TI delivers the most precise nanopower op amp, reducing system power and maximizing battery life in precision IoT, industrial and personal electronics applications
INDIA and DALLAS (December 7, 2017) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the first operational amplifier (op amp) to combine ultra-high precision with the industry’s lowest supply current. With exceptional power-to-precision performance, the LPV821 zero-drift, nanopower op amp enables engineers to attain the highest DC precision, while consuming 60 percent less power than competitive zero-drift devices. The LPV821 is designed for use in precision applications such as wireless sensing nodes, home and factory automation equipment, and portable electronics. For more information, see www.TI.com/LPV821-pr.
The LPV821 op amp is the newest device in TI’s low-power amplifier portfolio, which enables engineers to design lighter, smaller and more portable applications with lower-capacity batteries and longer system lifetimes.
Key features and benefits of the LPV821 op amp
- Exceptional power-to-precision performance: Consuming only nanoamps of supply current, while providing the high-precision benefits of optimized offset, drift and 1/f noise (flicker noise), the LPV821 is extremely beneficial for applications where both precision and low power are essential system needs, including industrial gas detectors, field transmitters and battery packs.
- Sixty percent lower power consumption: With best-in-class supply current of 650 nA, the LPV821 extends battery lifetimes and enables lower power budgets in precision systems than competitive zero-drift devices.
- High DC precision: TI’s zero-drift technology delivers a low initial offset of 10 µV and an offset drift of 0.02 µV/°C, eliminating temperature drift and flicker noise, and enabling engineers to attain the highest DC precision and dynamic error correction. Additionally, self-calibration technology helps engineers save system development cost and speed time to market.
- No duty cycling: Nanopower consumption enables always-on applications such as continuous and blood glucose monitoring, and other electrochemical cell applications. Additionally, the low supply current decreases the external circuitry required to turn the amplifier on and off.
- High-impedance sensor operation: An input bias current of 7 pA and low flicker noise at 3.9 µVp-p enables operation with high-impedance sensors, delivering more accurate measurements in precision systems.
Engineers can pair the LPV821 op amp with the TLV3691 nanopower comparator or ADS7142 nanopower analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to program a threshold that will automatically wake up a microcontroller (MCU) such as the CC1310 SimpleLink™ Sub-1 GHz MCU, further reducing system power consumption.
Tools and support to speed design
Designers can download the TINA-TI™ SPICE model to simulate their designs and predict circuit behavior when using the LPV821 op amp. Engineers can also jump-start gas-sensing system designs using the LPV821 op amp with the Always-On Low-Power Gas Sensing with 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life Reference Design and Micropower Electrochemical Gas Sensor Amplifier Reference Design.
Package, availability and pricing
Pre-production samples of the LPV821 op amp are now available through the TI store and authorized distributors in a 5-pin small-outline transistor (SOT-23) package. Pricing starts at US$0.80 in 1,000-unit quantities.
Learn more from TI’s amplifier experts
- Download the LPV821 op amp datasheet.
- Learn how to make precision measurements on a nanopower budget in this Analog Wire blog post.
- Read about designing on a nanopower budget in these TI TechNotes:
o “Current Sensing in No-Neutral Light Switches.”
o “Advantages of Using Nanopower, Zero-Drift Amplifiers for Battery Voltage and Current Monitoring in Portable Applications.”
o “Simplifying Measurements in Power-Conscious Industrial Analytics Systems with Nanopower Op Amps.”
- Learn more about TI’s zero-drift technology.
- Check out all of TI’s amplifier devices.
- Search for solutions and engage with fellow engineers and TI experts in the TI E2E™ Community Amplifiers forum.
