Circuits & Schematics - Amplifiers

A subtle change to a standard circuit can enhance its usefulness and even save a resistor. If there were a prize for the most trivial Design Idea (DI) of the year, this one would likely be high on the shortlist (if not at the top). Most DIs involve ...

Class D amplifier with a good performance and better sound quality. We can call it a Class D with Class A specs. Story I am a fan of audio technology as it is cleared from most of my articles. I always try some new ICs or audio related things here. ...

It's important to properly sequence the bias applied to an RF/microwave GaAs FET or a MMIC (monolithic-microwave-IC) amplifier. These devices are extremely sensitive to drain and gate voltage levels as well as to the order in which these biases ...

The oscillator was intended for other purposes, but unexpectedly its breadboard prototype became in great demand for evaluating the performance of operational amplifiers purchased on well-known Internet sites. The simplest test of the op amp ...

A short while back, I published a design idea ( Ref. 1 ) that uses a single linear pot to control the gain of a high performance OP37 decompensated op-amp over an unusually wide ( 30 dB to +60 dB) range. Figure 1 shows the circuit. Figure 1. ...

In many applications, there are requirements of low power, high performance differential amplifiers to convert small differential signals to a readable ground referenced output signal. Input voltages at two inputs usually share a large common-mode ...

Many applications require special differential amplifiers that achieve both high performance and low power dissipation. A simple solution is to use a dual non-inverting precision amplifier with a resistive gain network, but the DC common-mode level ...

Intrinsically capacitive transducers and other high-impedance signal sources usually require ac coupling and a buffer amplifier to condition the signal for further processing. Buffers take many forms, but most of them compromise signal quality ...

Figure 1 shows a chopped amplifier that requires only 5.5 µA supply current. Offset Voltage is 5 µV, with 0.05 µV/ C drift. A gain exceeding 10 8 affords high accuracy, even at large closed-loop gains. Figure 1. 0.05 µV/ C ...

Digitally controlled gain is an everyday analog-design element. You frequently find this element in an op-amp-based, transimpedance current-to-voltage converter. When you design digital gain control into such a converter, the usual scheme is to ...