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Op Amp Applications Handbook
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Op Amp Applications Handbook

by Walt Jung
December 2004
Intermediate to advanced
896 pages
27h 47m
English
Newnes
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SECTION 4-4

High Impedance Sensors

Walt Kester, Scott Wurcer and Chuck Kitchin

Many popular sensors have output impedances greater than several megohms, and thus the associated signal-conditioning circuitry must be carefully designed to meet the challenges of low bias current, low noise, and high gain. Figure 4-33 lists a few examples of high impedance sensors.

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Figure 4-33 High impedance sensors

A large portion of this section is devoted to a germane example, the analysis of a photodiode preamplifier. This application demonstrates many of the problems associated with high impedance sensor signal-conditioning circuits, and offers a host of ...

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