Mr.Unclejed613 , I tried amplifier circuits with TL082CP and I faced the frequency response problem with gain 1 also.
But here have one doubt.In the datasheet of TL082CP is mentioned wide bandwidth 4MHz with condition of Vs=+/- 15V ,Ambient temperature=25 celcius.
I tried the amplifier design with different gain values from 1 to 10.but I didnt get the 4MHz band width response even anyone gain value.So that I confused then, why mentioned wide band width range in the datasheet?I need clarification.
Thanks.
Hi again,
Even with an op amp with 4MHz unity gain bandwidth you can only get an output of roughly 0.7v peak at 4MHz. You need 20 times that so that op amp will NEVER work.
You have to get one point straight here...just because you buy an op amp with gain bandwidth of 3MHz doesnt mean that you can use that op amp at 3Mhz. If your OUTPUT signal goes OVER 0.7 volts peak with this op amp (that is less than one volt) then the op amp STILL limits the frequency response to less than 3MHz.
So the op amp behavior is limited by two most important things, not just the advertised bandwidth, but also by what is called the "Slew Rate".
So the two things you have to consider for a design are:
1. Bandwidth
2. Slew Rate
If you do not consider BOTH of these things the design probably will not work. In the case of a 3MHz bandwidth and a 3MHz signal and a 15v peak output it will definitely NOT work.
The gain bandwidth limits the usable BANDWIDTH right from the start, you cant use too high of a frequency because of that alone.
The slew rate limits the maximum peak output at a given frequency, but because it depends on frequency this too also limits the usable BANDWIDTH indirectly. To calculate the maximum peak output knowing the slew rate in volts per second we can use this:
PeakAmplitude=SlewRate/(2*pi*Frequency)
The PeakAmplitude here is in volts peak and the SlewRate in volts per second and Frequency in Hertz.
So for a slew rate of 13 volts per microsecond (which is 13e6 volts per second) and a frequency of 3Mhz we have:
PeakAmplitude=13e6/(2*pi*3e6)=0.69 volts peak.
This means the maximum output we can get from this op amp is about 0.7 volts even if the gain is only 1 when the frequency is 3MHz. We may not even get that if the op amp slew is actually somewhat below 13v/us.
We can use this to calculate what slew rate we really need then, as a minimum. Starting with:
PeakAmplitude=SlewRate/(2*pi*Frequency)
and solving for the SlewRate we get:
SlewRate=PeakAmplitude*2*pi*Frequency
Now using 15v as the peak amplitude and 3MHz as the frequency, we get a slew rate of 282.74e6 volts per second which is about 283 volts per microsecond, which helps us determine what op amp we need to find.
Next, knowing that we need a gain of 7.5 at a frequency of 3MHz we multiply 7.5 times 3000000 and we get 22.5Mhz as the required gain bandwidth produce for the op amp.
So taking these TWO things into account, we need an op amp with a gain bandwidth of 22.5Mhz and a slew rate of at least 283v/us.
So you see we had to consider TWO things in order to select an op amp, not just one thing.
There is also a third thing that limits the output swing. That's the output stage of the op amp. Many op amps can not put out a voltage that reaches as high as the positive supply rail or as low as the negative supply rail. There could be as much as 1.5v difference or maybe even more. That means if we want a plus and minus 15v output we may have to use a supply voltage that is actually plus and minus 17v or more. The output stage drops some voltage so we loose part of the power supply voltage just for that.
This specification is usually mentioned somewhere on the data sheet too.
A rail to rail output op amp can get closer to the actual supply rails though, but the load current has to be limited sometimes.
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