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- From: tomb@hplsla.hp.com (Tom Bruhns)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:06:43 GMT
- Subject: Re: Internal output resistance on op amps
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- wout@dutentb.et.tudelft.nl (Wout Serdijn) writes:
-
- >In most cases the output resistance of an op amp is formed by the output
- >resistance of a (bipolar) transistor in parallel with its biasing circuit.
- >Depending on the type of op amp (especially its current consumption and
- >the process parameters) the output resistance therefore can vary between
- >10 kilohms and 100 Megohms.
-
- Eeek. Sorry, I can't let this one go by. Look up some data sheets:
- Signetics/Philips lists 75 ohms typical for the old uA741 as the
- _open_loop_ output impedance. Many op amps are lower than this.
- On the other hand, there are also things called operational
- transconductance amplifiers (like the Harris/RCA CA3080) that have
- purposly very high output impedances. But you wouldn't normally
- confuse them with normal op amps.
-
- I wonder if the original poster had tried to look up the output
- impedance of a particular amp and not found it. Often it's not
- specified; sometimes instead, a closed-loop impedance is
- specified, and other times, it's just not specified.
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