ZHCSBX8I December 2013 – May 2018 OPA172 , OPA2172 , OPA4172
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The improved Howland current-pump topology shown in Figure 50 provides excellent performance because of the extremely tight tolerances of the on-chip resistors of the INA132. By buffering the output using an OPA172, the output current the circuit is able to deliver is greatly extended.
The circuit dc transfer function is shown in Equation 2:
The OPA172 can also be used as the feedback amplifier because the low bias current minimizes error voltages produced across R1. However, for improved performance, select a FET-input device with extremely low offset, such as the OPA192, OPA140, or OPA188 as the feedback amplifier.