19-0924; Rev 1; 4/09
Ultra-Low Offset/Drift, Precision
Instrumentation Amplifiers with REF Buffer
General Description
Features
The MAX4208/MAX4209 ultra-low offset and drift instru-
mentation amplifiers feature exceptional precision specifi-
cations, low power consumption, rail-to-rail output,
excellent gain-bandwidth product, and buffered
REFIN/MODE input in a very small µMAX® package.
These devices use a patented† spread-spectrum,
autozeroing technique that constantly measures and
corrects the input offset, eliminating drift over time and tem-
perature and the effect of 1/f noise. This technique
achieves less than 20µV offset voltage, allows ground-
sensing capability, provides ultra-low CMOS input bias cur-
rent and increased common-mode rejection performance.
♦ Ultra-Low Input Offset Voltage
±±2µV (max) at +±5°C
♦ ±20±5ꢀ (max) ꢁaꢂn ꢃrror
♦ Low 20±µV/°C Offset Voltage Drꢂft
♦ 1pA CMOS Input Bꢂas Current
♦ True ꢁround Sensꢂng wꢂth Raꢂl-to-Raꢂl Output
♦ Buffered RꢃF Input for Hꢂgh Accuracy and
Bꢂpolar Operatꢂon
♦ ±085V to 505V Sꢂngle-Supply Operatꢂon
(or ±10.±5V to ±±0ꢄ5V Dual Supplꢂes)
The MAX4208/MAX4209 provide high-impedance inputs
optimized for small-signal differential voltages ( 100mV).
All devices provide a gain-bandwidth product of 750kHz.
♦ ꢄ52µA Supply Current
♦ 10.µA Shutdown Mode
The MAX4208 provides an adjustable gain with two
external resistors or unity gain with FB connected to OUT.
The MAX4209 is available with a fixed gain of 100V/V with
0.0ꢀ3 (typ) accuracy. Both devices include a reference
input (REF) to level-shift the output, allowing for bipolar
signals in single-supply applications. In both devices,
REFIN/MODE is an input to a precision unity-gain buffer,
which sets the REF voltage to level-shift the output. The
internal REF buffer allows the reference to be set by a
simple resistive divider or an ADC reference without any
loading error.
♦ ꢄ52kHz ꢁaꢂn-Bandwꢂdth Product
♦ Operate Over the -.2°C to +1±5°C Automotꢂve
Temperature Range
♦ Tꢂny 8-Pꢂn µMAX Package
Ordering Information
PIN-
ꢁAIN
PART
TꢃMP RANꢁꢃ
PACKAꢁꢃ (V/V)
MAX.±28AUA+T
-40°C to +125°C
8 µMAX
8 µMAX
ADJ
100
The MAX4208/MAX4209 operate with a 2.85V to 5.5V
single-supply voltage and consume only 750µA
of quiescent current (when the internal buffer is off) and
only 1.4µA in shutdown mode. These amplifiers
also operate with 2.5V dual supplies with REF
MAX.±29HAUA+T -40°C to +125°C
Note: All 8-pin µMAX packages have package code U8-1.
+Denotes a lead(Pb)-free/RoHS-compliant package.
connected to ground and REFIN/MODE to V
.
SS
The MAX4208/MAX4209 are available in space-saving
8-pin µMAX packages and are specified over the auto-
motive operating temperature range (-40°C to +125°C).
Typical Application Circuit
5V
†
US Patent #6,847,257.
R4
Applications
Automotive Transducer Applications
IN-
V
/2
DD
V
DD
Strain-Gauge Amplifiers
IN+
R3
OUT
Industrial Process Control
REFIN/MODE
Battery-Powered Medical Equipment
Precision Low-Side Current Sense
Notebook Computers
REF
FB
V
SS
R2
C
FB
FB
MAX4208
R2
Differential Voltage Amplification
R1
G = 1 +
R1
REF
BUFFER OUT =
/2
V
DD
µMAX is a registered trademark of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
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