The LPV321/358/324 are low power (9µA per channel at
5.0V) versions of the LMV321/358/324 op amps. This is another addition to the LMV321/358/324 family of commodity
op amps.
The LPV321/358/324 are the most cost effective solutions
for the applications where low voltage, low poweroperation,
space saving and low price are needed. The
LPV321/358/324 have rail-to-rail output swing capability and
the input common-mode voltage range includes ground.
They all exhibit excellent speed-power ratio, achieving
152 KHz of bandwidth with a supply current of only 9µA.
The LPV321 is available in space saving SC70-5, which is
approximately half the size of SOT23-5. The small package
saves space on pc boards, and enables the design of small
portable electronic devices. It also allows the designer to
place the device closer to the signal source to reduce noise
pickup and increase signal integrity.
The chips are built with National’s advanced submicron
silicon-gate BiCMOS process. The LPV321/358/324 have bipolar input and output stages for improved noise performance and higher output current drive.
Connection Diagrams
5-Pin
SC70-5/SOT23-5
Features
+
=
(For V
j
Guaranteed 2.7V and 5V Performance
j
No Crossover Distortion
j
Space Saving PackageSC70-5
j
Industrial Temp.Range−40˚C to +85˚C
j
Gain-Bandwidth Product152KHz
j
Low Supply Current
LPV3219µA
LPV35815µA
LPV32428µA
j
Rail-to-Rail Output Swing
@
100kΩ LoadV+−3.5mV
j
V
CM
5V and V
−
=
0V,TypicalUnless Otherwise Noted)
2.0x2.1x1.0mm
−
V
−0.2V to V+−0.8V
Applications
n Active Filters
n General Purpose Low Voltage Applications
n General Purpose Portable Devices
If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required,
please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/
Distributors for availability and specifications.
ESD Tolerance (Note 2)
Machine Model100V
Human Body Model2000V
Differential Input Voltage
Supply Voltage (V
Output Short Circuit to V
Output Short Circuit to V
+–V−
)5.5V
+
−
Soldering Information
Infrared or Convection (20 sec)235˚C
Storage Temp. Range−65˚C to 150˚C
±
Supply Voltage
(Note 3)
(Note 4)
Junction Temp. (T
, max) (Note 5)150˚C
j
Operating Ratings (Note 1)
Supply Voltage2.7V to 5V
Temperature Range−40˚C≤T
Thermal Resistance (θ
Phase Margin87Deg
Gain Margin19dB
Input-Referred Voltage Noisef = 1 kHz,146
= 22 pF152KHz
L
L
>
1MΩ.
Units
i
n
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. Machine model, 0Ω in series with 200 pF.
Note 3: Shorting output to V
Note 4: Shorting output to V
Note 5: The maximum power dissipation is a function of T
P
Note 6: Typical values represent the most likely parametric norm.
Note 7: All limits are guaranteed by testing or statistical analysis.
Note 8: R
Note 9: Connected as voltage follower with 3V step input. Number specified is the slower of the positive and negative slew rates.
Note 10: All numbers are typical, and apply for packages soldered directly onto a PC board in still air.
Input-Referred Current Noisef = 1 kHz0.30
+
will adversely affect reliability.
-
will adversely affect reliability.
=(T
D
)/θJA. All numbers apply for packages soldered directly into a PC board.
J(max)–TA
is connected to V-. The output voltage is 0.5V ≤ VO≤ 4.5V.
L
, θJA, and TA. The maximum allowable power dissipation at any ambient temperature is
J(max)
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Typical Performance Characteristics Unless otherwise specified, V
Supply Current vs Supply
Voltage (LPV321)
Input Current vs
Temperature
Sourcing Current vs
Output Voltage
= +5V, single supply, TA= 25˚C.
