SNOSD29E December 2016 – April 2018 TLV8541 , TLV8542 , TLV8544
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The TLV854x is internally compensated for stable unity-gain operation, with a 8-kHz typical gain bandwidth. However, the unity-gain follower is the most sensitive configuration-to-capacitive load. The combination of a capacitive load placed directly on the output of an amplifier along with the output impedance of the amplifier creates a phase lag, which reduces the phase margin of the amplifier. If the phase margin is significantly reduced, the response is under-damped, which causes peaking in the transfer and, when there is too much peaking, the op amp might start oscillating.
In order to drive heavy (> 50 pF) capacitive loads, use an isolation resistor, RISO, as shown in Figure 31. By using this isolation resistor, the capacitive load is isolated from the output of the amplifier. The larger the value of RISO, the more stable the amplifier will be. If the value of RISO is sufficiently large, the feedback loop is stable, independent of the value of CL. However, larger values of RISO (e.g. 50 kΩ) result in reduced output swing and reduced output current drive.