LT1168
Low Power, Single
Resistor Gain Programmable,
Precision Instrumentation Amplifier
DESCRIPTIO U FEATURES
■ The LT ®1168 is a micropower, precision instrumentation amplifier that requires only one external resistor to set gains of
1 to 10,000. The low voltage noise of 10nV/√Hz (at 1kHz) is
not compromised by low power dissipation (350µA typical for
±15V supplies). The wide supply range of ±2.3V to ±18V allows
the LT1168 to fit into a wide variety of industrial as well as
battery-powered applications.
The high accuracy of the LT1168 is due to a 20ppm maximum
nonlinearity and 0.4% max gain error (G = 10). Previous monolithic instrumentation amps cannot handle a 2k load resistor
whereas the nonlinearity of the LT1168 is specified for loads
as low as 2k. The LT1168 is laser trimmed for very low input
offset voltage (40µV max), drift (0.3µV/°C), high CMRR (90dB,
G = 1) and PSRR (103dB, G = 1). Low input bias currents of
250pA max are achieved with the use of superbeta processing. The output can handle capacitive loads up to 1000pF in
any gain configuration while the inputs are ESD protected up
to 13kV (human body). The LT1168 with two external 5k
resistors passes the IEC 1000-4-2 level 4 specification.
The LT1168 is a pin-for-pin improved second source for the
AD620 and INA118. The LT1168, offered in 8-pin PDIP and …