ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING MEMS Signal Conditioning Circuits Dr. Lynn Fuller Electrical and 82 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 146235604 Tel (585) 4752035 Email: Lynn.Fuller@rit.edu Dr. Fuller s Webpage: http://people.rit.edu/lffeee MicroE Webpage: http://www.microe.rit.edu 2262016 Signal_Conditioning.ppt Page 1
OUTLINE SPICE Introduction Op Amp Introduction Inverting Amplifier Noninverting Amplifier Unity Gain Buffer Integrator Inverting Summer Difference Amplifier Comparator Comparator with hysteresis Voltage Amplifier Current to Voltage Converter RC Oscillator Changing AC Capacitance to Voltage Change in Resistance to Voltage Diode Temperature to Voltage Resistor Bridge and Differential Amplifiers Power Op Amp Circuit Circuits for Gas Flow Sensors References Page 2
INTRODUCTION This document discusses singlesupply, lowvoltage, railtorail, Operational Amplifier (Op Amp) circuits. Although all op amps can operate with single supply or dual supply, most engineers are familiar with dualsupply Op Amp circuits such as those shown on the following page. The dual supply allows the input and output to be easily referenced to zero volts. (analog ground = earth ground) Single supply Op Amps usually refers to low voltage Op Amps using voltages of 5, 3.3 or smaller and ground. Some types of Op Amps will not work at these voltages. (some Op Amps use BJT current source biasing that takes a couple of diode drops of voltage to work thus the output voltage of these Op Amps can only get within 1.4 volts of the supply rails. For example at 5 volts, output is limited between 1.4 volts and 3.6 volts and with 3.3 volts supply some Op Amps may not work at all. With single supply Op Amp circuits we also can not have negative output voltages. There are several techniques for working with these limitations. Page 3
VOLTAGE SUPPLIES Single Supply Dual DC Power Supply Multiple Output Supplies Page 4
CREATING A SPLIT SUPPLY FROM A SINGLE SUPPLY The simple voltage splitter draws a lot of power if R s are low. C s ensure AC short (for AC signals). Example: 20V single supply can be split giving / 10V. If R s are 10 ohms then I in each is 10/10=1 Amp and if the Op Amp draws only a few ma the voltages will be ~/ 10V. Resistor Power = IV=10 watts. (be sure to get resistors for 10 watts) If C=500uf the corner will be ~1/RC = 200r/s = 31.8hz good for AC signals above ~300hz Simple Voltage Splitter /2 V/2 R R C C Single Supply Common Ground Earth Ground Virtual Ground Signal Ground Analog Ground Chassis Ground Digital Ground Floating Ground Page 5
VIRTUAL GROUND / VOLTAGE SPLITTER 100K 100K Virtual Ground Using Op Amp Vout = V/2 Virtual ground is simply a voltage reference typically half of the supply voltage. This virtual ground can supply/sink only as much current as the maximum Op Amp output current. The output current can be increased as shown with the BJT s Page 6
TLE2426 RAIL SPLITTER (COMMERCIAL VIRTUAL GND) Page 7
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFERS The 741 Op Amp is a general purpose bipolar (BJT) integrated circuit that has input bias current of 80nA, and input voltage of / 15 volts @ supply maximum of / 18 volts. The output voltage can not go all the way to the and supply voltage. At a minimum supply of / 5 volts the output voltage can go ~6 volts pp. The newer Op Amps have railrail output swing and supply voltages as low as / 1.5 volts. The MOSFET input bias currents are ~ 1pA. The NJU7031 is an example of this type of Op Amp. Page 8
BASIC TWO STAGE CMOS OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER 1. Low Voltage operation 2. Rail to Rail input and output voltages 3. Low Input bias ~ 1pA or smaller 4. Low Output Current (depends on M6 and M7) 5. Unity Gain Bandwidth depends on Cc Page 9
LOW VOLTAGE, RAILTORAIL OP AMP 1. 3 to 16 Volt operation 2. Rail to Rail input and output voltages 3. Low Input bias ~ 1pA 4. Output Current ~1mA 5. Unity Gain Bandwidth 1.5 MHz 6. Power Dissipation 1mA at 3 V = 3000uW Page 10
NJU703X OP AMP DATA SHEET Page 11
LTC6078 OP AMP 1. 2.7 to 5.5 Volt operation 2. Rail to Rail input and output voltages 3. Low Input bias ~ 1pA 4. Output Current ~5mA 5. Unity Gain Bandwidth ~350Khz 6. Power dissipation 54 ua at 3 V = 162uW Page 12
SOME BASIC DUAL SUPPLY OP AMP CIRCUITS These dual supply circuits should be familiar: R2 R1 Vin V Inverting Amplifier Vo Vo= Vin R2/R1 R1 Vin V R2 Vo Vo= Vin (1 R2/R1) NonInverting Amplifier C Vin V Vo Vo= Vin Unity Gain Buffer Vin R Vo V Integrator Vo= 1/RC Vin dt Page 13
SOME BASIC ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS These dual supply circuits should be familiar: V1 V2 R3 R1 R1 V Inverting Summer Vo= ( R3/R1) (V1 V2) Vo Rin V2 V1 Rin Rf Rf V Vo Vo= Rf/Rin (V1V2) Difference Amplifier Page 14
