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title = "Transimpedance Amplifiers"
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author = ["Dehaeze Thomas"]
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category = "equipment"
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## Description {#description}
A transimpedance amplifier is a "current to voltage converter" and is also named a current controlled voltage source.
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It is generally used to interface a sensor which outputs a current proportional to the measurement parameter ([Quadrant Photodiodes]({{< relref "quadrant_photodiodes.md" >}}) for instance).
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## Basic Circuit {#basic-circuit}
A basic transimpedance amplifier circuit is shown in Figure [1](#figure--fig:transimpedance-amplifier-schematic).
It produces an output voltage \\(V\_{\text{out}}\\) proportional to the input current \\(I\_{\text{sig}}\\):
\begin{equation}
\boxed{V\_{\text{out}} = -I\_{\text{sig}} R\_f}
\end{equation}
The gain of the amplifier is simply \\(-R\_f\\) in [V/A].
The feedback resistor creates a Johnson noise that corresponds to a current noise:
\begin{equation}
i\_{n} = \sqrt{4kT/R\_f} \quad [A/\sqrt{Hz}]
\end{equation}
This is usually larger than the amplifier input current noise.
<a id="figure--fig:transimpedance-amplifier-schematic"></a>
{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/transimpedance_amplifier_schematic.png" caption="<span class=\"figure-number\">Figure 1: </span>Transimpedance Amplifier; Current in, Voltage out" >}}
More information about transimpedance can be found in [The art of electronics - third edition]({{< relref "horowitz15_art_of_elect_third_edition.md" >}}), chapter 8.11.4, especially on the trade-off between gain, noise and bandwidth.
See [this](https://www.hardware-x.com/article/S2468-0672(21)00062-6/fulltext) open hardware design.
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## Manufacturers {#manufacturers}
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| Manufacturers | Country |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| [Kistler](https://www.kistler.com/fr/produits/composants/conditionnement-de-signal/) | Swiss |
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| [MMF](https://www.mmf.de/signal_conditioners.htm) | Germany |
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| [Femto](https://www.femto.de/en/products/current-amplifiers.html) | Germany |
| [FMB Oxford](https://www.fmb-oxford.com/products/controls-2/control-modules/i404-quad-current-integrator/) | UK |
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| [Thorlabs](https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=7083) | UK |
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## Bibliography {#bibliography}
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