Product Overview
The LM324AN is an industry-standard quad general-purpose operational amplifier from Texas Instruments in a PDIP-14 through-hole package. The A-version provides improved 3 mV max input offset voltage (vs. 7 mV for the LM324N). It operates from a single 3 V to 32 V or dual +/-1.5 V to +/-16 V supply with only 700 μA total quiescent current. The input common-mode range includes ground, and the output can swing to ground without pull-down resistors, making it exceptionally versatile for single-supply designs.
Key Specifications
| Channels | 4 independent op-amps |
| Supply Range | Single: 3 V to 32 V / Dual: +/-1.5 V to +/-16 V |
| Gain-Bandwidth Product | 1.2 MHz typ |
| Slew Rate | 0.5 V/μs typ @ +/-15 V |
| Input Offset Voltage | 3 mV max (A-version) @ 25 °C |
| Input Bias Current | 45 nA typ / 100 nA max |
| Quiescent Current | 0.7 mA typ / 1.2 mA max @ 5 V (all 4 amplifiers) |
| Output Current | 40 mA source / 20 mA sink typ |
| CMRR | 65 dB min / 85 dB typ |
| Operating Temperature | 0 °C to +70 °C |
| Package | PDIP-14 (19.31 x 6.35 x 5.08 mm) |
Features
- Single-supply operation down to 3 V with ground-referenced inputs
- Output swings to ground without external pull-down resistors
- Internally frequency compensated for unity-gain stability
- Quiescent current nearly independent of supply voltage
- Differential input voltage range equal to supply voltage
- Next-generation LM324B available with +/-2 mV Vos, 36 V supply, and integrated EMI filter
Applications
- Sensor signal amplification and conditioning
- DC gain blocks and active filters
- Single-supply analog signal processing
- Comparator applications
- Battery-powered devices
- 5 V digital system interfaces