INVERTING AMPLIFIER EXAMPLE Inverting Amplifier R2 These Grounds are not the same Vin R1 Vo Vo= Vin R2/R1 1. This is a DC and AC amplifier. 2. The input is referenced to the analog ground typically ½ of 3. The output voltage is referenced to the virtual ground or to earth ground. 4. If using a scope to measure Vo the scope ground is earth ground. If the Vin is ac you can AC couple the scope. 5. If the input Vin is DC you need to measure the output relative to the analog ground using a multimeter (not the oscilloscope) Page 15
R1 MEMS Signal Conditioning Circuits INVERTING AMPLIFIER EXAMPLES Single Supply DC Inverting Amplifier R2 Vin Thermopile Gnd1 Gnd2 Vo Vo= Vin R2/R1 Gnd1 is analog ground ~1/2 of supply voltage. Vout can be take relative to Gnd1 or Gnd2 however there is a /2 DC added to Vo if relative to Gnd2. Page 16
INVERTING AMPLIFIER EXAMPLES The two 100K resistors create an analog ground ~1/2 V The two 2K resistors create and analog ground and also sets the gain Microelectronic = R2/R1 Engineering where R1 = R5//R6 Page 17
SINGLE RESISTOR SENSOR AMPLIFIER DESIGN V R1 R2 V Buffer R4 R3 V Inverting Amp Gain = R3/R4 Vout Page 18
SINGLE SUPPLY NONINVERTING AMPLIFIER 3.3 Sensor =3.3 10K 10K To 10.07K 20K Vin 20K = 3.3 100K Vo 1. The two 20K resistors can be replaced by its Thevenin equivalent of V/2 and 10K 2. This sets up the analog ground at V/2 and the voltage gain to 11 3. Vin is V/2 (or zero if referenced to analog ground) if the sensor is 10K 4. If the sensor is not exactly10k then Vo will have a value of 11 x (Vin ()/2) Page 19
RESISTOR R3 PARAMETER CHANGE (LIST) Resistor changes by / 0.1 ohm and supply voltage sweeps from 3.5V to 5V Page 20
SINGLE SUPPLY COMPARATOR Vo Theoretical Vin Vref Vo 0 Vref Vin Page 21
SINGLE SUPPLYBISTABLE CIRCUIT WITH HYSTERESIS R R R Vo Theoretical V T Vo 0 V TL =1/3 V V TH = 2/3 V Vin Vin 1. The R s set up the threshold voltage at V/3 and 2V/3 2. Vout is either or Ground Page 22
SINGLE SUPPLY OSCILLATOR (MULTIVIBRATOR) R1 V T R3 R2 Vo V TH V TL Vo 0 t1 t C R Let R1 = 100K, R2=R3=100K and = 3.3 Then V TH = 2.2 when Vo = 3.3 V TL = 1.1 when Vo = 0 Page 23
OP AMP COMPARATOR WITH HYSTERESIS RC OSCILLATOR C2 Represents Scope Probe Page 24
CAPACITANCE CHANGE TO VOLTAGE i R V i C Co = Average value of C Cm = amplitude of C change C = Co Cm sin (2pft) V is constant across C 9V TL081 9 V Vo Vo = i R i = d (CV)/dt i = V Cm 2 p f cos (2pft) Vo = 2pf V R Cm cos (2pft) amplitude of Vo Page 25
SINGLE SUPPLY PHOTO DETECTOR I TO V AMP 470K Vishay BPW46 Digikey No. 7511017ND Light I 5 Vout NJU7024 The voltage across the diode is zero volts in the dark and the current is zero In the light I is 5uA (in direction shown, i.e. out of pside) What is Vout? Page 26
SIGNAL CONDITIONING FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR Vout ~ 2mV/ C 3.3V 20K R1 p I n 0.2 < Vout < 0.7V Page 27
RESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSOR 5 Volts Vo2 5 Volts R1 R3 R2 R4 R1=427 R3=427 Vo1=2.5v Vo2=2.5v Vo1 Gnd R2=427 R4=427 Resistors on a Diaphragm Gnd No Pressure Vo2Vo1 = 0 Page 28
INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER R1=427.6 5 Volts R3=426.4 V1 R1 R2 Vo1 R3 R4 Vo Vo1=2.4965v R2=426.4 Vo2=2.5035v R4=427.6 V2 R2 Vo2 R3 Gnd R4 Gnd With Pressure Vo2Vo1 = 0.007v =7 mv Vo = (V2V1) 2 R4 R3 1 R2 R1 Page 29
SENSOR AND INTERNAL ELECTRONICS Page 30
SUMMARY Low voltage Op Amps are often used with a single supply. Some circuits work just fine with single supply such as the comparator. Other circuits use a virtual ground typically ½ of the supply voltage. Since signal generators and oscilloscopes are referenced to earth ground. Op Amp circuits need to consider this if powered by a single supply referenced to earth ground. In that case earth ground and virtual ground are at different voltages. Page 31
REFERENCES 1. MOSFET Modeling with SPICE, Daniel Foty, 1997, Prentice Hall, ISBN0132279355 2. Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor, 2nd Edition, Yannis Tsividis, 1999, McGrawHill, ISBN0070655235 3. UTMOST III Modeling ManualVol.1. Ch. 5. From Silvaco International. 4. ATHENA USERS Manual, From Silvaco International. 5. ATLAS USERS Manual, From Silvaco International. 6. Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, Richard Muller and Theodore Kamins, with Mansun Chan, 3 rd Edition, John Wiley, 2003, ISBN 0471593982 7. ICCAP Manual, Hewlet Packard 8. PSpice Users Guide. 9. Using Single Supply Operational Amplifiers from Microchip 10. Designing Single Supply, LowPower Systems from Analog Devices 11. Designing Circuits for Single Supply Operation from Linear Technology 12. Single Supply Design from TI 13. Design TradeOffs for SingleSupply Op Amps from Maxium Page 32
HOMEWORK SINGLE SUPPLY OP AMP CKTS 1. Do SPICE analysis for a single op amp with dual supply to amplify the output for a single resistor sensor similar to that shown on page 18 (but with only one op amp). 2. If you want to measure a small value (0.1pF) slowly changing capacitance, what circuit could be used? Show it works using SPICE. Page 33