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Dominant-Pole Compensation<br />

7.4 Dominant-Pole Compensation<br />

We saw that capacitive loading caused potential instabilities, thus an op amp loaded with<br />

an output capacitor is a circuit configuration that must be analyzed. This circuit is called<br />

dominant pole compensation because if the pole <strong>for</strong>med by the op amp output impedance<br />

and the loading capacitor is located close to the zero frequency axis, it becomes dominant.<br />

<strong>The</strong> op amp circuit is shown in Figure 7–8, and the open loop circuit used to calculate<br />

the loop gain (Aβ) is shown in Figure 7–9.<br />

V IN<br />

+<br />

∆V<br />

Z O<br />

V OUT<br />

–<br />

∆V A<br />

C L<br />

Z F<br />

POINT X<br />

Z G<br />

Figure 7–8. Capacitively-Loaded <strong>Op</strong> Amp<br />

V OUT<br />

v (Test) = ∆V A<br />

Z O<br />

V (Return)<br />

Z F<br />

C L Z G<br />

Figure 7–9. Capacitively-Loaded <strong>Op</strong> Amp With Loop Broken <strong>for</strong> Loop Gain (Aβ)<br />

Calculation<br />

<strong>The</strong> analysis starts by looking into the capacitor and taking the <strong>The</strong>venin equivalent circuit.<br />

V TH <br />

Va<br />

Z O C L s 1<br />

(7–2)<br />

Z TH <br />

Z O<br />

Z O C L s 1<br />

(7–3)<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the output equation is written.<br />

Voltage-Feedback <strong>Op</strong> Amp Compensation<br />

7-9

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