S
Sourcing Current vs
Output Voltage
Output Voltage Swing vs
Supply Voltage
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Sinking Current vs
Output Voltage
Input Voltage Noise vs
Frequency
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Sinking Current vs
Output Voltage
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Input Current Noise vs
Frequency
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Typical Performance Characteristics Unless otherwise specified, V
T
= 25˚C. (Continued)
A
= +5V, single supply,
S
Input Current Noise vs Frequency
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CMRR vs
Frequency
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∆VOSvs CMR
Crosstalk Rejection vs Frequency
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CMRR vs Input
Common Mode Voltage
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∆VOSvs CMR
PSRR vs Frequency
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CMRR vs Input
Common Mode Voltage
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Input Voltage vs Output Voltage
DS100920-45
DS100920-46
DS100920-69
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Typical Performance Characteristics Unless otherwise specified, V
T
= 25˚C. (Continued)
A
= +5V, single supply,
S
Input Voltage vs
Output Voltage
Gain and Phase vs
Capacitive Load
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Open Loop
Frequency Response
Gain and Phase vs
Capacitive Load
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Open Loop
Frequency Response
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Slew Rate vs
Supply Voltage
DS100920-55
Non-Inverting Large
Signal Pulse Response
DS100920-50
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Non-Inverting Small
Signal Pulse Response
DS100920-49
Inverting Large Signal
Pulse Response
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Typical Performance Characteristics Unless otherwise specified, V
T
= 25˚C. (Continued)
A
= +5V, single supply,
S
Inverting Small Signal
Pulse Response
Stability vs Capacitive Load
Open Loop Output
Impedance vs Frequency
DS100920-48
DS100920-59
Stability vs Capacitive Load
Stability vs Capacitive Load
Short Circuit Current
vs Temperature (Sinking)
DS100920-61
DS100920-58
Stability vs Capacitive Load
DS100920-60
THD vs Frequency
DS100920-62
Short Circuit Current
vs Temperature (Sourcing)
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Application Notes
1.0 Benefits of the LPV321/358/324
Size. The small footprints of the LPV321/358/324 packages
save space on printed circuit boards, and enable the design
of smaller electronic products, such as cellular phones, pagers, or other portable systems. The low profile of the
LPV321/358/324 make them possible to use in PCMCIA
type III cards.
Signal Integrity. Signals can pick up noise between the signal source and the amplifier. By using a physically smaller
DS100920-B7
DS100920-B8
amplifier package, the LPV321/358/324 can be placed
closer to the signal source, reducing noise pickup and increasing signal integrity.
Simplified Board Layout. These products help you to avoid
using long pc traces in your pc board layout. This means that
no additional components, such as capacitors and resistors,
are needed to filter out the unwanted signals due to the interference between the long pc traces.
Low Supply Current. These devices will help you to maximize battery life. They are ideal for battery powered systems.
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Low Supply Voltage. National provides guaranteed perfor-
mance at 2.7V and 5V. These guarantees ensure operation
throughout the battery lifetime.
Rail-to-Rail Output. Rail-to-rail output swing provides maximum possible dynamic range at the output. This is particularly important when operating on low supply voltages.
Input Includes Ground. Allows direct sensing near GND in
single supply operation.
The differential input voltage may be larger than V
damaging the device. Protection should be provided to prevent the input voltages from going negative more than −0.3V
(at 25˚C). An input clamp diode with a resistor to the IC input
terminal can be used.
2.0 Capacitive Load Tolerance
The LPV321/358/324 can directly drive 200 pF in unity-gain
without oscillation. The unity-gain follower is the most sensitive configuration to capacitive loading. Direct capacitive
loading reduces the phase margin of amplifiers. The combination of the amplifier’s output impedance and the capacitive
load induces phase lag. This results in either an underdamped pulse response or oscillation. Todrive a heavier capacitive load, circuit in
Figure 1
can be used.
+
without
ing the value of R
LPV321/358/324. C
of phase margin by feeding the high frequency component of
due to the input bias current of the
F
F
and R
serve to counteract the loss
ISO
the output signal back to the amplifier’s inverting input,
thereby preserving phase margin in the overall feedback
loop. Increased capacitive drive is possible by increasing the
value of C
. This in turn will slow down the pulse response.
F
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FIGURE 3. Indirectly Driving A Capacitive Load with
DC Accuracy
3.0 Input Bias Current Cancellation
The LPV321/358/324 family has a bipolar input stage. The
typical input bias current of LPV321/358/324 is 1.5nA with
5V supply. Thus a 100kΩ input resistor will cause 0.15mV of
error voltage. By balancing the resistor values at both inverting and non-inverting inputs, the error caused by the amplifier’s input bias current will be reduced. The circuit in
4
shows how to cancel the error caused by input bias
Figure
current.
DS100920-4
FIGURE 1. Indirectly Driving A Capacitive Load Using
Resistive Isolation
Figure 1
In
C
margin to the overall system. The desired performance depends on the value of R
value, the more stable V
waveform of
C
, the isolation resistor R
form a pole to increase stability by adding more phase
L
ISO
.
