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Operational amplifier as a comparator at high frequency
Reasons not to use a 741 op-amp?Can I use LM324 as a Schmitt trigger?Simple op-amp differential amplifierOp amp has a biased outputReduced output of op amp peak detection and hold circuitHow to select the right Operational Amplifier as an impedance converter?Bias voltage of non-inverting op amplifier drops to 0 when input signal connectedHigh negative voltages with op-ampopamp output unstableComparator circuit undesirable fluctuations20kHz sine wave signal amplificationIf there exists a cascade of op amps, does the previous op amp's slew rate affect the later op amp's slew rates?
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I am trying to generate a sinusoidal PWM signal using analog circuits.
I want to compare my sine wave and triangular wave using an operational amplifier (LM741) which has a rise time of 0.3 µs and slew rate 0.5 V/µs, which will good at 5 kHz theoretically. But I am not getting a good PWM output.
So I first tried to compare the sine wave with a reference voltage (2.2 volt). Sine wave amplitude = 2.5 volt (5 V peak to peak) and frequency 100 Hz and 5 kHz.
- At low frequency (say 100 Hz), the output is good
- At high frequency (say 5 kHz), the output is too bad.
What will be the problem...
If the response is the problem of the comparator, but the slew rate is 0.5 V/µs.
Calculation of slew rate for a sinusoidal signal...
Slew rate= Vm * 2pi * Frequency
= 5 V * 2pi* 5000 Hz
= 1570796 volt per second or 0.15 V/µs
Theoretically the slew rate of 0.5 V/µs will be OK for a sinusoidal signal of 5 kHz and 5 volt peak to peak. But in my case the signal is distorted.
Where am I wrong?
operational-amplifier comparator
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I am trying to generate a sinusoidal PWM signal using analog circuits.
I want to compare my sine wave and triangular wave using an operational amplifier (LM741) which has a rise time of 0.3 µs and slew rate 0.5 V/µs, which will good at 5 kHz theoretically. But I am not getting a good PWM output.
So I first tried to compare the sine wave with a reference voltage (2.2 volt). Sine wave amplitude = 2.5 volt (5 V peak to peak) and frequency 100 Hz and 5 kHz.
- At low frequency (say 100 Hz), the output is good
- At high frequency (say 5 kHz), the output is too bad.
What will be the problem...
If the response is the problem of the comparator, but the slew rate is 0.5 V/µs.
Calculation of slew rate for a sinusoidal signal...
Slew rate= Vm * 2pi * Frequency
= 5 V * 2pi* 5000 Hz
= 1570796 volt per second or 0.15 V/µs
Theoretically the slew rate of 0.5 V/µs will be OK for a sinusoidal signal of 5 kHz and 5 volt peak to peak. But in my case the signal is distorted.
Where am I wrong?
operational-amplifier comparator
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
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– JRE
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
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You're latching up.
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– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
1
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Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
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– pipe
2 days ago
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I am trying to generate a sinusoidal PWM signal using analog circuits.
I want to compare my sine wave and triangular wave using an operational amplifier (LM741) which has a rise time of 0.3 µs and slew rate 0.5 V/µs, which will good at 5 kHz theoretically. But I am not getting a good PWM output.
So I first tried to compare the sine wave with a reference voltage (2.2 volt). Sine wave amplitude = 2.5 volt (5 V peak to peak) and frequency 100 Hz and 5 kHz.
- At low frequency (say 100 Hz), the output is good
- At high frequency (say 5 kHz), the output is too bad.
What will be the problem...
If the response is the problem of the comparator, but the slew rate is 0.5 V/µs.
Calculation of slew rate for a sinusoidal signal...
Slew rate= Vm * 2pi * Frequency
= 5 V * 2pi* 5000 Hz
= 1570796 volt per second or 0.15 V/µs
Theoretically the slew rate of 0.5 V/µs will be OK for a sinusoidal signal of 5 kHz and 5 volt peak to peak. But in my case the signal is distorted.
