studied operational amplifiers or op-amps for short. I think
that ants and op-amps have something in common: tThey
are both tiny but mighty. After all, some of the best electronic
innovations are inspired by and mimic many things found
in nature.
Tiny
I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX metroplex, not far from the
corporate home of Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments
has always provided the industry's best op-amps through
differentiation and innovation. Their op-amps can solve your
application needs. One of the ways they do so is through their
small physical size.
Take for example the Texas Instruments TLV9062 Low Voltage
Operational Amplifier Figure 1.
Figure 1: Texas Instruments TLV9062 Low Voltage Operational
Amplifiers (Source: Mouser Electronics)
This eight-pin part is available in four distinct packaging types,
including:
• Small-Outline Integrated Circuit (SOIC)
• Thin Shrink Small-Outline Package (TSSOP)
• Very-Thin-Shrink Small-Outline Packages (VSSOP)
• Very-Very-Thin Small-Outline No-Lead Package (WSON)
SOICs, TSSOPs, and VSSOPs are some of the industry's
most common packages. Their commonality and general
availability allow for easy employment in new designs.
However, when ensuring the smallest possible design for items
such as mobile, portable, or wearable devices, sometimes
the extremely tiny WSON, often referred to as a micro-sized
package type, is the best choice. Employing a WSON package
type may help designers save lots of board real estate due
to its smaller footprint while also saving on volume Table 1.
Additional benefits may include a low mass of product, thereby
contributing to low-weight designs.
Mighty
Like the tiny ant, the TLV9062 is also mighty, providing high
performance for designers. With rail-to-rail input and output-
swing (RRIO) capabilities, these dual-channel op-amps are
highly cost-effective solutions for applications where the
low-voltage operation (1.8VDC–5.5VDC), a tiny footprint, and
high capacitive (100pF) load drive suit design requirements.
With a unity-gain bandwidth of 10MHz, it offers low broadband
noise (10nV/√Hz) and low quiescent current (IQ: 538µA). Like
the entire TLV906x family, it is unity-gain stable, integrates the
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TLV9002 Dual-Channel Low-Voltage Op Amps
• Rail-to-Rail Input and Output
• Low Input Offset Voltage: ±0.4mV
• Unity-Gain Bandwidth: 1MHz
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TLV9062
Package
Type
Pins
W
(mm)
L
(mm)
D
(mm)
Foot-
print
(mm2)
Volume
(mm3)
IDGKR VSSOP 8 5.3 3.4 1.4 18.0 25.2
IDGKT VSSOP 8 5.3 3.4 1.4 18.0 25.2
IDR SOIC 8 6.4 5.2 2.1 33.3 69.9
IDSGR WSON 8 2.3 2.3 1.15 5.3 6.1
IDSGT WSON 8 2.3 2.3 1.15 5.3 6.1
IPWR TSSOP 8 7.0 3.6 1.6 25.2 40.3
Table 1: A table showing the TLV9062 packaging type options, sizes,
footprint, and volume. (Source: Mouser Electronics)
