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"Chapter 1 - The Op Amp's Place in the World" - HTL Wien 10

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Stability and Feedback Capacitance<br />

8-12<br />

quency axis, lower<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> circuit stability. Eventually it <strong>in</strong>teracts with <strong>the</strong> pole conta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

<strong>in</strong> Z, 1/τ 2, and <strong>in</strong>stability results.<br />

<strong>The</strong> effects of stray capacitance on CFA closed-loop performance are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure<br />

8–8.<br />

Figure 8–8. Effects of Stray Capacitance on CFAs<br />

Amplitude (3 dB/div)<br />

AMPLITUDE<br />

vs<br />

FREQUENCY<br />

CF = 2 pF<br />

No Stray<br />

Capacitance<br />

1 <strong>10</strong> <strong>10</strong>0<br />

f – Frequency – MHz<br />

CIN = 2 pF<br />

Notice that <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>troduction of C G causes more than 3 dB peak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> CFA frequency<br />

response plot, and it <strong>in</strong>creases <strong>the</strong> bandwidth about 18 MHz. Two picofarads are not a<br />

lot of capacitance because a sloppy layout can easily add 4 or more picofarads to <strong>the</strong> circuit.<br />

8.9 Stability and Feedback Capacitance<br />

When a stray capacitor is formed across <strong>the</strong> feedback resistor, <strong>the</strong> feedback impedance<br />

is given by Equation 8–31. Equation 8–32 gives <strong>the</strong> loop ga<strong>in</strong> when a feedback capacitor<br />

has been added to <strong>the</strong> circuit.

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