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FEATURES
● HIGH GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCT: 1.6GHz
● HIGH BANDWIDTH 275MHz (G = +10)
● LOW INPUT OFFSET VOLTAGE: ±0.25mV
● LOW INPUT BIAS CURRENT: 2pA
● LOW INPUT VOLTAGE NOISE: 4.8nV/
Hz
● HIGH OUTPUT CURRENT: 70mA
● FAST OVERDRIVE RECOVERY
APPLICATIONS
● WIDEBAND PHOTODIODE AMPLIFIER
● WAFER SCANNING EQUIPMENT
● ADC INPUT AMPLIFIER
● TEST AND MEASUREMENT FRONT END
● HIGH GAIN PRECISION AMPLIFIER
DESCRIPTION
The OPA657 combines a high gain bandwidth, low distortion,
voltage-feedback op amp 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 will 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 1.6GHz gain bandwidth product will give
> 10MHz signal bandwidths up to gains of 160V/V (44dB). The
very low input bias current and capacitance will support this
performance even for relatively high source impedances.
Broadband photodetector applications will 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
4.8nV/
Hz
input voltage noise will provide exceptional input
sensitivity for higher bandwidth applications. The example
shown below will give a total equivalent input noise current of
1.8pA/
Hz
over a 10MHz bandwidth.
OPA657
SBOS197E – DECEMBER 2001 – REVISED DECEMBER 2008
1.6GHz, Low-Noise, FET-Input
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER
SLEW VOLTAGE
V
S
BW RATE NOISE
DEVICE (V) (MHz) (V/
µS) (nV/√HZ) AMPLIFIER DESCRIPTION
OPA355 +5 200 300 5.80 Unity-Gain Stable CMOS
OPA655 ±5 400 290 6 Unity-Gain Stable FET-Input
OPA656 ±5 500 170 7 Unity-Gain Stable FET-Input
OPA627 ±15 16 55 4.5 Unity-Gain Stable FET-Input
THS4601 ±15 180 100 5.4 Unity-Gain Stable FET-Input
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OPA657
Wideband Photodiode Transimpedance Amplifier
(12pF)
λ
–V
b
200kΩ
V
O
0.1pF
Frequency
200kΩ TRANSIMPEDANCE BANDWIDTH
116
106
96
86
76
66
100kHz 1MHz 10MHz 50MHz
Transimpedance Gain (dB)
10MHz Bandwidth
O
P
A
6
5
7