Datasheet

80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
AmbientTemperature( C)
°
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
MaximumSupplyVoltage(V)
TSSOPQuad
SOICQuad
MSOPDual
SOICDual
MAXIMUMSUPPLYVOLTAGEvsTEMPERATURE
(QuiescentCondition)
80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
AmbientTemperature( C)
°
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
MaximumSupplyVoltage(V)
V-
V+
V
S
V
CC+
V
CC-
V
S
V
S
/2
V
S
/2
2kW
TSSOPQuad
SOICQuad
MSOPDual
SOICDual
MAXIMUMSUPPLYVOLTAGEvsTEMPERATURE
(MaximumDCLoadonAllChannels)
OPA141
OPA2141
OPA4141
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functions have electrical stress limits determined by
the voltage breakdown characteristics of the
particular semiconductor fabrication process and
specific circuits connected to the pin. Additionally,
internal electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is
built into these circuits to protect them from
accidental ESD events both before and during
product assembly.
It is helpful to have a good understanding of this
basic ESD circuitry and its relevance to an electrical
overstress event. See Figure 35 for an illustration of
the ESD circuits contained in the OPAx141 series
(indicated by the dashed line area). The ESD
protection circuitry involves several current-steering
diodes connected from the input and output pins and
routed back to the internal power-supply lines, where
they meet at an absorption device internal to the
operational amplifier. This protection circuitry is
Figure 33. Maximum Supply Voltage vs
intended to remain inactive during normal circuit
Temperature (OPA2141 and OPA4141), Quiescent
operation.
Condition
An ESD event produces a short duration,
high-voltage pulse that is transformed into a short
duration, high-current pulse as it discharges through
a semiconductor device. The ESD protection circuits
are designed to provide a current path around the
operational amplifier core to prevent it from being
damaged. The energy absorbed by the protection
circuitry is then dissipated as heat.
When an ESD voltage develops across two or more
of the amplifier device pins, current flows through one
or more of the steering diodes. Depending on the
path that the current takes, the absorption device
may activate. The absorption device has a trigger, or
threshold voltage, that is above the normal operating
voltage of the OPAx141 but below the device
breakdown voltage level. Once this threshold is
exceeded, the absorption device quickly activates
and clamps the voltage across the supply rails to a
safe level.
Figure 34. Maximum Supply Voltage vs
When the operational amplifier connects into a circuit
Temperature (OPA2141 and OPA4141), Maximum
such as the one Figure 35 shows, the ESD protection
DC Load
components are intended to remain inactive and not
become involved in the application circuit operation.
However, circumstances may arise where an applied
ELECTRICAL OVERSTRESS
voltage exceeds the operating voltage range of a
Designers often ask questions about the capability of given pin. Should this condition occur, there is a risk
an operational amplifier to withstand electrical that some of the internal ESD protection circuits may
overstress. These questions tend to focus on the be biased on, and conduct current. Any such current
device inputs, but may involve the supply voltage pins flow occurs through steering diode paths and rarely
or even the output pin. Each of these different pin involves the absorption device.
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