Where am I wrong?
operational-amplifier comparator
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I am trying to generate a sinusoidal PWM signal using analog circuits.
I want to compare my sine wave and triangular wave using an operational amplifier (LM741) which has a rise time of 0.3 µs and slew rate 0.5 V/µs, which will good at 5 kHz theoretically. But I am not getting a good PWM output.
So I first tried to compare the sine wave with a reference voltage (2.2 volt). Sine wave amplitude = 2.5 volt (5 V peak to peak) and frequency 100 Hz and 5 kHz.
- At low frequency (say 100 Hz), the output is good
- At high frequency (say 5 kHz), the output is too bad.
What will be the problem...
If the response is the problem of the comparator, but the slew rate is 0.5 V/µs.
Calculation of slew rate for a sinusoidal signal...
Slew rate= Vm * 2pi * Frequency
= 5 V * 2pi* 5000 Hz
= 1570796 volt per second or 0.15 V/µs
Theoretically the slew rate of 0.5 V/µs will be OK for a sinusoidal signal of 5 kHz and 5 volt peak to peak. But in my case the signal is distorted.
Where am I wrong?
operational-amplifier comparator
operational-amplifier comparator
edited 2 days ago
Peter Mortensen
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asked 2 days ago
NihalNihal
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
5
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
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– JRE
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
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You're latching up.
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– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
1
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Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
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– pipe
2 days ago
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show 2 more comments
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
5
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
$endgroup$
– JRE
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
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You're latching up.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
$endgroup$
– pipe
2 days ago
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
5
5
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
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– JRE
2 days ago
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
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– JRE
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
1
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You're latching up.
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– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
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You're latching up.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
$endgroup$
– pipe
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
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– pipe
2 days ago
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The recommendations for you are very simple.
Use a comparator for this application instead of an opamp.
Select a newer part that operates with orders of magnitude faster response time.
It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth.
Here is what can be achieved with the venerable LM393 at 5kHz. The shown circuit will work even up to about 50kHz before the delay of the LM393 starts to distort the PWM duty cycle.
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Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
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@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
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– Michael Karas
2 days ago
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"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
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– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
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@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
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– CurtisHx
2 days ago
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LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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Opamps work slowly with low power supply voltages. In addition they are designed to work in linear region. As saturated, like in your application, the response has an unpredictable dead time. before the internal saturation is vanished.
I can only repeat what's already said: Get a comparator. 741 was a remarkable step forward half a century ago, but things have developed better since those days.
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
2
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Op-amps are susceptible to latch-up. Recovering from saturation at the rails is not an automatic thing. The ratings you are reading a for the op amp working in a feedback mode, not an open loop mode. You would need to find an op amp designed to minimize latch-up, or better yet, when you need a comparator, buy a comparator.
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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You may try this, if you want a discrete solution
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The speed will be limited by Rin (10Kohm) and Miller Effect Cin (100pF?), thus propagation delay will be about 1 uS.
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
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Most garden variety op-amps have internal compensation in the form of a chip capacitor.
This makes them very slow, but more stable in analog circuits.
Why not use a cheap comparator like LM393?
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The recommendations for you are very simple.
Use a comparator for this application instead of an opamp.
Select a newer part that operates with orders of magnitude faster response time.
It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth.
Here is what can be achieved with the venerable LM393 at 5kHz. The shown circuit will work even up to about 50kHz before the delay of the LM393 starts to distort the PWM duty cycle.
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Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
$endgroup$
– Nihal
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
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– Michael Karas
2 days ago
1
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"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
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– CurtisHx
2 days ago
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LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
|
show 7 more comments
$begingroup$
The recommendations for you are very simple.
Use a comparator for this application instead of an opamp.
Select a newer part that operates with orders of magnitude faster response time.
It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth.
Here is what can be achieved with the venerable LM393 at 5kHz. The shown circuit will work even up to about 50kHz before the delay of the LM393 starts to distort the PWM duty cycle.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
$endgroup$
– Nihal
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
$endgroup$
– Michael Karas
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
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– CurtisHx
2 days ago
$begingroup$
LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
|
show 7 more comments
$begingroup$
The recommendations for you are very simple.
