Bipolar op amp retrofit with JFET preamp?
Scott Gravenhorst
chordman at flash.net
Thu Dec 16 08:29:51 CET 1999
Is it possible (even desirable) to retrofit a bipolar opamp with
a JFET preamp to increase the input impedance?
I realize that there are ready made JFET input opamps. What I
am looking to do is increase the input impedance of one of the 4
amps in an LM324. The application is a unity gain control voltage
amplifier whose range is from about +.03 volts to about +6 volts.
Can I simply pass the CV thru a source follower with say a 1 meg
gate bias resistor to ground and then into the opamp input? I look
at that and think that the JFET will be forward biased and won't work.
A 1 meg resistor to -v for gate bias instead?
-- Scott (who is obviously not an EE)
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