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MAX4208/MAX4209
Ultra-Low Offset/Drift, Precision
Instrumentation Amplifiers with REF Buffer
General Description
Benefits and Features
● Spread-Spectrum, Auto-Zero Instrumentation
Amplifiers Improve DC Characteristics to Maximize
Sensor Performance
The MAX4208/MAX4209 ultra-low offset and drift instrumen-
tation amplifiers feature exceptional precision specifications,
low power consumption, rail-to-rail output, excellent gain-
bandwidth product, and buffered REFIN/MODE input in a
• Input Offset Voltage: ±20μV (max) at +25°C
• ±0.25% (max) Gain Error
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very small μMAX package. These devices use a spread-
spectrum, autozeroing technique that constantly measures
and corrects the input offset, eliminating drift over time
and temperature and the effect of 1/f noise. This technique
achieves less than 20μV offset voltage, allows ground-sens-
ing capability, provides ultra-low CMOS input bias current
and increased common-mode rejection performance.
• Low 0.2μV/°C Offset Voltage Drift
• 1pA CMOS Input Bias Current
• True Ground Sensing with Rail-to-Rail Output
• 750kHz Gain-Bandwidth Product
● Buffered REF Input for High Accuracy and Bipolar
Operation
The MAX4208/MAX4209 provide high-impedance inputs
optimized for small-signal differential voltages (±100mV).
All devices provide a gain-bandwidth product of 750kHz.
● Low Power Operation Supports Remote Sensing and
Battery-Powered Applications
• 2.85V to 5.5V Single-Supply Operation (or ±1.425V
to ±2.75V Dual Supplies)
• 750μA Supply Current
The MAX4208 provides an adjustable gain with two exter-
nal resistors or unity gain with FB connected to OUT. The
MAX4209 is available with a fixed gain of 100V/V with
±0.03% (typ) accuracy. Both devices include a reference
input (REF) to level-shift the output, allowing for bipolar sig-
nals 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 resis-
tive divider or an ADC reference without any loading error.
• 1.4μA Shutdown Mode
● Adjustable (MAX4208) and Fixed Gain of 100
(MAX4209) Provide Design Flexibility
Ordering Information
PIN-
PACKAGE
GAIN
(V/V)
PART
TEMP RANGE
The MAX4208/MAX4209 operate with a 2.85V to 5.5V
single-supply voltage and consume only 750μA of qui-
escent 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 connected to ground
MAX4208AUA+T
MAX4209HAUA+T
-40°C to +125°C 8 µMAX
-40°C to +125°C 8 µMAX
ADJ
100
+Denotes a lead(Pb)-free/RoHS-compliant package.
T = Tape and reel.
and REFIN/MODE to V . The MAX4208/MAX4209 are
SS
available in space-saving 8-pin μMAX packages and
are specified over the automotive operating temperature
range (-40°C to +125°C).
Typical Application Circuit
5V
Applications
R4
● Strain-Gauge Amplifiers
● Industrial Process Control
IN-
V /2
DD
V
DD
● Battery-Powered Medical Equipment
● Precision Low-Side Current Sense
● Notebook Computers
IN+
R3
OUT
REFIN/MODE
REF
FB
● Differential Voltage Amplification
V
SS
R2
C
FB
MAX4208
FB
R1
R2
R1
G = 1 +
REF
BUFFER OUT =
/2
V
DD
μMAX is a registered trademark of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
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