Use a comparator for this application instead of an opamp.
Select a newer part that operates with orders of magnitude faster response time.
It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth.
Here is what can be achieved with the venerable LM393 at 5kHz. The shown circuit will work even up to about 50kHz before the delay of the LM393 starts to distort the PWM duty cycle.
$endgroup$
The recommendations for you are very simple.
Use a comparator for this application instead of an opamp.
Select a newer part that operates with orders of magnitude faster response time.
It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth.
Here is what can be achieved with the venerable LM393 at 5kHz. The shown circuit will work even up to about 50kHz before the delay of the LM393 starts to distort the PWM duty cycle.
edited 2 days ago
answered 2 days ago
Michael KarasMichael Karas
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Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
$endgroup$
– Michael Karas
2 days ago
1
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"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
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– CurtisHx
2 days ago
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LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
|
show 7 more comments
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Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
$endgroup$
– Nihal
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
$endgroup$
– Michael Karas
2 days ago
1
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"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
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– CurtisHx
2 days ago
$begingroup$
LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
$endgroup$
– Nihal
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Sure friend i will change the opp amp or by using comparator, i will update the data soon.
$endgroup$
– Nihal
2 days ago
1
1
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
$endgroup$
– Michael Karas
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@Nihal - If you show some new results in the question do not delete your original material, Instead add it as an update at the end. The reason for this is that hopefully this question can be a reference to future readers that are looking for information as being discussed here. If you delete the original material the answers here would no longer make much sense to a future reader.
$endgroup$
– Michael Karas
2 days ago
1
1
$begingroup$
"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
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"It would be the very best thing if the 741 could be eradicated from face of the earth." ok - I'll bite. what's your reasons?
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
2
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
$endgroup$
– CurtisHx
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@UKMonkey the 741 was first released in 1968. And while it was a fantastic IC at the time, there are vastly superior op-amps available with lower input offset voltage, higher bandwidth, higher input impedance, etc. Most people lean the "ideal op-amp" first, and then immediately jump to one of the most non-ideal op-amps in practice, and wonder why their design doesn't work.
$endgroup$
– CurtisHx
2 days ago
$begingroup$
LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
$begingroup$
LM741 might still be in the textbooks...
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
|
show 7 more comments
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Opamps work slowly with low power supply voltages. In addition they are designed to work in linear region. As saturated, like in your application, the response has an unpredictable dead time. before the internal saturation is vanished.
I can only repeat what's already said: Get a comparator. 741 was a remarkable step forward half a century ago, but things have developed better since those days.
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Opamps work slowly with low power supply voltages. In addition they are designed to work in linear region. As saturated, like in your application, the response has an unpredictable dead time. before the internal saturation is vanished.
I can only repeat what's already said: Get a comparator. 741 was a remarkable step forward half a century ago, but things have developed better since those days.
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
2
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Opamps work slowly with low power supply voltages. In addition they are designed to work in linear region. As saturated, like in your application, the response has an unpredictable dead time. before the internal saturation is vanished.
I can only repeat what's already said: Get a comparator. 741 was a remarkable step forward half a century ago, but things have developed better since those days.
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Opamps work slowly with low power supply voltages. In addition they are designed to work in linear region. As saturated, like in your application, the response has an unpredictable dead time. before the internal saturation is vanished.
I can only repeat what's already said: Get a comparator. 741 was a remarkable step forward half a century ago, but things have developed better since those days.
answered 2 days ago
user287001user287001
9,6791517
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
2
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
2
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Thank you for your response friend, i will update it after changing the opp amp.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
2
2
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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@Nihal Comparators have other precautions. They are high speed circuits like logic parts. You must have acceptably short wires and coupling capacitors between supply voltage inputs. Making the circuit with 0,5 meter long wires onto a breadboard without coupling caps (I have seen those attempts) will be useless.
