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

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7.4 Dom<strong>in</strong>ant-Pole Compensation<br />

Dom<strong>in</strong>ant-Pole Compensation<br />

We saw that capacitive load<strong>in</strong>g caused potential <strong>in</strong>stabilities, thus an op amp loaded with<br />

an output capacitor is a circuit configuration that must be analyzed. This circuit is called<br />

dom<strong>in</strong>ant pole compensation because if <strong>the</strong> pole formed by <strong>the</strong> op amp output impedance<br />

and <strong>the</strong> load<strong>in</strong>g capacitor is located close to <strong>the</strong> zero frequency axis, it becomes dom<strong>in</strong>ant.<br />

<strong>The</strong> op amp circuit is shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 7–8, and <strong>the</strong> open loop circuit used to calculate<br />

<strong>the</strong> loop ga<strong>in</strong> (Aβ) is shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 7–9.<br />

VIN<br />

∆V<br />

POINT X<br />

Figure 7–8. Capacitively-Loaded <strong>Op</strong> Amp<br />

v(Test) = ∆VA<br />

+<br />

–<br />

ZO<br />

∆VA<br />

ZO<br />

CL<br />

VOUT<br />

ZF<br />

ZF<br />

ZG<br />

ZG<br />

CL<br />

V(Return)<br />

VOUT<br />

Figure 7–9. Capacitively-Loaded <strong>Op</strong> Amp With Loop Broken for Loop Ga<strong>in</strong> (Aβ)<br />

Calculation<br />

<strong>The</strong> analysis starts by look<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> capacitor and tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>The</strong>ven<strong>in</strong> equivalent circuit.<br />

V TH <br />

Z TH <br />

Va<br />

Z O C L s 1<br />

Z O<br />

Z O C L s 1<br />

<strong>The</strong>n <strong>the</strong> output equation is written.<br />

Voltage-Feedback <strong>Op</strong> Amp Compensation<br />

(7–2)<br />

(7–3)<br />

7-9

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