OP777/OP727/OP747 and limiting device power dissipation is of prime importance in 15V these designs. Figure 7 shows an example of 5 V, single-supply current monitor that can be incorporated into the design of a voltage 1k regulator with foldback current limiting or a high current power REF2N2222 supply with crowbar protection. The design capitalizes on the 1921/4 OP747 OP777’s common-mode range that extends to ground. Current 12kR243 is monitored in the power supply return where a 0.1 Ω shunt 20k+15VR1R1 resistor, RSENSE, creates a very small voltage drop. The voltage at the inverting terminal becomes equal to the voltage at the noninverting VO terminal through the feedback of Q1, which is a 2N2222 or equiva- R(1+)R+15V1/4 OP747 lent NPN transistor. This makes the voltage drop across R1 equal to 15VR2 the voltage drop across R VO = VREF SENSE. Therefore, the current through Q1 R11/4 OP747 becomes directly proportional to the current through R R SENSE, and =15VR the output voltage is given by: Figure 9. Linear Response Bridge ⎛ R2 ⎞ V = 5 V − × R × I A single-supply current source is shown in Figure 10 . Large resistors OUT SENSE L ⎝⎜ 1 ⎠⎟ R are used to maintain micropower operation. Output current can be adjusted by changing the R2B resistor. Compliance voltage is: The voltage drop across R2 increases with IL increasing, so VOUT decreases with higher supply current being sensed. For the element V ≤ V − V L SAT S values shown, the VOUT is 2.5 V for return current of 1 A. 10pF3.0 V TO 30V5V100kR2 = 2.49kV100kOUTOP777Q1R1 = 100k5VR2B 2.7k10pFIOR2 = R2A + R2BR2A+R1 = 100OP777R297.3kVR0.1IO = VSLLOADRETURN TOR1R2BGROUNDRSENSE= 1mA11mA Figure 7. A Low-Side Load Current Monitor Figure 10. Single-Supply Current Source The OP777/OP727/OP747 is very useful in many bridge applica- A single-supply instrumentation amplifier using one OP727 tions. Figure 8 shows a single-supply bridge circuit in which its amplifier is shown in Figure 11. For true difference R3/R4 = output is linearly proportional to the fractional deviation () of R1/R2. The formula for the CMRR of the circuit at dc is CMRR = the bridge. Note that = ΔR/R. 20 × log (100/(1–(R2 × R3)/(R1× R4)). It is common to specify t he accuracy of the resistor network in terms of resistor-to-resistor = 300 percentage mismatch. We can rewrite the CMRR equation to 15VAR1VVREF reflect this CMRR = 20 × log (10000/% Mismatch). The key to O =+ 2.5V2R22 high CMRR is a network of resistors that are well matched from R11/4 OP747= R1 the perspective of both resistive ratio and relative drift. It should REF6RG = 10k192 be noted that the absolute value of the resistors and their absolute 21M2.5V10.1k drift are of no consequence. Matching is the key. CMRR is 100 dB 431MREF0.1F with 0.1% mismatched resistor network. To maximize CMRR, 19215V one of the resistors such as R4 should be trimmed. Tighter match- 15V43 ing of two op amps in one package (OP727) offers a significant R1R1(1+)10.1kV1 boost in performance over the triple op amp configuration. 1/4 OP747VOR1(1+)R11/4 OP747R3 = 10.1kR2 = 1MR23.0 V TO 30VV23.0 V TO 30VR4 = 1MR1 = 10.1k Figure 8. Linear Response Bridge, Single Supply VO In systems where dual supplies are available, the circuit of Figure 1/2 OP727V11/2 OP727 9 could be used to detect bridge outputs that are linearly related V2 to the fractional deviation of the bridge. VO = 100 (V2V1)0.02mV V1V2 290mV 2mV VOUT 29V USE MATCHED RESISTORS Figure 11. Single-Supply Micropower Instrumentation Amplifier –12– REV. D Document Outline GENERAL DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAMS SIMILAR LOW POWER PRODUCTS ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Typical Performance Characteristics BASIC OPERATION OUTLINE DIMENSIONS ORDERING GUIDE REVISION HISTORY