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TSZ182

Application information

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Application information

5.1

Operation theory

The TSZ182 is a high precision CMOS device. It can achieve a low offset drift and no 1/f

noise thanks to its chopper architecture. Chopper-stabilized amps constantly correct low-

frequency errors across the inputs of the amplifier.

Chopper-stabilized amplifiers can be explained with respect to:

Time domain

Frequency domain

5.1.1

Time domain

The basis of the chopper amplifier is realized in two steps. These steps are synchronized

thanks to a clock running at 2.4 MHz.

Figure 46: Block diagram in the time domain (step 1)

Figure 47: Block diagram in the time domain (step 2)

Figure 46: "Block diagram in the time domain (step 1)" shows step 1, the first clock cycle,

where Vio is amplified in the normal way.

Figure 47: "Block diagram in the time domain (step 2)" shows step 2, the second clock

cycle, where Chop1 and Chop2 swap paths. At this time, the Vio is amplified in a reverse

way as compared to step 1.

At the end of these two steps, the average Vio is close to zero.

The A2(f) amplifier has a small impact on the Vio because the Vio is expressed as the input

offset and is consequently divided by A1(f).

In the time domain, the offset part of the output signal before filtering is shown in Figure 48:

"Vio cancellation principle".

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