link to page 9 link to page 9 AD8565/AD8566/AD8567THEORY OF OPERATION The AD8565/AD8566/AD8567 are designed to drive large The benefit of this type of input stage is low bias current. The capacitive loads in LCD applications. They have high output input bias current is the sum of base currents of Q4 to Q5 and current drive and rail-to-rail input/output operation and are Q6 to Q8 over the range from (VNEG + 1 V) to (VPOS − 1 V). powered from a single 16 V supply. They are also intended for Outside this range, the input bias current is dominated by the other applications where low distortion and high output current sum of base currents of Q10 to Q11 for input signals close to drive are needed. VNEG and of Q6 to Q8 (Q10 to Q11) for signals close to VPOS. Figure 28 shows a simplified equivalent circuit for the AD8565/ From this type of design, the input bias current of the AD8565/ AD8566/AD8567. The rail-to-rail bipolar input stage is com- AD8566/AD8567 not only exhibits different amplitude but also posed of two PNP differential pairs, Q4 to Q5 and Q10 to Q11, exhibits different polarities. Figure 29 provides the characteris- operating in series with diode protection networks, D1 to D2. tics of the input bias current vs. the common-mode voltage. It is Diode network D1 to D2 serves as protection against large important to keep in mind that the source impedances driving transients for Q4 to Q5 to accommodate rail-to-rail input swing. the inputs are balanced for optimum dc and ac performance. D5 to D6 protect Q10 to Q11 against Zenering. In normal oper- 1000V ation, Q10 to Q11 are off, and their input stage is buffered from S = 16V800TA = 25°C the operational amplifier inputs by Q6 to D3 and Q8 to D4. 600 Operation of the input stage is best understood as a function of A) n (400 applied common-mode voltage: when the inputs of the AD8565/ NT200 AD8566/AD8567 are biased midway between the supplies, the 0 differential signal path gain is controlled by resistive loads Q4 to CURRE AS Q5 (via R9, R10). As the input common-mode level is reduced –200BI toward the negative supply (V UT –400 NEG or GND), the input transistor INP current sources, I1 and I2, are forced into saturation, thereby –600 forcing the Q6 to D3 and Q8 to D4 networks into cutoff. –800 However, Q4 to Q5 remain active, providing input stage gain. –1000 0246810121416 029 Inversely, when common-mode input voltage is increased INPUT COMMON-MODE VOLTAGE (V) 01909- toward the positive supply, Q4 to Q5 are driven into cutoff, Q3 Figure 29. AD8565/AD8566/AD8567 Input Bias Current vs. is driven into saturation, and Q4 becomes active, providing bias Common-Mode Voltage to the Q10 to Q11 differential pair. The point at which the Q10 to To achieve rail-to-rail output performance, the AD8565/ Q11 differential pair becomes active is approximately equal to AD8566/AD8567 design uses a complementary common- (VPOS − 1 V). source (or gmRL) output. This con-figuration allows output VPOS voltages to approach the power supply rails, particularly if the output transistors are allowed to enter the triode region on R1 extremes of signal swing, which are limited by VGS, the transistor sizes, and output load current. In addition, this type BIAS LINEQ3Q4 of output stage exhibits voltage gain in an open-loop gain configuration. The amount of gain depends on the total load D1D2 resistance at the output of the AD8565/AD8566/AD8567. R3R4INPUT OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTIONQ6Q8C1V+Q4Q5V– As with any semiconductor device, whenever the input exceeds either supply voltages, attention needs to be paid to the input D3R5R6D4 overvoltage characteristics. As an overvoltage occurs, the amplifier C2 could be damaged, depending on the voltage level and the Q10Q11D5 magnitude of the fault current. When the input voltage exceeds either supply by more than 0.6 V, internal positive-negative (pn) junctions allow current to flow from the input to the supplies. I1D6I2FOLDED CASCADER9R10 028 VNEG 01909- Figure 28. AD8565/AD8566/AD8567 Equivalent Input Circuit Rev. G | Page 9 of 16 Document Outline Features Applications General Description Pin Configurations Revision History Specifications Electrical Characteristics Absolute Maximum Ratings Thermal Resistance ESD Caution Typical Performance Characteristics Theory of Operation Input Overvoltage Protection Output Phase Reversal Power Dissipation Thermal Pad—AD8567 Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD + N) Short-Circuit Output Conditions LCD Panel Applications Outline Dimensions Ordering Guide