Figure 1
L
OUT
using 100kΩ for R
and the load capacitor
ISO
. The bigger the R
will be.
Figure 2
and 1000pF for
ISO
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resistor
ISO
is an output
FIGURE 2. Pulse Response of the LPV324 Circuit in
Figure 1
Figure 3
The circuit in
1
because it provides DC accuracy as well as AC stability. If
there were a load resistor in
voltage divided by R
ure 3
,RFprovides the DC accuracy by using feed-forward
techniques to connect V
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is an improvement to the one in
Figure 1
and the load resistor. Instead, in
ISO
to RL. Caution is needed in choos-
IN
, the output would be
Figure
Fig-
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FIGURE 4. Cancelling the Error Caused by Input Bias
Current
4.0 Typical Single-Supply Application Circuits
4.1 Difference Amplifier
The difference amplifier allows the subtraction of two voltages or, as a special case, the cancellation of a signal common to two inputs. It is useful as a computational amplifier,in
making a differential to single-ended conversion or in rejecting a common mode signal.
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FIGURE 5. Difference Amplifier
4.2 Instrumentation Circuits
The input impedance of the previous difference amplifier is
set by the resistor R
lems of low input impedance, one way is to use a voltage follower ahead of each input as shown in the following two instrumentation amplifiers.
4.2.1Three-op-amp Instrumentation Amplifier
The quad LPV324 can be used to build a three-op-amp instrumentation amplifier as shown in
, and R4. Toeliminate the prob-
1,R2,R3
Figure 6
4.2.2 Two-op-amp Instrumentation Amplifier
A two-op-amp instrumentation amplifier can also be used to
make a high-input-impedance DC differential amplifier (
ure 7
). As in the three-op-amp circuit, this instrumentation
Fig-
amplifier requires precise resistor matching for good CMRR.
R
should equal to R1and R3should equal R2.
4
DS100920-11
FIGURE 7. Two-op-amp Instrumentation Amplifier
4.3 Single-Supply Inverting Amplifier
There may be cases where the input signal going into the
amplifier is negative. Because the amplifier is operating in
single supply voltage, a voltage divider using R
implemented to bias the amplifier so the input signal is within
and R4is
3
the input common-common voltage range of the amplifier.
The capacitor C
resistor R
source, V
quency, fc=1/2π R
As a result, the ouptut signal is centered around mid-supply
(if the voltage divider provides V
is placed between the inverting input and
1
to block the DC signal going into the AC signal
1
. The values of R1and C1affect the cutoff fre-
IN
1C1
.
+
/2 at the non-inverting input). The output can swing to both rails, maximizing the
signal-to-noise ratio in a low voltage system.
DS100920-85
FIGURE 6. Three-op-amp Instrumentation Amplifier
The first stage of this instrumentation amplifier is a
differential-input, differential-output amplifier, with two voltage followers. These two voltage followers assure that the
input impedance is over 100MΩ. The gain of this instrumentation amplifier is set by the ratio of R
R
and R4equal R2. Matching of R3to R1and R4to R2af-
1
fects the CMRR. For good CMRR over temperature, low drift
resistors should be used. Making R
2
and adding a trim pot equal to twice the difference between
R
and R4will allow the CMRR to be adjusted for optimum.
2
Slightly smaller than R
4
2/R1.R3
should equal
DS100920-13
FIGURE 8. Single-Supply Inverting Amplifier
4.4 Active Filter
4.4.1 Simple Low-Pass Active Filter
Figure 9
The simple low-pass filter is shown in
low-frequency gain(ω→o) is defined by −R
low-frequency gains other than unity to be obtained. The fil-
3/R1
. Its
. This allows
ter has a −20dB/decade roll-off after its corner frequency fc.
R
should be chosen equal to the parallel combination of R
2
and R3to minimize errors due to bais current. The frequency
response of the filter is shown in
Figure 10
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FIGURE 9. Simple Low-Pass Active Filter
DS100920-14
DS100920-15
FIGURE 10. Frequency Response of Simple Low-pass
Active Filter in Figure 9
Note that the single-op-amp active filters are used in to the
applications that require low quality factor, Q (≤ 10), low frequency (≤ 5KHz), and low gain (≤ 10), or a small value for the
product of gain times Q (≤ 100). The op amp should have an
open loop voltage gain at the highest frequency of interest at
least 50 times larger than the gain of the filter at this frequency.In addition, the selected op amp should have a slew
rate that meets the following requirement:
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