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TS507 Application note
3 Application note
The application note AN2653, based on the TS507, describes three compensation
techniques for solving stability issues when driving large capacitive loads. Two of these
techniques are briefly explained below. For more details, refer to the AN2653 on:
www.st.com.
3.1 Out-of-the-loop compensation technique
The first technique, named out-of-the-loop compensation, uses an isolation resistor, R
OL
,
added
in series between the output of the amplifier and its load (see Figure 27). The resistor
isolates the op-amp feedback network from the capacitive load. This compensation method
is effective, but the drawback is a limitation on the accuracy of V
out
depending on the
resistive load value.
Figure 27. Out-of-the-loop compensation schematics
To help implement the compensation, the abacus given in Figure 28 and Figure 29 provides
the R
OL
value to be chosen for a given C
L
and phase/gain margins. These abacus are
plotted for voltage follower configuration with a load resistor of 10 k
Ω at 25 °C.
Figure 28. Gain margin abacus: serial resistor
to be added in a voltage follower
configuration at 25 °C
Figure 29. Phase margin abacus: serial resistor
to be added in a voltage follower
configuration at 25 °C
10p 100p 1n 10n 100n 10µ
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
V
cc
= 5 V
V
icm
= 2,5 V
T = 25 °C
R
L
= 10 kΩ
16 dB
12 dB
8 dB
4 dB
0 dB
UNSTABLE
STABLE
Compensation Resistor R
OL
Load Capacitor (F)
10p 100p 1n 10n 100n 10µ
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
30 °
20 °
10 °
V
cc
= 5 V
V
icm
= 2,5 V
T = 25 °C
R
L
= 10 kΩ
0 °
UNSTABLE
STABLE
Compensation Resistor R
OL
Load Capacitor (F)