Discrete op amp

Hi Bimo, what supplies do you need?
With those specs, you can buy quite a few IC op-amps, unless you want high supplies (more than +/- 15V).
600ohms is not hard to drive with low THD with an IC output stage.

This one from TI meets most of your specs: See figure 8 for distortion.
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa1612.pdf

It does not meet PSRR though, it is 70dB at 20KHz.

Best, Sandro

In my country, it hard to get good op-amp. We must import, expensive.
Good op-amp can meet can those spec., expect harmonic profile is not monotonic. I think because very low bias current at output transistor.

It is fun if I can make it. It is about DIY after all.
 
Hi Mark, the current noise is high (2.4pA/rtHz) because the voltage noise is low (0.9nv/rtHz). To achieve the latter, you need to bias the input transistors at a high current, which results in the former. The AD797 has exactly the same problem with a current noise of 2pA/rtHz.

Regarding the 300 ohms, it has to do with stability, not noise. Low voltage noise needs large input devices, which leads to large input capacitance. Since the amp is fast (65MHz), use a large RF and you get an oscillator. From the datasheet:

"HIGHER FEEDBACK RESISTOR GAIN OPERATION
The ADA4898-1/ADA4898-2 schematic for the noninverting
gain configuration shown in Figure 45 is nearly a textbook
example. The only exception is the feedback capacitor in
parallel with the feedback resistor, RF, but this capacitor is
recommended only when using a large RF value (>300 Ω)
.
Figure 46 shows the difference between using a 100 Ω resistor
and a 1 kΩ feedback resistor. Due to the high input capacitance in
the ADA4898-1/ADA4898-2 when using a higher feedback
resistor, more peaking appears in the closed-loop gain
"

Is it general purpose... well no (curent noise is high and it is a tad too fast to be bullet proof). But, its no more general purpose than the AD797 which everyone loves.

Best, Sandro
 
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