TI Chips OPA657N/250 OPA657 1.6-GHz, Low-Noise, FET-Input Operational Amplifier
Features
High Gain Bandwidth Product: 1.6 GHz
High Bandwidth 275 MHz (G = 10)
Slew Rate 700 V/μs (G = 10, 1-V Step)
Available in High Grade With Improved DC Specifications
Operating Temperature Range: −40°C to 85°C
Low-Input Offset Voltage: ±250 μV
Low-Input Bias Current: 2 pA
Low-Input Voltage Noise: 4.8 nV/√Hz
High-Output Current: 70 mA
Fast Overdrive Recovery
Applications
Wideband Photodiode Amplifier
Wafer Scanning Equipment
ADC Input Amplifier
Test and Measurement Front End
High Gain Precision Amplifier
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR)
Description
The OPA657 device combines a high-gain bandwidth, low-distortion, voltage-feedback operational amplifier with a low-voltage noise JFET-input stage to offer a very high dynamic range amplifier for high-precision ADC (analog-to-digital converter) driving or wideband transimpedance applications. Photodiode applications see improved noise and bandwidth using this decompensated, high-gain bandwidth amplifier.
Very low level signals can be significantly amplified in a single OPA657 gain stage with exceptional bandwidth and accuracy. Having a high 1.6-GHz gain bandwidth product gives greater than 10-MHz signal bandwidths up to gains of 160 V/V (44 dB). The very low input bias current and capacitance supports this performance even for relatively high source impedances.
Broadband photodetector applications benefit from the low-voltage noise JFET inputs for the OPA657. The JFET input contributes virtually no current noise while for broadband applications, a low voltage noise is also required. The low 4.8 nV/√Hz input voltage noise provides exceptional input sensitivity for higher bandwidth applications. The example shown below gives a total equivalent input noise current of 1.8 pA/√Hz over a 10-MHz bandwidth.