Noise density graph seems to be slightly offset about qa40x HOT 2 CLOSED

Hi @NoiseFree, thanks for the data. On my end, the noise test circuit looks as follows:

The OPA377 is 7.5nV/rthz (typ @ 1k), which is -162.5 dBV. So, the circuit above should be dominated by the R noise, which in this case is 500K equivalent, which is should yield -140.92 dBV at 68F (my current temperature).

I measure the following, which looks pretty much right on to me (this is 900 to 1100 Hz). What do you think of the math above?

Is there a chance your gain setting resistors might have a contribution? If they are 1% or better, probably not. If you set the opamp gain to unity, does the error get better or worse?

PS. Here's a plot of QA403 noise density with input shorted, just to make sure the lack of amp wasn't clouding things:

from qa40x.

Hi,

thank you very much for the thourough investigation! It turned out that the gain wasn't exactly 60dB in my case due to a bad solder joint. Everything is fine.

Regards

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