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OPA251

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Single, 15V single-supply, micro power operational amplifiers

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Number of channels 1 Total supply voltage (+5 V = 5, ±5 V = 10) (max) (V) 36 Total supply voltage (+5 V = 5, ±5 V = 10) (min) (V) 2.7 Vos (offset voltage at 25°C) (max) (mV) 0.25 GBW (typ) (MHz) 0.035 Features High Cload Drive Slew rate (typ) (V/µs) 0.01 Rail-to-rail In to V-, Out Offset drift (typ) (V/°C) 0.0000005 Iq per channel (typ) (mA) 0.027 Vn at 1 kHz (typ) (nV√Hz) 45 CMRR (typ) (dB) 124 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85 Input bias current (max) (pA) 20000 Iout (typ) (A) 0.021 Architecture Bipolar Input common mode headroom (to negative supply) (typ) (V) -0.2 Input common mode headroom (to positive supply) (typ) (V) -0.8 Output swing headroom (to negative supply) (typ) (V) 0.05 Output swing headroom (to positive supply) (typ) (V) -0.05
Number of channels 1 Total supply voltage (+5 V = 5, ±5 V = 10) (max) (V) 36 Total supply voltage (+5 V = 5, ±5 V = 10) (min) (V) 2.7 Vos (offset voltage at 25°C) (max) (mV) 0.25 GBW (typ) (MHz) 0.035 Features High Cload Drive Slew rate (typ) (V/µs) 0.01 Rail-to-rail In to V-, Out Offset drift (typ) (V/°C) 0.0000005 Iq per channel (typ) (mA) 0.027 Vn at 1 kHz (typ) (nV√Hz) 45 CMRR (typ) (dB) 124 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85 Input bias current (max) (pA) 20000 Iout (typ) (A) 0.021 Architecture Bipolar Input common mode headroom (to negative supply) (typ) (V) -0.2 Input common mode headroom (to positive supply) (typ) (V) -0.8 Output swing headroom (to negative supply) (typ) (V) 0.05 Output swing headroom (to positive supply) (typ) (V) -0.05
SOIC (D) 8 29.4 mm² 4.9 x 6
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Speed up your op amp prototyping and testing with the DIP adapter evaluation module (DIP-ADAPTER-EVM), which provides a fast, easy and inexpensive way to interface with small surface-mount ICs. You can connect any supported op amp using the included Samtec terminal strips or wire them (...)

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OPAx251 PSpice Model (Rev. F)

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OPAx251 TINA-TI Reference Design (Rev. F)

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OPAx251 TINA-TI Spice Model (Rev. E)

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CIRCUIT060002 — Temperature sensing with NTC thermistor circuit

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CIRCUIT060003 — Temperature sensing with PTC thermistor circuit

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CIRCUIT060004 — Low-noise and long-range PIR sensor conditioner circuit

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CIRCUIT060005 — High-side current sensing with discrete difference amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060006 — Bridge amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060007 — Low-side, bidirectional current-sensing circuit

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CIRCUIT060008 — Full-wave rectifier circuit

This absolute value circuit can turn alternating current (AC) signals to single polarity signals. This circuit functions with limited distortion for ±10-V input signals at frequencies up to 50kHz and for signals as small as ±25mV at frequencies up to 1kHz.
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CIRCUIT060009 — Half-wave rectifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060010 — PWM generator circuit

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CIRCUIT060011 — Single-supply, second-order, multiple feedback high-pass filter circuit

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CIRCUIT060012 — Single-supply, 2nd-order, multiple feedback low-pass filter circuit

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CIRCUIT060014 — Voltage-to-current (V-I) converter circuit with MOSFET

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CIRCUIT060016 — Non-inverting microphone pre-amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060017 — Dual-supply, discrete, programmable gain amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060018 — Photodiode amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060020 — Inverting amplifier circuit

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CIRCUIT060074 — High-side current sensing with comparator circuit

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PSPICE-FOR-TI — PSpice® for TI design and simulation tool

PSpice® for TI is a design and simulation environment that helps evaluate functionality of analog circuits. This full-featured, design and simulation suite uses an analog analysis engine from Cadence®. Available at no cost, PSpice for TI includes one of the largest model libraries in the (...)
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