■ DESCRIPTION

The UTC LM318 is a precision, high speed, high gain operational amplifier that has been specifically designed for use in high slew rate and wide bandwidth applications. Unlike many wideband amplifiers, the UTC LM318 is unity-gain stable since it has internal circuitry for frequency compensation. However, external components may be added for compensation to achieve optimum performance.

When used in inverting applications, feed-forward compensation can be used to achieve slew rate in excess of 150V/µs and almost double the bandwidth. For greater stability, using overcompensation with the amplifier is possible if maximum bandwidth is not needed. In general, by adding a single capacitor can reduce the settling time for 0.1% error band to under 1µs.

The typical applications of UTC LM318 include A/D converters, fast integrator, oscillators, active filters, sample and hold circuits, or general purpose amplifiers.

■ FEATURES

* Unit gain stable (internal frequency compensation)

* 4mV typical input offset voltage

* 30nA typical input offset current

* Input bias current of 250nA (maximum)

* 15MHz bandwidth (small signal)

* 50V/μs slew rate (guarantee)

* Operates voltages of ±5V to ±20V

* Overload protection for Input and output

* Same pin assignment as general-purpose op amps