must make sure that the power supply choice along with the

output impedance does not violate the conditions explained

in the Power Dissipation section.

Once the power dissipation equations have been addressed,

the required differential gain can be determined from Equa-

tion 4.

(4)

R

(5)

From Equation 4, the minimum A

Since the desired input impedance was 20k

Ω, and with a

A

allocation of R

Ω and R

Ω. The final design step

is to address the bandwidth requirements which must be

stated as a pair of −3dB frequency points. Five times away

from a −3dB point is 0.17dB down from passband response

f

f

As stated in the External Components section, R

junction with C

C

i

≥ 1/(2π*20kΩ*20Hz) = 0.397µF; use 0.39µF

The high frequency pole is determined by the product of the

desired frequency pole, f

With a A

150kHz which is much smaller than the LM4991 GBWP of

4MHz. This figure displays that if a designer has a need to

design an amplifier with a higher differential gain, the

LM4991 can still be used without running into bandwidth

limitations.

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