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Low Cost, Low Power

Instrumentation Amplifier
AD620
CONNECTION DIAGRAM

FEATURES
EASY TO USE
Gain Set with One External Resistor
(Gain Range 1 to 1000)
Wide Power Supply Range (62.3 V to 618 V)
Higher Performance than Three Op Amp IA Designs
Available in 8-Lead DIP and SOIC Packaging
Low Power, 1.3 mA max Supply Current
EXCELLENT DC PERFORMANCE (B GRADE)
50 mV max, Input Offset Voltage
0.6 mV/8C max, Input Offset Drift
1.0 nA max, Input Bias Current
100 dB min Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (G = 10)
LOW NOISE
9 nV/Hz, @ 1 kHz, Input Voltage Noise
0.28 mV p-p Noise (0.1 Hz to 10 Hz)

RG

IN

7 +VS

+IN

6 OUTPUT

VS

AD620

RG

5 REF

TOP VIEW

1000. Furthermore, the AD620 features 8-lead SOIC and DIP

packaging that is smaller than discrete designs, and offers lower
power (only 1.3 mA max supply current), making it a good fit
for battery powered, portable (or remote) applications.
The AD620, with its high accuracy of 40 ppm maximum
nonlinearity, low offset voltage of 50 V max and offset drift of
0.6 V/C max, is ideal for use in precision data acquisition
systems, such as weigh scales and transducer interfaces. Furthermore, the low noise, low input bias current, and low power
of the AD620 make it well suited for medical applications such
as ECG and noninvasive blood pressure monitors.

EXCELLENT AC SPECIFICATIONS
120 kHz Bandwidth (G = 100)
15 ms Settling Time to 0.01%
APPLICATIONS
Weigh Scales
ECG and Medical Instrumentation
Transducer Interface
Data Acquisition Systems
Industrial Process Controls
Battery Powered and Portable Equipment
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The AD620 is a low cost, high accuracy instrumentation amplifier that requires only one external resistor to set gains of 1 to
30,000

The low input bias current of 1.0 nA max is made possible with
the use of Supereta processing in the input stage. The AD620
works well as a preamplifier due to its low input voltage noise of
9 nV/Hz at 1 kHz, 0.28 V p-p in the 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz band,
0.1 pA/Hz input current noise. Also, the AD620 is well suited
for multiplexed applications with its settling time of 15 s to
0.01% and its cost is low enough to enable designs with one inamp per channel.
10,000

25,000

3 OP-AMP
IN-AMP
(3 OP-07s)

1,000

RTI VOLTAGE NOISE

(0.1 10Hz) mV p-p

TOTAL ERROR, PPM OF FULL SCALE

8-Lead Plastic Mini-DIP (N), Cerdip (Q)

and SOIC (R) Packages

20,000

15,000

AD620A
10,000

RG

TYPICAL STANDARD
BIPOLAR INPUT
IN-AMP
100
G = 100
10
AD620 SUPERbETA
BIPOLAR INPUT
IN-AMP

5,000

0
0

10
SUPPLY CURRENT mA

15

20

Figure 1. Three Op Amp IA Designs vs. AD620

0.1
1k

10k

100k
1M
SOURCE RESISTANCE V

10M

100M

Figure 2. Total Voltage Noise vs. Source Resistance

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Analog Devices, Inc., 1999

AD620SPECIFICATIONS
Model

Conditions

GAIN
Gain Range
Gain Error2
G=1
G = 10
G = 100
G = 1000
Nonlinearity,
G = 11000
G = 1100
Gain vs. Temperature

G = 1 + (49.4 k/R G)
VOUT = 10 V

(Typical @ +258C, VS = 615 V, and RL = 2 kV, unless otherwise noted)

Min

AD620A
Typ Max

VOUT = 10 V to +10 V,
RL = 10 k
RL = 2 k

10,000

Over Temperature
Average TC
Offset Referred to the
Input vs.
Supply (PSR)
G=1
G = 10
G = 100
G = 1000

Over Temperature
Common-Mode Rejection
Ratio DC to 60 Hz with
I k Source Imbalance
G=1
G = 10
G = 100
G = 1000
OUTPUT
Output Swing
Over Temperature
Over Temperature
Short Current Circuit

10,000

(Total RTI Error = V OSI + VOSO/G)

VS = 5 V to 15 V
VS = 5 V to 15 V
VS = 5 V to 15 V
VS = 15 V
VS = 5 V
VS = 5 V to 15 V
VS = 5 V to 15 V

Min

AD620S1
Typ Max

Units

10,000

0.10
0.30
0.30
0.70

0.01
0.10
0.10
0.35

0.02
0.15
0.15
0.50

0.03
0.15
0.15
0.40

0.10
0.30
0.30
0.70

%
%
%
%

10
10

40
95

10
10

40
95

10
10

40
95

ppm
ppm

10
50

ppm/C
ppm/C

125
225
1.0
1000
1500
2000
15

V
V
V/C
V
V
V
V/C

10
50
30
0.3
400

5.0

10
50

125
185
1.0
1000
1500
2000
15

15
0.1
200

2.5

50
85
0.6
500
750
1000
7.0

30
0.3
400

5.0

VS = 2.3 V to 18 V
80
95
110
110

INPUT CURRENT
Input Bias Current
Over Temperature
Average TC
Input Offset Current
Over Temperature
Average TC
INPUT
Input Impedance
Differential
Common-Mode
Input Voltage Range 3
Over Temperature

AD620B
Typ Max

0.03
0.15
0.15
0.40

G =1
Gain >1 2
VOLTAGE OFFSET
Input Offset, VOSI
Over Temperature
Average TC
Output Offset, V OSO

Min

100
120
140
140
0.5
3.0
0.3

VS = 2.3 V to 5 V
VS = 5 V to 18 V

80
100
120
120
2.0
2.5

100
120
140
140
0.5
3.0
0.3

1.0
1.5

80
95
110
110
1.0
1.5

100
120
140
140
0.5
8.0
0.3

0.5
0.75

1.5

1.5

8.0

10i2
10i2

10i2
10i2

10i2
10i2

VS + 1.9
VS + 2.1
VS + 1.9
VS + 2.1

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.4

VS + 1.9
VS + 2.1
VS + 1.9
VS + 2.1

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.4

VS + 1.9
VS + 2.1
VS + 1.9
VS + 2.3

dB
dB
dB
dB
2
4
1.0
2.0

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.4

nA
nA
pA/C
nA
nA
pA/C

GipF
GipF
V
V
V
V

VCM = 0 V to 10 V
73
93
110
110
RL = 10 k,
VS = 2.3 V to 5 V
VS = 5 V to 18 V

VS + 1.1
VS + 1.4
VS + 1.2
VS + 1.6

90
110
130
130

18

80
100
120
120

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.5

VS + 1.1
VS + 1.4
VS + 1.2
VS + 1.6

90
110
130
130

18

73
93
110
110

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.5

VS + 1.1
VS + 1.6
VS + 1.2
VS + 2.3

90
110
130
130

18

dB
dB
dB
dB

+VS 1.2
+VS 1.3
+VS 1.4
+VS 1.5

V
V
V
V
mA

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