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Chapter 30
  • Operational Amplifiers
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Introduction
  • Characteristics
    • High input impedance
    • Low output impedance
    • High open-loop gain
    • Two inputs
    • One output
    • Usually + and – dc power supplies
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Introduction
  • Ideal Characteristics
    • zin (inverting) ≈ ∞
    • zin (non-inverting) ≈ ∞
    • zout ≈ 0
    • Av ≈ ∞
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Introduction
  • Uses
    • Comparators
    • Voltage amplifiers
    • Oscillators
    • Active filters
    • Instrumentation amplifiers
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Introduction
  • Single-ended amplifier
    • One input grounded
    • Signal at other input
  • Double-ended amplifier/Differential amplifier
    • Signals at both inputs
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Basic differential amplifier
    • Q1 identical to Q2
    • RC1 = RC2
    •        IC1 = IC2 and emitter currents equal
    • Also, IC ≈ IE for high β
    • and VBE ≈ 0.7 V
  • Similar calculation of Bias
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Apply same signal to both Bases
  • Vout = Vout1 – Vout2 ≈ 0
    • Eliminates common-mode signals
    • 60 Hz
    • Noise
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Apply sinusoids to both bases:
    • Same amplitude, 180° difference in phase,
    • if Vin1 = –Vin2
    • Vout = 2Vin
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Common-mode signals
    • Differential voltage gain



    • also called open-loop voltage gain
    • 20,000 ≤ Av ≤ 200,000
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Common-mode signals
    • Common-mode voltage gain
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
    • Equations




    • Values
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Differential Amplifier and Common-Mode Signals
  • Noise
    • Static in audio signal
    • Increases as signal is amplified
    • Common mode signal
    • Significantly reduced by differential amplifier
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Negative Feedback
  • Op-amp
    • Large differential, open-loop voltage gain
      •  Avol ≈ 100,000
    • Small input yields saturated output (VCC or VEE)
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Negative Feedback
  • Negative feedback
    • Returns a portion of output signal to the input
    • Open-loop voltage gain decreased
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Negative Feedback
  • Input impedance still high
  • Output impedance low
  • Circuit voltage gain, Av
    • Adjustable
    • Stable
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Inverting Amplifier
  • Basic circuit
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Inverting Amplifier
  • Output 180° out of phase with input
  • Significant decrease in gain
    • Gain now called closed-loop voltage gain
  • Output impedance ≈ 0
  • vd ≈ 0
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Inverting Amplifier
  • Inverting input at virtual ground, vin(-) ≈ 0
  • iin to op-amp ≈ 0
  • Input current only dependent on vin and R1
  • Avcl only dependent on input resistor and feedback resistor
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Inverting Amplifier
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Inverting Amplifier
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Circuit
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The Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Very high input impedance
  • Voltage gain related to the two resistors
  • Very low output impedance
  • Excellent buffer
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Differential voltage
    • vd ≈ 0
  • Input current to op-amp
    • i = 0
  • Closed-loop voltage gain (Avcl) is a resistor ratio
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Model
  • Input impedance
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Model
  • Output impedance
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Very high zin
  • Very low zout
  • Good buffer circuit
  • Also called voltage follower (gain = 1)
  • Or adjustable gain > 1
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Non-Inverting Amplifier
  • Voltage Follower Buffer Circuit
    • Gain = 1
    • High impedance source drives low impedance load
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • LM 741 series
    • Inexpensive
    • Widely used
    • Good general specifications
    • Characteristic of all op-amp specifications
  • Provide Minimum, Typical, and Maximum ratings
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Input Offset Voltage, Vio
    • LM741C, Vio typical is 2 millivolts
    • Model is voltage source with value, Vio in series with + input
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Input Offset Voltage, Vio
    • Without feedback this would saturate output with no input
    • With negative feedback, output due to Vio is closed-loop gain times Vio
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Input Offset Current, Ios
  • Ios = Difference between bias currents at + and – inputs of op-amp
  • 741C typical Ios is 20 nanoamps
  • Multiplying resistor used to measure Ios
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Input Resistance
    • 741C: minimum = .3 MΩ, typical = 2 MΩ
  • Open-Loop Voltage gain (Avol)
    • 741C: Avol = Large Signal Voltage Gain
      • minimum = 20,000, typical = 200,000
    • Closely related to Bandwidth, BW
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Gain-bandwidth product
    • 741C = 1,000,000 = 106 MHz
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Gain versus frequency curve for op-amp
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Slew rate
    • Maximum rate of change of output voltage




  • 741C maximum slew rate = 0.5 V/μsec
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Fastest time for output to go from 0 to 10 volts is 20 μsec
  • Can distort waveforms that have too fast a rise time
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Slew rate required for Sinusoid with frequency f and amplitude A
  • Maximum amplitude of a sine wave with frequency f for a given slew rate
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Op-Amp Specifications
  • Bias Compensation: use RC = R1||RF
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Troubleshooting an Op-Amp Circuit
  • Problems occur when circuit is first built
  • Most important
    • Correct connection of dual power supply
  • Connecting a – supply to a + input (or vice versa) can burn out an op-amp
  • Single earth ground
  • Short connecting wires