U3 can attenuate all the way down to zero and is really the simplest version of an active "Baxandal volume control". Use a unity gain stable device for this location.
Page 232 and 233 here.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...age&q=baxandall active volume control&f=false
Page 232 and 233 here.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...age&q=baxandall active volume control&f=false
Originally Posted by danny92
Thank you for your fast answer and for clarifying my questions
Pleasure
.I'm afraid that if the gain of the opamp U3 gets lower than 1, phase and gain margins can get too low and cause oscillations, but I'm not sure if that could really happen
Don't worry, it'll be fine
Mooly makes a good point. A unity gain stable device such as the NE5534 i suggested earlier will be fine. And they will also be fine in the other positions too. You could use the NE5532 dual versions if you want to. Any unused + & - inputs should be connected to ground, if you don't use both sections.
@ Mooly
Quite right
@ danny92
It can be made to be unity gain stable though with the addition of one small capacitor between Pin 5 & 8. 20pf should do it.
Some OpAmps are no longer available in 8 PIN DIP packages, so wouldn't fit the board you have ! Search for ones that are. The NE5534/2 are though from Onsemi @ least
Quite right
@ danny92
It can be made to be unity gain stable though with the addition of one small capacitor between Pin 5 & 8. 20pf should do it.
The frequency response can be optimized with an external compensation capacitor for various applications (unity gain amplifier, https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/NE5534-D.PDF
Some OpAmps are no longer available in 8 PIN DIP packages, so wouldn't fit the board you have ! Search for ones that are. The NE5534/2 are though from Onsemi @ least
A unity gain compensated 5534 has poor slew rate......................
It can be made to be unity gain stable though with the addition of one small capacitor between Pin 5 & 8..............
That's what you throw away in return for gains of less than 5.
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