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Op Amps: Introduction
Op Amp is short form of operational
amplifier.

An op amp is an electronic unit that behaves

like a voltage controlled voltage source.

An operational amplifier has a very high input

impedance and a very high gain.
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Op Amps: Use of Op Amps

Op amps can be configured in many different ways
using resistors and other components.

Most configurations use feedback.

An op amp can be designed to perform

mathematical operations of addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, differentiation, and
integration.
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Op Amps: Applications of Op Amps

Amplifiers provide gains in voltage or current.

Op amps can convert current to voltage.
Op amps can provide a buffer between two
circuits.
Op amps can be used to implement
integrators and differentiators.
Op amps can be used to design filters (i.e.
lowpass and bandpass filters).
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Op Amps: Op Amp Symbol

A typical op amp: (a) pin configuration, (b) circuit symbol.

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Op Amps: Schematic diagram of op amp

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Op Amps: The Op Amp Model

Inverting input

Output

Non-inverting input

The output voltage

The differential input voltage

A is the open-loop voltage gain.

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Op Amps: Typical op amp parameters

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Op Amps:
Example 5.1: A 741 op amp has an open-loop voltage gain of 2x105,
input resistance of 2 M, and output resistance of 50 . The op amp is
used in the circuit shown in Fig. 5.6(a). Find the closed- loop gain v0/vs.
Determine current i when vs = 2 V.

Figure 5.6: (a) original circuit, (b) the equivalent circuit.

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Op Amps:
Example 5.1: A 741 op amp has an open-loop voltage gain of 2x105,
input resistance of 2 M, and output resistance of 50 . The op amp is
used in the circuit shown in Fig. 5.6(a). Find the closed- loop gain v0/vs.
Determine current i when vs = 2 V.
Apply KCL at node 1:

(1)

Apply KCL at node 0:

(2)
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Op Amps:
Example 5.1: A 741 op amp has an open-loop voltage gain of 2x105,
input resistance of 2 M, and output resistance of 50 . The op amp is
used in the circuit shown in Fig. 5.6(a). Find the closed- loop gain v0/vs.
Determine current i when vs = 2 V.
Substituting v1 from Eq. (1) into Eq. (2) gives:

This is called closed-loop gain, because the 20-k feedback resistor closes the loop
between the output and input terminals.

From Eq. (1)

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Op Amps: Ideal Op Amp

An ideal op amp is an amplifier with infinite open-loop
gain, infinite input resistance, and zero output resistance.

To facilitate the understanding of op amp circuits, we will assume

ideal op amps. An op amp is ideal if it has the following
characteristics:

1. Infinite open-loop gain, A =

2. Infinite input resistance, Rin=
3. Zero output resistance, Ro=0
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Op Amps: Ideal Op Amp

An ideal op amp is an amplifier with infinite open-loop
gain, infinite input resistance, and zero output resistance.

1. Ideal Op Amp Model

1. Infinite open-loop gain, A =

2. Infinite input resistance, Rin=
3. Zero output resistance, Ro=0
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Op Amps: Ideal Op Amp

Two important characteristics of the ideal op amp are:
1. The currents into both input terminals are zero.

This is due to infinite input resistance. An infinite resistance between the

input terminals implies that an open circuit exists there and current cannot
enter the op amp.

2. The voltage across the input terminals is equal to

zero.

An ideal op amp has zero current into its two input terminals and the
voltage difference between the two input terminals is equal to zero.
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Op Amps: Ideal Op Amp

Example 5.2: Use the ideal op amp model to calculate the closed-loop
gain v0/vs. Find io when vs = 1 V.
v2 v s v1 v2 vs

KCL at inverting terminal (v1):

vs vo vs
0 v1 vo
40 5
9vs vo

KCL at output (vo):

vo vs vo
io
40 103 20 103

(if vs = 1 V , then vo = 9V) io (0.2 0.45) 10 3 0.65 mA

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Op Amps: Inverting Amplifier

Both the input signal and the feedback are applied at the
inverting terminal of the op amp.

Applying KCL at node 1:

Noninverting terminal is grounded.

An inverting amplifier reverses the polarity of the input signal while

amplifying it.
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Op Amps: Inverting Amplifier

Example 5.3: Refer to the op amp in Fig. 5.12. If vi =0.5 V, calculate: (a)
the output voltage vo, and (b) the current in the 10-kW resistor.

(a)

(b)
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Op Amps: Inverting Amplifier

Practice Problem 5.3: Find the output of the op amp circuit shown in Fig.
5.13. Calculate the current through the feedback resistor.
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Op Amps:
Example 5.1: A 741 op amp has an open-loop voltage gain of 2x105, input
resistance of 2 M, and output resistance of 50 . The op amp is used in the
circuit shown in Fig. 5.6(a). Find the closed- loop gain v0/vs. Determine
current i when vs = 2 V.

Repeat Ex. 5.1 by using ideal op amp model.

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Op Amps: Review
To solve an op amp circuit, we usually apply KCL at one or
both of the inputs.
We then use the properties of the ideal model.

The currents into both input terminals are zero.

The voltage across the input terminals is equal to zero.

We solve for the op amp output voltage.

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Op Amps: Noninverting Amplifier

A noninverting amplifier is an op amp circuit designed to
provide a positive voltage gain.

Apply KCL at inverting terminal:

(1)

(2)

Apply eq. (1) into eq (2):

Then:
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Op Amps: Voltage Follower

A voltage follower (or unity gain amplifier) has the
output voltage equal to the input voltage.

Voltage follower is a noninverting amplifier with:

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Op Amps: Noninverting Amplifier

Example 5.5: For the op amp circuit below, calculate the output
voltage vo .
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Op Amps: Summing Amplifier (Inverting Summer)

Apply KCL at node a:

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Op Amps: Summing Amplifier (Inverting Summer)

Apply KCL at node a:

Note that

Then,
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Op Amps: Summing Amplifier (Inverting Summer)

Example 5.6: Find vo and io in the op amp circuit shown below.
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Op Amps: Difference Amplifier

Apply KCL at node a:

Apply KCL at node b:

But
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Op Amps: Difference Amplifier

Difference amplifier must reject a signal common to the two
inputs, the amplifier must have the property that
vo=0, when v1= v2.

This property exists when:

When this property is satisfied

The op amp circuit is a difference
amplifier

If R2 = R1 and R3 = R4
The difference amplifier becomes
A subtractor circuit:
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Op Amps: Cascaded Op Amp Circuits

A cascade connection is a head-to-tail arrangement of two or more
op amp circuits such that the output of one is the input of the next.

The overall gain of the cascade connection is the product of the

gains of the individual op amp circuits
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Op Amps: Cascaded Op Amp Circuits

Example 5.9: Find v0 and i0 in the circuit below.
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Op Amps: Cascaded Op Amp Circuits

Example 5.10: Find v1 = 1 V and v2 = 2 V, find v0 in the circuit below.