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EL8170, EL8173

Micropower, Single Supply, Rail-to-Rail

Input-Output Instrumentation Amplifiers

The EL8170 and EL8173 are micropower instrumentation

amplifiers optimized for operation at 2.9V to 5V single

supplies. Inputs and outputs can operate rail-to-rail. As with

all instrumentation amplifiers, a pair of inputs provide very

high common-mode rejection and are completely

independent from a pair of feedback terminals. The

feedback terminals allow zero input to be translated to any

output offset, including ground. A feedback divider controls

the overall gain of the amplifier.

The EL8170 is compensated for a gain of 100 or more, and

the EL8173 is compensated for a gain of 10 or more. The

EL8170 and EL8173 have bipolar input devices for best

offset and 1/f noise performance.

The amplifiers can be operated from one lithium cell or two

Ni-Cd batteries. The EL8170 and EL8173 input range

includes ground to slightly above positive rail. The output

stage swings to ground and positive supply - no pull-up or

pull-down resistors are needed.

Pinout

EL8170, EL8173

(8 LD SO)

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Features

• 78µA maximum supply current

• Maximum offset voltage

- 250µV (EL8170)

- 1000µV (EL8173)

• 500pA input bias current

• 2µV/°C offset voltage drift

• 396kHz -3dB bandwidth (G = 10)

• 192kHz -3dB bandwidth (G = 100)

• 0.5V/µs slew rate

• Single supply operation

- Input voltage range is rail-to-rail

- Output swings rail-to-rail

• Output sources and sinks ±29mA load current

• 0.2% gain error

• Pb-free plus anneal available (RoHS compliant)

Applications

• Battery- or solar-powered systems

• Strain gauges

• Current monitors

• Thermocouple amplifiers

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ENABLE

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FB+

VS+

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OUT

Data Sheet

March 9, 2006