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Figure 40: Vio cancellation principle

The low pass filter averages the output value resulting in the cancellation of the Vio offset.

The 1/f noise can be considered as an offset in low frequency and it is canceled like the Vio,

thanks to the chopper technique.

5.1.2

Frequency domain

The frequency domain gives a more accurate vision of chopper-stabilized amplifier

architecture.

Figure 41: Block diagram in the frequency domain

The modulation technique transposes the signal to a higher frequency where there is no 1/f

noise, and demodulate it back after amplification.

According to Figure 41: "Block diagram in the frequency domain", the input signal Vin

is modulated once (Chop1) so all the input signal is transposed to the high frequency

domain.

The amplifier adds its own error (Vio (output offset voltage) + the noise Vn (1/f noise))

to this modulated signal.

This signal is then demodulated (Chop2), but since the noise and the offset are

modulated only once, they are transposed to the high frequency, leaving the output

signal of the amplifier without any offset and low frequency noise. Consequently, the

input signal is amplified with a very low offset and 1/f noise.

To get rid of the high frequency part of the output signal (which is useless) a low pass

filter is implemented.

To further suppress the remaining ripple down to a desired level, another low pass filter

may be added externally on the output of the TSZ121, TSZ122, or TSZ124 device.

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