AD548

–6–

REV. C

Figure 22. Board Layout for Guarding Inputs

INPUT PROTECTION

The AD548 is guaranteed to withstand input voltages equal to

the power supply potential. Exceeding the negative supply volt-

age on either input will forward bias the substrate junction of

the chip. The induced current may destroy the amplifier due to

excess heat.

Input protection is required in applications such as a flame

detector in a gas chromatograph, where a very high potential

may be applied to the input terminals during a sensor fault con-

dition. Figure 23 shows a simple current limiting scheme that

mum overload current is 1.0 mA (l00 k

Ω for a 100 V overload,

for example).

Exceeding the negative common-mode range on either input

terminal causes a phase reversal at the output, forcing the

amplifier output to the corresponding high or low state. Exceed-

ing the negative common-mode on both inputs simultaneously

forces the output high. Exceeding the positive common-mode

range on a single input doesn’t cause a phase reversal, but if

both inputs exceed the limit the output will be forced high. In

all cases, normal amplifier operation is resumed when input

voltages are brought back within the common-mode range.

Figure 23. Input Protection of IV Converter

D/A CONVERTER OUTPUT BUFFER

The circuit in Figure 24 shows the AD548 and AD7545 12-bit

and clean dynamics make it an attractive low power output

buffer.

The input offset voltage of the AD548 output amplifier results

in an output error voltage. This error voltage equals the input

offset voltage of the op amp times the noise gain of the

amplifier.

Figure 24. AD548 Used as DAC Output Amplifier

That is:









the offset error voltage at the amplifier’s output. An output am-

plifier with a sub millivolt input offset voltage is needed to

preserve the linearity of the DAC’s transfer function.

The AD548 in this configuration provides a 700 kHz small sig-

nal bandwidth and 1.8 V/

µs typical slew rate. The 33 pF capaci-

tor across the feedback resistor optimizes the circuit’s response.

The oscilloscope photos in Figures 25 and 26 show small and

large signal outputs of the circuit in Figure 24. Upper traces

voltage with the DAC’s digital input set to all 1s. The AD548

settles to

±0.01% for a 20 V input step in 14 µs.

0%

10

5V

5µS

20V

100

90

Figure 25. Response to

±20 V p-p Reference Square Wave

0%

10

50mV

2µS

200mV

100

90

Figure 26. Response to

±100 mV p-p Reference Square

Wave