Product Overview
The LM358 from Texas Instruments (also ON Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics) is the industry-standard dual operational amplifier featuring a wide supply range of 3V to 32V (or ±1.5V to ±16V), input common-mode range that includes ground, and low supply current of 0.7mA (both amplifiers). It is one of the most widely used general-purpose op-amps, equivalent to one-half of the LM324 quad op-amp.
Key Specifications
- Channels: 2 (dual)
- Supply Voltage: 3V ~ 32V single supply, or ±1.5V ~ ±16V dual supply
- Input Offset Voltage: 3mV typical, 7mV max @ 25°C
- Input Bias Current: 45nA typical, 250nA max
- Input Offset Current: 5nA typical, 50nA max
- Input Common-Mode Range: 0V to VCC-1.5V (includes ground)
- Gain-Bandwidth Product: 0.7MHz (original), 1.2MHz (B version)
- Slew Rate: 0.3V/µs (original), 0.5V/µs (B version)
- Large-Signal Voltage Gain: 100dB typical
- Supply Current: 0.7mA typical (both amplifiers, VCC=30V)
- Output Current: Source 20mA min, Sink 10mA min
- Output Voltage Swing: 0V to VCC-1.5V (RL=10kΩ)
- CMRR: 80dB typical
- PSRR: 100dB typical
- Channel Separation: 120dB @ 1kHz
- Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C (LM358), -40°C ~ 85°C (LM358B)
- Package: PDIP-8, SOIC-8, TSSOP-8, VSSOP-8, SOT-23-8
Features
- Input common-mode range includes ground — eliminates external bias components
- Single-supply operation (no negative supply needed)
- Internally frequency compensated for unity-gain stability
- Low supply current independent of supply voltage magnitude
- Short-circuit protected outputs
- True differential input stage
- Direct sensing near ground level
- ESD protection on inputs
Applications
- Transducer amplifier and signal conditioning
- DC gain blocks and active filters
- Voltage followers and buffers
- Window comparators
- Battery-powered instrumentation
- Current sensing and measurement