LM6172 Dual High Speed, Low Power, Low Distortion, Voltage Feedback Amplifiers
LM6172 Dual High Speed, Low Power, Low Distortion, Voltage Feedback Amplifiers
LM6172 Dual High Speed, Low Power, Low Distortion, Voltage Feedback Amplifiers
May 1999
LM6172
Dual High Speed, Low Power, Low Distortion, Voltage
Feedback Amplifiers
General Description Features
The LM6172 is a dual high speed voltage feedback amplifier. (Typical Unless Otherwise Noted)
It is unity-gain stable and provides excellent DC and AC per- n Easy to Use Voltage Feedback Topology
formance. With 100 MHz unity-gain bandwidth, 3000V/µs n High Slew Rate 3000V/µs
slew rate and 50 mA of output current per channel, the n Wide Unity-Gain Bandwidth 100 MHz
LM6172 offers high performance in dual amplifiers; yet it
n Low Supply Current 2.3 mA/Channel
only consumes 2.3 mA of supply current each channel.
n High Output Current 50 mA/channel
The LM6172 operates on ± 15V power supply for systems
n Specified for ± 15V and ± 5V Operation
requiring large voltage swings, such as ADSL, scanners and
ultrasound equipment. It is also specified at ± 5V power sup-
ply for low voltage applications such as portable video sys- Applications
tems. n Scanner I-to-V Converters
The LM6172 is built with National’s advanced VIP™ III (Ver- n ADSL/HDSL Drivers
tically Integrated PNP) complementary bipolar process. See n Multimedia Broadcast Systems
the LM6171 datasheet for a single amplifier with these same n Video Amplifiers
features. n NTSC, PAL ® and SECAM Systems
n ADC/DAC Buffers
n Pulse Amplifiers and Peak Detectors
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Connection Diagram
8-Pin DIP/SO
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Top View
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Absolute Maximum Ratings (Note 1) Maximum Junction Temperature
If Military/Aerospace specified devices are required, (Note 4) 150˚C
please contact the National Semiconductor Sales Office/
Distributors for availability and specifications. Operating Ratings(Note 1)
ESD Tolerance (Note 2) Supply Voltage 5.5V ≤ VS ≤ 36V
Human Body Model 3 kV Junction Temperature Range
Machine Model 300V LM6172I −40˚C ≤ TJ ≤ +85˚C
Supply Voltage (V+ − V−) 36V Thermal Resistance (θJA)
Differential Input Voltage (Note 9) ± 10V N Package, 8-Pin Molded DIP 95˚C/W
Output Short Circuit to Ground M Package, 8-Pin Surface Mount 160˚C/W
(Note 3) Continuous
Storage Temp. Range −65˚C to +150˚C
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± 15V DC Electrical Characteristics (Continued)
Unless otherwise specified, all limits guaranteed for TJ = 25˚C,V+ = +15V, V− = −15V, VCM = 0V, and RL = 1 kΩ. Boldface
limits apply at the temperature extremes
Typ LM6172I
Symbol Parameter Conditions (Note 5) Limit Units
(Note 5)
9 max
± 5V DC Electrical Characteristics
Unless otherwise specified, all limits guaranteed for TJ = 25˚C, V+ = +5V, V− = −5V, VCM = 0V, and RL = 1 kΩ. Boldface
limits apply at the temperature extremes
Typ LM6172I
Symbol Parameter Conditions (Note 5) Limit Units
(Note 5)
VOS Input Offset Voltage 0.1 3 mV
4 max
TC VOS Input Offset Voltage 4 µV/˚C
Average Drift
IB Input Bias Current 1.4 2.5 µA
3.5 max
IOS Input Offset Current 0.02 1.5 µA
2.2 max
RIN Input Resistance Common Mode 40 MΩ
Differential Mode 4.9
RO Output Resistance 14 Ω
CMRR Common Mode Rejection Ratio VCM = ± 2.5V 105 70 dB
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± 5V DC Electrical Characteristics (Continued)
Unless otherwise specified, all limits guaranteed for TJ = 25˚C, V+ = +5V, V− = −5V, VCM = 0V, and RL = 1 kΩ. Boldface
limits apply at the temperature extremes
Typ LM6172I
Symbol Parameter Conditions (Note 5) Limit Units
(Note 5)
65 min
PSRR Power Supply Rejection Ratio VS = ± 15V to ± 5V 95 75 dB
70 min
AV Large Signal Voltage RL = 1 kΩ 82 70 dB
Gain (Note 6) 65 min
RL = 100Ω 78 65 dB
60 min
VO Output Swing RL = 1 kΩ 3.4 3.1 V
3 min
−3.3 −3.1 V
−3 max
RL = 100Ω 2.9 2.5 V
2.4 min
−2.7 −2.4 V
−2.3 max
Continuous Output Current Sourcing, RL = 100Ω 29 25 mA
(Open Loop) (Note 7) 24 min
Sinking, RL = 100Ω −27 −24 mA
−23 max
ISC Output Short Circuit Sourcing 93 mA
Current Sinking −72 mA
IS Supply Current Both Amplifiers 4.4 6 mA
7 max
± 5V AC Electrical Characteristics
Unless otherwise specified, TJ = 25˚C, V+ = +5V, V− = −5V, VCM = 0V, and RL = 1 kΩ.
LM61722
Symbol Parameter Conditions Typ Units
(Note 5)
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± 5V AC Electrical Characteristics (Continued)
Unless otherwise specified, TJ = 25˚C, V+ = +5V, V− = −5V, VCM = 0V, and RL = 1 kΩ.
