SBOSA42B June 2024 – December 2025 OPA2596
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The OPAx596 offers low input offset voltage and input offset drift. In some applications, however, even higher precision is required. Figure 7-7 shows how to greatly improve the dc precision of the OPAx596. The OPA186 is a 24V, zero-drift op amps offered at a competitive cost and can be paired with the OPAx596 in a composite amplifier configuration to create a high precision amplifier with high voltage output capability.
The first amplifier, OPA186, corrects the offset of the second amplifier, OPAx596. The gain of the composite amplifier is set by RF and RG, such that the gain is equal to RF / RG + 1. In this application, the overall gain of the circuit is 100V/V. Adding gain to the OPAx596 through R1 and R2 improves the overall bandwidth of the composite amplifier by reducing the gain burden on the OPA186. Increasing the gain too much on the second amplifier, however, reduces the closed loop bandwidth and can negatively affect phase margin. Special considerations for stability are warranted when building composite amplifiers.