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OPA991: Simulation for TIA circuit is unstable (Phase margin)

Part Number: OPA991
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TINA-TI, OPA2991

I follow TI Designs – Precision: Verified Design 1 MHz, Single-Supply, Photodiode Amplifier Reference Design to design my TIA circuit with OPA991.

For the enough I/V gain, Rfb should be 100Meg ohm. Bandwidth is 50Hz I thing enough.

Because 100Meg resistor also has about 6pF parasitic capacitance, I think feedback capacitor is not necessary for the Rfb very high(100Meg) case.

So, for this circuit

Cin = Cj + Cd + Cm2 = 11pF + 9pF + 1pF = 21pF

zero frequency fz = 1 / (2*pi*(C1+Cin)*R1) = 1 / (2*pi*(6pF+21pF)*100Meg) = 58.9 Hz

pole frequency fp = 1 / (2*pi*R1*C1) = 1 / (2*pi*(6pF)*100Meg) = 265.4 Hz

The frequency of intersection fi = GBW * (C1/(C1+Cin)) = 4.5MHz * (6p/(6p+21p)) = 964kHz

fi >> fp

So, from the above calculation, my system should be stable.

But I run simulation with TINA-TI:

For the phase margin, the gain still has 80 dB where phase is -180 deg.

I'm confused.

Here is my simulation file:

OPA2991_RefDesign.TSC

Best Regards!

De Wei

  • Hi DeWei, 

    Welcome to E2E! :) 

    In order to run the AC simulation, you will need to "break the loop". I've shown how to do this below: 

    And then when you run the AC sweep, you can then see that the phase margin is about 70deg. 

    Please see our TI Precision labs video on stability and SPICE simulation for more information: http://ti.com/video/4080288067001

    Regards,
    Ashley