LowPassFilter using OpAmp

Both circuits demand a dual power supply. At least the inverting amplifier/filter is very easy to modify for single supply by biasing the (+)-input of the op amp with Vcc/2.

The OpAmp needs a negative power supply to be able to process signals near GND.

Arno M. wrote:

The OpAmp needs a negative power supply to be able to process signals near GND.

thanks for your feedback, but U1 works right without negative power supply

Robert M. wrote:

Both circuits demand a dual power supply. At least the inverting amplifier/filter is very easy to modify for single supply by biasing the (+)-input of the op amp with Vcc/2.

thanks for your feedback,

"for single supply by biasing the (+)-input of the op amp with Vcc/2." I don't understand what do you mean in this sentence

Hi,

see attachment, how it could be done.

br, mf

Ahmad K. wrote:

"for single supply by biasing the (+)-input of the op amp with Vcc/2." I don't understand what do you mean in this sentence

That means, with single supply, the (+)-input of the op amp cannot be connected directly to GND (= 0 V). You have to apply Vcc/2 (= 7.5 V) instead. Don't forget to AC couple the source V1 (and eventually the load).

Robert M. wrote:

Ahmad K. wrote:

"for single supply by biasing the (+)-input of the op amp with Vcc/2." I don't understand what do you mean in this sentence

That means, with single supply, the (+)-input of the op amp cannot be connected directly to GND (= 0 V). You have to apply Vcc/2 (= 7.5 V) instead. Don't forget to AC couple the source V1 (and eventually the load).

Robert!! Why should i connect half vcc to the non inverting pin.. The circuit works perfectly.

My question is why is difference between frequency response for these circuits diagram nevertheless the amplification in output is the same

Achim M. wrote:

Hi,

see attachment, how it could be done.

br, mf

Please bear with me why should I do that the circuit diagram works Perfectly

Ahmad K. wrote:

The circuit works perfectly.

Your own plots tell a different story. Gain factors do not match and output voltages are completely distorted. That's the exact opposite of perfect.

You apply a +/-100 mV peak AC voltage at the input. When the voltage is at +100mV peak, the output of the inverting amplifier would have to go to -1 V peak. Same thing would have to happen with the non-inverting amplifier when the input voltage is at -100 mV peak. That is impossible with single supply.

The inverting amplifier has a few additional flaws. The LTC1250 is a low 1/f noise, zero-drift amplifier. Trying to cancel the effect of bias current with R4 doesn't work the same as with other generic op amps. In reality you make it worse by using R4 at all.

The op amp has an internal nulling circuit that's using the external resistor R2 to close the loop. The loop needs a certain bandwidth (at least 7 kHz) to work. You are impeding that by lowering the bandwidth to ~20 Hz because of C= 820 nF across R2, which in turn results in an increase of 1/f noise and offset voltage.

Robert M. wrote:

Ahmad K. wrote:

The circuit works perfectly.

Your own plots tell a different story. Gain factors do not match and output voltages are completely distorted. That's the exact opposite of perfect.

Yes - a TRAN simulation (time domain) will reveal these distortions. Note that the ac simulation (frequency domain) is a small signal simulation only.

Robert M. wrote:

Ahmad K. wrote:

The circuit works perfectly.

The inverting amplifier has a few additional flaws. The LTC1250 is a low 1/f noise, zero-drift amplifier. Trying to cancel the effect of bias current with R4 doesn't work the same as with other generic op amps. In reality you make it worse by using R4 at all.

The op amp has an internal nulling circuit that's using the external resistor R2 to close the loop. The loop needs a certain bandwidth (at least 7 kHz) to work. You are impeding that by lowering the bandwidth to ~20 Hz because of C= 820 nF across R2, which in turn results in an increase of 1/f noise and offset voltage.

Thanks Robert I got it :-))