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SNOSBT4C – MAY 1999 – REVISED MARCH 2013

Figure 32. Best Method of Compensation

Another method of compensation is to increase the effective value of the internal compensation capacitor by

adding capacitance from the COMP pin of an amplifier to ground. An external 20 pF capacitor will generally

compensate for all gain settings but will also reduce the gain bandwidth product and the slew rate. These same

method is termed over-compensation.

Another area of concern from a stability standpoint is that of capacitive loading. The amplifier will generally drive

capacitive loads up to 100 pF without oscillation problems. Any larger C loads can be isolated from the output as

shown in Figure 33. Over-compensation of the amplifier can also be used if the corresponding reduction of the

GBW product can be afforded.

Figure 33. Isolating Large Capacitive Loads

In most applications using the LM359, the input signal will be AC coupled so as not to affect the DC biasing of

the amplifier. This gives rise to another subtlety of high frequency circuits which is the effective series inductance

(ESL) of the coupling capacitor which creates an increase in the impedance of the capacitor at high frequencies

and can cause an unexpected gain reduction. Low ESL capacitors like solid tantalum for large values of C and

ceramic for smaller values are recommended. A parallel combination of the two types is even better for gain

accuracy over a wide frequency range.

AMPLIFIER DESIGN EXAMPLES

The ability of the LM359 to provide gain at frequencies higher than most monolithic amplifiers can provide makes

it most useful as a basic broadband amplification stage. The design of standard inverting and non-inverting

amplifiers, though different than standard op amp design due to the current differencing inputs, also entail subtle

design differences between the two types of amplifiers. These differences will be best illustrated by design

examples. For these examples a practical video amplifier with a passband of 8 Hz to 10 MHz and a gain of 20 dB

will be used. It will be assumed that the input will come from a 75

Ω source and proper signal termination will be

used for simplicity.

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