>doesn't it look like you get the ripple from the input bias? you can check >this and use the photodiode as a current source into the inv. input (diode >between gnd and inv.inp., plus a feedback resistor from inv.inp. to the >output and noninv.inp. to gnd) without any bias from the supply. (usually >you use the bc-diode of a transistor and leave e open in this configuration >if you have a phototransistor.) > >ge You got it. (I thought it was a phototransistor though) In any case, loosing the negative side will fix it. A phototransistor is an optically driven current source, any noise on it's supply will be greatly attenuated.