 4
because it provides DC accuracy as
well as AC stability. R1 and C1 serve to counteract the loss
of phase margin by feeding the high frequency component of
the output signal back to the amplifiers inverting input,
thereby preserving phase margin in the overall feedback
loop. The values of R1 and C1 should be experimentally determined by the system designer for the desired pulse response. Increased capacitive drive is possible by increasing
the value of the capacitor in the feedback loop.
=
FIGURE 6. LMC6462 Non-Inverting Amplifier,
Compensated to Handle a 300 pF Capacitive
and 100 kΩ Resistive Load
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FIGURE 4. Resistive Isolation of
a 300 pF Capacitive Load
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FIGURE 5. Pulse Response of the LMC6462
Circuit Shown in
Figure 5
displays the pulse response of the LMC6462/4 cir-
cuit in
Figure 4
.
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Figure 4
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FIGURE 7. Pulse Response of
LMC6462 Circuit in
The pulse response of the circuit shown in
in
Figure 7
.
Figure 6
Figure 6
is shown
4.0 Compensating for Input Capacitance
It is quite common to use large values of feedback resistance with amplifiers that have ultra-low input current, like
the LMC6462/4. Large feedback resistors can react with
small values of input capacitance due to transducers, photodiodes, and circuits board parasitics to reduce phase
margins.
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FIGURE 8. Canceling the Effect of Input Capacitance
The effect of input capacitance can be compensated for by
adding a feedback capacitor. The feedback capacitor (as in
Figure 8
), CF, is first estimated by:
or
≤ R2C
R
which typically provides significant overcompensation.
1CIN
Printed circuit board stray capacitance may be larger or
smaller than that of a breadboard, so the actual optimum
value for C
checked on the actual circuit. (Refer to the LMC660 quad
may be different. The values of CFshould be
F
CMOS amplifier data sheet for a more detailed discussion.)
5.0 Offset Voltage Adjustment
Offset voltage adjustment circuits are illustrated in
and
Figure 10
. Large value resistances and potentiometers
are used to reduce power consumption while providing typi-
±
cally
2.5 mV of adjustment range, referred to the input, for
both configurations with V
S
FIGURE 9. Inverting Configuration
Offset Voltage Adjustment
F
Figure 9
=
±
5V.
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FIGURE 10. Non-Inverting Configuration
Offset Voltage Adjustment
6.0 Spice Macromodel
A Spice macromodel is available for the LMC6462/4. This
model includes a simulation of:
Input common-mode voltage range
•
Frequency and transient response
•
GBW dependence on loading conditions
•
Quiescent and dynamic supply current
•
Output swing dependence on loading conditions
•
and many more characteristics as listed on the macromodel
disk.
Contact the National Semiconductor Customer Response
Center to obtain an operational amplifier Spice model library
disk.
7.0 Printed-Circuit-Board Layout
for High-Impedance Work
It is generally recognized that any circuit which must operate
with less than 1000 pA of leakage current requires special
layout of the PC board. When one wishes to take advantage
of the ultra-low input current of the LMC6462/4, typically 150
fA, it is essential to have an excellent layout. Fortunately, the
techniques of obtaining low leakages are quite simple. First,
the user must not ignore the surface leakage of the PC
board, even though it may sometimes appear acceptably
low, because under conditions of high humidity or dust or
contamination, the surface leakage will be appreciable.
To minimize the effect of any surface leakage, lay out a ring
of foil completely surrounding the LMC6462’s inputs and the
terminals of capacitors, diodes, conductors, resistors, relay
terminals, etc. connected to the op-amp’s inputs, as in
ure 11
. To have a significant effect, guard rings should be
Fig-
placed in both the top and bottom of the PC board. This PC
foil must then be connected to a voltage which is at the same
voltage as the amplifier inputs, since no leakage current can
flow between two points at the same potential. For example,
a PC board trace-to-pad resistance of 10
12
Ω, which is normally considered a very large resistance, could leak 5 pA if
the trace were a 5V bus adjacent to the pad of the input. This
would cause a 30 times degradation from the LMC6462/4’s
actual performance. However, if a guard ring is held within 5
mV of the inputs, then even a resistance of 10
cause only 0.05 pA of leakage current. See
11
Ω would
Figure 12
for
typical connections of guard rings for standard op-amp
configurations.
