MAX4209
Ultra-Low Offset/Drift, Precision Instrumentation Amplifiers with REF Buffer
Instrumentation Amplifiers Use Autozero to Achieve 20µV (max) Offset
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Overview
Features and Benefits
- Spread-Spectrum, Auto-Zero Instrumentation Amplifiers Improve DC Characteristics to Maximize Sensor Performance
- Input Offset Voltage: ±20µV (max) at +25°C
- ±0.25% (max) Gain Error
- Low 0.2µV/°C Offset Voltage Drift
- 1pA CMOS Input Bias Current
- True Ground Sensing with Rail-to-Rail Output
- 750kHz Gain-Bandwidth Product
- Buffered REF Input for High Accuracy and Bipolar Operation
- Low Power Operation Supports Remote Sensing and Battery-Powered Applications
- 2.85V to 5.5V Single-Supply Operation (or ±1.425V to ±2.75V Dual Supplies)
- 750µA Supply Current
- 1.4µA Shutdown Mode
- Adjustable (MAX4208) and Fixed Gain of 100 (MAX4209) Provide Design Flexibility
Product Details
The MAX4208/MAX4209 ultra-low offset and drift instrumentation amplifiers feature exceptional precision specifications, low power consumption, rail-to-rail output, excellent gain-bandwidth product, and buffered REFIN/MODE input in a very small µMAX® package. These devices use a spread-spectrum, autozeroing technique that constantly measures and corrects the input offset, eliminating drift over time and temperature and the effect of 1/f noise. This technique achieves less than 20µV offset voltage, allows ground-sensing capability, provides ultra-low CMOS input bias current and increased common-mode rejection performance.
The MAX4208/MAX4209 provide high-impedance inputs optimized for small-signal differential voltages (±100mV). All devices provide a gain-bandwidth product of 750kHz.
The MAX4208 provides an adjustable gain with two external resistors or unity gain with FB connected to OUT. The MAX4209 is available with a fixed gain of 100V/V with ±0.03% (typ) accuracy. Both devices include a reference input (REF) to level-shift the output, allowing for bipolar signals in single-supply applications. In both devices, REFIN/MODE is an input to a precision unity-gain buffer, which sets the REF voltage to level-shift the output. The internal REF buffer allows the reference to be set by a simple resistive divider or an ADC reference without any loading error.
The MAX4208/MAX4209 operate with a 2.85V to 5.5V single-supply voltage and consume only 750µA of quiescent current (when the internal buffer is off) and only 1.4µA in shutdown mode. These amplifiers also operate with ±2.5V dual supplies with REF connected to ground and REFIN/MODE to VSS. The MAX4208/MAX4209 are available in space-saving 8-pin µMAX packages and are specified over the automotive operating temperature range (-40°C to +125°C).
Applications
- Battery-Powered Medical Equipment
- Differential Voltage Amplification
- Industrial Process Control
- Notebook Computers
- Precision Low-Side Current Sense
- Strain-Gauge Amplifiers
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Documentation & Resources
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MAX4209 Reliability Data1/12/2023PDF162K
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Drive the REF Pin of New Generation Instrumentation and Current-Sense Amplifiers Without an Op Amp10/18/2012
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Reduce the Chances of Human Error: Part 2, Super Amps and Filters for Analog Interface3/8/2011
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Important Design Considerations for Heart-Rate and Fitness Monitors5/10/2010
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Introduction to Ventilators and Ventilation Rate Measurements5/10/2010
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Autozero Noise Filtering Improves Instrumentation Amplifier Output4/9/2009
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Zero-Drift Instrumentation Amplifier (IA) Takes the Strain out of Sensor Measurements4/6/2009
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Three is a Crowd for Instrumentation Amplifiers6/11/2007
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