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– user287001
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Ok friend I will even buy a comparator and I will check with it.
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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Op-amps are susceptible to latch-up. Recovering from saturation at the rails is not an automatic thing. The ratings you are reading a for the op amp working in a feedback mode, not an open loop mode. You would need to find an op amp designed to minimize latch-up, or better yet, when you need a comparator, buy a comparator.
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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Op-amps are susceptible to latch-up. Recovering from saturation at the rails is not an automatic thing. The ratings you are reading a for the op amp working in a feedback mode, not an open loop mode. You would need to find an op amp designed to minimize latch-up, or better yet, when you need a comparator, buy a comparator.
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Op-amps are susceptible to latch-up. Recovering from saturation at the rails is not an automatic thing. The ratings you are reading a for the op amp working in a feedback mode, not an open loop mode. You would need to find an op amp designed to minimize latch-up, or better yet, when you need a comparator, buy a comparator.
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Op-amps are susceptible to latch-up. Recovering from saturation at the rails is not an automatic thing. The ratings you are reading a for the op amp working in a feedback mode, not an open loop mode. You would need to find an op amp designed to minimize latch-up, or better yet, when you need a comparator, buy a comparator.
answered 2 days ago
Scott SeidmanScott Seidman
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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1
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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Yes, and/or phase inversion, depending on the op-amp type.
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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You may try this, if you want a discrete solution
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The speed will be limited by Rin (10Kohm) and Miller Effect Cin (100pF?), thus propagation delay will be about 1 uS.
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
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You may try this, if you want a discrete solution
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The speed will be limited by Rin (10Kohm) and Miller Effect Cin (100pF?), thus propagation delay will be about 1 uS.
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
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You may try this, if you want a discrete solution
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The speed will be limited by Rin (10Kohm) and Miller Effect Cin (100pF?), thus propagation delay will be about 1 uS.
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You may try this, if you want a discrete solution
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The speed will be limited by Rin (10Kohm) and Miller Effect Cin (100pF?), thus propagation delay will be about 1 uS.
edited 50 mins ago
answered 2 days ago
analogsystemsrfanalogsystemsrf
16k2822
16k2822
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
add a comment |
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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What is it? A Schmitt trigger?
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– Peter Mortensen
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
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The differential pair is biased at VDD/2. R8 does provide 1% positive feedback, to reduce the risk of oscillation during the linear region. Notice I included over-voltage protection.
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– analogsystemsrf
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Most garden variety op-amps have internal compensation in the form of a chip capacitor.
This makes them very slow, but more stable in analog circuits.
Why not use a cheap comparator like LM393?
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add a comment |
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Most garden variety op-amps have internal compensation in the form of a chip capacitor.
This makes them very slow, but more stable in analog circuits.
Why not use a cheap comparator like LM393?
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add a comment |
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Most garden variety op-amps have internal compensation in the form of a chip capacitor.
This makes them very slow, but more stable in analog circuits.
Why not use a cheap comparator like LM393?
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Most garden variety op-amps have internal compensation in the form of a chip capacitor.
This makes them very slow, but more stable in analog circuits.
Why not use a cheap comparator like LM393?
edited 2 days ago
Renan
4,32222244
4,32222244
answered 2 days ago
AutisticAutistic
7,50921633
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It looks like there's a significant lag/delay in the output's response w.r.t. the input signal (~30µs?). What may be causing this? What's connected to the output? 'Scope probe only?
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– JimmyB
2 days ago
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Why you shouldn't use the 741.
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– JRE
2 days ago
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For 5Khz i thought 741 will be ok, for what i calculated .Orelse sure i will change the opp amp which having high slew rate and i will update it.......@JRE
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– Nihal
2 days ago
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You're latching up.
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– Scott Seidman
2 days ago
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Note that this question is about the theory behind the calculations. Telling OP to change his OP-amp does nothing to answer the question. It just solves the problem without OP knowing why.
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– pipe
2 days ago