LM61722
Symbol Parameter Conditions Typ Units
(Note 5)
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Typical Performance Characteristics unless otherwise noted, TA = 25˚C (Continued)
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Typical Performance Characteristics unless otherwise noted, TA = 25˚C (Continued)
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Small Signal Pulse Response Large Signal Pulse Response Small Signal Pulse Response
AV = +1, VS = ± 15V AV = +1, VS = ± 5V AV = +1, VS = ± 5V
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Typical Performance Characteristics unless otherwise noted, TA = 25˚C (Continued)
Large Signal Pulse Response Small Signal Pulse Response Large Signal Pulse Response
AV = +2, VS = ± 15V AV = +2, VS = ± 15V AV = +2, VS = ± 5V
Small Signal Pulse Response Large Signal Pulse Response Small Signal Pulse Response
AV = +2, VS = ± 5V AV = −1, VS = ± 15V AV = −1, VS = ± 15V
Large Signal Pulse Response Small Signal Pulse Response Closed Loop Frequency
AV = −1, VS = ± 5V AV = −1, VS = ± 5V Response vs Supply Voltage
(AV = +1)
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Typical Performance Characteristics unless otherwise noted, TA = 25˚C (Continued)
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⁄ LM6172 Simplified Schematic
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Application Notes
LM6172 Performance Discussion Reducing Settling Time
The LM6172 is a dual high-speed, low power, voltage feed- The LM6172 has a very fast slew rate that causes overshoot
back amplifier. It is unity-gain stable and offers outstanding and undershoot. To reduce settling time on LM6172, a 1 kΩ
performance with only 2.3 mA of supply current per channel. resistor can be placed in series with the input signal to de-
The combination of 100 MHz unity-gain bandwidth, crease slew rate. A feedback capacitor can also be used to
3000V/µs slew rate, 50 mA per channel output current and reduce overshoot and undershoot. This feedback capacitor
other attractive features makes it easy to implement the serves as a zero to increase the stability of the amplifier cir-
LM6172 in various applications. Quiescent power of the cuit. A 2 pF feedback capacitor is recommended for initial
LM6172 is 138 mW operating at ± 15V supply and 46 mW at evaluation. When the LM6172 is configured as a buffer, a
± 5V supply. feedback resistor of 1 kΩ must be added in parallel to the
feedback capacitor.
LM6172 Circuit Operation Another possible source of overshoot and undershoot
comes from capacitive load at the output. Please see the
The class AB input stage in LM6172 is fully symmetrical and
section “Driving Capacitive Loads” for more detail.
has a similar slewing characteristic to the current feedback
amplifiers. In the LM6172 Simplified Schematic, Q1 through
Q4 form the equivalent of the current feedback input buffer, Driving Capacitive Loads
RE the equivalent of the feedback resistor, and stage A buff- Amplifiers driving capacitive loads can oscillate or have ring-
ers the inverting input. The triple-buffered output stage iso- ing at the output. To eliminate oscillation or reduce ringing,
lates the gain stage from the load to provide low output im- an isolation resistor can be placed as shown in Figure 1. The
pedance. combination of the isolation resistor and the load capacitor
forms a pole to increase stability by adding more phase mar-
LM6172 Slew Rate Characteristic gin to the overall system. The desired performance depends
on the value of the isolation resistor; the bigger the isolation
The slew rate of LM6172 is determined by the current avail-
resistor, the more damped (slow) the pulse response be-
able to charge and discharge an internal high impedance
comes. For LM6172, a 50Ω isolation resistor is recom-
node capacitor. This current is the differential input voltage
mended for initial evaluation.
divided by the total degeneration resistor RE. Therefore, the
slew rate is proportional to the input voltage level, and the
higher slew rates are achievable in the lower gain configura-
tions.
When a very fast large signal pulse is applied to the input of
an amplifier, some overshoot or undershoot occurs. By plac-
ing an external series resistor such as 1 kΩ to the input of
LM6172, the slew rate is reduced to help lower the over-
shoot, which reduces settling time.
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Driving Capacitive Loads (Continued) board and can affect frequency performance. It is better to
solder the amplifier directly into the PC board without using
any socket.
USING PROBES
Active (FET) probes are ideal for taking high frequency mea-
surements because they have wide bandwidth, high input
impedance and low input capacitance. However, the probe
ground leads provide a long ground loop that will produce er-
rors in measurement. Instead, the probes can be grounded
directly by removing the ground leads and probe jackets and
using scope probe jacks.
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COMPONENTS SELECTION AND FEEDBACK
FIGURE 1. Isolation Resistor Used
RESISTOR
to Drive Capacitive Load
It is important in high speed applications to keep all compo-
nent leads short because wires are inductive at high fre-
quency. For discrete components, choose carbon
composition-type resistors and mica-type capacitors. Sur-
face mount components are preferred over discrete compo-
nents for minimum inductive effect.
Large values of feedback resistors can couple with parasitic
capacitance and cause undesirable effects such as ringing
or oscillation in high speed amplifiers. For LM6172, a feed-
back resistor less than 1 kΩ gives optimal performance.
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Power Supply Bypassing (Continued)
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Application Circuits
I-to-V Converters
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Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted
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LM6172 Dual High Speed, Low Power, Low Distortion, Voltage Feedback Amplifiers
Physical Dimensions inches (millimeters) unless otherwise noted (Continued)
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