10

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3 dB FILTER BANDWIDTH (Hz)

0.01

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1

10

2-Stage Filter

LMP2021, LMP2022

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Figure 43. RMS Input Referred Noise vs. Frequency

Figure 43 shows the total input referred noise vs. 3 dB corner of both filters of Figure 41 and Figure 42 at gains

filter corner frequency. Figure 43 compares the RMS noise of these two circuits. As Figure 43 shows, the RMS

noise measured the circuit in Figure 42 has lower values and also depicts a more linear shape.

DIGITAL ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

High resolution ADC’s with 16-bits to 24-bits of resolution can be limited by the noise of the amplifier driving

them. The circuit configuration, the value of the resistors used and the source impedance seen by the amplifier

can affect the noise of the amplifier. The total noise at the output of the amplifier can be dominated by one of

several sources of noises such as: white noise or broad band noise, 1/f noise, thermal noise, and current noise.

In low frequency applications such as medical instrumentation, the source impedance is generally low enough

that the current noise coupled into it does not impact the total noise significantly. However, as the 1/f or flicker

noise is paramount to many application, the use of an auto correcting stabilized amplifier like the

LMP2021/LMP2022 reduces the total noise.

Table 1: RMS Input Noise Performance summarizes the input and output referred RMS noise values for the

LMP2021/LMP2022 compared to that of Competitor A. As described in previous sections, the outstanding noise

performance of the LMP2021/LMP2022 can be even further improved by adding a simple low pass filter following

the amplification stage.

The use of an additional filter, as shown in Figure 42 benefits applications with higher gain. For this reason, at a

gain of 10, only the results of circuit in Figure 41 are shown. The RMS input noise of the LMP2021/LMP2022 are

compared with Competitor A's input noise performance. Competitor A's RMS input noise behaves the same with

or without an additional filter.

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