LM308A

Precision Operational
Amplifier
The LM308A operational amplifier provides high input impedance,
low input offset and temperature drift, and low noise. These
characteristics are made possible by use of a special Super Beta
processing technology. This amplifier is particularly useful for http://onsemi.com
applications where high accuracy and low drift performance are
essential. In addition high speed performance may be improved by MARKING
employing feedforward compensation techniques to maximize slew DIAGRAMS
rate without compromising other performance criteria. 8
The LM308A offers extremely low input offset voltage and drift
PDIP−8 LM308AN
specifications allowing usage in even the most critical applications N SUFFIX AWL
without external offset nulling. CASE 626 YYWW
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• Operation from a Wide Range of Power Supply Voltages 1
• Low Input Bias and Offset Currents 1

• Low Input Offset Voltage and Guaranteed Offset Voltage Drift 8

Performance SO−8 LM308
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• High Input Impedance CASE 751
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Frequency Compensation
A = Assembly Location
R2
R2
WL, L = Wafer Lot
Inverting R1 YY, Y = Year
Output Inverting R1
Input
Input Output WW, W = Work Week
Noninverting R3
+ Noninverting R3
Input Cf Compen B +
Compen A Input Compen B
100
pF
1
Cf ≥ 30
R2
PIN CONNECTIONS
1+
R1
Standard Compensation Modified Compensation Compen A 1 8 Compen B
2 − 7 VCC
Inputs +
3 6 Output
RS > 10
k 100
k
10
k 5.0
pF 4 5 NC
Input VEE
Input C2* 10
pF
10

k 0.01
µF 500
(Top View)

Output + Compen B
+ Compen
B
3.0
k 500
pF
3.0
k CL ORDERING INFORMATION
500
pF 10
pF 75
pF
10
pF Compen
A to Device Package Shipping
Compen
A 0.01µF

5 x 105 LM308AN PDIP−8 50 Units/Rail

*C2 > pF
R2
LM308AD SO−8 98 Units/Rail
Standard Feedforward Feedforward Compensations for
Compensation Decoupling Load Capacitance LM308ADR2 SO−8 2500 Tape & Reel

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MAXIMUM RATINGS (TA = +25°C, unless otherwise noted.)

Rating Symbol Value Unit
Power Supply Voltage VCC, VEE ±18 Vdc
Input Voltage (Note 1) VI ±15 V
Input Differential Current (Note 2) IID ±10 mA
Output Short Circuit Duration tSC Indefinite −
Operating Ambient Temperature Range TA 0 to +70 °C
Storage Temperature Range Tstg −65 to +150 °C
Junction Temperature TJ +150 °C
1. For supply voltages less than ±15 V, the maximum input voltage is equal to the supply voltage.
2. The inputs are shunted with back−to−back diodes for overvoltage protection. Therefore, excessive current will flow if a differential input
voltage in excess of 1.0 V is applied between the inputs, unless some limiting resistance is used.

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Unless otherwise noted these specifications apply for supply voltages of +5.0 V ≤ VCC ≤
+15 V and −5.0 V ≥ VEE ≥ −15 V, TA = +25°C.)
Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit
Input Offset Voltage VIO − 0.3 0.5 mV
Input Offset Current IIO − 0.2 1.0 nA
Input Bias Current IIB − 1.5 7.0 nA
Input Resistance ri 10 40 − MΩ
Power Supply Currents ICC, IEE − ±0.3 ±0.8 mA
(VCC = +15 V, VEE = −15 V)
Large Signal Voltage Gain AVOL 80 300 − V/mV
(VCC = +15 V, VEE = −15 V, VO = ±10 V, RL ≥ 10 kΩ)
The following specifications apply over the operating temperature range.
Input Offset Voltage VIO − − 0.73 mV
Input Offset Current IIO − − 1.5 nA
Average Temperature Coefficient of Input Offset Voltage ∆VIO/∆T − 1.0 5.0 µV/°C
TA (min) ≤ TA ≤ TA (max)
Average Temperature Coefficient of Input Offset Current ∆IIO/∆T − 2.0 10 pA/°C
Input Bias Current IIB − − 10 nA
Large Signal Voltage Gain AVOL 60 − − V/mV
(VCC +15 V, VEE = −15 V, VO = ±10 V, RL ≥ 10 kΩ)
Input Voltage Range VICR ±14 − − V
(VCC = +15 V, VEE = −15 V)
Common Mode Rejection CMR 96 110 − dB
(RS ≤ 50 kΩ)
Supply Voltage Rejection PSR 96 110 − dB
(RS ≤ 50 kΩ)
Output Voltage Range VOR ±13 ±14 − V
(VCC = +15 V, VEE = −15 V, RL = 10 kΩ)

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2.0 100

EQUIVALENT INPUT OFFSET VOLTAGE (mV)

0.25
I IB , INPUT BIAS CURRENT (nA)

I IO, INPUT OFFSET CURRENT (nA)

1.8
1.6 0.20
1.4
10
1.2 IIO 0.15
1.0
IIB
0.8 0.10
1.0
0.6
0.4 0.05
0.2
0 0 0.1
−60 −40 −20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 100 k 1.0 M 10 M 100 M
T, TEMPERATURE (°C) ri, INPUT RESISTANCE (Ω)

Figure 1. Input Bias and Input Offset Currents Figure 2. Maximum Equivalent Input Offset
Voltage Error versus Input Resistance

130 500

IEE , SUPPLY CURRENTS ( µ A)

AVOL , VOLTAGE GAIN (dB)

