[sdiy] Resistor in feedback loop - interesting point on the TL07x

Tom Bugs admin at bugbrand.co.uk
Fri Jul 8 01:58:34 CEST 2011


I noticed something interesting and wondered if people have thoughts on 
the area..

Only in the last year or so have I picked up the advice of putting a 
current limiting output resistor within the feedback loop of an opamp - 
previously I'd typically put a 100-1000 ohm resistor between opamp 
output and the output socket.

Well, a couple of days ago I happened to look at the TL074 datasheet 
and, in particular, the internal diagram of the chip. Interesting - I 
saw that there's a 200r resistor already in series before the output.

So, is it really necessary to add further resistance here?
(I should check some other opamp internals to compare too)

Cheers, Tom



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