16) Which of the following statements is wrong about noise in Operational Amplifiers?
Solution
Statement 1 is True: Thermal noise is indeed the result of random motion in a resistor.
Statement 2 is True: Shot noise does arise from the discrete nature of current.
Statement 3 is True: Popcorn noise is caused by surface/lattice conditions.
Statement 4 is FALSE: Flicker noise occurs at low frequencies, not very high frequencies. As frequency increases, flicker noise eventually disappears below the thermal noise floor.