120 400

TA = 0°C TA = −55°C
110 +25°C 300 0°C
−55°C
+70°C +25°C
100 200
+125°C +70°C

CF = 0 +125°C
90 100
f = 100 Hz
=
I CC

80 0
0 5.0 10 15 20 0 5.0 10 15 20
VCC = ⎥ VEE⎥, SUPPLY VOLTAGES (V) VCC = ⎥ VEE⎥, SUPPLY VOLTAGES (V)

Figure 3. Voltage Gain versus Supply Voltages Figure 4. Power Supply Currents versus
Power Supply Voltages

140 20
VOR, OUTPUT VOLTAGE RANGE (± Vp−p)

VCC = +15 V
120 VEE = −15 V
16
AVOL , VOLTAGE GAIN (dB)

100 TA = +25°C

80 12
CF = 3.0 pF
60

40 8.0
CF = 3.0 pF
CF = 30 pF
20
4.0
0 CF = 30 pF
CF = 100 pF
−20 0
1.0 10 100 1.0 k 10 k 100 k 1.0 M 10 M 100 M 1.0 k 10 k 100 k 1.0 M
f, FREQUENCY (Hz) f, FREQUENCY (Hz)

Figure 5. Open Loop Frequency Response Figure 6. Large Signal Frequency Response

SUGGESTED DESIGN APPLICATIONS

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INPUT GUARDING
Special care must be taken in the assembly of printed
circuit boards to take full advantage of the low input currents
of the LM308A amplifier. Boards must be thoroughly
cleaned with alcohol and blown dry with compressed air.
After cleaning, the boards should be coated with epoxy or
silicone rubber to prevent contamination.
Even with properly cleaned and coated boards, leakage
currents may cause trouble at +125°C, particularly since the
input pins are adjacent to pins that are at supply potentials.
This leakage can be significantly reduced by using guarding
to lower the voltage difference between the inputs and
adjacent metal runs. The guard, which is a conductive ring
surrounding the inputs, is connected to a low−impedance
point that is at approximately the same voltage as the inputs.
Leakage currents from high voltage pins are then absorbed
by the guard.

C5 (2)
RS
Input
R1 R4
150
k 0.002
µF
0.002 150
pF
µF 1
R2 6 VCC
2 Output
1M
LM308A 1.0
M
3 LM101A
(3) Input
Compen B 1.0
M or equiv
300
pF Q1
Sample
Q2 Output
(1) Power Bandwidth: 250 kHz (3) In addition to increasing speed,
Small Signal Bandwidth: the LM101A raises high and low 1.0
µF (1)
3.5 MHz frequency gain, increases output 30
pF
Slew Rate: 10 V/µs drive capability and eliminates
thermal feedback.
6 X 10−8 (1) Teflon, Polyethylene or Polycarbonate
(2) C5 =
R1 Dielectric Capacitor

Figure 7. Fast (1) Summing Amplifier with Figure 8. Sample and Hold
Low Input Current

Inverting Amplifier Follower Noninverting Amplifier

R1 R2 R2
Input R3 (1)
R3 (1)

Output
Output Input Output
R3 (1) R1
C1
C1 C1
Input
R1 R2
(1) Used to compensate for large source resistances. Note: must be an impedance.
R1 +R2

Figure 9. Connection of Input Guards

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Representative Circuit Schematic

Compensation A Compensation B
VCC
3.5
k 5.6
k 7.5
k

15
pF
17.4
k 17.4
k
1.0
k
7.5
k 1.4
k

200
7.0
k VCC Output
65
1.0
k 1.0
k
150
80
k VEE
Inputs 2.0
k 2.0
k

)
20
k

362 1.2
k 50
k

10
k
VEE

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PACKAGE DIMENSIONS

PDIP−8
N SUFFIX
CASE 626−05
ISSUE K
NOTES:
1. DIMENSION L TO CENTER OF LEAD WHEN
FORMED PARALLEL.
8 5 2. PACKAGE CONTOUR OPTIONAL (ROUND OR
SQUARE CORNERS).
3. DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PER ANSI
−B− Y14.5M, 1982.

1 4 MILLIMETERS INCHES
DIM MIN MAX MIN MAX
A 9.40 10.16 0.370 0.400
B 6.10 6.60 0.240 0.260
F C 3.94 4.45 0.155 0.175
D
NOTE 2 −A− F
0.38
1.02
0.51
1.78
0.015
0.040
0.020
0.070
L G 2.54 BSC 0.100 BSC
H 0.76 1.27 0.030 0.050
J 0.20 0.30 0.008 0.012
K 2.92 3.43 0.115 0.135
C L 7.62 BSC 0.300 BSC
M −−− 10_ −−− 10_
J N 0.76 1.01 0.030 0.040
−T−
SEATING N
PLANE
M
D K
H G
0.13 (0.005) M T A M B M

SO−8
D SUFFIX
CASE 751−06
ISSUE T

NOTES:
A D
C 1. DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PER ASME
Y14.5M, 1994.
2. DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETER.
8 5 3. DIMENSION D AND E DO NOT INCLUDE MOLD
PROTRUSION.
4. MAXIMUM MOLD PROTRUSION 0.15 PER SIDE.
E H 0.25 M B M 5. DIMENSION B DOES NOT INCLUDE DAMBAR
1 PROTRUSION. ALLOWABLE DAMBAR
4 PROTRUSION SHALL BE 0.127 TOTAL IN EXCESS
OF THE B DIMENSION AT MAXIMUM MATERIAL
CONDITION.
h X 45 _
q MILLIMETERS
B e DIM MIN MAX
A 1.35 1.75
A A1 0.10 0.25
C B 0.35 0.49
SEATING C 0.19 0.25
PLANE D 4.80 5.00
L E 3.80 4.00
0.10 e 1.27 BSC
H 5.80 6.20
A1 B h 0.25 0.50
L 0.40 1.25
0.25 M C B S A S
q 0_ 7_

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Notes

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