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board at all, but bend it up in the air and use only air as an insulator. Air is an excellent insulator. In this case you may
have to forego some of the advantages of PC board construction, but the advantages are sometimes well worth the
effort of using point-to-point up-in-the-air wiring. See
13
.
Figure
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FIGURE 11. Example of Guard Ring in P.C. Board
Layout
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Inverting Amplifier
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
(Input pins are lifted out of PC board and soldered directly to components.
All other pins connected to PC board.)
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FIGURE 13. Air Wiring
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Follower
FIGURE 12. Typical Connections of Guard Rings
The designer should be aware that when it is inappropriate
to lay out a PC board for the sake of just a few circuits, there
is another technique which is even better than a guard ring
on a PC board: Don’t insert the amplifier’s input pin into the
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8.0 Instrumentation Circuits
The LMC6464 has the high input impedance, large
common-mode range and high CMRR needed for designing
instrumentation circuits. Instrumentation circuits designed
with the LMC6464 can reject a larger range of
common-mode signals than most in-amps. This makes instrumentation circuits designed with the LMC6464 an excellent choice for noisy or industrial environments. Other appli-
FIGURE 14. Low Power Three Op-Amp Instrumentation Amplifier
cations that benefit from these features include analytic
medical instruments, magnetic field detectors, gas detectors,
and silicon-based transducers.
A small valued potentiometer is used in series with Rg to set
the differential gain of the three op-amp instrumentation circuit in
Figure 14
. This combination is used instead of one
large valued potentiometer to increase gain trim accuracy
and reduce error due to vibration.
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A two op-amp instrumentation amplifier designed for a gain
of 100 is shown in
Figure 15
. Low sensitivity trimming is
made for offset voltage, CMRR and gain. Low cost and low
power consumption are the main advantages of this two
op-amp circuit.
Higher frequency and larger common-mode range applications are best facilitated by a three op-amp instrumentation
amplifier.
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Typical Single-Supply Applications
TRANSDUCER INTERFACE CIRCUITS
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FIGURE 16. Photo Detector Circuit
Photocells can be used in portable light measuring instruments. The LMC6462, which can be operated off a battery, is
an excellent choice for this circuit because of its very low input current and offset voltage.
LMC6462 AS A COMPARATOR
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FIGURE 17. Comparator with Hysteresis
Figure 17
shows the application of the LMC6462 as a comparator. The hysteresis is determined by the ratio of the two
resistors. The LMC6462 can thus be used as a micropower
comparator,in applications where the quiescent current is an
important parameter.
HALF-WAVE AND FULL-WAVE RECTIFIERS
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FIGURE 19. Full-Wave Rectifier
with Input Current Protection (R
In
Figure 18 Figure 19
,RIlimits current into the amplifier
)
I
since excess current can be caused by the input voltage exceeding the supply voltage.
PRECISION CURRENT SOURCE
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FIGURE 20. Precision Current Source
The output current I
OUT
is given by:
OSCILLATORS
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FIGURE 18. Half-Wave Rectifier with
Input Current Protection (R
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FIGURE 21. 1 Hz Square-Wave Oscillator
For single supply 5V operation, the output of the circuit will
swing from 0V to 5V. The voltage divider set up R
R
will cause the non-inverting input of the LMC6462 to
4
move from 1.67V (
1
⁄3of 5V) to 3.33V (2⁄3of 5V). This voltage
2,R3
and
behaves as the threshold voltage.
R
and C1determine the time constant of the circuit. The fre-
1
quency of oscillation, f
OSC
is
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where ∆t is the time the amplifier input takes to move from
1.67V to 3.33V. The calculations are shown below.
where τ=RC=0.68 seconds
=
→
t
0.27 seconds.
1
and
=
→
0.75 seconds
t
2
Then,
=
1Hz
LOW FREQUENCY NULL
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FIGURE 22. High Gain Amplifier
with Low Frequency Null
Output offset voltage is the error introduced in the output
voltage due to the inherent input offset voltage V
amplifier.
,ofan
OS
Output Offset Voltage=(Input Offset Voltage) (Gain)
In the above configuration, the resistors R
mine the nominal voltage around which the input signal, V
and R6deter-
5
should be symmetrical. The high frequency component of
the input signal V
quency component will be nulled since the DC level of the
will be unaffected while the low fre-
IN
output will be the input offset voltage of the LMC6462 plus
the bias voltage. This implies that the output offset voltage
due to the top amplifier will be eliminated.
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